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It's 2:47am when Dr Nick Trout, a British vet working in Boston, USA, is abruptly woken and called in to the Angell Memorial Animal Hospital to see if he can save the life of Sage, a ten year-old German Shephard with a critical stomach condition. The case is severe, the...
Editeur :
Sphere
Parution :
2011-11-17
ePub
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The complete autobiography of legendary basketball star Shaquille O'Neal, covering both his storied career and his colorful life off the court. Superman. Diesel.The Big Aristotle. Shaq Fu.The Big Daddy.The Big Shaqtus. Wilt Chamberneezy.The Real Deal.The Big...
Editeur :
Grand Central Publishing
Parution :
2011-11-15
ePub
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On October 25, 2010, Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta became the first living person since the Vietnam War to receive the United States’ highest military decoration, and both he and Sergeant Leroy Petry (the second inductee) rightly take their place in the...
Editeur :
Artisan
Parution :
2011-11-11
ePub
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The compelling love story of two extraordinary individuals - Nancy Mitford and Free French commander Gaston Palewski - living in extraordinary times - immortalised in THE PURSUIT OF LOVE'A delicious mix of drama, melancholy and enchantment' DAILY EXPRESS'Entertainingly...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2011-11-10
ePub
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'A simultaneously hilarious and heart-breaking portrait of a poor white family life in the twilight of apartheid' Richard E. Grant'Funny, never self-pitying and a pleasure to read' Guardian'Both haunting and funny. [Ecott] writes with compassion and honesty to give us a...
Editeur :
Sceptre
Parution :
2011-11-10
ePub
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Lewis 'Mad Dog' Moody has been a familiar face in English rugby for fifteen successful and, at times, painful years. The former Leicester and now Bath flanker has seen and done it all in a sport that has changed beyond recognition from his first forays into the sport to...
Editeur :
Hodder & Stoughton
Parution :
2011-11-10
ePub
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For the better part of forty years, Edith Sitwell's poetry has been neglected by critics. But born into a family of privileged eccentrics, Edith Sitwell was highly regarded by her contemporaries: the great writers and artists of the day who attended her unlikely London...
Editeur :
Virago
Parution :
2011-11-10
ePub
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An expert on North Korea sheds new light on the enigmatic tyrant From his goose-stepping military parades to his clownish macho swagger, North Korea's Kim Jong-il is an odd amalgam of political cartoon and global menace. In charge of a nuclear arsenal he's threatened...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2011-11-09
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A SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER___________________________The hilarious and heartwarming memoir from one of Britain's best-loved comedians and Women's Prize longlisted author, Dawn French.Dawn French is one of the greatest comedians of our time with a career that...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2011-11-08
ePub
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Richard Holbrooke, who died in December 2010, was a pivotal player in U.S. diplomacy for more than forty years. Most recently special envoy for Iraq and Afghanistan under President Obama, Holbrooke also served as assistant secretary of state for both Asia and Europe,...
Editeur :
PublicAffairs
Parution :
2011-11-08
ePub
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From running with the infamous Calton Tongs to running Calton Athletic, David Bryce's life story is a remarkable account of crime, violence, alcoholism and drug addiction in Glasgow's gangland.A respected 'hard man', Bryce worked his way through most of HM's prisons in...
Editeur :
Mainstream Digital
Parution :
2011-11-04
ePub
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In this fascinating and moving memoir, sisters Jacky and Madeline share the communications they have received from their beloved father, Ron, since he passed away in February 2008. Ron reaches out to them from 'the other side' to show his family that there most...
Editeur :
Piatkus
Parution :
2011-11-03
ePub
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Edgy revelations and revealing first-hand accounts, including the inspirations for popular TV dramas as diverse as The Wire, The Sopranos and Life on Mars. Terrorists, criminal gangs, drug-dealing lawyers, solitary psychos and suspected serial killers all feature as the...
Editeur :
C & r Crime
Parution :
2011-11-03
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Mammoth Books
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Across the Land and the Water is a stunningly beautiful selection of poetry by W. G. Sebald.Across the Land and the Water brings together poems from throughout W. G. Sebald's life as well as additional works found after his death. Arranged chronologically, from his...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2011-11-03
ePub
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Biography of William Haggar, a pioneer of the cinema.Written by Haggar's great-grandson, the book draws on oral reminiscences, unpublished family memoirs and contemporary press reports. It tells the rags-to-riches story of a travelling theatrical who became one of...
Editeur :
Headline Accent
Parution :
2011-11-03
ePub
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Two O levels. Three convictions for smash and grab in off licenses.Two for drunk driving. One for possession of amphetamine sulphate. General labouring and factory work.Attended charismatic Baptist church. Made girlfriend pregnant. Resigned from job as refuse collector,...
Editeur :
Short Books
Parution :
2011-11-03
ePub
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Martin Amis's life could itself provide the formula for an enthralling work of fiction. Son of one of the most popular and best-loved novelists of the post-War era, he has forged a groundbreaking manner of writing that owes nothing to the style of his father, nor indeed...
Editeur :
Constable
Parution :
2011-11-03
ePub
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Leslie Linder's authoritative biographical eBook tells the tale behind The Tales - the history of how each book in the famous Peter Rabbit series came to be written. It also covers a wealth of of Beatrix Potter's writing that has never been published before.
Editeur :
Warne
Parution :
2011-11-03
ePub
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Starting with the publication of The Tale of Peter Rabbit in 1902, Beatrix Potter went on to become one of the world's most successful children's authors. This illustrated biographical eBook takes the reader through the whole of her life, from her Victorian childhood in...
Editeur :
Warne
Parution :
2011-11-03
ePub
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'I am standing in the dining room of my father's house in Ireland, gazing up at ten Pakenham family portraits. What thoughts went on behind those passive, chalky faces? How can I bring them out of the shadows?'Eliza Pakenham, granddaughter of the seventh Earl of...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2011-11-03
ePub
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