Michelangelo's Finger

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Raymond Tallis is a renowned polymath: he was listed by the Independent in 2007 as one of fifty ‘Brains of Britain’ and in 2004 Prospect magazine voted him one of Britain’s top public intellectual.In …

The Well-Dressed Ape

The ‘Well-Dressed Ape’, aka Homo sapiens, is a strange mammal. It mates remarkably often and with unprecedented affection. With comparable enthusiasm, it will eat to the point of undermining its own h …

A Stout Pair of Boots

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More and more Australians are visiting battlefields around the world, from Gallipoli and France to Vietnam. But what do you do when you get there? This essential guide to the Australian battlefields t …

Big Boys' Toys

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All over the country, in sheds, hangers and harbours, a silent army of dedicated other halves have been tinkering away. At last, in Big Boys’ Toys, these blokes step out into the daylight to be counte …

Spiders

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Spiders are everywhere. No matter how clean, how stark, how sterile your home, the spiders will come. Spiderlings will balloon in and wait for the insects that will appear. Adult spiders will walk in. …

Anything Goes

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Bracketed by the catastrophes of the Great War and the Wall Street Crash, 1920s America was a place of drama, tension and hedonism. It glittered and seduced: jazz, flappers, wild all-night parties, th …

The Pill

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A groundbreaking book, The Pill is accessible, informed and inspiring. Exploring the physical and psychological repercussions of taking the Pill-from side effects like weight gain and depression to po …

Jack Fingleton

A life marked by a feud with Australia’s greatest batsman, bravery in the face of Bodyline and relationships in the corridors of Parliament.Jack Fingleton was a formidable Australian opener during the …

A Fighter's Heart

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After a series of adventurous jobs around the world, Sam Sheridan found himself in Australia, cash-rich and with time on his hands to spend it. It occurred to him that he could finally explore a long- …

One of a Kind

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From the moment he first stepped onto a test pitch, cricket fans around the world were dazzled by Doug Walters’ red-blooded strokes, his immaculate timing and his great enjoyment of the game. But they …

Playing the Enemy

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Now filmed as INVICTUS directed by Clint Eastwood, and starring Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela. SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2008As the day of the final of …

The Truth About Stress

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We seem to be living through an epidemic of stress. There are 15 million websites dedicated to the subject and Britain alone has over two million accredited therapists, counsellors and healers devoted …

John Stuart Mill

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A young activist and highly-educated Cambridge Union debater, Mill would become in time the highest-ranked English thinker of the nineteenth century, the author of the landmark essay On Liberty and on …

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 …

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 …