The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher or The Murder at Road Hill House (2008 Samuel Johnson Prize) by Kate Summerscale
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It is a summer's night in 1860. In an elegant detached Georgian house in the village of Road, Wiltshire, all is quiet. Behind shuttered windows the Kent family lies sound asleep. At some point after midnight a dog barks. The family wakes the next morning to a horrific discovery: an unimaginably gruesome ...Show more
The Audacity Of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama
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At the heart of this title is Senator Obama's vision of how his country can move beyond its divisions to tackle concrete problems. He examines the growing economic insecurity of American families and the racial and religious tensions within the body politic, and considers the nature of threats from outs ...Show more
Rupert's Adventures in China: How Rupert Murdoch Lost a Fortune and Found a Wife by Bruce Dover
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How Murdoch Lost a Fortune and Found a WifeStarting his foray into China in the mid-80s, Rupert Murdoch quickly discovered that the rules were different in the Middle Kingdom: unlike in the West, the China's Communist leadership didn't need the support of the media to retain power. Dover paints a person ...Show more
Somewhere Towards the End by Diana Athill
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With skill and candour, the acclaimed London book editor, who turned 90 in December 2007, tells the story of what it means to be old.Somewhere Towards the End tells the story of what it means to be old: how the pleasure of sex ebbs, how the joy of gardening grows, how much there is to remember, to forge ...Show more
The Year of Living Biblically by A. J. Jacobs
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The avoiding shellfish was easy. The stoning of adulterers proved a little more difficult - and potentially controversial. Was it enough to walk up to an adulterer and gently touch them with a stone? With female adulterers in Manhattan, even that could be grounds for accusations of assault. So what's a ...Show more
Gonzo : The Life of Hunter S. Thompson - An oral biography by Jann Wenner & Corey Seymour
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Few American lives are stranger or wilder than that of Hunter S. Thompson. Born a rebel in Kentucky, Thompson spent a lifetime channelling his energy into such landmark works as FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS - and his provocative style revolutionised writing. Now, for the first time ever, Jann Wenner a ...Show more
Telling Tales by Alan Bennett
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"To be brought up in Leeds in the forties was to learn early on the quite useful lesson that life is generally something that happens elsewhere." In this delightful collection of reminiscences, Alan Bennett recalls his early years in a sequence of tales that are funny, touching and written in his unique ...Show more
The Confession by James McGreevey
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One of the most hotly anticipated memoirs for Americans: The governor who resigned with the words "I am a gay American" finally reveals his personal story of torment and triumph. In August 2004, Governor Jim McGreevey made history when he stepped before microphones, declared "My truth is that I am a gay ...Show more
Observations of a Very Short Man by Nigel Marsh
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Father's Day, 5 am: Nigel Marsh is woken by his 7 year old son Harry banging him on the nose with a card he's made at school. 'My dad is ...'the card says, to which Harry has added: '...a very short man'. 'That's the least of your problems,' Nigel's wife Kate remarks. As usual, she's right. So begins Ob ...Show more
Slash: The Autobiography by Slash with Anthony Bozza
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The long-awaited, never-before-told, no-holds-barred memoir from the legendary Guns N' Roses guitarist. Finally, all the lurid tales of sex, drugs and rock n' roll are revealed as Slash describes his incredible rollercoaster journey as part of the biggest rock band in the world, living life to the full ...Show more
Toast : The story of a boy's hunger by Nigel Slater
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This edition not available in New Zealand. This is top food writer Nigel Slater's eat-and-tell autobiography. Detailing all the food, recipes and cooking that have marked his passage from greedy schoolboy to great food writer, this is also a catalogue of how the British have eaten over the last three ...Show more