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Soon after embarking on this quest that would span two decades and two continents, John Francis took a vow of silence that endured for 17 years.

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Based on meticulous research in original sources Goodman illustrates vividly how adept [Banks] was Shining a light on individuals whose achievements are relatively uncelebrated
Jenny Uglow, New York Review of Books

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I do not accept there is anything wrong with me. Days before her wedding Megan discovers she has a 50-50 chance of developing early onset Alzheimer's. Megan, 47. Megan, 32. Megan, 27. One woman lurches through time while her young family deal with the consequences. I can't think. And most of the time I feel scared.

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David Hare turns his attention to a key work of Chekov's youth - an abandoned seven-hour teenage manuscript in which a Russian schoolmaster faces up to the implications of being irresistably attractive to four different women.

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In the midst of this he carved out twenty minutes practice a day even if that meant practising in a Libyan hotel in the middle of a revolution as well as gaining insights and advice from an array of legendary pianists, theorists, historians and neuroscientists, and even occasionally from secretaries of state.

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Kamal Gupta chronicles his journey from a professional gambler to a money manager at some of the world's largest hedge funds. From New Delhi to Las Vegas to New York, Play It Right is a real-life account of the author's darkly comic struggle for survival in an industry where fear and greed rule the day.

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Play the Piano introduces Charles Bukowski's poetry from the 1970s. He leads a life full of gambling and booze but also finds love. These poems are full of lechery and romance as he struggles to mature.

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The daughter of Hugh Hefner's personal physician, Saginor was six when she visited the Mansion for the first time. It became her fantasy escape from the rules of her parents and structure of school. More than a peek into a sex-infused world, this is a candid exploration of a complex, confused, dysfunctional family set against the backdrop of the ultimate playground.

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A chronicle of one mans quest to become the first person to play each of Americas 100 greatest golf courses in a single year, an odyssey that brings him face to face with the gulf between his impoverished childhood in the Jim Crow South and the successful executive he is today.

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A chronicle of one mans quest to become the first person to play each of Americas 100 greatest golf courses in a single year, an odyssey that brings him face to face with the gulf between his impoverished childhood in the Jim Crow South and the successful executive he is today.

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The autobiography Sachin Tendulkar - the highest scoring batsman of all time and cricket legend. His story has been turned into a huge new film: A Billion Dreams.

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A memoir of life in Spacemen 3, the most mythologised and revered psychedelic band of the 1980s.

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None of them sounded to me like they were any good at tennis ...'

An eccentric wager finds Tony Hawks, a man who loves an unusual challenge, bound for the little-known Eastern European state of Moldova.

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The laugh-out-loud, poignant memoir from one of Britain's most accomplished actors

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Memoir from a much-loved film and TV star that really is the new The Moon'sa Balloon

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Features the celebrated playwright's four plays - Mrs. Warren's Profession, Arms and the Man, Candida, and Man and Superman - that are rife with social and military satire, and teeming with ingenuity and brilliance. Reissue.

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New editions of major plays by one of the twentieth century's most influential playwrights.

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Includes the plays "Widowers' Houses", "The Philanderer", and "Mrs Warren's Profession".

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Included here are the noirish mystery The Sacred Flame, the hilarious satires The Circle, The Constant Wife, and Our Betters, and the sharp-witted drama Sheppey. Whether suspenseful or acerbically witty, these plays take a sly look at the idiosyncrasies and hypocrisies of their time.

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Witty, comedic and engrossing, this second collection showcases the range of W. The delightful satires of marriage Lady Frederick and Home and Beauty are included here alongside the insightful war drama For Services Rendered, and Maugham's tense colonial drama The Letter.

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Famed as a wit and bon viveur, Oscar Wilde lived up to his reputation. This selection of plays, poems and prose writings, introduced by Terry Eagleton, includes "The Importance of Being Earnest", "Lady Windermere's Fan", "The Picture of Dorian Gray", "The Critic as an Artist" and "Apologia".