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Biographies
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Still a Bit of Snap in the Celery : or K.B.O. *Keep Buggering On€20.99From the bestselling author of A Shed of One's Own, a very funny memoir about being 60. Marcus Berkmann's funny, instantly recognisable description of middle-age in A Shed of One's Own struck a chord and turned it into a bestseller. Now he realises he has entered a new age category: the Young-Old.
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Dolly Parton : 100 Remarkable Moments in an Extraordinary Life Volume 2€22.99Explore 100 remarkable moments in the extraordinary life of Dolly Parton with this illustrated retrospective of her most amazing achievements.
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Ataturk : Father of the Republic of Turkey€30.00Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was one of the most significant political leaders of the twentieth century. He rose from obscure origins to become the founder of the new Republic of Turkey out of the ashes of the Ottoman Empire and go on to radically transform Turkish society.
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Her Space, Her Time : How Trailblazing Women Scientists Decoded the Hidden Universe€32.99Women physicists and astronomers from around the world have transformed science and society, but the critical roles they played in their fields are not always well-sung. Her Space, Her Time, authored by award-winning quantum physicist Shohini Ghose, brings together the stories of these remarkable women to celebrate their indelible scientific contributions.
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Cleopatra's Daughter : Egyptian Princess, Roman Prisoner, African Queen€15.99Cleopatra Selene, daughter of Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Mark Antony, was the only member of the Ptolemaic dynasty to survive after her parents were defeated by the future Roman emperor Augustus at the Battle of Actium.
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Michael Lewis: Going Infinite - The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon (Hardback)€30.99Before Michael Lewis turned thirty he'd become the world's youngest billionaire, making a record fortune in the crypto frenzy.
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Elon Musk (Hardback)€34.99Walter Isaacson charts Elon Musk's journey from humble beginnings to one of the wealthiest people on the planet - but is Musk a genius or a jerk?
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Unstoppable: The Ultimate Biography of Max Verstappen€19.99A definitive and intriguing biography of Max Verstappen, Formula 1's superstar, Lewis Hamilton's great rival and the winner of the 2021 and 2022 World Drivers' Championships.
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Agatha Christie (A Biography)€12.99'Nobody in the world was more inadequate to act the heroine than I was.' Why did Agatha Christie spend her career pretending that she was 'just' an ordinary housewife, when clearly she wasn't?
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Hope: How Street Dogs Taught Me the Meaning of Life (Paperback)€17.99Most people think I save dogs, but really they saved me. Niall Harbison is a dog hero based in Thailand. He spends his days feeding, caring for and rescuing the many street dogs he comes across.