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Book Recommendation: Behind Closed Doors

Title: Behind Closed Doors Author: Hugo Vickers Hardcover:480 pages Publisher:Hutchinson (7 April 2011) ISBN-10:009193155X ISBN-13:978-0091931551 Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16.4 x 5 cm Product Description Writing about Hugo Vickers's last book for Hutchinson, Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, a succession of fellow biographers applauded Vickers's unique skill. 'Masterly . . . Hugo Vickers's long immersion in [...]

The Queen's Visit To Ireland

The Queen's Visit To Ireland Has Divided The Nation by Annette J Dunlea Its the topic everybody is talking about, the royal visit,from May 17th to 20th, 2011.Britain's Queen Elizabeth has accepted an invitation from President Mary McAleese to visit Ireland.The Queen will be accompanied by Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.The Taoiseach has said [...]

New Title: The Afrika Reich

Title: The Afrika Reich   Author:  Guy Saville  Hardcover:448 pages Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton (17 Feb 2011) LanguageEnglish ISBN-10:9781444710649 ISBN-13:978-1444710649 ASIN:1444710648 Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.4 x 4.2 cm Product Description 1952. It is more than a decade since the Dunkirk fiasco marked the end of Britain's war and an uneasy peace with Hitler. In Africa, [...]

Great Book: 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism

Title: 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism   Author:  Ha-Joon Chang  Hardcover:304 pages Publisher:Allen Lane (2 Sep 2010) ISBN-10:9781846143281 ISBN-13:978-1846143281 ASIN:1846143284 Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14.2 x 2.8 cm Product Description In 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism one of today's most iconoclastic thinkers destroys the biggest myths about the world [...]

Book Recommendation: Invisible Tears

Title: Invisible Tears:The Abuse The Rebellion The Survival Despite All Odds   Author:  Abigail Lawrence  Paperback:228 pages Publisher:Authorhouse (15 April 2010) LanguageEnglish ISBN-10:9781449070021 ISBN-13:978-1449070021 ASIN:1449070027 Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13 x 1.8 cm Product Description This is the story of Abbie's struggle to survive, the grim details of child abuse of the worst kind all [...]

New Title: The Sixth Man

Title: The Sixth Man   Author:  David Baldacci Hardcover:400 pages Publisher:Macmillan (1 July 2011) ISBN-10:0230749232 ISBN-13: 978-0230749238 Product Description After alleged serial killer Edgar Roy is apprehended and locked away in a psychiatric unit, private investigators Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are called in by Roy's lawyer—an old friend of Sean King— to look into [...]

Great Book: The Ascent of Money

Title: The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World   Author:  Niall Ferguson  Paperback:448 pages Publisher:Penguin (4 Jun 2009) ISBN-10:9780141035482 ISBN-13:978-0141035482 ASIN:014103548X Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 3.2 cm Product Description Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot. Call it what you like, it matters now more than ever. In The Ascent of Money, [...]

Book Recommendation: Tiger Tiger

Title: Tiger, Tiger: A Memoir   Author:  Margaux Fragoso  Paperback:336 pages Publisher:Penguin (31 Mar 2011) ISBN-10:0241950155 ISBN-13:978-0241950159 Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 2.4 cm Product Description I still think about Peter, the man I loved most in the world, all the time. At two in the afternoon, when he would come and pick me [...]

Great Book: Switch How To Change Things

Title: Switch: How to change things when change is hard   Authors: Chip Heath and Dan Heath   Paperback:  320 pages Publisher:Random House Business (4 Mar 2010) ISBN-10:1847940315 ISBN-13:978-1847940315 Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm Product Description I want to change my boss's mind, but he won't listen. I want to change the [...]

Book Recommendation: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Title:The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks   Author:Rebecca Skloot  Paperback:384 pages Publisher:Pan (23 Dec 2010) ISBN-10:9780330533447 ISBN-13:978-0330533447 ASIN:0330533444 Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13 x 3.2 cm Product Description Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. Born a poor black tobacco farmer, her cancer cells — taken without her knowledge — became [...]