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The Fall of Heaven
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In this remarkably human portrait of one of the twentieth century's most complicated personalities,...
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The story of a pioneering airline and a historically significant aircraft; the combination changed...
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Picador Classic
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With an introduction by Rory Stewart Winner of the Guardian First Book award, a first-hand account...
The War of the Worlds: BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Full Cast and H.G. Wells
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A brand new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of HG Wells' famous story of the brutal Martian...
George Osborne: The Austerity Chancellor
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George Osborne is the most controversial Chancellor of the Exchequer since the Second World War. His...
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American Gods ( American Gods book 1)
By Neil Gaiman
After three years in prison, Shadow has done his time. But as the days, then the hours, then the hours, then the seconds until his release tick away, he can feel a storm building. Two days before he gets out, his wife Laura dies in a mysterious car crash, in apparently adulterous circumstances. Dazed, Shadow travels home, only to encounter the bizarre Mr Wednesday claiming to be a refugee from a distant war, a former god and the king of America. Together they embark on a very strange journey across the States, along the way solving the murders which have occurred every winter in one small American town. But they are being pursued by someone with whom Shadow must make his peace... Disturbing, gripping and profoundly strange, Neil Gaiman's epic new novel sees him on the road to finding the soul of America.
This is one book that has always intimidated me it’s one of those that you so want to read but not sure you’ll get it! Well I’m glad I finally got round to it as I loved it. I have to admit I watched the tv series first but it didn’t take anything away from reading the book. It was exactly what I expected although I had a few very strange dreams while reading it. Definitely recommend especially if like me you’re a bit apprehensive.
Sadiq Khan: The Making of a Mayor
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When Sadiq Khan was elected London mayor, his victory immediately became a global phenomenon. As the...