Derek Pringle is finally ready to tell his story of cricket in the 80s. First chosen by England whilst still at university in 1982,Derek featured in the national side for the next 11 years. He played 30 Tests, 44 One Day Internationals, and appeared in 2 World...

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton
Parution : 2018-11-08

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Whatever we may think of Alexander--whether Great or only lucky, a civilizer or a sociopath--most people do not regard him as a religious leader. And yet religion permeated all aspects of his career. When he used religion astutely, he and his army prospered. In Egypt,...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2018-11-02

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The gripping life story of the great war correspondent Marie Colvin told by one of her closest friendsSHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARDWINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT BLACK AWARD Marie Colvin was glamorous, hard-drinking, braver than the boys, with a troubled and...

Editeur : Vintage Digital
Parution : 2018-11-01

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‘The definitive biography’ Roy StrongThe remarkable story of Bess of Hardwick, her ascent through Elizabethan society and the houses she built that shaped British architectural history.Born in 1521, Bess of Hardwick, businesswoman, money-lender and property tycoon,...

Editeur : Vintage Digital
Parution : 2018-11-01

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He told me he loved me.He told me it was normal. I wanted to believe him. Emma’s grandad was kind and loving, so when she was 11 and he started abusing her, she didn't understand what was happening.He convinced her that what he did to her was normal, and that their...

Editeur : Ebury Digital
Parution : 2018-11-01

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The new book from James and street cat Bob. 'One thing I've known about Bob from the very beginning is that he possesses a wisdom that is unusual, even in cats. In the decade since we met he's grown even wiser in my eyes. This book is a collection of the insights I've...

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton
Parution : 2018-11-01

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The International Bestseller'I can't help that my music shows who I am in this moment, what I'm drawn to, what I'm wondering about. I don't want to help it. What you hear in the words, what you feel in those songs - that's what I was feeling when I wrote them. I want...

Editeur : Virgin Digital
Parution : 2018-11-01

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Solzhenitsyn spent eleven years in labour camps and in exile.This book is his masterwork, based on his own experiences as well as the testimony of some 200 survivors. A vast canvas of camps, prisons, transit centres and secret police, of informers and spies and...

Editeur : Vintage Digital
Parution : 2018-11-01

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'A mellow, gentle read with a lot of words of wisdom' IndependentMe You is a pocket diary without the diary part. Or the pocket. Me You: Not A Diary is everything you loved about the original but without the calendar pages. To keep a working diary alongside Dawn, we...

Editeur : Michael Joseph
Parution : 2018-11-01

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The incredible, must-read true story of the meteoric rise of the music star and the #Merky brand – and a guide to achieving success in your own life, on your own terms.‘Extraordinary’ NME Books of the Year‘An inspirational must-read’ Evening StandardTHE #MERKY STORY SO...

Editeur : Merky Books Digital
Parution : 2018-11-01

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Au Revois!The name’s Trotter, Derek Trotter, and the world of business is my speciality. When it comes to the art of closing deals I’ve been around the track more times than a lurcher. Not only have I been there, done it and bought the t-shirt, I’ve gone back round to...

Editeur : Ebury Digital
Parution : 2018-11-01

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Praise for Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author Damien Lewis' SAS mission series:'One of the great untold stories of WWII' - Bear Grylls on SAS Ghost Patrol'The untold story' - Daily Mail on SAS Nazi Hunters'A tale of bravery against desperate odds' - Sunday Times on...

Editeur : Quercus
Parution : 2018-11-01

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'It is actually a serious book, but it had me laughing out loud several times on the Tube. All mothers should receive one for Christmas.' Marcus Berkmann, SpectatorEveryone who loves The Crown on Netflix will enjoy this celebration of Queen Elizabeth II and her beloved...

Editeur : Hodder & Stoughton
Parution : 2018-11-01

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The story of Hunter S. Thompson's crusade against Richard Nixon and the threat of fascism in America--and the devastating price he paid for it Hunter S. Thompson is often misremembered as a wise-cracking, drug-addled cartoon character. This book reclaims him for what he...

Editeur : PublicAffairs
Parution : 2018-10-30

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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the co-creator and co-star of the hit series Broad City, a hilarious and poignant collection about love, loss, work, comedy and figuring out who you really are when you thought you already knew.When Abbi Jacobson announced to friends and...

Editeur : Virago
Parution : 2018-10-30

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'Æthelred's reign of nearly thirty-eight years was the longest of any Anglo-Saxon ruler. If he had died in AD 1000, history would have remembered him more kindly'Few monarchs of the Middle Ages have had a worse popular reputation than Æthelred II, 'the Unready',...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2018-10-25

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“This is an adoring photo history that wonderfully shows Ginsburg in her private life as well as public.”—Publishers WeeklyThis unofficial pictorial retrospective celebrates and honors the barrier-breaking achievements of Supreme Court Justice Ruth...

Editeur : Union Square & Co.
Parution : 2018-10-25

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A SUNDAY TIMES POP BOOK OF THE YEARA DAILY TELEGRAPH MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEARA DAILY MAIL MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEARA TIMES MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR ('Of the many Led Zeppelin biographies marking the band's 50th anniversary, this is the most illuminating')OBSERVER BEST BOOKS OF...

Editeur : Constable
Parution : 2018-10-25

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'Without doubt, it's the memoir of the year' Irish IndependentPassionate, gossipy, opinionated and seriously entertaining, Truly Frank is an instant classic of journalistic memoir. Journalist Frank McDonald is best known as, in the words of Bob Geldof, 'a permanent...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2018-10-25

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IF YOU LOVED RUPAUL'S NEW BOOK, The House of Hidden Meanings, YOU'LL LOVE HIS FIRST - THE OFFICIAL RUPAUL BOOK WITH A FOREWORD BY JANE FONDA. AS SEEN ON RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE! A timeless collection of philosophies from renaissance performer and the world's most famous...

Editeur : Sphere
Parution : 2018-10-25

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