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Walter Isaacson * An extraordinary book which gives us a unique insight into the life and thinking of the man who has single-handedly transformed the world | |
Julian Assange In December 2010, Julian Assange signed a contract with Canongate Books to write a book - part memoir, part manifesto - for publication the following year. At the ... | Julian Barnes A Life with Books is an essay specially commissioned for Independent Booksellers Week is available only throughindependent bookshops. In it, Julian Barnes writes about his early awareness of books and... |
Vasari, Giorgio; Jason, Neville
| This brand-new deluxe baby journal encourages parents to chronicle all the important milestones of baby's first year. But the exquisite presentation and the cloth-covered slipcase means that this is much... |
Davitt Moroney Written by Bach specialist and leading harpsichordist Davitt Moroney, this is a witty, lucid and revealing account of Bach's life. It includes a perceptive assessment of the composer's genius, which... | Peter Marinker; Oliver Wendell Holmes Though by profession a doctor (he coined the word anaesthesia) Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) was one of the leading 19th century American poets and a member of the famous Saturday... |
John Kavanagh; Jim Norton; Denys... William Butler Yeats was a poet, playwright, essayist, politician, occultist, astrologer, founder of a national theatre, correspondent, lover, husband and father. This work presents his major poems in the context... | David Attenborough When, aged 26, David Attenborough applied for a job in the BBC - which then meant radio - he was promptly turned down. But someone saw his rejected application letter... |
Tina Fey; Tina Fey Tina Fey is one of the world's greatest comic writers and performers. Bossy Pants is her first book. | Coddington, Grace; Coddington, Grace Beautiful. Willful. Charming. Blunt. Grace Coddington's extraordinary talent and fierce dedication to her work as creative director of "Vogue" have made her an... |
Arlene Okerlund Elizabeth Wydeville, Queen consort to Edward IV, has traditionally been portrayed as a scheming opportunist. But was she a cunning vixen or a tragic wife and mother? ... | Arlene Okerlund Elizabeth Wydeville, Queen consort to Edward IV, has traditionally been portrayed as a scheming opportunist. But was she a cunning vixen or a tragic wife and mother? ... |
Neil Wenborn; Rupert Degas This 'In a Nutshell' guide explores the life and legacy of Napoleon Bonaparte, whose actions as the French military and political leader shaped European politics - his Napoleonic code influenced... | Keith Richards Once-in-a-generation memoir of a rock legend. |