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Generation Kill is about the young men sent to fight their nation's first open-ended war since Vietnam. Despite the flurry of media images to come of the recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, you have never really met any of these people, who serve as front-line troops....
Editeur :
Transworld Digital
Parution :
2011-12-31
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Mick Quinn, the boy from a Liverpool council estate dubbed 'Little Beirut', always loved his birds, booze and betting. They saidMick had a sixth sense for great accuracy in his playing days - he could find a party from any range. Quinn says he only put £50 on each horse...
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Virgin Digital
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2011-12-31
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Captivated by the hit ITV true crime drama DES? Uncover the truth behind the trial of Rosemary West, another of Britain's most infamous serial killers.'Anyone reading this brilliant book will wonder whether justice was really done.' Evening StandardIn 1994, Frederick...
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Transworld Digital
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2011-12-31
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'A born story-teller, a gift as evident in this autobiography as in her novels' INDEPENDENT'A joy' David Holloway, DAILY TELEGRAPH'Casts light on the perennially fascinating relationship between the life and works of a writer' SUNDAY EXPRESSNina Bawden's career spans...
Editeur :
Virago
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2011-12-30
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Virago Modern Classics
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John Ilhan: A Crazy Life tells the fascinating story ofJohn Ilhan -- a working-class immigrant who overcame incredible odds to become one of the richest men in Australia. Founder of phenomenally successful mobile telephone company Crazy John's, Ilhan tragically passed...
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Wiley
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2011-12-30
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From the author of THE COLOR PURPLE, fiction and autobiography blend in this fabulously rich collection of short stories'These are the stories that came to me to be told after the close of a magical marriage to an extraordinary man that ended in a less-than-magical...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2011-12-29
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The first collection of Alice Walker's non-fiction spanning fifteen years in the career of this remarkable writer.This collection of essays is a celebration of the legacy of creativity - especially the rich vein of women's stories and spirituality through the ages and...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2011-12-29
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The astounding first volume, exploring the fascinating world of the most popular living artist in Britain today.As seen in Drawing From Life exhibition at National Portrait Gallery, 2023David Hockney's career has spanned and epitomised the art movements of the last five...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2011-12-23
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Bono is one of the most influential musicians at work today. Over the past twenty-five years his band, U2, have sold a staggering 130 million albums and collected 14 Grammys. Their success has madeBono one of the most recognisable faces in the world.Here, in a series of...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2011-12-22
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Described as the most exciting batsman to emerge since David Gower retired, Michael Vaughan provides a personal view of his own amazing acheivements during 2002. He also contemplates the controversy that surrounded England's ill-fated World Cup mission, and discusses...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2011-12-22
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This final compilation from James Lees-Milne's celebrated diaries covers the last fourteen years of his life, when he was living on the Duke of Beaufort's Badminton estate. Old age and infirmity have not dimmed his sharpness, literary skill or interest in the world...
Editeur :
John Murray
Parution :
2011-12-21
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Funny, indiscreet, candid, touching and sharply observed, this second compilation from James Lees-Milne's celebrated diaries covers his life during his sixties and early seventies, when he was living in Gloucestershire with his formidable wife Alvilde. It vividly...
Editeur :
John Murray
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2011-12-21
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Jack Vance has long been one of the most influential, admired and imitated writers in science fiction and fantasy literature, the award-winning author of such widely acclaimed works as The Dying Earth, the Lyonesse trilogy, the adventures of Cugel the Clever, the Demon...
Editeur :
Gateway
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2011-12-21
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As the lead guitarist of Queen, Brian May is one of rock's most recognisable stars. Brian May: The Definitive Biography charts his life from his childhood, through his years studying astrophysics and teaching, to his success with Queen, his more recent projects and his...
Editeur :
Piatkus
Parution :
2011-12-20
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In this definitive biography of Brian Jones, Laura Jackson - the first to insist that Jones was murdered and the first to identify his killer - rejects the stereotype of a narcissistic rock star who was doomed to self-destruct. Instead, she spoke to the people who knew...
Editeur :
Piatkus
Parution :
2011-12-20
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Cory Friedman was an ordinary fun-loving little boy. But one fateful March morning in 1989, the course of Cory's life changed dramatically. It started with an irresistible urge to shake his head; before long, overtaken by physical urges, tics and compulsions, his body...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2011-12-20
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Approaching forty, Nigel Marsh's life seems almost perfect: he has moved with his family from the UK to Sydney and runs the Australian office of a leading advertising agency. However, he is also stressed, overweight and struggling to balance a career, a marriage and the...
Editeur :
Piatkus
Parution :
2011-12-20
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Ground-breaking biography of the creator of fiction's best loved detectiveThough Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's name is recognised the world over, for decades he was overshadowed by his creation, Sherlock Holmes - one of literature's most enduring characters. Conan Doyle was...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2011-12-15
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The Alexander Technique is a method of muscular re-education, which has become standard training for actors, dancers and singers, and is practised for health reasons all over the world. Its founder, Frederick Matthias Alexander (1869-1955), was an Australian actor who...
Editeur :
Abacus
Parution :
2011-12-15
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I am a wanderer: one with a hoarder's love of houses and things...I am tracing here a memory map of all the places that have stayed with me and, since this is also a map of all the voyages of discovery, this is also the story of the getting to those places.' In Memory...
Editeur :
Virago
Parution :
2011-12-15
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