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Inspired by George Orwell, Paul Moody and Robin Turner take a nostalgic road trip around Britain in search of the perfect pub. 'A deeply satisfying travelogue' Stuart MaconieIn 1946, George Orwell, a man fond of a pint, wrote about his favourite pub, The Moon Under...
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Orion
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2011-11-24
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A vivid and charming portrait of life in the Yorkshire DalesThe enchanting sequel toA Countryman's Lot, which told the story of Max Hardcastle's move to the Yorkshire Dales and the richness of life as an antiques dealer, The Luck of a Countryman contains an array of...
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Sphere
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2011-11-03
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The true story of a Romany childhood... Gypsy Princess is a searingly honest account of what life is really like for travelling communities, for girls in particular, and captures a way of life that is slowly fading away. If you enjoyed the memoirs of Mikey Walsh and...
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Headline
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2011-09-01
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By the end of World War II much of Western Europe was in chaos. The future of our world had been contested here, in the hinterlands of France and across the German plains. But what's become of the battlefields now? Or the people that lived on them? And is there any...
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Cornerstone Digital
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2011-07-31
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A dazzling biography of the Eternal City - 'A tour of the great city with a great guide: who could do this better?' EVENING STANDARD.For almost a thousand years, Rome held sway as the spiritual and artistic centre of the world. Hughes vividly recreates the ancient Rome...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2011-06-23
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Britain. What's that all about then?Having skewered modern life and culture in the bestselling Is it Just Me or is Everything Shit?, Steve Lowe and Alan McArthur set out to uncover the deep dark truth about Britain - its history, its myths and its people. Over the...
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Sphere
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2011-06-02
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Max and Vicky Hardcastle have a daydream . . .One day, they'll sell their cramped city-centre antiques shop and the overflowing upstairs flat and relocate to the beautiful Yorkshire Dales. If they could only find the perfect place to house both family and business, then...
Editeur :
Sphere
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2011-04-07
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'The Norwegian Chandler' Jo Nesbø'One of my very favourite Scandinavian authors' Ian Rankin'Staalesen's most striking novel' IndependentMORE THAN FIVE MILLION BOOKS SOLD WORLDWIDESeptember 1995. A phone call takes Verg Veum back 25 years to a case from when he was a...
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Arcadia Books
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2011-04-01
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The Irish Male at Home and Abroad is the hilarious sequel to Joe O'Connor's bestsellerThe Secret World of the Irish Male. From flirting lessons in downtown Manhattan to being offered a good ride in Disneyland by the now legendary Wanda, it was a long, strange and...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
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2011-03-31
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One day in late summer, Michael Wright gave up his comfortable South London existence and, with only his long-suffering cat for company, set out to begin a new life. His destination was 'La Folie', a dilapidated 15th century farmhouse in need of love and renovation in...
Editeur :
Transworld Digital
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2011-02-28
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The Danube is Europe's Amazon. It flows through more countries than any other river on Earth - from the Black Forest in Germany to Europe's farthest fringes, where it joins the Black Sea in Romania. Andrew Eames' journey along its length brings us face to face with the...
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Transworld Digital
Parution :
2011-02-08
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The story of the huge mobile battles of 1918, which finally ended the Great War.1918 was the critical year of battle as the Great War reached its brutal climax. Warfare of an epic scale was fought on the Western Front, where ordinary British soldiers faced the final...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2010-12-23
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Intrepid presenter Nicholas Crane investigates eight epic journeys, following in the footsteps of our greatest indigenous explorers.Nick presents eight of the most interesting traveller-chroniclers to have explored and reported on the state of the nation. From Gerald of...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2010-12-16
ePub
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For Dummies Travel guides are the ultimate user-friendly trip planners, combining the broad appeal and time-tested features of theFor Dummies series with up-to-the-minute advice and information from the experts at Frommer's. Small trim size for use on-the-go Focused...
Editeur :
For Dummies
Parution :
2010-12-15
Collection :
Dummies Travel
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How often have you eaten a mushroom that you picked yourself that morning? Or sat on a boat opening and eating oysters as you lift them from the sea? Or partaken of a seven course feast of game to celebrate the success of the chasse? When Patricia Atkinson - bestselling...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2010-12-07
ePub
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Some of our most intriguing history is missing. Perhaps there has been a conspiracy, a cover-up? Or maybe some stories have been lost, forgotten or were just too embarrassing to talk about at the time? But now they are back, revealed in all their glory: secret passages,...
Editeur :
John Murray
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2010-11-11
ePub
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Foreigner Adrian Gill (a Scot) goes in search of the essence of England and the EnglishThe English are naturally, congenitally, collectively and singularly, livid much of the time. In between the incoherent bellowing of the terraces and the pursed, rigid eye-rolling of...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2010-10-07
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Jason Webster had lived in Spain for 15 years when he and his partner Salud, a flamenco dancer, tired of their city life and decided to buy a crumbling farmhouse clinging to the side of a steep valley in the eastern province of Castellón. He knew nothing about farming -...
Editeur :
Vintage Digital
Parution :
2010-08-03
ePub
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'MAKES YOU WANT TO BUY A PLANE TICKET AND IMMERSE YOURSELF IN DEEPEST FRANCE' Irish IndependentMillions of readers worldwide are talking about the Dordogne Mysteries and their hero, Bruno, Chief of Police. Join them in this entertaining and compelling read and find out...
Editeur :
Quercus
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2010-07-29
Collection :
The Dordogne Mysteries
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In this charming book bestselling author Christopher Winn turns his attention to the Irish people, taking us on a enthralling journey around their homeland, discovering en route the intriguing and surprising ways the places and their history contribute to the Irish...
Editeur :
Ebury Digital
Parution :
2010-07-06
ePub
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