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PAUL LANGEVIN (1872-1946) was a renowned French physicist, humanist, and educationalist.
This biography by his son André, originally published in French in 1972 and here translated into English for the first time, is enhanced by numerous quotations from his friends,...
Editeur :
EDP Sciences
Parution :
2022-09-08
Collection :
SCIENCES ET HISTOIRES
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There's no pain, no theatrical agony. No screaming, no shouting. The kill shot is catastrophic and conclusive. I slump silently on to my knees and topple forward, head first, into the dirt. The lads have seen enough death to assume mine is instantaneous. The lights are...
Editeur :
Transworld Digital
Parution :
2022-09-01
ePub
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERJoin national treasure Gary Barlow as he opens the curtains on his remarkable life in this stunning autobiography, from his fascinating early life to his star-studded music career'Warm, wise . . . A never-before-seen insight into one of...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2022-09-01
ePub
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***'Just brilliant. The book of the decade.' - Professor Tim Flannery, Former Australian of the Year 'An honest, powerful and riveting book that demonstrates Lachlan's courage in the face of the hardest of circumstances.' - Levison Wood, Award-winning author, explorer...
Editeur :
Endeavour
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2022-09-01
ePub
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WITH A FOREWORD BY PHILIPPE SANDS AND AN INTRODUCTION BY ANDREY KURKOV'If you read only one book about the war, this is the one to read.' -Henry Marsh, author of Do No Harm'Unforgettable. An immediate history of a cruel war and a personal chronicle of unbearable loss'...
Editeur :
Monoray
Parution :
2022-09-01
ePub
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A Sunday Times bestseller (May 2023) - the incredible story of courage, resilience and survival. 'I am a survivor. That comes with a survivor's obligation to represent one and half million Jewish children murdered by the Nazis. They cannot speak. So I must speak on...
Editeur :
Quercus
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2022-09-01
ePub
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This is the story of the real bodyguard, Lee Sansum, ex-Royal Military Policeman, martial arts champion, and expert in close protection. Part of Mohamed and Dodi Al-Fayed's protection team, Lee had to guard the most famous woman in the world, Princess Diana. He formed a...
Editeur :
Seven Dials
Parution :
2022-09-01
ePub
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Discover the unlikely story of the Toledo Troopers, the winningest team in the National Women's Football League, who won seven league championships in the 1970s—and gain full access to the players and key figures in the organization. Amid a national backdrop...
Editeur :
Grand Central Publishing
Parution :
2022-08-30
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This is a music autobiography to remember.This is the story of Martyn Ware. The Human League and Heaven 17 were among some of the most pioneering bands of the 1980s, with Ware having played an integral role in each of their numerous successes. A young lad from the heart...
Editeur :
Constable
Parution :
2022-08-25
ePub
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2023 Int'l Latino Book Award Honorable Mentions This important book focuses on how women of color, children of immigrants, and other minoritized groups are predisposed to workplace imposter syndrome—and charts a path forward for self-advocacy and...
Editeur :
Legacy Lit
Parution :
2022-08-23
ePub
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'Describing narrow squeaks and terrible deprivations, Harris's unflowery account of fortitude and resilience in Spain still bristles with a freshness and an invigorating spikiness' SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY'A most vivid record of the war in Spain and Portugal against Napoleon'...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2022-08-18
Collection :
MILITARY MEMOIRS
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'Beautiful' Nigella Lawson'I adored it' Dolly Alderton'Wonderful' Lisa Taddeo'Intoxicating' Abi MorganWhat happens when your story doesn't end the way you thought it would?When you realise - after getting married and having a baby - that you chose wrong?When the life...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2022-08-18
ePub
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThis is a self-help book like no other. Because you are not helping yourself, James Acaster is helping you.In 2019, James quit all forms of social media - covering his phone in tar and driving it to a lock-up in Rhyl, before setting up home in...
Editeur :
Headline
Parution :
2022-08-18
ePub
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Dan Rhodes is one of the most successful and beloved YouTuber and TikTok influencers in the world with more than 5 billion views on YouTube and the most viewed personal post ever - over 300 million views - on TikTok.In this, his debut book,Dan brings together the love...
Editeur :
Headline
Parution :
2022-08-18
ePub
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'[A] pacy, frictionless read' Sunday Telegraph'Cinematic. . . an entertaining and persuasive study of the royal family' Publisher's Weekly'Patterson treats the princess as a person and tells the story from a mother's perspective'...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2022-08-15
ePub
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A myth-busting biography of Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I, which retells the dramatic story of the civil war from her perspectiveA TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZEHenrietta Maria, Charles I's queen, is the most reviled consort in...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2022-08-04
ePub
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Why did I survive when so many others did not?' Otto was just nine years old when his family was captured in Berlin. All around him, Sinti and Roma families were being torn from their homes and broken up, many of them disappearing...
Editeur :
Monoray
Parution :
2022-08-04
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'In a later age he would have become a successful war correspondent ... We have no more human account of the Peninsular War from a participant in all its battles. Vivid images - of people, landscapes, events - flows from his pen ... One of military history's great...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2022-07-28
Collection :
MILITARY MEMOIRS
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'He is skilful. He is outspoken. He is Zlatan' New York Times'He is an amazing talent, one of the best around' Pep GuardiolaFootball's most prolific and controversial goalscorer has nothing left to prove on the pitch. There is only one Zlatan.In the decade since his...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2022-07-28
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Shame, shame we know your nameDo we own it? Being a woman that is. Do we fuck! We live in fear of how we look, what we eat, how we age and what we do. Wow, it's 2022 and we're still churning out that same old shit. I've been told as you get older you care less....
Editeur :
Ebury Digital
Parution :
2022-07-21
ePub
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