The Two Of Us

Celebrates the dignity, integrity, and honor of being a father.

"Originally published in 2015 in Great Britain by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd."--Title page verso.

The Two of Us celebrates togetherness with two adorable, and sometimes hilarious, baby chimpanzees named Kenzy and Willie. The candid photographs of these primate pals remind us of the unbreakable bonds we share with our nearest and dearest. With a wonderful and emotional story that runs throughout the book, Bob Elsdale's moving full-color photography captures the realness of togetherness. Like peanut butter and jelly or cookies and milk, some things just go better together. We all need a yin to our yang, whether it's hanging out with a soul mate, sharing secrets with a kindred spirit, or just plain monkeying around.

Women often share a special bond that starts with secret giggles in childhood and lasts, well, forever. In The Two of Us, authors Ellen Small and Jim Dale pay tribute to those special relationships between girlfriends of every age. The Two of Us helps girlfriends tell each other just how they feel about their most special alliance. In this delightful gift book, they'll find touching words about the true meaning of friendship and photographs that evoke a spirit of warmth and camaraderie. The two of us . . . * cry at TV commercials about reunions . . . but would never admit it to anyone else. * can eat a party-size bag of M and M's in one sitting. * have a sense when things will go on sale. * love dancing and would dance with each other if it wasn't so queer.

When John Thaw, star of The Sweeney and Inspector Morse, died from cancer in 2002, a nation lost one of its finest actors and Sheila Hancock lost a beloved husband. In this unique double biography she chronicles their lives - personal and professional, together and apart. John Thaw was born in Manchester, the son of a lorry driver. When he arrived at RADA on a scholarship he felt an outsider. In fact his timing was perfect: it was the sixties and television was beginning to make its mark. With his roles in Z-Cars and The Sweeney, fame came quickly. But it was John's role as Morse that made him an icon. In 1974 he married Sheila Hancock, with whom he shared a working-class background and a RADA education. Sheila was already the star of the TV series The Rag Trade and went on to become the first woman artistic director at the RSC. Theirs was a sometimes turbulent, always passionate relationship, and in this remarkable book Sheila describes their love - weathering overwork and the pressures of celebrity, drink and cancer - with honesty and piercing intelligence, and evokes two lives lived to the utmost.

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Longlisted for the 2016 Giller Prize The stories in The Two of Us focus on pairs: intense one-on-one relationships and encounters. Characters undergo genetic testing, garden, overeat, starve themselves, consider suicide, travel, have their hair cut, fall pregnant, all while simultaneously driving each other towards moments where they – sometimes unwillingly — glimpse the meaning and shape of their lives, and who they might become.