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COGNITIVE SURPLUS

CLAY SHIRKY

Non Fiction

Description: Since the postwar boom, we’ve had a surfeit of intellect, energy, and time - a “cognitive surplus.” Shirky argues persuasively that this cognitive surplus - rather than being some strange new departure from normal behaviour - actually returns our society to forms of collaboration that were natural to us up to and through the early 20th Century. Clay Shirky examines how technology has finally caught up with human potential and explores the changes we will all enjoy as our untapped resources of talent and good will are put to use at last.

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EAT PRAY LOVE (FILM)

ELIZABETH GILBERT

Non Fiction

Description: It's 3 a.m. and Elizabeth Gilbert is sobbing on the bathroom floor. She's in her thirties, she has a husband, a house, they're trying for a baby - and she doesn't want any of it. A bitter divorce and a turbulent love affair later, she emerges battered and bewildered and realises it is time to pursue her own journey in search of three things she has been missing: pleasure, devotion and balance. Now a major motion picture, staring Academy Award winners Julia Roberts and Javier Bardem, and Golden Globe winner James Franco.

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THE FLYING CARPET OF SMALL MIRACLES

JABER HALA

Non Fiction

Description: The inspiring true story of a prizewinning foreign correspondent longing for a child, two small Iraqi girls in need of a mother, and what love and grief can teach us about family and hope.

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ZAC EFRON

CHRISTIAN GUILTENANE

Non Fiction

Description: Zac Efron is one of the sexiest men on the planet and without a doubt Hollywood's hottest young star.

In this exciting, fully illustrated book we get to meet the real Zac. What makes him tick? How has he dealt with superstardom around the globe? How does he manage to look so perfect?! We uncover the story of his big break in High School Musical, his relationship with co-star Vanessa Hudgens and the inside gossip on his new and upcoming films, and reveal what other co-stars and celebrities have had to say about this amazingly talented young heart-throb.

With a free pull-out bedroom poster and loads of shots of Zac looking sexy, this is the ultimate gift for any Zac fan!

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ROCKERS AND ROLLERS

BRIAN JOHNSON

Non Fiction

Description: Rockers and Rollers, Brian’s first book, is by turn hilarious, personal, insightful and never less than charming.
The front man of rock legends AC/DC tells his story for the first time.

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IDEA OF JUSTICE, THE

AMARTYA SEN

Non Fiction

Description: Is justice an ideal, forever beyond our grasp, or something that may actually guide our practical decisions and enhance our lives? In this wide-ranging book, Amartya Sen presents an alternative approach to mainstream theories of justice which, despite their many specific achievements have taken us, he argues, in the wrong direction in general.
At the heart of Sen's argument is his insistence on the role of public reason in establishing what can make societies less unjust. But it is in the nature of reasoning about justice, argues Sen, that it does not allow all questions to be settled even in theory; there are choices to be faced between alternative assessments of what is reasonable.

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AFTER YOU

NATASCHA MCELHONE

Non Fiction

Description: Natascha McElhone, star of The Truman Show and Californication, was filming in LA, seven months pregnant with her third child with her other two young children playing in the gym across the road when she got a call from a friend that would change her life forever. Her husband, Martin, the love of her life and father to her delightful children and an apparently healthy man in his early 40s had died suddenly of a heart attack.
In the weeks and months that followed the devastating shock Natascha continued to write her diary and letters to Martin (something she had always done as, due to her work, she was used to being far from home). They were letters of love, letters about their gorgeous boys, letters about the birth of the new baby and diary entries detailing the mundane and heartbreaking details of her new life: house repairs and terrifying family finances; trying to keep the children's lives as normal as possible in the face of such abnormal new circumstances.

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ROUGH GUIDE TO THE iPAD, THE

PETER BUCKLEY

Non Fiction

Description: The Rough Guide to the iPad is the ultimate companion to the revolutionary Apple iPad. Making sure you get the most out of your newest toy, the guide provides full coverage of the latest Apple software and hardware advances, including the iPad's multitouch screen, the new iBookstore and the iPad's unique email system. There's also comprehensive coverage of all those Apple features you already can't live without: web surfing, movie and music downloading and the hundreds of apps in the Apple app store. The Rough Guide to the iPad is the very first Rough Guide to be published in full colour – helping you from buying the right model of iPad and getting the best deal to customising your settings and spending safely online. Whether you were first in line at the Apple store on release day or are simply fantasising about buying your own, The Rough Guide to the iPad is the book for you.

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INSIDE CENTRAL ASIA

DILIP HIRO

Non Fiction

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THREE EMPERORS, THE

MIRANDA CARTER

Non Fiction

Description: The juicy, funny story of the three dysfunctional rulers of Germany, Russia and Great Britain at the turn of the last century, combined with a study of the larger forces around them
Three cousins. Three Emperors. And the road to ruin.
As cousins, George V, Kaiser Wilhelm II and the last Tsar Nicholas II should have been friends – but they happened also to rule Europe’s three most powerful states. This potent combination together with their own destructive personalities – petty, insecure, bullying, absurdly obsessive (stamp collecting, uniforms) – led not only to their own dramatic fallouts and falls from grace, but also to the outbreak of the First World War.
The Three Emperors received rave reviews in hardbacks and extensive coverage in 'Book of the Year' round ups. This is set to be the paperback literary biography of the summer.

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DESIGN IS HOW IT WORKS

JAY GREENE

Non Fiction

Description: Many design books are filled with lavish photography of perfect rooms that most of us can only dream of re-creating. Without any practical advice, the look is unattainable. That's where Design Rules comes in. Here, Elaine Griffin, one of the country's 100 top designers (House Beautiful), explains all the practical decorating standards that professionals use behind the scenes to create flowing, balanced, gorgeous design.

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STAR WARS BLUEPRINTS REBEL EDITION

Non Fiction

Description: Top-secret blueprints from the Star Wars universe
Presented in a stylish presentation box, you can now unravel the never-seen-before blueprints of the X-Wing, Y-Wing, Rebel Weapons and many more. Accompanied by a 32-page booklet packed with info, facts and movie stills showing them in action.
A must-have for all Star Wars fans.

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LEONARD MALTIN'S 2011 MOVIE GUIDE

LEONARD MALTIN

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STAR WARS YEAR BY YEAR A VISUAL CHRONICLE

Non Fiction

Description: This is the definitive history of "Star Wars" no fan should be without Celebrate four amazing decades of everything "Star Wars"; decade by decade, year-by-year, month-by-month. Everything is covered, from the influences and creation of all six "Star Wars" movies, to the toys, books and video games that have shaped the "Star Wars" dynasty.

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PREDICTION

BRUCE BUENO DE MESQUITA

Non Fiction

Description: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita can predict the future. He is a master of game theory, a rather fancy name for a simple idea: when people compete with each other they always do what they think is in their own best interest. This book describes his methods and allows us to play along.

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VENICE: PURE CITY

PETER ACKROYD

Non Fiction

Description: Leads the reader through the history of the city of Venice, from the first refugees arriving in the mists of the lagoon in the fourth century to the rise of a great mercantile state and a trading empire, the wars against Napoleon and the tourist invasions. This title reveals details about the mosaics of St Mark's and the glass blowers of Murano.

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BLUE MOMENT, THE

RICHARD WILLIAMS

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CASE FOR GOD, THE

KAREN ARMSTRONG

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Description: Why has the modern God become incredible? Has God a future in this age of aggressive scientific rationalism? Karen Armstrong suggests that if we draw creatively on the insights of the past, we can build a faith that speaks to the needs of our troubled and dangerously polarized world.

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IMMORTAL LAST WORDS

TERRY BREVERTON

Non Fiction

Description: Immortal Last Words is a fascinating, diverse collection of history's most uplifting, entertaining and thought-provoking dying remarks and final farewells. The 370 entries in this book have been drawn from some of history's greatest statesmen, poets, scientists, novelists and warriors - the eminent men and women who have shaped events over the last four and a half millennia and whose final recorded words have often inspired great deeds or shed light on the nature of the human condition.

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BIGGEST TWITCH, THE

RUTH MILLER

Non Fiction

Description: This is the story of a birding odyssey, following the author's quest to smash the world record for the number of species seen in one calender year.
An epic tale of interest to the entire birding community.
Written in an engaging style, this is not just a dry list of species but a full travelogue with cross-over appeal.

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FOUR HUNDRED YEARS OF FASHION (V&A)

Non Fiction

Description: A perennial bestseller with a new cover.
Essential historical overview.
Theis lively histrory of fashion, now with a vew cover, has become a classic in its field. Based on the V&a´s world famous collection, it tells the story of men´s and women´s fashionable dress through the ages right up to the present day.

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LEARNING TO LIVE

LUC FERRY

Non Fiction

Description: This book will change the way you think about philosophy. Instead of treating it as a dry academic subject, Luc Ferry shows how it is essential to our everyday lives. Both a sparkling, accessible history of Western thought and a courageous dissection of how religion and philosophy have converged and clashed through the ages, Learning to Live aims to answer once and for all (and without any obscure jargon): what use is philosophy, anyway?

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NEW FACE OF JAZZ, THE

CICILY JANUS

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LIT LIBS: MASH UP A CLASSIC

Non Fiction

Description: Little Women is a timeless classic. But Louisa May Alcott’s first draft—before her editor sunk his teeth into it—was even better. Now the original text has at last been exhumed. In this uncensored version, the March girls learn some biting lessons, transforming from wild girls into little women—just as their friends and neighbors transform into vicious, bloodthirsty werewolves!

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FROM THOSE WONDERFUL FOLKS WHO GAVE YOU PEARL HARB

JERRY DELLA FEMINA

Non Fiction

Description: From the publishers that brought you Homicide comes another classic piece of writing that inspired a hit TV show. MAD MEN is the series that’s got everyone talking – and with good reason, having won 9 EMMYS, 5 GOLDEN GLOBES and beating THE WIRE to the ‘Best International Award’ at last year’s BAFTAS.

Jerry Della Femina’s advertising classic, first published in the US in 1971, is the original guide to life to life on Madison Avenue in the 1960s – and it was an inspiration for Series 1 of MAD MEN, with Jerry an advisor to the show. Packed full of eccentric characters and fascinating anecdotes it is a gloriously gossipy and irreverent account. It is also packed full of fascinating campaigns: the Volkswagen “Think Small” campaign which gave the company their big break in the US ; the cake mix which relied on the breaking of a single egg; or Marlboro Man in Marlboro Country – an all time classic.

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WHERE MEN WIN GLORY

JON KRAKAUER

Non Fiction

Description: Pat Tillman was well-known to American sports fans: a chisel-jawed and talented young professional football star, he was on the brink of signing a million dollar contract when, in 2001, al-Qaeda launched terrorist attacks against his country. Driven by deeply felt moral patriotism, he walked away from fame and money to enlist in the United States Special Operations Forces. A year later he was killed - apparently in the line of fire - on a desolate hillside near the Pakistan border in Afghanistan. News of Tillman's death shocked America. But even as the public mourned his loss, the US Army aggressively maneuvered to conceal the truth: that it was a ranger in Tillman's own platoon who had fired the fatal shots. In Where Men Win Glory, Jon Krakauer reveals how an entire country was deliberately deceived by those at the very highest levels of the US army and government. Infused with the power and authenticity readers have come to expect from Krakauer's storytelling, Where Men Win Glory exposes shattering truths about men and war.

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SQUEEZE, THE

TOM BOWER

Non Fiction

Description: The sensational human story of the hunt for oil, and the politics, power and personalities involved. Over the last 20 years, oil prices have soared from $7 a barrel to $147 and down to $37. Amid economic boom and bust, speculators, traders, politicians and monarchs have plotted to earn fortunes from oil, and prayed for salvation from unpredictable natural and man-made disasters. Behind the headlines are the crushing rivalries between men and women exploring for oil five miles beneath the sea, battling for control of the world's biggest corporations and gambling billions of dollars twenty-four hours every day on oil prices. Success or failure for all those extraordinary personalities depends on squeezing their rivals and squeezing the crude out of the rocks. Overweening vanity and greed absorb those titans whose ambitions are forging the world's quest for oil. Exploiting unprecedented close access to the lives of irrepressible traders in New York, oil-oligarchs in Moscow, corporate chieftains in Dallas and London and wily politicians floating in jets across the globe, Tom Bower presents the untold story of the most important quandary of our times: why, if there is plentiful oil in the earth, does mankind face a dire shortage threatening our lives? Self-interest is propelling the squeeze and there seems to be no salvation.

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