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Steve Jobs: A Biography (US Ed.)
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From bestselling author Walter Isaacson comes the landmark biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years--as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues--Walter Is...
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This Is a Call: The Life and Times of Dave Grohl
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'Someone called and said Kurt died. I just f*****g lost it.'
He has sold over 40 million albums. He's been in bands that have changed popular music forever. He saw his best friend commit suicide. He starts supergroups. He's the nicest guy in rock. From a bandmate's suicide to drug abuse, from Wa...
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All Black's Don't Cry: A Story of Hope
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'I've been to hell and I'm back. If you're in that same place, then I understand what you're going through.'
John Kirwan was one of the most devastating wingers New Zealand, and world, rugby had ever seen. A prominent and revered figure at the dawn of the professional age of rugby, he seemed to ...
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Mud, Sweat and Tears
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At 7.22am on May 26th 1998, Bear entered The Guinness Book of Records as the youngest, and one of only around thirty, British climbers to have successfully climbed Everest and returned alive. He was only 23 years old.
The actual ascent took Bear over ninety days of extreme weather, limited sl...
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Pearl Jam Twenty (US Ed.)
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One of the key bands of the Seattle-based grunge movement of the 1990s, Pearl Jam broke on to the world stage with their album, Ten, which went on to become an alternative rock classic. For over two decades Pearl Jam have been one of the most influential and popular bands on the planet, but have mai...
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What Was I Thinking: A Memoir
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From the man whose outrageous comments on TV divided the country, and almost caused an international incident, comes this very funny memoir.
Packed with stories from his eventful childhood and his long and adventurous career in journalism, this is a gripping, often hilarious and always entertain...
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Run: Stories of Blisters and Bliss
Paperback (2011)
In his follow-up to the best-selling Ultramarathon Man, world-renowned ultramarathoner Dean Karnazes chronicles his remarkable exploits and explorations in gripping detail. Karnazes runs for days on end without rest, across some of the most exotic and inhospitable places on earth, including the Aust...
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Croz: Larrikin Kiwi Biker
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I lifted up my UV-cracked visor with my thumb. ‘Which way does the track go and what’s the lap record?’ I called out over the noise of the valve gear rattling and clanging between my legs. The flag marshal’s eyebrows raised in disbelief. I could see him muttering, &lsqu...
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Booky Wook 2: This Time it's Personal
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In the sequel to Russell's best-selling biography 'My Booky Wook' we follow the now sober but still scandalous, sex-fuelled star on his electrifying rise to international fame. A roller coaster ride through tours, films, stand up and tabloids - this time, it's personal.
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Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea
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Chelsea Handler is a woman on a mission. She's smart, sassy and not afraid to speak her mind. From an early age Chelsea knew exactly what she wanted and even in the trickiest of situations, she's never one to pass up an opportunity. Like the time she convinced her third-grade class she was shooting ...
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Into the Wild (movie tie-in cover)
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“A narrative of arresting force. Anyone who ever fancied wandering off to face nature on its own harsh terms should give a look. It’s gripping stuff.” —The Washington Post
By examining the true story of Chris McCandless, a young man, who in 1992 walked deep into the Alaska...
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Eric Clapton: The Autobiography
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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 '...
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Kris Jenner... and All Things Kardashian
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This is Kris Jenner's brutally honest memoir - the never-before told story of the sawy businesswoman behind the Kardashian empire. It is a revealing personal story: An ambitious businesswoman, Jenner will delve into the world of living a hectic life in the celebrity spotlight as well as touch on the...
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Life: Keith Richards
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With the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the riffs, the lyrics and the songs that roused the world, and over four decades he lived the original rock and roll life: taking the chances he wanted, speaking his mind, and making it all work in a way that no one before him had ever done. Now, at la...
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Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
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A lot of people wonder how Chinese parents raise such stereotypically successful kids. They wonder what Chinese parents do to produce so many math whizzes and music prodigies, what it's like inside the family, and whether they could do it too. Well, I can tell them, because I've done it...Amy Chua's...
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Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
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A lot of people wonder how Chinese parents raise such stereotypically successful kids. They wonder what Chinese parents do to produce so many math whizzes and music prodigies, what it's like inside the family, and whether they could do it too.
Well, I can tell them, because I've done it...Amy Chu...
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The Bruce McLaren Scrapbook
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He was all things to motor racing - a man whose prodigious gifts earned him a place in history.
In 1959 he became the world′s youngest and New Zealand′s first F1 Grand Prix winner - a record that would stand for almost 50 years. Tragically, on 2 June 1970, less than 11 years afte...
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The Life and Times of a Brown Paper Bag
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Beloved television star of Fair Go, Kevin Milne's memoir is funny, insightful, incisive, moving and all-round entertaining. He talks of his long television career - 40 years - including 25 years of the long-running, top-rating Fair Go. Kevin writes in a relaxed, laconic style that draws the reader ...
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Mr Asia: The Last Man Standing
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Do not think for one instant that a life of crime is glamorous and exciting. It is not. It is a life of degradation, dishonesty, misery, violence, and loss of liberty.
It has been more than 30 years since the Mr Asia drug syndicate came apart, when the handless, toothless body of Martin Johnstone...
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Robert Long and his family - wife Catherine, and children Christan (17) and Robyn (14) - live in complete isolation, in a hut two days' walk south of Haast in South Westland. Robert has lived there for nearly 30 years; Catherine for 20 and the kids all their lives. Their only contact with the outsid...
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Eat, Pray, Love
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This beautifully written, heartfelt memoir touched a nerve among both readers and reviewers. Elizabeth Gilbert tells how she made the difficult choice to leave behind all the trappings of modern American success (marriage, house in the country, career) and find, instead, what she truly wanted from l...
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