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  The Cambridge Encyclopedia of... The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language

  David Crystal 

  The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language is one of the publishing phenomena of recent times. Rarely has a book so packed with accurate and well researched factual information been so widely read and popularly acclaimed. It has played a key role in the spread of general interest in language matters, generating further publications and...

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  Risk: The Science and... Risk: The Science and Politics of Fear

  Dan Gardner 

  Shows how our flawed strategies for perceiving risk influence our lives, often with unforeseen and sometimes - tragic consequences. This book uncovers one of the central puzzles of our time: why are the safest people in history living in a culture of fear?We are the safest humans who ever lived - the statistics prove it. And yet the media tells a...

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  Luck of the Devil: The Story... Luck of the Devil: The Story of Operation Valkyrie

  Ian Kershaw 

  Presents an account of just what happened in those fateful days at Hitler's Wolf's Lair headquarters, when his opponents came so astonishingly close to assassinating what is one of the modern era's most terrible figures.'It is now time that something was done. But the man who has the courage to do something must do it in the knowledge that he will go down...

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  Mrs Simpson: Secret Lives of... Mrs Simpson: Secret Lives of the Duchess of...

  Charles Higham 

  Tells the story of an illegitimate child from Baltimore who rose to become the mistress of the king of England and brought about his abdication. This work is an account of the woman who very nearly became the Queen of England.The romance of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor has been called the greatest love story of the twentieth century. However with the...

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  1000 Years of Annoying the... 1000 Years of Annoying the French

  Stephen Clarke 

  Was the Battle of Hastings a French victory? Non! William the Conqueror was Norman and hated the French. Were the Brits really responsible for the death of Joan of Arc? Non! The French sentenced her to death for wearing trousers. Was the guillotine a French invention? Non! It was invented in Yorkshire. Ten centuries' worth of French historical 'facts'...

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  Leonard Cohen: A Remarkable Life Leonard Cohen: A Remarkable Life

  Anthony Reynolds 

  Anthony Reynolds' fascinating and detailed biography draws on scores of new interviews conducted with Cohen's band members past and present, his business associates, editors, friends, fans, producers, colleagues, enemies and peers. As well as their revealing accounts, the author has gained access to hours of previously unpublished interviews with Cohen as...

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  Eichmann in Jerusalem Eichmann in Jerusalem

  Hannah Arendt 

  Hannah Arendt's authoritative and controversial report on the trial of German Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann first appeared as a series of articles in the "New Yorker" in 1963. This revised edition of "Eichmann in Jerusalem" contains further factual material that came to light after the trial, as well as Arendt's postscript commenting on the controversy that...

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  Nudge Nudge

  Richard H. Thaler 

  Every day we make decisions: about the things that we buy or the meals we eat; about the investments we make or our children's health and education; even the causes that we champion or the planet itself. Unfortunately, we often choose poorly.We are all susceptible to biases that can lead us to make bad decisions that make us poorer, less...

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  Fooled by Randomness Fooled by Randomness

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb 

  Everyone wants to succeed in life. But what causes some of us to be more successful than others? Is it really down to skill and strategy - or something altogether more unpredictable? This book is the word-of-mouth sensation that will change the way you think about business and the world. It is all about luck: more precisely, how we perceive luck in our...

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  Stumbling on Happiness Stumbling on Happiness

  Daniel Gilbert 

  In this fascinating and often hilarious work, pre-eminent psychologist Daniel Gilbert shows how - and why - the majority of us have no idea how to make ourselves happy. The drive for happiness is one of the most instinctive and fundamental human impulses - but do we actually have the first idea how to achieve it, maintain it, or even, for that matter,...

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  Discover Your Destiny with... Discover Your Destiny with The Monk Who Sold...

  Robin Sharma 

  A potent pathway to self-awakening that will help you to live your greatest life and claim the happiness, prosperity and inner peace that you deserve. From the author of the international bestseller, The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari. / The Monk is back with a visionary new book on awakening your authentic greatness, full of fresh and exciting new lessons to...

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  Leadership Wisdom from the... Leadership Wisdom from the Monk who Sold His...

  Robin Sharma 

  A practical guide to visionary leadership and an inspiring fable, Leadership Wisdom is the true sequal to the international bestseller The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari.It follows the story of Peter Franklin, a frustrated owner of a struggling digital software company. Just as things start to seem hopeless for Peter, a young monk appears at his door, offering...

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  Czechoslovakia: The State... Czechoslovakia: The State That Failed

  Mary Heimann 

  This book, the most thoroughly researched and accurate history of Czechoslovakia to appear in English, tells the story of the country from its founding in 1918 to partition in 1992-from fledgling democracy through Nazi occupation, Communist rule, and invasion by the Soviet Union to, at last, democracy again. The common...

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  Fences and Windows Fences and Windows

  Naomi Klein 

  The story of the rise of the movement that wanted accountable, improved globalization. For two years Naomi Klein wrote a weekly column for Canada's leading newspaper, the Globe & Mail (syndicated worldwide, in the Guardian in the UK). She has, by selecting, rewriting and rearranging these columns, prepared what amounts to a first-hand historical record of...

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  The Richest Man in Babylon The Richest Man in Babylon

  George S. Clason 

  Read by millions, this timeless book holds that the key to success lies in the secrets of the ancients. Based on the famous "Babylonian principles," it's been hailed as the greatest of all inspirational works on the subject of thrift and financial planning.

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  No Way Down No Way Down

  Graham Bowley 

  It's the summit of K2, 1 August 2008. An exhausted band of climbers pump their fists into the clear blue sky - joining the elite who have conquered the world's most lethal mountain. But as they celebrate, far below them an ice shelf collapses and sweeps away their ropes. They don't know it yet, but they will be forced to descend into the blackness with no...

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