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A remarkable new history evoking the centrality of Italy to World War II, outlining the brief rise and triumph of the Fascists, followed by the disastrous fall of the Italian military campaign.
While staying closely aligned with Hitler, Mussolini remained carefully neutral until the summer of 1940. At that moment, with the wholly unexpected and sudden collapse of the French and British armies, Mussolini declared war on the Allies in the hope of making...
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Intense, but elegant. Spirited, yet refined.
The complexities that describe Michael Browne's wines describe his life experiences, too. With a tumultuous childhood and an adolescence filled with feelings of isolation, Michael joined the circus when he was twelve. By eighteen, he was a featured performer, fire-eater, unicyclist, high-wire walker, and trapeze artist. But it was during his work in the restaurant industry years later when Michael realized...
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A fascinating study of animal behavior that reveals them to be as sentient and self-aware as we humans are.
In What Do Animals Think and Feel? biologist Karsten Brensing has something astonishing to tell us about the animal kingdom: namely that animals, by any reasonable assessment, have developed the sophisticated systems of social organization and behaviour that human beings call "culture."
Dolphins call one another by name and orcas inhabit a...
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The Booker Prize-nominated author returns with a dazzling coming-of-age story set in post-independence Sri Lanka.
Ceylon is on the brink of change. But young Kairo is at loose ends. School is closed, the government is in disarray, the press is under threat, and the religious right are flexing their muscles. Kairo's hardworking mother blows off steam at her cha-cha-cha classes; his Trotskyist father grumbles over the state of the nation between his...
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In 1914, with the well-wishes of the Brazilian government, Theodore Roosevelt, ex-president of the United States; his son, Kermit; and Colonel Rondon travel to South America on a quest to course the River of Doubt. While in Brazil, Theodore is also tasked with a "zoogeographic reconnaissance" of the local wilderness for the archives of the Natural History Museum of New York. In addition to the perils of the incredibly difficult and dangerous terrain,...
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Un piloto aviador queda incomunicado en el desierto tras sufrir una avería en su avión a mil millas de cualquier región habitada. Allí se encontrará con un pequeño príncipe que afirma vivir en el asteroide B 612 (donde hay una rosa y tres volcanes) con el que no tardará en congeniar. En sus conversaciones, El Principito le relatará su visión sobre la vida y la gente, de esa sabiduría que se pierde cuando las personas abandonamos la infancia....
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Inspired by Jules Verne's classic adventure tale, celebrated editor-in-chief of The Wine Economist Mike Veseth takes his readers Around the World in Eighty Wines.
The journey starts in London, Phileas Fogg's home base, and follows Fogg's itinerary to France and Italy before veering off in search of compelling wine stories in Syria, Georgia, and Lebanon. Every glass of wine tells a story, and so each of the eighty wines must tell an important tale....
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Do you know how much the most expensive bottle of wine ever auctioned sold for? Or how the production processes of red and white wine differ? What should you be doing when a waiter hands you a cork? And what is the difference between an aroma and a bouquet? All these questions and more are answered in this fascinating book about wine. Whether you are an experienced wine buff and want to discover some interesting and little-known facts, or you are...
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Brighton's Knockers.
In the first instalment of this epic trilogy, Stephanie Marchant conveys in her own innovative and cutting style an entertaining catalogue of truly unbelievable stories. Stories all about a lovable bunch of rogues getting up to all sorts of antics, fun and frolics. Stories strung together over a period of years that includes mystery, intrigue, tragedy, secrets and lies. Plus a little bit of 'How's yer Father?'
There is however...
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This lovely holiday anthology features seasonal classics from the turn of the twentieth century. Recounted in verse, the tales feature quaint color illustrations by popular children's artists of the era such as Margaret Evans Price, W. F. Stecher, Raphael Tuck, and others. Heartwarming tales include: The Night Before Christmas, Clement C. Moore's timeless poem about a visit from St. Nicholas; Father Christmas, a celebration of plum pudding, Jack Frost,...
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"No women need apply." Western towns looking for a local doctor during the frontier era often concluded their advertisements in just that manner. Yet, apply they did. And in small towns all over the west, highly trained women from medical colleges in the East took on the post of local doctor to great acclaim. These women changed the lives of the patients they came in contact with, as well as their own lives, and helped write the history of the West....
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Hey, I am Parshwika, I have been running my online business from past 3 years as an artist, creating person in this book I am sharing everything based on my research and experience so far, I am covering different ways to make money as a creative person as an artist/designer online, covering ways based on my experience and knowledge so far in depth along with how much can you make? Where to sell? Pros and cons and so much more more, hopefully this...
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Gracing our screens for forty years, one of the nation's most beloved television programmes has become a national institution. The Antiques Roadshow has given the opportunity for thousands of unique stories to be told over the years, as well as the introduction of many incredible characters. In this exclusive new compendium, some of the classic moments from the show are featured, providing an intriguing look at the fascinating history behind each...
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An award-winning watchmaker-one of the few practicing the art in the world today-chronicles the invention of time through the centuries-long story of one of mankind's most profound technological achievements: the watch.
Timepieces have long accompanied us on our travels, from the depths of the oceans to the summit of Everest, the ice of the arctic to the sands of the deserts, outer space to the surface of the moon. The watch has sculpted the social...
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"Hart has a genuine gift for conveying the texture of midcentury Manhattan…. [She makes] the dilemmas of her own young life both compelling and contemporary."
-USA Today
"[A] glorious once upon a time fairytale come true….I loved every moment!"
-Adriana Trigiani, author of Very Valentine
A memoir acclaimed as "reminiscent of The Best of Everything and Breakfast at Tiffany's" (BookPage), Summer at Tiffany by Marjorie Hart is the...
16) Diamond Geezer
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Pre-order the brand new novel from Gillian Godden!
Diamond by name...
Handsome, wealthy and successful, lawyer Nick Diamond is a man who commands and expects respect from everyone he meets. People think he is a man to be trusted. They are wrong.
Deadly by nature.
Because away from his glittering life in upper-class Chelsea, Nick is keeping a dark and dangerous secret. One that takes him to the slum estates of Glasgow and a very different world.
Nick...
17) Salva tu matrimonio: Cómo reconstruir la confianza rota y volver a conectar con tu cónyuge sin im
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Un matrimonio feliz es la clave para el bienestar y la satisfacción en todas las áreas de tu vida.
Aun así, estar en una larga relación con alguien puede ser todo un reto.
Hay muchas situaciones en las que envías un mensaje y tu pareja no actúa de acuerdo a tus necesidades. Y viceversa.
La mala comunicación es resultado directo de la falta de tiempo para pasarlo con la pareja.
Lo que descubrirás en Salva tu matrimonio:
● Herramientas...
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Journalist Maximillian Potter uncovers a fascinating plot to destroy the vines of La Romanée-Conti, Burgundy's finest and most expensive wine.
In January 2010, Aubert de Villaine, the famed proprietor of the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, the tiny, storied vineyard that produces the most expensive, exquisite wines in the world, received an anonymous note threatening the destruction of his priceless vines by poison-a crime that in the world of high-end...
19) The Bonzo Dog Tapes; Interviews with Vivian Stanshall, Neil Innes, Roger Ruskin Spear and "Legs L
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The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band was created by a group of British art-school students in the 1960s. Combining elements of music hall, trad jazz and psychedelic pop with surreal humour and avant-garde art, the Bonzos came to the public attention through a 1968 ITV comedy show, Do Not Adjust Your Set.
Produced by Devin Lawrence (Lawrence Sound Studios)
Musical consultant Alex Franchi in Milan
Production executive Avalon Giuliano in London
ICON Intern...
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My own experience has also evolved as I continue to self-publish new books and gain more experience with additional sales channels.
There are many books available to tell you how to make money and have fun writing your own book. However, many of these books become out of date quickly as the market evolves.
I will also relate some of my own stories about why I write and the genres I find appealing. Writing your own self-published Books is lots...