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First Confession - A Sort of Memoir - Bok av Chris Patten - Häftad

Most politicians write autobiographies to ''set the record straight''. This is a different sort of memoir. Following his life as a self-confessed ''wet European'' from parliament to Hong Kong and beyond, Chris Patten creates a meditation on personal and political identity which, in an age of simplification, shows the complexities of both. ''A defence of liberal conservatism ... If old-style centrism is to stage a comeback and reason to supplant stridency and authoritarianism, be it in west or east,..

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Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol.1 - Bok av Julia Child - Häftad

First published in 1961, this book is a statement, not of culinary intent, but of aspiration, a commitment to a certain sort of good life, a certain sort of world-view; a votive object implying taste and appetite and a little je ne sais quoi.

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Rudin - Bok av Ivan Turgenev - Häftad

A social novel that is a sort of introduction to those that follow, because it refers to the epoch anterior to that when the social and political movements began.

SEK 186.00

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A Murder of Quality - Bok av John le Carre - Häftad

Stella Rode has twice disturbed the ancient cloisters of Carne School: firstly by being the wrong sort, with her doilies and china ducks, and secondly by being murdered. George Smiley, who has his own connection with the school, is asked by an old Service friend to investigate.

SEK 146.00

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Summer Crossing - Bok av Truman Capote - Häftad

Grady beautiful, rich, flame-haired, defiant is the sort of girl people stare at across a room. But her privileged society life of parties, debutantes and dresses leaves her wanting more. And excitement comes in the form of the highly unsuitable Clyde, a Brooklyn-born, Jewish parking attendant.

SEK 146.00

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Plays - Bok av Anton Chekhov - Häftad

At a time when the Russian theatre was dominated by formulaic melodramas and farces, Chekhov created a new sort of drama that laid bare the everyday lives, loves and yearnings of ordinary people. This book includes an introduction that examines how Chekhov broke with theatrical conventions and discusses each play in detail.

SEK 140.00

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Ex Libris - Confessions of a Common Reader - Bok av Anne Fadiman - Häftad

The author is the sort of person who learned about sex from her father's copy of \Fanny Hill\, and who once found herself poring over a 1974 Toyota Corolla manual because it was the only thing in her apartment that she had not read at least twice. This title recounts her lifelong obsession with books.

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31 Songs - Bok av Nick Hornby - Häftad

Featuring Nick Hornby, this book includes about 31 songs written by that either have some great significance in his life - or are just songs that he loves. He discusses, among other things, guitar solos and losing your virginity to a Rod Stewart song and singers whose teeth whistle and the sort of music you hear in Body Shop.

SEK 156.00

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Teach Yourself To Think - Bok av Edward de Bono - Häftad

Our happiness and success depend on clear thinking. But too many of us are compromised by confusion, trying to do too much at once, and not knowing what to do next. This title shows that good thinking depends on a five-stage process that anyone can learn. It will enable you to assess your goals, sort available information, and more.

SEK 156.00

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Just Like You - Two opposites fall unexpectedly in love in this pin-sharp, brilliantly funny book from the bestselling author of About a Boy - Bok av

'A charming - and sharp - love story about what it means to fall for someone who is your polar opposite' Sunday Telegraph_______________________________________________________Lucy married just the sort of man you might expect: a university graduate who runs his own business. Unfortunately he turned out to have serious dependency issues.Joseph is shaking off the memory of his last date, a girl who ticked all the right boxes and also drove him up the wall.On an average Saturday morning in a butcher's..

SEK 139.00

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The Mathematics of the Gods and the Algorithms of Men - A Cultural History - Bok av Paolo Zellini - Häftad

Is mathematics a discovery or an invention? Do numbers truly exist? What sort of reality do formulas describe?The complexity of mathematics - its abstract rules and obscure symbols - can seem very distant from the everyday. There are those things that are real and present, it is supposed, and then there are mathematical concepts: creations of our mind, mysterious tools for those unengaged with the world. Yet, from its most remote history and deepest purpose, mathematics has served not just as a way..

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A Day in the Life of Abed Salama - Bok av Nathan Thrall - Häftad

A TIME, NEW STATESMAN AND FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARLONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION'A deeply immersive portrait of daily life in Israel and the West Bank' The Best Books to Understand the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Financial Times'Brims over with just the sort of compassion and understanding that is needed at a time like this ... when facts have become weapons in this seemingly endless conflict, this is a book that speaks with deep and authentic truth of ordinary..

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The Bee Sting - Bok av Paul Murray - Häftad

'A tragicomic triumph. You won't read a sadder, truer, funnier novel this year' Guardian'Generous, immersive, sharp-witted and devastating; the sort of novel that becomes a friend for life' Financial TimesThe Barnes family are in trouble. Until recently they ran the biggest business in town, now they¿re teetering on the brink of bankruptcy ¿ and that¿s just the start of their problems. Dickie and Imeldäs marriage is hanging by a thread; straight-A student Cass is careening off the rails; PJ is..

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A Murder of Quality - The Smiley Collection - Bok av John le Carre - Häftad

THE SECOND GEORGE SMILEY NOVELStella Rode has twice disturbed the ancient cloisters of Carne School: firstly by being the wrong sort, with her doyleys and china ducks, and secondly by being murdered. George Smiley is asked by an old Service friend to investigate. Smiley knows that Stella feared her husband would murder her, but as he probes further beneath Carne's respectable veneer, he uncovers far more than a simple crime of passion. In his second novel, le Carré moves outside the world of espionage..

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Kleinzeit - Bok av Russell Hoban - Häftad

'An original ... a delight to read' The TimesOn an ordinary day in a strangely unfamiliar London, Kleinzeit is fired from his advertising job and told he must go to hospital with a skewed hypotenuse. There on Ward A4, he falls in love with the divine, rosy-cheeked Sister and is sent spinning into a quest involving, among other things, a glockenspiel, sheets of yellow paper, Orpheus, the Underground and that dirty chimpanzee, Death.'Kleinzeit, is a sort of holy fool, a fierce, lonely intelligence..

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The Break - Bok av Marian Keyes - Häftad

Marian Keyes'' ALL-NEW novel . . . ''Classic Marian Keyes: a blizzard of wit and wisecracks. Mercilessly funny'' The Times ------------------------ Amy''s husband Hugh has run away to ''find himself''. But will he ever come back? ''Myself and Hugh . . . We''re taking a break.'' ''A city-with-fancy-food sort of break?'' If only. Amy''s husband Hugh says he isn''t leaving her. He still loves her, he''s just taking a break - from their marriage, their children and, most of all, from their life together...

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Your One Wild and Precious Life - An Inspiring Guide to Becoming Your Best Self At Any Age - Bok av Maureen Gaffney - Häftad

WINNER OF THE AUDIENCE CHOICE IRISH BOOK AWARD 2021Once you've got a few decades on the clock, life can seem sort of cross-roadsy. Once you're no longer thinking of yourself as 'young', you may be looking back, thinking 'How did I get here?' And also looking ahead, wondering: 'What do I do now?'This realization that neither time nor choices are limitless is both daunting and exciting. This is the moment to take stock and figure out how to make the best of every precious moment of the rest of your..

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Minty Alley - Black Britain: Writing Back - Bok av C.L.R. James - Häftad

The only novel from the world-renowned writer C.L.R. James - this extraordinary, big-hearted exploration of class was the first novel by a black West Indian to be published in the UK''A novel written nearly a hundred years ago that brings the past alive with such charm, vitality and humour.'' Bernardine Evaristo, from the Introduction ''As he walked home he looked up at the myriads of stars, shining in the moonlight. Did people live there? And if they did, what sort of life did they live?'' It..

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First Confession - A Sort of Memoir - Bok av Chris Patten - Häftad

Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol.1 - Bok av Julia Child - Häftad

Rudin - Bok av Ivan Turgenev - Häftad

A Murder of Quality - Bok av John le Carre - Häftad

Summer Crossing - Bok av Truman Capote - Häftad

Plays - Bok av Anton Chekhov - Häftad

Ex Libris - Confessions of a Common Reader - Bok av Anne Fadiman - Häftad

31 Songs - Bok av Nick Hornby - Häftad

Teach Yourself To Think - Bok av Edward de Bono - Häftad

Just Like You - Two opposites fall unexpectedly in love in this pin-sharp, brilliantly funny book from the bestselling author of About a Boy - Bok av

The Mathematics of the Gods and the Algorithms of Men - A Cultural History - Bok av Paolo Zellini - Häftad

A Day in the Life of Abed Salama - Bok av Nathan Thrall - Häftad

The Bee Sting - Bok av Paul Murray - Häftad

A Murder of Quality - The Smiley Collection - Bok av John le Carre - Häftad

Kleinzeit - Bok av Russell Hoban - Häftad

The Break - Bok av Marian Keyes - Häftad

Your One Wild and Precious Life - An Inspiring Guide to Becoming Your Best Self At Any Age - Bok av Maureen Gaffney - Häftad

Minty Alley - Black Britain: Writing Back - Bok av C.L.R. James - Häftad

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