Books with author Daniel Dyer

Dani Dyer stole the nation’s heart with her genuine warmth and honest personality when she won Love Island this summer. She proves that you don't need to succumb to peer pressure, be swayed by all too perfect Insta-images or behave in a way that's not true to who you are. Her first book shows she is wise beyond her years as she shares her experiences around growing up, bullying, relationships, insecurities and being Danny Dyer’s daughter.Answering questions from ‘why did Danny give you the same name?’ and ‘how do I blow-dry my eyelashes?’ to ‘how can I be more confident?’ and ‘have you ever been to therapy?’, What Would Dani Do? takes real fan questions and plenty of personal insight, to offer Dani's unique take on the world and her guide to living your best, most authentic life.Always relatable and at times vulnerable, Dani gives a laugh-out-loud and truly heartfelt account of her journey from Canning Town daughter of Danny Dyer, to runaway Love Island winner and the nation’s sweetheart.

A biography of Poe--aimed at YA readers--but also for general readers. Based on years of research and travel, the text follows the arc of Poe's life and career--but also challenges the conventional thinking that Poe was a hopeless drunk and drug addict. Certainly, he had substance abuse problems at periods in his life, but he simply could not have accomplished all that he did--all the stories, poems, essays, reviews, and other writing--if he had been under the influence thoughout his short life of forty years.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley published Frankenstein on New Year's Day, 1818. She became a widow in 1822 and died in 1851. Although the "Frankenstein years" were surely the most exciting of her life (and the most controversial), she lived a life full of success, failure, heartbreak, loss and loneliness and love. Her parents, William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, were two of the most remarkable people in literary and cultural history. Her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley, was one of England's greatest poets. She knew others from that Romantic Circle--Coleridge, Charles and Mary Lamb, and, of course, Lord Byron, in whose summer home she first thought of Frankenstein. She was also a devoted mother who had to endure the tragedy of burying her children (one survived her). She was an scholar in a time when many men refused to accept the intellectual gifts of women. This book of course deals in some detail with the Frankenstein story, but it also looks at Mary's full life--her friends, enemies, family; her travels, writing, and legacy. Daniel Dyer spent many years researching this book--reading all of her work (and the works of her important family members and contemporaries)--traveling to sites in Europe where she lived--corresponding with the leading Shelley scholars in the world. Mary's story is a complicated and troubling one in ways; in other ways, it is inspiring. And humbling.

The Compassionate (ar-Rahman), the Holy (al-Quddus), the Source of Peace (as-Salam), the Supreme (al-Mutakabbir)...these are just a few of the 99 Names of God to be found in Islam. It has been said that knowledge of Allah s Beautiful Names is the greatest knowledge a human being can possess.This illustrated guide to the Names is designed to be an engaging educational resource for all the family. For children it is a rich treasury of wonder that will reveal greater depths as they grow and mature, whilst for parents and teachers it will offer much to inspire, inform, and remind. Richly illustrated and accompanied by engaging reflections and activities, this book is offered as a guide to help us witness the Divine Majesty and Beauty."This project fills such an obvious need, and does it so beautifully, one wonders why it hadn't happened until now. Probably so that exactly these people would be the ones to do it. It provides an entry point into a spiritual Islam that every parent would like to give to their children, and illuminating their own understanding in the process. Inshallah, it will be recognized as a classic." Shaikh Kabir Helminski; Co-Director, Threshold Society & Baraka Institute"The book introduces the reader in a simple yet profound way to the attributes of God. The activities encourage the reader to reflect on many things including: their own being, their surroundings, what these demonstrate to them about the Divine Reality, and what type of behaviour this might inspire in them. This book invites a recognition of what is shared by all faiths and an openness of heart toward all human beings. Exactly what is needed in our world." Fatimah Ashrif; Project Lead, Coexist House Although this book is intended for Muslim children, it's really a treasure for all ages and faiths. In fact, it could be used as a basic primer on spirituality, and would be a fine addition to any religious library. I defy anyone to read this book and not come away with a deeper appreciation of God's presence in the universe. Rabbi Yonassan Gershom We are so delighted that this absolutely lovely rendering of the 99 Names has arrived in publication. In its presentation it is so accessible, gentle, and opening for the heart for both children and parents, and extended family, who might study these Names together, reflecting on the qualities they evoke. Teachers and students of Islam and comparative religion can greatly benefit from this beautiful guide. It presents a well-balanced view of Islam through the Names of God as expressed through the Holy Quran and opened in meaning through accompanying words of the saints. Camille Adams Helminski, Co-director of Threshold Society, author of The Light of Dawn, Daily Readings from the Holy Qur an

"The Call of the Wild" was not only a book by Jack London. It may very well have been his own personal credo, as Daniel Dyer makes clear in this gripping biography of the famed author and adventurer.While researching Jack London, biographer Daniel Dryer uncovered an amazing truth - that London's real life was just as rich and exciting as the stories and characters he created.Equally adept in writing as he was at thrill-seeking, London left school at age eleven to begin his lifelong courtship of adventure. He worked as a seal hunter, an oyster pirate, and a factory worker. And by the time of the Klondike gold rush, he was well on his way to becoming one of the world's most popular writers. This comprehensive biography takes the reader into the mind and life of this memorable author.

We know so much about the world Shakespeare lived in--but so little about the man himself. (No one is positive what he even looked like.) This book--aimed at YA readers, though fitting for a general audience as well--presents the story of Shakespeare's life and writing within the context of his times and his poems and plays. The story follows Shakespeare from his birth in 1564 in a small English market town alongside the Avon River to the great city of London, where he became a celebrity playwright. Readers will learn about his most famous plays (HAMLET, MACBETH)--and about his much less known ones, too (TIMON OF ATHENS, KING JOHN). They will read about his love life, his successes and failures, his declining career, and his return to his home town, where he died in 1616. Shakespeare was a son and brother and husband and father, too, and readers will learn about his family members, one of whom became an actor in London. Readers will also learn about the "Shakespeare identity" question: Did Shakespeare actually write the plays and poems with his name on them? Or did someone else? But most of all, readers will discover the most important things that are now known about this most famous man, this most famous man whose words we know but whose life remains something of a mystery. Which, somehow, seems fitting.

A biography of Poe--aimed principally at YA readers. Based on years of research and travel, the text follows the arc of Poe's life and career--but also challenges the conventional thinking that Poe was a hopeless drunk and drug addict. Certainly, he had substance abuse problems at periods in his life, but he simply could not have accomplished all that he did--all the stories, poems, essays, reviews, and other writing--if he had been under the influence throughout his short life of forty years.

It's 1982. And a boy who has just finished his sophomore year in an Oklahoma high school is about to experience a most profound change in his life. Before long he is living in another town--this one in Ohio--with another set of parents. His past, for all practical purposes, is gone. Deleted everywhere, except in his memory. He can never go back.And--most alarmingly of all--he is not just living in another town, attending another school; he is also living in another body, one that is very, very different from the one he was born with.An accident that sophomore summer has changed all. And as he enrolls in this new school for the last part of his junior year, he discovers that so much of what he used to think and feel just no longer matters. Much of what he used to know is no longer relevant. He has to learn new ways--and quickly, too.At times, he feels like a creature rather than a person. Like something out of a horror story. Like Frankenstein's creature. But with a couple of crucial differences. One: He is young and very attractice. And two: "He" is now a girl.What's happened?The girl tells her own story--thirty years after these startling events--because, at last, in 2012, she believes it's safe to do so. She writes in the voice of her 16-year-old self, relating her shocking story.

As Vickie begins her seventh grade school year, she is still haunted by the horrific events of the spring and summer of the previous year--events that nearly cost her life. In seventh grade, she meets a new boy, Gil, at her school--a boy who will have a profound effect on her life. But the dark forces that she had battled the previous year are still haunting her--and all will collide at Niagara Falls in the spring.

Bob Foster, an eighth grader in Tyre, Ohio, has some issues. As his nickname indicates, he's a bit overweight. And as he's about to begin his eighth grade year, a number of tormentors seem to have zeroed in on him. Three large high school boys have singled him out for ... attention. A tough classmate has decided to make Bob his special ... project for the year. His whole class has been assigned LORD OF THE FLIES to do for "summer reading," and the book has a character named "Piggy." (Guess what THAT means?) And even at home, his older brother (by a couple of years) has decided that he is "in charge" of Bob. Also, an annoying little five-year-old boy in the neighborhood has decided that Bob is his best friend. Add to these difficulties the usual issues with parents, teachers, and other classmates--and it's evident that Bob is set for a tough year.But then some things happen. A new girl arrives at school. And there's a school play about Dracula that the drama teacher insists Bob try out for.Bob is not sure about any of this. Why would any girl be interested in HIM? And who on earth would ever want to be in school play?Still, once he checks the sign-up sheet for play tryouts, he begins to wonder if a school play might not be all that bad ... Maybe he should, you know, just give it a try?

Spoon River Middle School is an imaginary school--not in any way related to actual schools in Illinois' Spoon River Valley. In fact, the fictional school in this book stands in northeastern Ohio. The book is all in the voices of various middle school students (again, all are imaginary) who speak directly to the reader about their lives, their hopes, their fears, their dreams. Inspired by Edgar Lee Masters' SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY, this new book attempts to create a world of intertwining lives during one particularly stressful and even alarming school year.