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Eminent Elizabethans: Rupert Murdoch, Prince Charles, Margaret Thatcher and Mick Jagger
by Piers BrendonPublished: 15/09/2012
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Beyond a Joke: Inside the Dark World of Stand-up Comedy
by Bruce DessauPublished: 15/08/2012
Comedians are not normal. If they were normal they wouldn't want to go onstage and make thousands of strangers laugh every night. Beyond a Joke is the story of lives lived to excess: of alcohol, drugs, sex ... and running marathons.
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21 Speeches That Shaped Our World: The people and ideas that changed the way we think
by Chris AbbottPublished: 01/08/2012
A thought-provoking collection of 21 speeches that have shaped the modern world
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The Voice UK: Access All Areas
by Tim RandallPublished: 15/07/2012
Behind the Scenes on Britain's Biggest New Talent Show
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Rethink: Two Renegade Economists Challenge Our Assumptions
by Uri Gneezy and John ListPublished: 01/05/2012
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Thinking the Twentieth Century
by Tony Judt with Timothy SnyderPublished: 01/04/2012
The final masterpiece by one of the leading historians and thinkers of his generation, the late Tony Judt.
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Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down: How One Generation of British Actors Changed the World
by Robert SellersPublished: 15/02/2012
Jaw-dropping tales of legendary excess and bad behaviour from the British stars of the 1950s and 60s, from the author of the bestselling Hellraisers and Hollywood Hellraisers.
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Brutal Simplicity of Thought: How It Changed the World
by Preface by Lord SaatchiPublished: 01/11/2011
The principles of modern communication revealed in deceptively simple words and pictures by the man behind the world’s most successful advertising agency
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Deviant Desires
by Katherine GatesPublished: 15/11/2010
Deviant Desires is a lavishly illustrated guide to the most fascinating and obscure outposts of the erotic frontier. Self-described pervert Katharine Gates takes us on an expedition into the latest sexual communities bursting forth at the beginning of the new millennium.
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The Passion Of The Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas That Have Shaped Our World View
by Richard TarnasPublished: 01/11/2010
The most lucid and concise presentation of Western thought. The writing is elegant and carries the reader with the momentum of a novel. 'It really is a noble performance.' - Joseph Campbell
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The Accidental Billionaires: Sex, Money, Betrayal and the Founding of Facebook
by Ben MezrichPublished: 01/11/2010
The fast-paced story of two Ivy-League outcasts who concocted a scheme to meet girls, and ended up inventing Facebook
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Voodoo Histories: How Conspiracy Theory Has Shaped Modern History
by David AaronovitchPublished: 01/07/2010
A stinging assault on the shocking, dotty and sinister world of modern conspiracy theories by the award-winning journalist David Aaronovitch.
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Greed
by Richard GirlingPublished: 01/07/2010
A timely polemic on greed: how it drove our ancesters out of their caves but is now sending us careering towards our destruction.
