The enigmatic and elusive filmmaker Stanley Kubrick has not been treated to a full-length biography in over twenty years. Stanley Kubrick: An Odyssey fills that gap. It is based on access to the lates..
'Nobody could make a film like Stanley Kubrick.' Steven Spielberg
Kubrick's interest in observing human folly produced some of the most important works of art of the twentieth century, including ..
When Kurt Cobain died at his Seattle home on April 8, 1994 at the age of 27, music lost the idol of an entire generation. Ernesto Assante, renowned music journalist, guides the reader through the pers..
Kurt Cobain burst into American consciousness with a vengeance with the release of Nevermind, an instant classic that defined a sound and a generation. Three years later, he was dead of suicide, leavi..
'Everything about Venice,' observed Lord Byron, 'is, or was, extraordinary - her aspect is like a dream, and her history is like a romance.' Dream and romance have conditioned myriad encounters with V..
For fans of Peter Mayle, 'Britain's finest living nature writer' takes the plunge and buys an old farmhouse deep in the French countryside - a perfect slice of sunny escapist joy from the perennial Su..
Labelled with Love: A History of the World in 100 Record Labels is a warm-hearted, reflective and affectionate musical odyssey through your record collection. It's an informative and revealing look at..
From the outset, Caroline Lamb had a rebellious nature. From childhood she grew increasingly troublesome, experimenting with sedatives like laudanum, and she had a special governess to control her. Sh..
When impoverished aristocrat Lady Charlotte Bertie married wealthy Welsh ironmaster John Guest of Dowlais in 1833, her relatives looked on with dismay. Yet despite their vast difference of background ..
Lady Anne Glenconner invites both old friends and new acquaintances to join her in The Picnic Papers. Together, they explore the curious British obsession with dining alfresco, despite our famously un..
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In eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Europe everyone lived 'off the land' in one way or another. In Ireland, however, almost everyone lived 'on the land' as well. Agriculture was the only economic re..
From established sports journalist Ben Hunt, the very first biography of the up-and-coming British driver Lando Norris, published on the brink of the British Grand Prix.
As the youngest ever Brit..
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Half of all 7,000-plus human languages may disappear over the next century and - because many have never been recorded - when they're gone, it will be forever. Ross Perlin, a linguist and co-director ..
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When someone says, 'You have to know your history...' this is it. A pop culture classic for over t..
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The sequel to The Motorcycle Diaries, this book is Ernesto Che Guevera's journal documenting the young Argentine's second trip through Latin America, revealing the emergence of a committed revolutiona..
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Eisner Award nominated author Bex Ollerton-known as @Schnumn to her thousands of ..
An enthralling and illuminating biography of T. E. Lawrence - the inspiration for the iconic film Lawrence of Arabia - from "The World's Greatest Living Explorer" Ranulph Fiennes
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From French rugby's origins in Le Havre, (as an English export in the late nineteenth century) to the Catalan coast, acclaimed rugby writer Peter Bills travels the length and breadth of this vast coun..
The fascinating and unknown story of the Tour de France's ever-changing relationship with money and power - and the enigmatic family behind it all.
It started with a cash drop by an English..
How did a relatively unknown priest from Argentina rise so quickly from obscurity to one of the top leaders of the twenty-first century The answer lies in his humility, as well as the simple principle..
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Simplify, structure, and scale your marketing plan - without the extra work
You keep being told to do more marketing. More complex, more specialized and more expensive marketing. Chasing the late..
In Lean on Me Segal searches for hope in her own life and in the world around her, and finds it in our intimate commitments to each other and our shared collective engagements, the two being intertwin..
The moment life opened up again, the bullshit came rushing back in. Social obligations, family demands, work responsibilities, and the endless soul-crushing minutia we learned to live without when the..
The sequel to Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight. In her twenties Alexandra Fuller embarked on a new journey, into a long, tempestuous marriage to Charlie Ross, the love of her life. In this frank, pe..
When you are leaving the comfort zone for an outdoor adventure the most incredible things can happen. This book showcases what it's like to experience the full spectrum of life. From encountering diff..
The Situationist International, who came to the fore during the Paris tumults of 1968, were revolutionary thinkers who continue to influence movements and philosophy into the twenty-first century. Mos..
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'Not funny' Liz Truss
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Leta Hong Fincher's landmark book Leftover Women shone a light on the resurgence of gender inequality in 21st-century China. Ten years on, women in China continue to experience a dramatic rolling back..
A topical and richly entertaining history of food preservation and food waste in Britain from the sixteenth-century kitchen to the present day.
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The brilliant autobiography from the 'saviour of Nike'
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How a Soviet cosmic dream is becoming a modern reality
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Isaac Deutscher was planning to write a biography of Lenin after he completed the Trotsky trilogy. But he changed his mind and wrote one of Stalin instead. This was necessary, he argued, to show that ..
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