Graham Holliday

A journalist and blogger takes us on a colorful and spicy gastronomic tour through Viet Nam in this entertaining, offbeat travel memoir, with a foreword by Anthony Bourdain. Growing up in a small town in northern England, Graham Holliday wasn’t keen on travel. But in his early twenties, a picture of Hanoi sparked a curiosity that propelled him halfway across the globe. Graham didn’t want to be a tourist in an alien land, though; he was determined to live it. An ordinary guy who liked trying interesting food, he moved to the capital city and embarked on a quest to find real Vietnamese food. In Eating Viet Nam , he chronicles his odyssey in this strange, enticing land infused with sublime smells and tastes. Traveling through the back alleys and across the boulevards of Hanoi—where home cooks set up grills and stripped-down stands serving sumptuous fare on blue plastic furniture—he risked dysentery, giardia, and diarrhea to discover a culinary treasure-load that was truly foreign and unique. Holliday shares every bite of the extraordinary fresh dishes, pungent and bursting with flavor, which he came to love in Hanoi, Saigon, and the countryside. Here, too, are the remarkable people who became a part of his new life, including his wife, Sophie. A feast for the senses, funny, charming, and always delicious, Eating Viet Nam will inspire armchair travelers, curious palates, and everyone itching for a taste of adventure.

In the early 1980's, in the small town of Rugby in the centre of England, three teenagers began melding early blues with feedback, one-chord drones, booming drums, smashing cymbals, gospel, Turkish Saz and two-note melodies. Natty Brooker, Pete Kember and Jason Pierce were Spacemen 3. On 3 August, 1985, they played a gig in the backroom of the Black Lion pub on St. Giles Street in the nearby town of Northampton. All these years laters, it is still the best gig I’ve ever seen. It is also the gig that led directly to the band’s first-ever recording deal.As a teenager growing up in Rugby in the '80s I saw Spacemen 3 play in many pub backrooms. They were, and remain, an incredible band and over the years, their reputation has spread far beyond those sticky floored, fag ash filled, grubby backrooms. Sometime in the early part of the 21st century, in a house in the south of France, I rediscovered a shoebox filled with photos, posters, tickets, flyers and cassettes from the mid-'80s and I tipped the lot out onto the floor. In among the ephemera were the photographs and cassette recording from that gig on 3 August 1985, the earliest Spacemen 3 gig for which there was a recording and photographs. And I wondered: where were all the people who were at the gig that night? And did they remember it too?

Are you tired of being socially awkward? It is possible to crush your awkwardness and become a confident conversationalist in less than a week using this ultimate game plan. Become who you want to be. Building on age-old wisdom with modern sensibilities, this book packs “ incredible insight ” and “ practical examples and questions ” into a wonderfully-written package that will help you perform an awkwardness overhaul starting right now. You have the ability to speak like a god buried inside you — this book will pry it out. Find actionable steps and fool-proof, tested questions to ask in any situation so that others will do the talking in conversations for you.Here’s a preview of the actual game plan you can use starting today to transform your life and skyrocket your confidence, charisma, and This book won’t just talk you off the ledge and tell you to accept yourself as you are — it’ll jump off the cliff with you and inspire you to change who you are.Ready to crush awkwardness in your life? Scroll up, click the "Buy Now with 1-Click" button and start not being awkward now!HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL GETGraham Holliday uses his unique writing style to share both his story and inspiring stories of others in an energizing package that you can read in one sitting. He intertwines an actual game plan with practical examples you can follow to improve your confidence and speaking abilities, ultimately leading to you crushing awkwardness.The highlight of the book is the middle portion jam-packed with questions that Holliday uses in his daily life for better, deeper, and less awkward conversations. Some of the questions are classics with a twist, while others are all-new questions.Although there are hundreds of books on speaking and being a conversationalist, Holliday keeps things utterly simple to help you out. He won't try to impress you or bore you with scientific facts with why things work. He'll just show you what he did and how you can learn from his mistakes -- in half the amount of words other authors uses. This is a book you can go back to for inspiration and detail until you destroy your social awkwardness.WHO SHOULD READ THISIf you have ever felt socially awkward and didn't know how to defeat it, Holliday shares his experience to help you out. Maybe you're about to enter college like he was when he began to try these tricks, or maybe you've been socially awkward well into adulthood and are ready to take action.Maybe you're already socially confident (lucky) and just want some questions to add to your collection to encourage deeper, more real conversations.If any of these are you, you're in the right place. Charisma, inspiration, proven results, detailed game plans, stories, or tips -- whatever you're looking for, there's a good chance you'll find it here or at least get pointed in the right direction. And with a breezy page count and cheap price, you won't waste time or money by looking to Holliday's game plan first.By the end of the stories of inspiration and advice, you'll be a master of small talk, incredible listener, and able to talk to anyone without being awkward. Better conversations and friendships are bound to happen. So scroll up and get your copy for a low price now!

Guards are typically known for defending castles, protecting traveling carriages, or at least knowing how to wield a spear. But not these. Not these. These guards were hired by a wealthy farmer to look impressive, and that's about it. Their average day consists of forming teams, practicing for their band, and building treehouses. And when an orc army prepares to attack? the guards don't become any more competent. (New episodes every Wednesday!)

Are you tired of being socially awkward? It is possible to crush your awkwardness and become a confident conversationalist in less than a week using this ultimate game plan. Become who you want to be. Building on age-old wisdom with modern sensibilities, this book packs “ incredible insight ” and “ practical examples and questions ” into a wonderfully-written package that will help you perform an awkwardness overhaul starting right now. You have the ability to speak like a god buried inside you — this book will pry it out. Find actionable steps and fool-proof, tested questions to ask in any situation so that others will do the talking in conversations for you. Here’s a preview of the actual game plan you can use starting today to transform your life and skyrocket your confidence, charisma, and This book won’t just talk you off the ledge and tell you to accept yourself as you are — it’ll jump off the cliff with you and inspire you to change who you are. Ready to crush awkwardness in your life? Scroll up, click the "Buy Now with 1-Click" button and start not being awkward now!HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL GETGraham Holliday uses his unique writing style to share both his story and inspiring stories of others in an energizing package that you can read in one sitting. He intertwines an actual game plan with practical examples you can follow to improve your confidence and speaking abilities, ultimately leading to you crushing awkwardness. The highlight of the book is the middle portion jam-packed with questions that Holliday uses in his daily life for better, deeper, and less awkward conversations. Some of the questions are classics with a twist, while others are all-new questions that lead to the other person talking which is a win for introverts.Although there are hundreds of books on speaking and being a conversationalist, Holliday keeps things utterly simple to help you out. He won't try to impress you or bore you with scientific facts with why things work. He'll just show you what he did and how you can learn from his mistakes -- in half the amount of words other authors uses. This is a book you can go back to for inspiration and detail until you destroy your social awkwardness.WHO SHOULD READ THISIf you have ever felt socially awkward and didn't know how to defeat it, Holliday shares his experience to help you out. Maybe you're about to enter college like he was when he began to try these tricks, or maybe you've been socially awkward well into adulthood and are ready to take action. Maybe you're already socially confident (lucky) and just want some questions to add to your collection to encourage deeper, more real conversations.If any of these are you, you're in the right place. Charisma, inspiration, proven results, detailed game plans, stories, or tips -- whatever you're looking for, there's a good chance you'll find it here or at least get pointed in the right direction. And with a breezy page count and cheap price, you won't waste time or money by looking to Holliday's game plan first. By the end of the stories of inspiration and advice, you'll be a master of small talk, incredible listener, and able to talk to anyone without being awkward. Better conversations and friendships are bound to happen. So scroll up and get your copy for a low price now!

Building on age-old wisdom with modern sensibilities, this book packs “ incredible insight ” and “ practical examples and questions ” into a wonderfully-written package that will help you perform an awkwardness overhaul starting right now. You have the ability to speak like a god buried inside you — this book will pry it out. Find actionable steps and fool-proof, tested questions to ask in any situation so that others will do the talking in conversations for you. Here’s a preview of the actual game plan you can use starting today to transform your life and skyrocket your confidence, charisma, and This book won’t just talk you off the ledge and tell you to accept yourself as you are — it’ll jump off the cliff with you and inspire you to change who you are. Ready to crush awkwardness in your life? Scroll up, click the "Buy Now with 1-Click" button and start not being awkward now!HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL GETGraham Holliday uses his unique writing style to share both his story and inspiring stories of others in an energizing package that you can read in one sitting. He intertwines an actual game plan with practical examples you can follow to improve your confidence and speaking abilities, ultimately leading to you crushing awkwardness. The highlight of the book is the middle portion jam-packed with questions that Holliday uses in his daily life for better, deeper, and less awkward conversations. Some of the questions are classics with a twist, while others are all-new questions that lead to the other person talking which is a win for introverts.Although there are hundreds of books on speaking and being a conversationalist, Holliday keeps things utterly simple to help you out. He won't try to impress you or bore you with scientific facts with why things work. He'll just show you what he did and how you can learn from his mistakes -- in half the amount of words other authors uses. This is a book you can go back to for inspiration and detail until you destroy your social awkwardness.WHO SHOULD READ THISIf you have ever felt socially awkward and didn't know how to defeat it, Holliday shares his experience to help you out. Maybe you're about to enter college like he was when he began to try these tricks, or maybe you've been socially awkward well into adulthood and are ready to take action. Maybe you're already socially confident (lucky) and just want some questions to add to your collection to encourage deeper, more real conversations.If any of these are you, you're in the right place. Charisma, inspiration, proven results, detailed game plans, stories, or tips -- whatever you're looking for, there's a good chance you'll find it here or at least get pointed in the right direction. And with a breezy page count and cheap price, you won't waste time or money by looking to Holliday's game plan first. By the end of the stories of inspiration and advice, you'll be a master of small talk, incredible listener, and able to talk to anyone without being awkward. Better conversations and friendships are bound to happen. So scroll up and get your copy for a low price now!