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Coco Chanel förändrade och förnyade modet på ett sätt som världen sällan skådat. Hon var en rebell som gav kvinnor det de ville ha, precis innan de insåg att de behövde det, som den lilla svarta klänningen, boucléjackan, oäkta pärlor och tvåfärgad...

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Modehuset Chanel förknippas inte bara med en, utan två ikoniska designers. Först fanns Gabrielle, och sedan kom Karl. Men Karl Lagerfeld fortsatte inte bara Gabrielle Chanels arv, utan han återskapade det. Signaturen för modehuset Chanel den lilla...

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Stephen Baxter's epic sequence of Xeelee novels was introduced to a new generation of readers with his highly successful quartet, Destiny's Children, published by Gollancz between 2003 and 2006. But the sequence of novels began with RAFT in 1991. ...

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Commemorating 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, this book tells the story of the camp's construction and its evolution into the largest mass murder factory of all time. Using hundreds of captured German documents and architectur...

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Drawing on a superb collection of rare and unpublished photographs SS Foreign Divisions & Volunteers of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia 1942 - 1945 describes how the occupying Nazis recruited Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian conscripts into the Waff...

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Varför nöja sig med lite, när man kan ta allt ... Efter tolv års äktenskap har både Anna och Paul beslutat att de vill ta ut skilsmässa, men ingen av dem har berättat det för den andre. När Anna sedan upptäcker att Paul har spenderat en stor summa...

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Modet bleknar, stilen är evig ¿ Yves Saint Laurent Yves Saint Laurent sägs vara anledningen till att haute couture började betraktas som konst. Han förvandlade modevisningen till en spektakulär och imponerande händelse ¿och moderniserade kvinnligt...

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THE BESTSELLING SEQUEL TO THE PHENOMENAL THE LONG EARTH 'An absorbing collaborative effort from the two giants of SF' Guardian A generation after the events of The Long Earth, mankind has spread across the new worlds opened up by Stepping. Where J...

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Shortly after their rise to power, the Nazis established specific Arbeitslager (labour camps) which housed Ostarbeiter (eastern workers), Fremdarbeiter (foreign workers) and other forced labourers who were rounded up and brought in from the east. ...

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Stockley's Herbal Medicines Interactions is now in its second edition and remains a unique collaboration between a team of experts in the fields of drug interactions, clinical herbal medicines, phytopharmacovigilance and regulation of herbal medic...

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AN UNCUT BOOK OF THE YEAR AN EVENING STANDARD BEST NON-FICTION PICK A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR Chaos and debauchery defined Baxter Dury's turbulent childhood. Abandoned by his punk rock star dad Ian Dury in the late 80s, Baxter was left in the hands...

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Formed in 1942 8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer was soon deployed to the Eastern Front where Hitler's ambition to conquer Russia was stalling badly. In common with other SS units the Division was responsible for razing towns and villages, poi...

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THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A triumph' Independent 'Literary alchemy' SFX 1916: the Western Front. Private Percy Blakeney wakes up. He is lying on fresh spring grass. He can hear birdsong, and the wind in the leaves in the trees. Where...

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Little Book of Chanel is the pocket-sized and beautifully illustrated story of the most celebrated fashion designer in history. Chronicling the life and legacy of Coco Chanel, one of fashion's most influential couturiers, this gorgeous book offers...

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This is a compelling account of the German defense of the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Against overwhelming Soviet forces the book shows how the German Army Group North was driven across the Baltics from Leningrad and fought a n...

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Discover our new resources for the Cambridge International Primary and Lower Secondary Curriculum Frameworks From discovering how plants are pollinated, to learning about gravity, Cambridge Primary Science gets your learners thinking like scientis...

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Discover our new resources for the Cambridge International Primary and Lower Secondary Curriculum Frameworks These workbooks are full of activities that help your learners practise what they have learnt and encourage them to think and work scienti...

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The Wolf's Lair was the most important German command post building during the Second World War. Orders sent from these secret headquarters would play a massive part in the outcome of the War. Ian Baxter looks in to the inner workings of Hitler's ...

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THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER 'Imaginative, sense-of-wonder at its best . . . thrilling stuff from the masters' Independent on Sunday 'A thrilling and ceaselessly entertaining ride' SFX 2040-2045: In the years after a cataclysmic eruption the...

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THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER 'Rich in an awe-inspiring sense of wonder' Independent 'A hymn to the joys of unfettered world-building' Guardian 2045-2059. After the cataclysmic upheavals of Step Day and the Yellowstone eruption humanity is s...

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Resejournalisten Sarah Baxter har noggrant valt ut 25 smultronställen runtom i världen där du som besökare kan få en andlig upplevelse. Genom målande texter och rogivande illustrationer guidar hon dig genom okända platser med fantastisk natur, och...

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Guidebook on Scandinavians most spectacular mountain region with maps, photos and description of various walks, scrambles climbs and ski tours.

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Little Book of Schiaparelli chronicles the work of one of history's most influential and eccentric couturiers. Endowed with a strikingly imaginative and experimental approach to fashion, Elsa Schiaparelli cultivated a combination of the witty and ...

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A hard-SF cli-fi saga set against the background of the birth of the solar system. Filled to the brim with big ideas and breathtaking worldbuilding In the year 2570, a sleeper will wake . . . In the mid-21st century, the Kernel, a strange object o...

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What would happen to the world if the sun went out? New epic sci-fi from Stephen Baxter, the award-winning author whose credits include co-authorship of the Long Earth series with Terry Pratchett. By the middle of the 21st century, humanity has ma...

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THE EXTRAORDINARY FINAL INSTALMENT OF THE BESTSELLING LONG EARTH SERIES 'Intricately described . . . gently immersive' Guardian 'Enthralling and thought-provoking in equal measure' Daily Mail 'A love letter to science-fiction itself' SFX 2070-71. ...

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The elegance of the Little Black Dress. The simplicity of the Breton shirt. The luxury of the fragrance. These signatures exemplify the image of Chanel. Bringing to life the story and designs of Gabrielle Chanel, the most influential couturière in...

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