King of the Blues

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‘Without a doubt the most important artist the blues has ever produced’ Eric Clapton’No one did more to spread the gospel of the blues’ President Barack Obama’One part of me says, “Yes, of course I ca …

How to Be a Rock Star

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THE TOP TEN BESTSELLER’Candid, brilliant and bizarre’ Guardian’Stories about the frontman and his bandmates are legion … [like] Peter Kay with menaces’ The Sunday TimesAs lead singer of Happy Monday …

Music Advantage

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Brain research has revealed something extraordinary: learning music and listening to music can grow and repair our brains at any age.Simply clapping in time can assist a young child who is struggling …

How to Walk a Dog

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‘The book of the year. THE book on dogs. And people.’ Andrew Dickens, Newstalk ZBMike White began walking his SPCA-rescue huntaway, Cooper, at Wellington’s dog parks ten years ago, and since then has …

Friday On My Mind

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George Young wasn’t so much on the charts for the best part of three decades: he and his musical partner Harry Vanda were the charts. George’s journey began with the trailblazing Easybeats and continu …

No One Listens to Your Dad's Show

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‘Christian has achieved something very beautiful and funny with this book, weaving ordinary life and every day sadness into something hopeful and profound. I loved it.’ Russell BrandAs a radio DJ in L …

Last Chance Texaco

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A Book of the Year in Rolling Stone, Uncut, Mojo, The Telegraph and the Glasgow HeraldThis troubadour life is only for the fiercest hearts, only for those vessels that can be broken to smithereens and …

Boy on Fire

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An intensely beautiful, profound and poetic biography of the formative years of the dark prince of rock ‘n’ roll, Boy on Fire is Nick Cave’s creation story, a portrait of the artist first as a boy, th …

Numb and Number

‘A wise, witty and insightful guide to clear thinking amid a deluge of percentages and probabilities.’ Ian StewartLike it or not, our lives are dominated by mathematics. Our daily diet of news regales …

A Cry From the Far Middle

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P.J. O’Rourke says we’ve worked ourselves into a state of anger and perplexity, and it’s no surprise because perplexed and angry is what America has always been all about. This uproarious look at the …

A Snowflake's Guide to Christmas

Christmas is an ethical and political minefield. Luckily, this survival guide contains valuable advice on how to navigate the hazards of the holiday season. Learn how to…* launch a scathing dinner t …

Freeman's Love

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Day by day, tweet by tweet, it often feels like our world is run on hate. Invective. Cruelty and sadism. But is it possible the greatest and most powerful force is love? In the newest issue of this ac …

The Cat and The City

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A BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick’Ingenious … touching, surprising and sometimes heartbreaking.’ Guardian’If you’re itching to read a new novel by David Mitchell … try this.’ The Times_______________In …

A Sharp Left Turn

This is a gripping read that works on several levels. It’s the sliding-door story of someone who might have become a world-famous pop star had he not suffered from a severe phobic disorder.It’s the st …

Contagion

From the bestselling authors behind Science(ish) and Hollywood Wants to Kill You…A fascinating free ebook about the science of viruses – all told through the Hollywood blockbuster Contagion.Viruses …

I Can't Remember the Title but the Cover is Blue

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As any retail or service worker will tell you, customers can be irrational, demanding, abusive, and brain-scramblingly, mind-bendingly strange. They can also be kind, thoughtful, funny, and full of pa …