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Cuban exile turned CIA operative Ricardo Monkey Morales justifies his moniker by orchestrating decades of chaos in the world of international espionage.

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This lovely book is as close as we can come to meeting Proust in person.

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Weird fiction wouldn t exist without the women who created it. Meet the female authors who defied convention to craft some of literature s strangest tales. And find out why their own stories are equally intriguing.

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Montale's incandescently beautiful poetry is deeply rooted in the venerable lyric tradition that began with Dante, but he brilliantly reinvents that tradition for our time, probing the depths of love, death, faith and philosophy in the bracing light of modern history.

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England's massively popular spin bowler tells his story of the first time.

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The autobiography of Colin Montgomerie, the triumphant Ryder Cup captain and one of Britain's most successful golfers.

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Esther - if yer have yer head screw on right - No matter where yer go - One night - some time - Yer reach up - yer touch that moon.

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The remarkable life story of the legendary singer, from impoverished Iowa farm boy to superstardom.

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Thematically organized, Yu's essays and poems are in conversation with each other around subjects that include love, nostalgia, mortality, the natural world and writing itself.

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The only book Michael Jackson ever wrote about his life

It chronicles his humble beginnings in the Midwest, his early days with the Jackson 5, and his unprecedented solo success.

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Originally published in 1979, Moortown Diary is the updated version of Ted Hughes's acclaimed Devon farming sequence

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Tells the story of the author's adolescence. This book deals with what we all go through: finding friends, learning about ourselves, and realizing that who we are has remarkably little to do with our waistline. It is of interest to women of all ages and those who has ever felt like the underdog.

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In Lives of the Intellectuals one of contemporary America's leading critics and scholars offers a provocative reassessment of the lives and work of eight influential twentieth- century American writers: Lionel Trilling, Dwight Macdonald, W.H. Auden, William Maxwell, Saul Bellow, Alfred Kazin, Norman Mailer and Frank O'Hara.

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Bringing great writing back into print - a Faber Finds book.

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'I've lived through ten iOS upgrades on my Mac - and that's just something I use to muck about on Twitter. Surely capitalism is due an upgrade or two' Combining the best of her recent columns, the author deals with topics as pressing and diverse as 1980s swearing, benefits, boarding schools, and why the internet is like a drunken toddler.

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Including cultural, social and political issues which are usually left to hot-shot wonks and not a woman who sometimes keeps a falafel in her handbag, this title also deals with subjects such as Caffeine; Ghostbusters; Being Poor; Twitter; Caravans; Obama; Wales; Paul McCartney; The Welfare State; Sherlock; and more.

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"More Anon gathers a selection of poems from Maureen N. McLane's critically acclaimed first five books of poetry"--

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A crash course in twentieth century artistic endeavour - nothing short of a master class in high culture from one of the most discerning minds in contemporary British letters.

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From the love affair between a missionary and a drunkard to the mystery surrounding a death at sea, this collection gives a warm and humourous insight into life and history of life in the colonies and stands as a superbly entertaining and compelling testament to Maugham's skill and power as a short story writer.

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A scorching anthology of Black British poetry, edited by the award-winning acclaimed poet Kayo Chingonyi and following in the footsteps of the 1998 seminal collection The Fire People

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Sequel to Grammy-nominated bestseller Under the Big Black Sun, continuing the up-close and personal account of the L.A. punk scene, with 50 rare photos