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A History Of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr.

 

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Presents the story of how the great political visions of New Jerusalem or a second Elizabethan Age, rival idealism's, came to be defeated by a culture of consumerism, celebrity and self-gratification.

This book follows various political and economic stories, and deals with topics which include comedy, cars, Sixties anarchists, oil men and punks.

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Ageless Body, Timeless Mind: The Quantum Alternative to Growing Old by Deepak Chopra.

 

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There is nothing inevitable about aging, that is the inspiring message from Dr. Deepak Chopra.

"Once again Dr. Chopra presents us with information that can help us live long, healthy lives.

For all those interested in a long, full life, this book is a valuable resource.

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Heart Full of Lies by Ann Rule, (True Crime)

 

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An Beautiful Hawaiian wedding held the promise of a wonderful future for handsome, athletic Chris Northon, an airline pilot, a confirmed Bachelor turned devoted family man; and Liysa, an acclaimed surf photographer, loving mother, and aspiring Hollywood screenwriter.

But few, including Chris, had seen Liysa's other side, her controlling behavior and dark moods, her insatiable hunger for money and property.

No one anticipated the fatal outcome of a family camping trip in an Oregon forest.

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Who Wants to Be a Billionaire?: The James Packer Story

by Paul Barry.

 

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Who Wants to be a Billionaire? is the story of James Packer's desperate battle to win his father's love and respect.

It's also a tale of billion dollar bets gone disastrously wrong. But above all it's the portrait of a troubled relationship between a dominant father and dutiful son.

In this powerful sequel to his number one bestseller, The Rise and Rise of Kerry Packer, Paul Barry shows how James's father kept his grip on the empire even as he lay close to death.

And he reveals what drives his heir.

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Angels of Death: Inside the Bikers' Global Crime Empire

by William Marsden &‎ Julian Sher....

 

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The Hell's Angels leader, Sonny Barger, is toasted as an American legend, and the bikers work hard to promote their folk hero image.

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John Bishop: How Did All This Happen?

by John Bishop

 

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If you’re a man of a certain age you’ll know there comes a point in life when getting a sports car and over analysing your contribution to society sounds like a really good idea.

 

With a good job in sales and marketing and a nice house in Manchester that he shared with his wife and kids, John Bishop was no different when he turned the dreaded 4-0.

But instead of spanking a load of cash on a car that would have made him look like a senior stylist at Vidal Sassoon, he stumbled onto a pathway that ultimately lead him to become one of the nation’s best loved comedians.

It was a gamble, but boy, did it pay off.

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Dönitz: The Last Fuhrer by Peter Padfield

 

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Peter Padfield's compellingly readable book conveys a flavor of Nazi leadership unmatched by anything outside the memoirs of Albert Speer.

It is difficult to frame higher praise.

A distinguished naval historian and biographer paints a riveting portrait of Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz, the Supreme Commander of the German Navy and mastermind of World War Two's devastating submarine war.

As the Author so eloquently proves, dedicated officer Dönitz was corrupted by his inner need for a cause and for a leader to serve, both of which he found in Adolf Hitler.

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Wild Storm by Richard Castle

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Derrick Storm, the guy the CIA calls on when it wants something investigated domestically, is thirty three thousand feet in the air, returning from a rock climbing vacation in the Swiss Alps, when the plane spirals into a nose dive. 
Storm uses his climbing gear to tether himself to the wing and heroically save the plane and all the people on board.

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Secrets of Mental Math: The Mathemagician's Guide to Lightning Calculation and Amazing Math Tricks.

by Arthur Benjamin & Michael Shermer.

 

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For Crying Out Loud: The World According to Clarkson by Jeremy Clarkson

 

Jeremy's one man war on crimes against common sense has not yet been won. And out hero's still scratching his head at the madness of it all. But it's not all bad. He's learnt a little along the way, including:

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The Renegades by Tom Young

 

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A catastrophic earthquake ravages Afghanistan and American troops rush to deliver aid, among them Afghan Air Force adviser Lieutenant Colonel Michael Parson, and his interpreter, Sergeant Major Sophia Gold.

The devastation facing them is like nothing they’ve ever seen, however and it’s about to get worse.

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The Decisive Moment. by Jonah Lehrer

 

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Prepare for change of worldview?

The mystery of how and why we make decisions, from the trivial to the life changing, was rendered brilliantly in Michael Frayn's play Copenhagen, about the wartime meeting of physicists Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg.

"Decisions make themselves when you are going downhill at 70 kilometres an hour," says Heisenberg, a reckless skier.

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Conspiracy of Fools, A True Story, by Kurt Eichenwald.

 

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From an award winning Reporter comes the full, mind boggling story of the lies, crimes, and ineptitude behind the spectacular scandal that imperiled a presidency, destroyed a marketplace, and changed Washington and Wall Street forever

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The Trigger. Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War. by Tim Butcher.

On a summer morning in Sarajevo a hundred years ago, a teenage assassin named Gavrilo Princip fired not just the opening shots of the First World War but the starting gun for modern history, when he killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand. 

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A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin.

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In the aftermath of a colossal battle, the future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance, beset by newly emerging threats from every direction. In the east, Daenerys Targaryen, the last scion of House Targaryen, rules with her three dragons as Queen of a city built on dust and death. 
But Daenerys has thousands of enemies, and many have set out to find her. 
As they gather, one young man embarks upon his own quest for the Queen, with an entirely different goal in mind.

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Life and Times of Michael K, by J.M. Coetzee

 

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In a South Africa torn by civil war, Michael K sets out to take his mother back to her rural home.

On the way there she dies, leaving him alone in an anarchic world of brutal roving armies.

Imprisoned, Michael is unable to bear confinement and escapes, determined to live with dignity.

Life and Times of Michael K goes to the centre of human experience, the need for an interior, spiritual life, for some connections to the world in which we live, and for purity of vision.

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The Best Art You've Never Seen: 101 Hidden Treasures From Around the World by Julian Spalding.

 

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Across the globe there are scores of beautiful and unusual works of art that are largely unseen or fail to receive the critical acclaim they deserve. Why?

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The Game by N. Strauss.

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Hidden somewhere, in nearly every major city in the world, is an underground seduction lair. 
And in these lairs, men trade the most devastatingly effective techniques ever invented to charm women. This is not fiction. 
These men really exist. 

Look out for the sequal;

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Live Fire by Stephen Leather.

Set in Thailand;

 

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Mickey and Mark Moore are ordinary decent criminals, hard men who live by their own code and leaders of a gang that has made millions at the point of a gun.

But when Dan "Spider" Shepherd is sent to infiltrate the tightly knit team of bank robbers, he discovers that he has more in common with them than he first thought and that perhaps being a career criminal isn't the worst thing in the world.

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Tennis Whites and Teacakes by John Betjeman.

 

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To John Betjeman, England is a place of patriotic poets and seaside coves, provincial cathedrals and eccentric dons. 'Tennis Whites and Teacakes' brings together the best of Betjeman's poetry, private letters, journalism and musings in order to present a fully rounded picture of what he stood for.

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Pattaya Parables by John Tudor Griffiths

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The author served in the Royal Hong Kong Police from 1960 to 1993 and, after discovering Thailand in the late sixties, visited the “Land of Smiles” at least once each year. 

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The Demon's Brood: A History of the Plantagenet Dynasty

by Desmond Seward.

 

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The Plantagenet's reigned over England longer than any other family from Henry II to Richard III.

Four kings were murdered, two came close to deposition, and another was killed in a battle by rebels.

Shakespeare wrote plays about six of them, further entrenching them in the national myth.

Based on major contemporary sources and recent research, acclaimed historian Desmond Seward provides the first readable overview of the whole extraordinary dynasty, in one volume."

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Lockdown (Ryan Lock #1) by Sean Black

 

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A real high concept conspiracy thriller that delivers every step of the way.

 

It may be Christmas in New York, but for ex soldier turned elite bodyguard Ryan Lock it's business as usual, his mission is to protect one of America's most ruthless businessmen. Suddenly gunshots ring out.

People run for cover, innocent people are cold-bloodedly mown down.

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Manhood: Revised & Updated 2015 Edition by Steve Biddulph

 

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'Most men are not fully alive' is the dramatic opening to Steve Biddulph's bestseller, Manhood, which has now been fully revised and updated in this 2015 edition.

Exploring two critical social issues, how to establish a healthy masculinity and how men can release themselves from suffocating and outdated social moulds, Biddulph addresses the problems and possibilities confronting men in their daily lives.

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Chess for Beginners by P.H. Clarke.

 

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