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1) Doctor Who
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Since its premiere in November 1963, the classic British television programme Doctor Who has been a cornerstone of popular culture for half a century. From the earliest 'Exterminate!' to the recent 'Allons-y!', from the white-haired grandfather to the wide-grinned youth, the show has depicted the adventures of a time-travelling, dual-hearted, quick-witted and multi-faced hero as he battles Daleks, Cybermen, Sontarans and all manner of nasties. And,...
2) Souljacked
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A rough and ready look at the current state of the American Dream through the mirror lens of poetry and short fiction.
3) Trip City
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A nightclub promoter returns to town and is thrown into an insidious world of designer drugs, psychosis and murder. Filled with mind-bending hallucinogenic moments, Trip City by Trevor Miller veers into the realm of Alphaville and neo-noir of the French new wave.
Since it was published in 1989, Trip City became shrouded in scandal and mystery. The original London book launch literally descended into a riot - shut-down by the Metropolitan Police....
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We swim in a sea of celebrity-a sea that's both shallow and surprisingly wide. There are few people who don't have a "brush with fame" story in their repertoire of personal anecdotes. I've got 100...and then some. This book of short, amusing anecdotes details my "close encounters" with the famous folk I've run across, interviewed, or even occasionally befriended, including Actors (Robin Williams, Meg Ryan), Directors (Robert Wise), Star Trek cast...
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Laugh-out-loud stories packed with gags, groans and great fun characters.If you love sit-coms, sketch shows and quick-fire humour, then these rib tickling tales by humorist Iain Pattison are guaranteed to have you in stitches. Ideal for reading on the train, over coffee or as a bedtime treat, each is a bite-sized chuckle bomb that'll brighten even your greyest day. In this collection of Iain's best offbeat stories, encounter:A horror writer who extracts...
6) Carmen Salinas La Historia La verdad sobre la vida de la Artista, Imitadora, Comediante, Política y
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En este libro se cuenta parte de los sesenta años de carrera de Carmen Salinas con episodios nunca antes publicados de su vida profesional, sus telenovelas, sus obras de teatro, sus peliculas, sus amistades, etc.Con un respeto total por la persona y la carrera de Carmelita Salinas se repasa cómo logró su éxito desde 1964, hasta la fecha.La vida de Carmen salinas contada objetivamente desde la primera página, hace casi imposible de creer las situaciones...
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"I enjoyed reading it. It certainly is a different look at David and his approach to everything" George Underwood, artist and friend of David Bowie.How To Think Like David Bowie offers an entertaining guide to the habits, techniques and personal qualities that Bowie nurtured to defy convention and stimulate his creativity.Through a dozen concise and insightful chapters, discover how Bowie:Stayed CuriousHe read voraciously and observed the world around...
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This book critically examines the link between the language of the Second Amendment and the gun culture in America. Does the Second Amendment guarantee all citizens with the right to own a gun? Is gun control implied in the language used to define the Second Amendment? Are the mentally ill responsible for the majority of gun violence?These questions and more are explored using a balanced and far-reaching approach to finding answers to gun violence....
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The Secret DJ's first two books lifted the lid on what really happens behind the decks in the sometimes hilarious, sometimes harrowing world of the superstar DJ. Now they've reached out to dozens of DJs from around the world - and from every scene and genre - for their own true stories of the DJ life. Tales From the Booth raises the BPM, rounding up an all-star cast of Secret DJs to tell their anonymous stories of what it's really like to rock dancefloors...
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The Britpop movement of the mid-1990s defined a generation, and the films were just as exciting as the music. Beginning with “Shallow Grave”, hitting its stride with “Trainspotting”, and going global with “The Full Monty”, “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels”, “Human Traffic”, “Sexy Beast”, “Shaun of the Dead” and “This Is England”, Britpop cinema pushed boundaries, paid Hollywood no heed and placed the United Kingdom...
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Drop the record needle on any vinyl album in your collection, then read the first pages of that novel you've been meaning to pick up-the reverberations between them will be impossible to miss. Since Dylan went electric, listening to rock 'n' roll has often been a surprisingly literary experience, and contemporary literature is curiously attuned to the history and beat of popular music. In The Ink in the Grooves, Florence Dore brings together a remarkable...
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Country music maintains a special, decades-long relationship to American military life, but these ties didn't just happen. This readable history reveals how country music's Nashville-based business leaders on Music Row created partnerships with the Pentagon to sell their audiences on military service while selling the music to servicemembers. Beginning in the 1950s, the military flooded armed forces airwaves with the music, hosted tour dates at bases...
13) Titanic
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On 14 April 1912, less than a week into a transatlantic trip from Southampton to New York, the largest luxury cruise liner in the world struck an iceberg off the coast of Labrador, causing the hull to buckle. The massive 50,000 ton ship hailed as 'unsinkable' was soon slipping into the cold Atlantic Ocean, the crew and passengers scrambling to launch lifeboats before being sucked into the deep. Of the 2,224 passengers and crew aboard, more than 1,500...
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