
The Great Train Robbery: Crime of the Century: The Definitive Account
Nick Russell-Pavier and Stewart Richards
Book
Definitive account of the famous 1963 Great Train Robbery - and its aftermath. In the early hours of...

The Happy Warrior: The Life Story of Sir Winston Churchill as Told Through the Eagle Comic of the 1950's
Book
To so many British children growing up in 1950s and 1960s Britain, Fridays meant only one thing -...

Creole Trombone: Kid Ory and the Early Years of Jazz
Book
Edward "Kid" Ory (1886-1973) was a trombonist, composer, recording artist, and early New Orleans...

Drifting into Politics: The Unfinished Memoirs of Tun Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman
Tawfik Ismail and Ooi Kee Beng
Book
This is the unfinished autobiography of Tun Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman, the medical doctor who held key...

Jeru's Journey: The Life and Music of Gerry Mulligan
Book
In a career that spanned more than 50 years, Gerry Mulligan was revered and recognized as a...

Minecraft: The Unlikely Tale of Markus 'Notch' Persson and the Game That Changed Everything
Daniel Goldberg and Linus Larsson
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Just a few years ago, Markus Persson was a bored IT-developer in Stockholm. In the evenings, he...

My Life in Art
Konstantin Stanislavski and Jean Benedetti
Book
Konstantin Stanislavski was a Russian director who transformed theatre in the West with his...

Notes from the Velvet Underground: The Life of Lou Reed
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"COMPELLING". (The Sunday Telegraph). "CONTROVERSIAL ...Sounes' book pushes the standard Reed...

Anthropologists in the Stock Exchange: A Financial History of Victorian Science
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Uncovering strange plots by early British anthropologists to use scientific status to manipulate the...

Screen World: The Films of 2009: v. 61
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Movie fans eagerly await each new edition of Screen World, the definitive record of the cinema since...