The View from Here

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Built loosely on her much-loved Guardian column – Just 70The View from Here is Bakewell’s discerning and heartwarming account of life at 70 and beyond. A household name and a popular radio and TV broa …

Being Elizabeth Bennet

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Elizabeth Bennet is the wittiest and most attractive heroine in English literature. And in Being Elizabeth Bennet, you have the opportunity to become her. You will be faced with delicate challenges an …

This Is Your Brain On Music

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Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book AwardThe Independent best books of the yearThe Guardian best books of the year This is the first book to offer a comprehensive explanation of how humans experie …

On The Wealth of Nations

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Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations was first published in 1776 and almost instantly was recognized as fundamental to an understanding of economics. It was also recognized as being really long and as P …

Stumped!

Stumped! offers definitive answers to sports-related conundrums including: * Which country is the best at sport?* Who would win a fight between Muhammad Ali and Bruce Lee?* In motor racing, is the car …

Cooler, Faster, More Expensive

Posh is back and bigger than ever. From Peaches Geldof to David Cameron, a new breed of Sloane is taking over the country and Peter York, Britain’s foremost social commentator, and Olivia Stewart-Libe …

Never Hit a Jellyfish with a Spade

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The big things in life look after themselves. Birth, love, death – they’re all terrifically exciting, but they happen whether we like it or not. It’s the little things in life that cause the most trou …

Swinesend: Britains Greatest Public School

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Swinesend, hallowed public school and much loved home over the years to all sorts of boys (including girls) has long gone unnoticed by Britain’s authorities. But thanks to this fully updated guide tho …

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 …

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 …

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 Hamster that Loved Puccini

Simon Hoggart is back with a new treasure trove of Christmas round robins. And this time they illustrate the seven deadly sins of their writers, including boastfulness (dazzlingly clever children who …

Gobbledygook

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When was the last time you heard a politician use words that rang with truth and meaning? Do your eyes glaze over when you read a letter from your bank or insurance company? Does your mind shut down w …

Broken Spears

A moving photographic journey into the vanishing culture of the Maasai warriors of Kenya and Tanzania.When photojournalist Elizabeth Gilbert first came into contact with the Maasai over ten years ago, …

Running With Scissors

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The #1 New York Times BestsellerAn Entertainment Weekly Top Ten Book of the YearNow a Major Motion PictureThis is the true story of a boy who wanted to grow up with the Brady Bunch, but ended up livin …

Essential Militaria

A riotous collection of military facts and figures. Includes such categories as ‘The Eight Wounds Sustained by Alexander the Great’ and ‘The Worst Reasons for Starting a War’.Essential Militaria is an …