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The Great Gatsby (Penguin Critical Studies Guide)
Kathleen Parkinson
Penguin Global, 2003
dreams
This book is about knowing that some dreams are too far from reach, yet we still always try to attain them. Like Gatsby, we are taunted by how close we can come to that dream, but in the end, we realize that our efforts are fruitless. Each of us have our own "Daisy" ...
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The Creative Economy: How People Make Money from Ideas
John Howkins
Penguin Global, 2002
Britain makes more money from music than from its car industry. In the United States, the core copyright industries achieved foreign sales and exports of $60.18 billion-a figure that surpasses, for the first time, every other export sector, including automobiles, agriculture, and aircraft. Howkins sets out to explore how we can harness creativity ...
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The Cleaning Bible: Kim and Aggie's Complete Guide to Modern Household Management
Kim Woodburn
Penguin Global, 2008
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Clarkson on Cars
Jeremy Clarkson
Penguin Global, 2006
Mr.Clarkson, write more!
Jeremy is brilliant as always. I received my book and, going to the work, in traffic, opened at first random page. Fifteen seconds later I couldn't drive cos laugh until cries... The same experiment I made with my wife that are so far from car theme. It took a few ...
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One Good Run: The Legend of Burt Munro
Tim Hanna
Penguin Global, 2006
One good run
An awesome insight into the life of this brilliant man, warts & all. The detail of machines, races & records as well as his personal nuances makes very easy reading. Anybody who had heard of Bert or the film based on his record run will find this book gives life to ...
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Learning to Fly: The Autobiography: The Autobiography
Victoria Beckham
Penguin Global, 2005
Victoria Beckham
This book is great. Victoria is truly open about her life. It makes you see a different side of the person you see in all the tabloids. She allows you to peak into her world. It is heartbreakingly honest. She doesn't try to skip the hard parts of her life. We can see ...
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The Islamist
Ed Husain
Penguin Global, 2008
For a better understanding...
This book clarified for me the difference between being a Muslim and being an Islamist and I would recommend it to anyone who wants a better understanding of the difference. All too often, it's difficult to separate the actual religion from what this group of people ...
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Eastern Approaches
Fitzroy MacLean
Penguin Global, 2004
the truth is stranger than fiction
This is a truly unique book and comparable only with Churchill's 'My Early Life' as an adventure history. Some people write adventure books, some people have adventures but Fitzroy McLean, like Churchill, or TE Lawrence, is able to do both. A rare treat and very easy ...
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The Cook's Companion: The Complete Book of Ingredients and Recipes for the Australian Kitchen
Stephanie Alexander
Penguin Global, 2004
Maybe the Best Cookbook of All
It's a big claim, but this might be the greatest cookbook ever published.
The crowning piece of the author's long and distinguished career, it is utterly comprehensive, authoritative and, befitting its title, friendly and companionable.
Alexander begins with a ...
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Crabapple Bakery Cupcake Cookbook
Jennifer Graham
Penguin Global, 2008
A fabulous Australian cupcake cookbook
Yes, it is Australian and (shock! horror!) the measurements are in metric... But the recipes are delicious. The author runs a shop in the Prahran markets in Melbourne and the book is based on recipes sold there - so all tried and true. The recipes range from ...
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Dinner with Mugabe: The Untold Story of a Freedom Fighter who Became a Tyrant
Heidi Holland
Penguin Global, 2008
Insightful and Well-written!
Although Heidi Holland met Mugabe only a couple of times, she still provides some good interviews and insights into Mugabe. He has unfortunately proved to be one of the worst leaders of the past couple of decades. Look at the results of his presidency--100,000% ...
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The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender To #45472
Rubin Carter
Penguin Global, 1991
A True Account
I bought this book my sophomore year of high school and that was over 7 years ago. It has literally been my bible to life. Rubin and his book have changed my life more than anything else I have ever encountered. Too often than not we find false heroes in this world. ...
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Fungus the Bogeyman (Picture Puffin)
Raymond Briggs
Penguin Global, 2005
A brilliant and suitably revolting comic strip book on a day in the life of a bogeyman
'Repulsive but none the less compulsive'. This classic Raymond Briggs book hasn't got a real storyline. It's more like an comic strip encyclopedia on the life of bogeymen (Fungus) and bogeywomen (wife Mildew) and their bogeychildren. The book just charts a day in the ...
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Treasures of the Thunder Dragon: A Portrait of Bhutan
Ashi Dori Wangmo Wangchuck
Penguin Global, 2007
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Eastern Front 1914-1917
Norman Stone
Penguin Global, 2004
good strategic and economic overview
In a way, this is three books in one. The first book is a strategic analysis of the eastern front in WWI. Most chapters begin by laying the groundwork for the battle or campaign covered in that chapter. Stone describes and analyzes the strategic, social and economic ...
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