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Mario Testino Sir ENFrom Rio to London, Cusco to Seville, Mario Testino is renowned for his free-spirited chronicles of dress and demeanor. In SIR, his largest book to-date, the influential photographer presents over 300 photographs in his search to define the allure of men. Featuring an essay by Pierre Borhan, an interview with Patrick Kinmonth, and many previously unpublished works from Testino's archive of thousands, this book…
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ENWritten by an anonymous fourteenth-century poet, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is recognized as an equal to Chaucer’s masterworks and to the great Old English poems, Beowulf included. A green-skinned knight offers the Knights of the Round Table a simple but deadly challenge a challenge taken on by the brave Sir Gawain. A challenge that will force him to choose between his honor and his life...
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Theodore Dreiser Sister CarrieA landmark in American literature, presented in its complete and unexpurgated version. Dreiser's unsparing story of a country girl's rise to riches as the mistress of a wealthy man marked the beginning of the naturalist movement in America...
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Richard P. Feynman Six Easy PiecesPenguin: Richard Feynman's Six Easy Pieces: The Fundamentals of Physics Explained is an essential introduction to the world of physics by one of its greatest teachers and icons. Richard Feynman inspired people around the world with his scientific brilliance, endless curiosity about the world and unorthodox outlook on life. Here he guides the reader through the very basics of physics, including atoms, energy, force,…
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S.H. Burton Six Ghost Stories ENOriginal / British English What is the secret of Room 7? Why do the Frobishers feel so uncomfortable with their young visitor? Why is Roger afraid to drive his new car? Is the old woman at number 91 really waiting for a birthday card that never comes? Find the answers in the pages of this book - sleep comfortably after reading them!
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Richard P. Feynman Six Not-so-easy PiecesPenguin: These SIX NOT-SO-EASY PIECES are drawn from Feynman's celebrated introductory course of lectures on physics. They delve into the most revolutionary discovery of twentieth-century physics: Einstein's theory of relativity. 'In these lectures everything you've ever heard about Feynman's wit and genius comes true' — John Horgan From the Publisher 6 NSEP makes learning physics a joyful experience.Richard P.…
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Edward de Bono Six Thinking Hats ENUsing the Six Hats method one major corporation reduced the time taken for multinational project discussions from 30 days to just 2 days. Argument is inefficient, ineffective and extremely slow. Argument was never designed to be constructive. The parallel thinking of the Six Hats method is rapidly replacing argument around the world. From senior executives at major corporations like Siemens, NTT, Prudential (US) to…
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Clive Cussler Skeleton Coast EN1896: Four Englishmen flee for their lives across the merciless Kalahari Desert carrying a stolen fortune in raw diamonds and hunted by a fierce African tribe. The thieves manage to reach the waiting HMS Rove - only to die with their pursuers in a vicious storm that buries them all under tons of sand...The present day: Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the covert combat ship Oregon have barely escaped a mission on the…
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Grayson Perry Sketchbooks ENWith a first-time collection of Grayson Perry's sketches, Sketchbooks follows the evolution of his career from art school to the present day. Grayson Perry has been using sketchbooks as a place to record and develop ideas - whether for pots, tapestries, clothes, houses or exhibitions, or for nothing at all - for over thirty years. Bringing together his favourites for the first time and showing some of the finished…
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Roald Dahl Skin and Other Stories ENHow would you dispose of a murder weapon without causing suspicion? Where would you hide a diamond where no one else would think of looking? What if you discovered the tattoo on your back was worth a million dollars? Eleven tales filled with intrigue and suspense to startle and spellbind you. Roald Dahl: the wolrd's number one storyteller.
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb Skin in the GameFrom the bestselling author of The Black Swan, a bold book that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion, finance and personal responsibility...
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Nick Hornby Slam ENWhoever invented skateboarding is a genius. There's only one skater, and his name's Tony Hawk. It doesn't matter if you don't know who he is, just trust me. Not only is Hawk the world's best skater, he's also good to talk to. So I talk to Tony Hawk, and Tony Hawk talks back. Because just when it seemed like everything had come together for me, I had to go and screw it all up. It only took two seconds. But all of me…
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Nick Littlehales Sleep ENOne third of our lives are spent trying to sleep. Most us have disturbed, restless nights and rely on a cocktail of caffeine and sugar to drag us through the day. Yet the hours we spend in bed shape our mood, motivation and decision-making skills - defining our performance in work, at home and while keeping fit. We need a new approach to sleep. In this ground-breaking book, Nick Littlehales, elite sleep coach to…
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Caroline Laidlaw Sleeping Beauty ENPrincess Aurora lives in a big castle. Prince Phillip is her friend. The Princess puts one hand on a spindle … she sleeps and sleeps. Does Princess Aurora see Prince Phillip again?
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Sylvain Neuvel Sleeping Giants ENIf you loved The Passage, World War Z, The Martian or Interstellar: this is a must-read thriller for you. Deadwood, USA. A girl sneaks out just before dark to ride her new bike. Suddenly, the ground disappears beneath her. Waking up at the bottom of a deep pit, she sees an emergency rescue team above her. The people looking down see something far stranger...We always look forward. We never look back. That girl…
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Sylvain Neuvel Sleeping GiantsDr Rose Franklyn discovered the giant metal hand by accident. Now she must find out where it came from, who made it and what it is for. Unfortunately, her task is complicated by...
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Dan Hurley Smarter ENCan you make yourself smarter? Scientists have always believed that the one thing that couldn't improve was intelligence. But now science journalist Dan Hurley investigates the new field of 'intelligence training', showing that intelligence can be flexible and trainable. With vivid stories of lives transformed, insight into the latest groundbreaking scientific discoveries and narrating his experiences as a human…
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Kathryn Harper Snow White ENOne, two, three, four, five, six, seven little dwarfs live in the house. All the Dwarfs love Snow White. The Queen is angry. She makes a poisoned apple for Snow White. Does Snow White eat the apple?
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Lee Elliot Major, Stephen Machin Social MobilityWhat are the effects of decreasing social mobility?How does education help - and hinder - us in improving our life chances?Why are so many of us stuck on the same social rung as our parents? Apart from the USA, Britain has the lowest social mobility in th
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Jillian Lauren Some Girls - My Life in Harem ENAt eighteen, Jillian Lauren was an NYU theater school dropout with a tip about an upcoming audition. The casting director told her that a rich businessman in Singapore would pay pretty American girls $20,000 if they stayed for two weeks to spice up his parties. Soon, Jillian was on a plane to Borneo, where she would spend the next eighteen months in the harem of Prince Jefri Bolkiah, youngest brother of the Sultan…
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Giovanna Fletcher Some Kind of WonderfulWhen the love of your life says you're not The One, what next? After celebrating a decade together, everyone thinks Lizzy and Ian are about to get engaged. Instead, a romantic escape to Dubai leaves Lizzy with no ring, ...
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Rachel Dewoskin Someday We Will FlyFrom the author of Blind, a heart-wrenching coming-of-age story set during World War II in Shanghai, one of the only places Jews without visas could find refuge...
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Jamie Oliver Something for the Weekend ENJamie Oliver was a relative unknown when he became a Penguin author in 1999. Six TV series and worldwide sales of more than eight million copies of his five books later, he is one of the UK's favourite chefs and an international celebrity who has changed the face of the cookbook. In Something for the Weekend, Jamie pulls together a selection of crowd-pleasers to liven up anybody's Sunday dinner, whether you're…
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Kyril Bonfiglioli Something Nasty in the Woodshed ENArt dealer and assassin Charlie Mortdecai has fled to Jersey, taking his thug Jock along with him, just in case. For now though he's had enough of secret government agencies, of stolen paintings, of terrifying Chinese gangs, and he's getting on surprisingly well with his nubile young wife. But there's no peace for the wicked - and Charlie can sometimes be very wicked indeed. When it seems there's a sexual pervert at…