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Hugh Honour, John Fleming, Nikolaus Pevsner Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape ArchitectureNeed a handbook to your architect's business or studies? Struggling with your latest DIY project? Interested in the art of architecture? This classic work, now in its fifth edition, covers every aspect of architecture and landscape architecture...
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Rosalind Fergusson Dictionary of English - Synonyms & Antonyms ENWhat words mean exactly the same as delectable? Did you know that the opposite of friable is tough? Can you think of the antonym for ceaseless or another word for capsize? To extend your vocabulary, broaden your verbal range and spice up your linguistic dexterity, you need look no further than The Penguin Dictionary of English Synonyms and Antonyms. This classic work of reference provides: • A clear and complete…
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Graham Evans, Richard Newnham Dictionary of International Relations ENThe Penguin Dictionary of International Relations holds the key to understanding the trends and events that have influenced international relations over the last decade. This completely up-to-date reference includes explanations of the dangerous developments that have affected international relations, such as ethnic cleansing and preventive war, as well as detailed entries on broader concepts and key organizations…
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Maggie Nelson, Claudia Rankine, Denise Riley Die Deeper into LifeThe Penguin Modern Poets are succinct, collectible, lovingly-assembled guides to the richness and diversity of contemporary poetry, from the UK, America and beyond. Every volume brings together representative selections from the work of three poets now wr
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Miroslav Němec Die Toten von der FalkneralmEigentlich hätte es ein entspanntes »Mörderisches Wochenende« werden sollen für den Tatort-Schauspieler Miroslav Nemec: Lesung aus einem Krimi und gutes Essen in einem schönen Berghotel...
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Douglas Stone Difficult ConversationsWe attempt or avoid difficult conversations every day-whether dealing with an underperforming employee, disagreeing with a spouse, or negotiating with a client. From the Harvard Negotiation Project, the organization that brought you Getting to Yes, Difficult Conversations provides a step-by-step approach to having those tough conversations with less stress and more success. you'll learn how to: Decipher the…
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Nathaniel Popper Digital Gold ENShortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award. A New York Times technology and business reporter charts the dramatic rise of Bitcoin and the fascinating personalities who are striving to create a new global money for the Internet age. Digital Gold is New York Times reporter Nathaniel Popper's brilliant and engrossing history of Bitcoin, the landmark digital money and financial…
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Heidi Holland Dinner with Mugabe ENThis penetrating, timely portrait of Robert Mugabe is the psycho-biography of a man whose once-brilliant career has ruined Zimbabwe and cast shame on the African continent.Heidi Holland's tireless investigation begins with her having dinner with Mugabe, the freedom fighter, and ends in a searching interview with Zimbabwe's president more than 30 years later.The author charts Mugabe's gradual self-destruction, and…
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Steve Coll Directorate SIn the wake of the terrible shock of 9/11, the C.I.A. scrambled to work out how to destroy Bin Laden and his associates. Superficially the invasion was quick and efficient, but Bin Laden's successful escape...
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Nicholas Thomas DiscoveriesCook's great voyages marked the end of an era in world history. As he sailed into Hawaii in January 1778 he made contact with the last of the human civilizations to grow up independently of the rest of the world. But equally for the ...
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Naomi Alderman Disobedience ENIn a cramped synagogue in north-west London, the eminent elderly rabbi passes away. On the other side of the Atlantic, his estranged daughter, Ronit, hears of her father's death and returns to London for the funeral. She has not returned home in 15 years. Ronit looks forward to a week or two of revisiting old friends, perhaps settling old scores. But she finds the community she grew up in a more confusing place…
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Cathy Cassidy Dizzy EN'I never sleep, the night before my birthday... it's the only day of the year I hear from her...' Dizzy's mum left when she was small. But every year, on her birthday, something arrives in the post - a present or a card with her mum's loopy writing on it. Dizzy has kept everything. This year is different. Nothing comes in the post, but something amazing is about to arrive on Dizzy's doorstep. Something that will…
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Sháá Wasmund Do Less, Get More ENIn Do Less, Get More, entrepreneur and bestselling author Shaa Wasmund reveals that the key to fulfilment isn't doing more, it's doing what matters. Is your life how you imagined it would be, or is the reality more stressful than you planned? Do you put yourself under too much pressure to succeed? Are you struggling to find time for the things, and people, you love? It doesn't have to be this way. Anything is…
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Claire Douglas Do Not DisturbCould your dream home be your worst nightmare? After what happened in London, Kirsty needs a fresh start with her family. And running a guesthouse in the Welsh mountains sounds idyllic....
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Keri Smith Do Not Open This Box ENThis brand new, deluxe box set contains one copy each of Wreck This Journal, This Is Not a Book, Mess, and now The Pocket Scavenger. It has been specially designed by Keri herself. Smith invites you to reimagine what a book can be (a secret message, a recording device, an instrument). Poke holes in the pages. Paint them with coffee. Bring the book in the shower. Let loose and make a mess. Bestselling author Keri…
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Christopher Marlowe Doctor Faustus ENFrom the Elizabethan period's second-biggest dramatist comes the story of Faustus, a brilliant scholar who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for limitless knowledge and powerful black magic.
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Anthony Trollope Doctor Thorne ENYou must give up this mad idea, Frank ... there is but one course left open to you. You MUST marry money Son of a bankrupt landowner, Frank Gresham is intent on marrying his beloved Mary Thorne, despite her illegitimacy and apparent poverty. Frank's ambitious mother and haughty aunt are set against the match, however, and push him to save the family's mortgaged estate by making a good marriage to a wealthy heiress.…
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Alan Grant, Dan Abnett, Simon Furman Doctor Who ENThe Seventh Doctor embarks on more thrilling adventures in time and space in this first volume of collected comic strips from the pages of Doctor Who Magazine! This book features eleven amazing stories...
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Jenny T. Colgan Doctor WhoShort stories that are bigger on the inside. Join the women of the Whoniverse for five thrilling Doctor Who adventures by Sunday Times bestselling author Jenny T. Colgan. Ashildr, a young Viking girl, died bravely helping the Doctor save the village...
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Naomi Alderman Doctor Who: Borrowed TimeAndrew Brown is a trader for a big international bank. He makes lots of money every day, but he never has enough time. Now, he might found a way to borrow some - and at a very reasonable interest rate! But will it make his life easier, or will more...