Self-Made Man

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Norah Vincent became an instant media sensation with the publication of Self-Made Man, her take on just how hard it is to be a man, even in a man’s world. Vincent spent a year and a half disguised as …

Seven Kings

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“Seven Kings” is a vivid insight into the daily life of seven average teenagers over the course of a school year. What does their world look and feel like – and how will they shape our country in the …

Notes on Directing

The notes collected together in this volume were gathered over Frank Hauser’s successful career as a theatre director. They document his teachings and his directions of such acting legends as Alec Gui …

White Ghost Girls

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Longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction’Beautifully imagined… An extremely elegant, as well as visually arresting, first novel.’ — Daily MailTwo sisters grow together and apart into their emerg …

Zoia's Gold

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A mysterious, gripping novel spun from the secret life of Zoia Korvin-Krukovsky, last-known survivor of the Romanov court and the woman who found fame as teh audacious ‘painter on gold’.Stockholm, Dec …

Once in a Lifetime (film tie-in)

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In 1971, Warner Brothers bought a local football team, the New York Cosmos. In 1975 the club signed a three-year deal with Pele, the greatest player the game had ever known. More big name signings wou …

Vulnerable in Hearts

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Part memoir, part history, part entertainment, Vulnerable in Hearts is a meditation on how we communicate; why we play games; and the ways in which we love.Sandy Balfour’s father and the game of contr …

The Magic Spring

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City-dweller Richard Lewis has been having a problem with roots. His, he means. It would have been so much more romantic if he had been born in Dublin or Marseille. But what if you’re simply from Croy …

Betraying Hitler

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The extraordinary story of the German foreign ministry official who, at risk to his life, spied for the Allies in the Second World War.

Rape: A Love Story

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‘Rape: A Love Story gives us Oates at her darkly enthralling best’ New York Times’A brilliantly told story of a gang rape and its aftermath’ GuardianTeena Maguire should not have tried to shortcut her …

Breakfast Epiphanies

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The instant Sara and Toby met, they just knew that they were made for each other. But they soon discovered that they had very different ideas about how to get married. For Sara, God and Love were inse …

The Aquariums of Pyongyang

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‘I beseech you to read this account’ – Christopher HitchensA magnificent, harrowing testimony to the voiceless victims of North Korea.Kang Chol-Hwan is the first survivor of a North Korean concentrati …

The Food Taster

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When Ugo DiFonte, a starving peasant, and his beautiful daughter Miranda are snatched from their farm by the despot Duke Federico, Ugo thinks life can’t get any worse. He’s wrong. The duke orders Ugo …

The Divine Husband

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Francisco Goldman, one of the most talented and award-winning writers of his generation, released his third novel, The Divine Husband, to wide and rapturous acclaim. Beginning with a single, possibly …

It's About that Time: Miles Davis On and Off Record

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Here is quite simply one of the most original books about a jazz musician ever published–a biography-cum-discography that focuses in turn on fourteen major albums recorded by Miles Davis, using them …

The Mayor of Uglyvilles Dilemma

Inside this small (but perfectly formed) hardback there lurks some of the most devilishly difficult mathematical brainteasers human beings have yet devised.