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Underbelly

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 7:20:15 PST

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As the world goes about its daily business, criminals and cops engage in a deadly battle of wits. This incisive book delves intriguingly into the crimes that police have to deal with day after day. Murderers, hitmen, kidnappers, drug dealers - they all feature in this collection of true crime stories that come to you straight from the streets. Take the drug dealer who walked out of a restaurant b ...

Japanese Women Don't Get Old or Fat

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 7:18:01 PST

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What if there were a land where people lived longer than anywhere else on earth, the obesity rate was the lowest in the developed world, and women in their forties still looked like they were in their twenties? Wouldn't you want to know their extraordinary secret? Japanese-born Naomi Moriyama reveals the secret to her own high-energy, successful lifestyle–and the key to the enduring health an ...

Into the Wild

Tue, 27 May 2008 10:47:07 PST

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NonfictionLarge Print Edition* A New York Times BestsellerIn April 1992, a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. He had given $25,000 in savings to a charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet and invented a life for himself. Four months later, his decomposed body was found ...

Eric Clapton

Thu, 1 May 2008 9:17:05 PST

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Eric Clapton is far more than a rock star. Like Dylan and McCartney he is an icon and a living legend. He has sold tens of millions of records, played sell-out concerts all over the world and been central to the significant musical developments of his era. His guitar playing has seen him hailed as 'God'. Tracks such as 'Layla', 'Sunshine Of Your Love', 'Wonderful Tonight' and 'Tears In Heaven' ha ...

Slash

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 5:58:53 PST

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The long-awaited, never-before-told, no-holds-barred memoir from the legendary Guns N' Roses guitarist. Finally, all the lurid tales of sex, drugs and rock n' roll are revealed as Slash describes his incredible rollercoaster journey as part of the biggest rock band in the world, living life to the full in the 80s. The mass of black curls. The top hat. The cigarette dangling from pouty lips. Thes ...

Scar Tissue

Tue, 8 Apr 2008 10:23:33 PST

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The Undomestic Goddess

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:27:57 PST

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Samantha is a high-powered lawyer in London. She works all hours, has no home life, and cares only about getting a partnership.She thrives on the pressure and adrenalin. Until one day...she makes a mistake. A mistake so huge, it'll wreck her career. She walks right out of the office, gets on the first train she sees, and finds herself in the middle of nowhere. Asking for directions at a big, beau ...

There Are No Shortcuts

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 7:07:35 PST

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Year after year, Rafe Esquith’s fifth-grade students excel. They read passionately, far above their grade level; tackle algebra; and stage Shakespeare so professionally that they often wow the great Shakespearen actor himself, Sir Ian McKellen. Yet Esquith teaches at an L.A. innercity school known as the Jungle, where few of his students speak English at home, and many are from poor or troubled f ...

Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 7:03:01 PST

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From one of America's most celebrated educators, an inspiring guide to transforming every child's education In a Los Angeles neighborhood plagued by guns, gangs, and drugs, there is an exceptional classroom known as Room 56. The fifth graders inside are first-generation immigrants who live in poverty and speak English as a second language. They also play Vivaldi, perform Shakespeare, score in ...

Sea Change

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 6:53:58 PST

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Paradise, Massachusetts, police chief Jesse Stone faces the case of his career in the newest novel in the bestselling series. When a woman's partially decomposed body washes ashore in Paradise, Massachusetts, police chief Jesse Stone is forced into a case far more difficult than it initially appears. Identifying the woman is just the first step in what proves to be an emotionally charged inves ...

climbing high

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 5:38:22 PST

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Into Thin Air

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:53:34 PST

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High Five! The Magic of Working Together

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:43:25 PST

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High Five! combines the spellbinding charm of a timeless parable with cutting-edge information about why teams are important and what individuals and organizations can do to build successful ones. Through the story of Alan Foster, a workplace one-man band, High Five! identifies the four key ingredients of winning teams. Although Alan is an effective producer, he is unwilling to share the spotlig ...

Moneyball

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 3:55:13 PST

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Moneyball is a quest for the secret of success in Baseball. In a narrative full of fabulous characters and brilliant excursions into the unexpected, Michael Lewis follows the low-bedget Oakland Athletic's visionary general manager Billy Beane, and a strange brotherhood of amateur baseball theorists. They are all in search of new baseball knowledge - insights that will give the little fellow who i ...

Leadership.

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 6:27:12 PST

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The Innocent Man

Fri, 7 Mar 2008 10:22:35 PST

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This is John Grisham's first work of non-fiction, an exploration of small town justice gone terribly awry, in his most extraordinary legal thriller yet. In the major league draft of 1971, the first player chosen from the State of Oklahoma was Ron Williamson. When he signed with the Oakland A's, he said goodbye to his hometown of Ada and left to pursue his dreams of big league glory. Six years lat ...

Gangs

Fri, 7 Mar 2008 10:17:39 PST

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Across the world, millions of people are members of street gangs. In groups, they fight, stab, rob, rape and murder anyone who isn't one of their own. And when rival gangs meet - what you get is warfare. Ross Kemp infiltrates these groups of criminals to discover who they are, what makes them tick and what the law is doing to curb their criminal activity. On his harrowing journey he: meets murder ...

Lost Lake

Fri, 7 Mar 2008 10:08:31 PST

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On a summer night in Portland, Oregon, violence erupts at a Little League game - and attorney Ami Vergano watches in horror as the quiet, gentle artist she recently befriended does the unexpected and unthinkable...In a cheap motel room in Washington, D.C., Vanessa Kohler - ex-mental patient, supermarket tabloid reporter, and estranged daughter of a powerful general running for president - views a ...

The Shakespeare Secret

Fri, 7 Mar 2008 9:59:58 PST

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A modern serial killer - hunting an ancient secret. A woman is left to die as the rebuilt Globe theatre burns. Another woman is drowned like Ophelia, skirts swirling in the water. A professor has his throat slashed open on the steps of Washington's Capitol building. A deadly serial killer is on the loose, modelling his murders on Shakespeare's plays. But why is he killing? And how can he be stopp ...