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Glass Room, The - Abacus 40th edition by Simon Mawer
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Category: General | Series: Abacus 40th Anniversary Ser.
A New York Times Best-Seller Honeymooners Viktor and Liesel Landauer are filled with the optimism and cultural vibrancy of central Europe of the 1920s when they meet modernist architect Rainer von Abt. He builds for them a home to embody their exuberant faith in the future, and the Landauer House become ...Show more
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
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Category: Biography | Series: Abacus 40th Anniversary | Reading Level: very good
Welcome to the wonderful world of America's foremost humorist David Sedaris, where learning French, like life, is littered with idiosyncratic delight ...'The Italian was attempting to answer the teacher's latest question when the Moroccan student interrupted, shouting, "Excuse me, but what's an Easter?" ...Show more
Old Filth - Abacus 40th edition by Jane Gardam
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Category: General | Series: Abacus 40th Anniversary
Long ago, Old Filth was a Raj orphan - one of the many young children sent 'Home' from the East to be fostered and educated in England. Jane Gardam's novel tells his story, from his birth in what was then Malaya to the extremities of his old age. In so doing, she not only encapsulates a whole period fro ...Show more
Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic - Abacus 40th edition by Tom Holland
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Category: History | Series: Abacus 40th Anniversary
The Roman Republic was the most remarkable state in history. What began as a small community of peasants camped among marshes and hills ended up ruling the known world. Rubicon paints a vivid portrait of the Republic at the climax of its greatness - the same greatness which would herald the catastrophe ...Show more
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference - Abacus 40th edition by Malcolm Gladwell
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Category: History | Series: Abacus 40th Anniversary
In this brilliant and original book, Malcolm Gladwell explains and analyses the 'tipping point', that magic moment when ideas, trends and social behaviour cross a threshold, tip and spread like wildfire. Taking a look behind the surface of many familiar occurrences in our everyday world, Gladwell explai ...Show more
The Undercover Economist - Abacus 40th edition by Tim Harford
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Category: History | Series: Abacus 40th Anniversary
Ever wondered why the gap between rich and poor nations is so great, or why it's so difficult to get a foot on the property ladder, or where the banks went wrong? This book offers the hidden story behind these and other forces that shape our day-to-day lives, often without our knowing it. 'Lively and wi ...Show more
Wasp Factory - Abacus 40th edition by Iain Banks
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Category: General | Series: Abacus 40th Anniversary
'Two years after I killed Blyth I murdered my young brother Paul, for quite different reasons than I'd disposed of Blyth, and then a year after that I did for my young cousin Esmerelda, more or less on a whim. That's my score to date. Three. I haven't killed anybody for years, and don't intend to ever a ...Show more
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