Short Books - Böcker

"Gillies writes magnificently on everything she touches." - Sunday Times "A delicate depiction of life, love and possibly madness... Moving and surprising" - Daily Express Nina Findlay, alluring, accomplished, deluded, always t...

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Grigory Rasputin, the Siberian peasant-turned-mystic, was as fascinating as he was unfathomable. He played the role of the simple man, eating with his fingers and boasting, 'I don't even know my ABC...' But, as the only person able ...

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Out of the Woods takes you on a revelatory ramble through country and city - from woodlands of majestic oak and ash to mean streets lined with cherries. Containing myriad tips for recognition and rich in tree-biography and gossip, this book will e...

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**AS SEEN ON CHANNEL 4** Is it possible to eat well, most of the time, and get slimmer and healthier as you do it? With The Fast Diet it is. Dr Mosley's Fast Diet has become the health phenomenon of our times. And for good reason. This radica...

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The invasion has begun. In this gripping book, Jonathan Mayo gives a blow by blow account of the events of D-Day, revealing what happened to the people swept up in this crucial moment in history. From soldiers, French villagers and journalists, to...

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Our phones have become a constant distraction; it's time we put them down and rediscovered the simple art of taking a few minutes out.This book offers an imaginative list of games and tips aimed at curing us of our portable tech addiction.Mor...

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A Paris Christmas is the charming, funny and improbable tale of how a man who was raised on white bread - and didn't speak a word of French - unexpectedly ended up with the sacred duty of preparing the Christmas dinner for a venerable Parisia...

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Walking on Sunshine offers 52 tips, tools and positive ideas (one for each week of the year) to guide you through the seasons and better manage the pressures of everyday life.In a diary of her year, Rachel Kelly shares the strategies that have hel...

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In this delightful and gently humorous book, Diana Melly takes us on an eye-opening tour of dance halls up and down the country, introducing us to everything from tango to swing.

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Drawing on the principles of ancient Chinese philosophy and his extensive experience of helping people of all ages and walks of life, Gerad Kite offers a life-changing promise - a route to a state of being that is more authentic, expansive and lib...

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In this fabulously confessional romp through the menopause, D'Souza tells us what it was like for her, and what it will be like for you. The Hot Topic is a treat of a book liberating, empowering and unexpectedly moving in its truth-telling.

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On 30th April 1945 Germany is in chaos...Russian troops have reached Berlin. All over the country, people are on the move - concentration camp survivors, Allied PoWs, escaping Nazis - and the civilian population is fast running out of food. The ma...

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The ultimate test of grammar rules - the grammar book serialised in the Times feature 'Grammar for Grown-ups'.

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'The diet that could save your life.' - The Times 'A brilliant book if you have type 2 diabetes or you don't want to get it.' - Jeremy Vine, BBC Radio 2 **AS SEEN ON CHANNEL 4** Dr Michael Mosley's No 1 bestselling 8-...

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What foods make us happy? Scientists are now discovering a proven link between what we eat and how we feel ...?In this inspirational book Rachel Kelly, who has had a history of depression, shares her personal experience of harnessing the power of ...

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Live well and feel great - go vegan in 15...The vegan revolution is here. More and more people are looking to eat and shop in a way that treads as lightly as possible on our fragile planet and that doesn't cause suffering to animals. In Vegan...

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Your gut is astonishingly clever. It contains millions of neurons - as many as you would find in the brain of a cat - and is home to the microbiome, an army of microbes that influences your mood, weight and immune system. In this groundbreaking bo...

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The cruel early death of his wife Helen tears up the script of Adam Golightly's middle-class, middle-aged existence. Miserably single, outnumbered by his kids and haunted by life's screaming fragility, he recounts his fight back against ...

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[b]Bicentenary Edition" Celebrating 200 years of Jane Austen[/b]In a country parsonage in the late 18th century, there lived a large family of seven children. They were all bright and clever and noisy, so nobody really noticed when little Jan...

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Your gut is key to your physical and mental wellbeing - home to your microbiome, an army of microbes that influences your weight, mood and immune system. In this companion book to Dr Michael Mosley's bestselling Clever Guts Diet, Dr Clare Bai...

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Are you really aware of what you spend?Do you know how to value things beyond their price? For the answer to these questions and more, look no further than Kakebo the budgeting journal used by millions every day in Japan to manage their household ...

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He has just a few months to complete his quest no one has ever done it before within one growing season and it will require ingenuity, stamina and a large dose of luck.As he battles the vagaries of the British climate, feverishly chasing each emer...

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"Cancer is not a laughing matter, as I was told by a cross German lady from Dortmund when I showed her this journal. She had herself had breast cancer and is right of course; there are lots of things that are not fun about cancer, most of the...

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Healthy food that children will actually eat? Most parents would go to the moon and back for the secret. In this game-changing book, designed for busy parents, top child nutrition expert Lucinda Miller shows you how to cook nutritious food that yo...

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Do you spend your nights tossing and turning, watching the clock, staring into the abyss, anxiously thinking about tomorrow? Its time to take back the night! Whether you want tips to help you sleep, imaginative ways to be productive and reduce anx...

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Nelson was a young South African with a reputation for trouble-making. Who would have thought he would one day lead his people to freedom? Nelson grew up at a time when black South Africans suffered terrible injustice. He was determined to change ...

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Two Weeks in Novemberis the thrilling, surreal, unbelievable and often very funny true story of four would-be enemies - a high ranking politician, an exiled human rights lawyer, a dangerous spy and a low-key white businessman turned political fixe...

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WARTIME BERLIN: The Niemann family - Karl, Minna and their four children - live in a quiet, suburban enclave. Every day Karl commutes to work, a business manager travelling around inspecting his "factories". In the evenings he returns ho...

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Worldwide, depression will be the single biggest cause of disability in the next 20 years. But treatment for it has not changed much in the last three decades. In the world of psychiatry, time has apparently stood still... until now. In this game-...

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"e;Congratulations on the purchase of this exclusive product, tailor-made just for you. It will provide you with years of continuous existence."e; So begins The Brain: A User s Manual, Marco Magrini s fascinating guide to the inner working...

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