Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy
Noam Chomski
Penguin Books
The United States asserts the right to use military force against 'failed states' around the globe. But as Noam Chomsky argues in this devastating analysis, America shares features with many of the regimes it insists are failing ... [ more ] |
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High Fidelity
Nik Hornbi
Penguin Books
Nick Hornby's first novel, an international bestseller and instantly recognized by critics and readers alike as a classic, helps to explain men to women, and men to men. Rob is good on music: he owns a small record shop and has strong ... [ more ] |
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Fever Pitch
Nik Hornbi
Penguin Books
A famous account of growing up to be a fanatical football supporter. Told through a series of match reports, Fever Pitch has enjoyed enormous critical and commercial success since it was first published in 1992. It has helped to create a ... [ more ] |
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The Complete Polysyllabic Spree
Nik Hornbi
Penguin Books
In his monthly accounts of what he's read - along with what he may one day read - Nick Hornby brilliantly explores everything from the classic to the graphic novel, as well as poems, plays, sports books and other kinds of non-fiction. ... [ more ] |
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A Long Way Down
Nik Hornbi
Penguin Books
'Can I explain why I wanted to jump off the top of a tower block?'
For disgraced TV presenter Martin Sharp the answer's pretty simple: he has, in his own words, pissed his life away'. And on New Year's Eve, he's ... [ more ] |
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Any Human Heart
Uiliam Bojd
Penguin Books
Any Human Heart is an ambitious, all-encompassing novel. Through the intimate journals of Logan Mounstuart we travel from Uruguay to Oxford, on to Paris, the Bahamas, New York and West Africa, and meet his three wives, his family, his ... [ more ] |
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How To Be Good
Nick Hornby
Penguin Books
Tins you in your armchair and won"t let go ...
How To Be Good? How to be bloody marvellous, more like"
Mail on Sunday
"I am in a car park in Leeds when I tell my husband I don"t want to be married to
him any more ..."
London GP ... [ more ] |
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Slam
Nick Hornby
Penguin Books
Sam is sixteen and a skater. Just so there are no terrible misunderstandings: skating = skateboarding. There"s no ice. Life is ticking along nicely for Sam: his mum"s got rid of her rubbish boyfriend, he"s thinking about college
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Complete Atlas of the World: The Definitive view of the Earth
Penguin Books
A COMPLETE AND UNRIVALLED OVERVIEW OF TODAY"S WORLD
Setting new standards in cartographic excellence
Created with state-of-the-art digital mapping software and satellite data, the first edition of the DK Complete Atlas of the World ... [ more ] |
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High fidelity
Nick Hornby
Penguin Books
When Laura dumps Rob (on the very first page) he is aggrieved and exhilarated, 35 and petrified. Trying to work out what went wrong, obsessed with music, and running an ailing record shop, he sets out on the road to self-discovery.
Nick ... [ more ] |
