Tag: non-fiction
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Mary 90: My Very Best Recipes
by Mary Berry Join Britain’s best-loved cook, Mary Berry, as she celebrates her 90th birthday,with a career-spanning collection of iconic, fuss-free recipes for every occasion, alongside stories and memories from a lifetime of cooking. In this beautifully illustrated cookbook, Mary shares 90 of her very best recipes―each one perfected over a lifetime of cooking. From…
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Why Nobody Understands Quantum Physics
by Frank Verstraete & Celine Broeckaert Quantum physics is the cornerstone of our world. Yet, at the same time, it’s one of the hardest subjects for ordinary mortals to grasp. In Why Nobody Understands Quantum Physics, a husband-and-wife team – renowned physicist Frank Verstraete and writer Céline Broeckaert – demystifies this essential branch of science. Together,…
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Sissinghurst-The Creation Of A Garden
Vita Sackville-West & Sarah Raven From 1946 to 1957, Vita Sackville-West, the poet, bestselling author of All Passion Spent and maker of Sissinghurst, wrote a weekly column in the Observer describing her life at Sissinghurst, showing her to be one of the most visionary horticulturalists of the twentieth-century. With wonderful additions by Sarah Raven, Vita Sackville-West’s Sissinghurst draws on this extraordinary…
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Nobody’s Girl
by Virginia Roberts Giuffre In 2011, Virginia Roberts Giuffre hit the headlines as Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s most outspoken victim: the woman whose decision to speak out helped send both serial abusers to prison and whose photograph with Prince Andrew catalysed his fall from grace. But first and foremost, she became known as a…
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Somewhere, a Boy and a Bear
by Gyles Brandreth When Winnie-the-Pooh first appeared in print on Christmas Eve 1925, his creator had no idea that this bear, and the fellow inhabitants of the Hundred Acre Wood, would go on to capture the imaginations of people of all ages all over the world for the next hundred years. In this new biography…
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What’s For Dinner
by Sarah Rossi Juggling daily life and eating well can feel impossible, especially after a busy day – finding time to think about mealtimes can feel like just another chore. But this book will do the hard work for you – and restore peaceful dinner times amid the chaos of family life! With 100 recipes and ten weekly…
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The House Of Beckham
by Tom Bower As one of the most famous and influential couples in the world, David and Victoria Beckham have attained iconic status. The ultimate power couple have together built a multi-billion-dollar global brand. For decades, adoring fans have been captivated by the glamorous world they have created, while their unrivalled fusion of showbiz, fashion,…
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Fi Insider: Notes From The Pit Lane
by Ted Kravitz From Australia and Italy to China and the U.S, Ted Kravitz – hailed as an ‘icon’ and ‘one of the most high-profile voices in F1’ – is the fan’s eyes and ears in the pit, followed by millions of F1 fans eager to see what’s going on behind the scenes. His ‘Ted’s…
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Black Gold
by Jeremy Paxman Coal is the commodity that made Britain. Dirty and polluting though it is, this black rock has acted as a midwife to genius. It drove industry, religion, politics, empire and trade. It powered the industrial revolution, turned Britain into the first urban nation and is the industry that made almost all others…
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Fly, Wild Swans
by Jung Chang Jung Chang’s Wild Swans was a book that defined a generation, an epic personal history of Jung, her mother and grandmother – ‘three daughters of China’. The book opens in 1909 with her grandmother’s birth – and foot-binding – when China was under the last emperor, moving through Mao Zedong’s rule, especially the Cultural…