
TITLES

BOMBSHELL
Biography & Memoirs
Genre:
Mike Rothmiller, Douglas Thompson
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Publisher:
Ad Lib
It is based on secret police files, the actress’s diary, and interviews including an astonishing confession from actor Peter Lawford - the Kennedys’ brother-in-law who was there on the night she died.
Marilyn, her diary reveals, was enraged that the Kennedys were treating her “like a whore” and was threatening to spill the beans.
Was she killed to silence her and save the country’s political royalty from embarrassment?
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KITTY'S SALON
History
Genre:
Urs Brunner, Julia Schrammel, Nigel Jones
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Publisher:
Bonnier
There is no book in English about the wartime Berlin 'salon' run by Kitty Schmidt under the secret control of Reinhard Heydrich, one of the architects of the Final Solution. Salon Kitty was the most notorious brothel in the decadent Berlin of the Weimar Republic - the city of Cabaret. But after the Nazis took power, it became something more dangerous: a spying centre with every room wired for sound, staffed by women agents specially selected by the SS to coax secrets from their VIP clients. Masterminded by Reinhard Heydrich, the spymaster whom Hitler himself called 'the man with the iron heart', the exclusive establishment turned listening post was patronised by the Nazi leaders themselves, not knowing that hidden ears were listening. One of the last untold stories of the Second World War, Salon Kitty's sensational true history is now revealed by historians Nigel Jones, Urs Brunner and Dr Julia Schrammel. After years of painstaking research and investigation, the story they tell sheds new light on Nazi methods of control and coercion, and the way that they used and abused sex for their own perverse purposes.
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BLACK DAHLIA, RED ROSE
True Crime
Genre:
Piu Eatwell
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Publisher:
Coronet
This book marks the 70th anniversary of the infamous ‘Black Dahlia’ murder. Eatwell delves into the unsolved case of Elizabeth Short, a budding Hollywood starlet found murdered in 1947. Titled after the victim's nickname, the book offers a fresh perspective, presenting a compelling new solution to the mystery. With a focus on Hollywood's noir era, Eatwell's account is the first thoroughly researched factual exploration of this notorious crime, promising a gripping and atmospheric narrative.
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HERSELF SURPRISED
Literary & General
Genre:
Joyce Cary
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Publisher:
NYRB Classics
Herself Surprised, the first volume of Joyce Cary's remarkable First Trilogy, introduces Sara Monday, a woman at once dissolute and devout, passionate and sly. With no regrets, Sara reviews her changing fortunes, remembering the drudgery of domestic servitude, the pleasures of playing the great lady in a small provincial town, and the splendors and miseries of life as the model, muse, and mistress of the painter Gulley Jimson.
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THE HORSE'S MOUTH
Literary & General
Genre:
Joyce Cary
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Publisher:
NYRB Classics
The Horse's Mouth follows the adventures of Gulley Jimson, an artist who would exploit his friends and acquaintances to earn money, told from his point of view, just as the other books in the First Trilogy tell events from their central characters' different points of view. Cary's novel also uses Gulley's unique perspective to comment on the social and political events of the time.
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THE BERLIN-BAGHDAD EXPRESS
History
Genre:
Sean McMeekin
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Publisher:
Allen Lane
A history book on World War I as exciting as an adventure book. It explores the link between the Nazis and pan-Islamism in the Middle East by... train: The Berlin-Baghdad Express, the extraordinary railway that would link Central Europe and the Persian Gulf.
McMeekin investigates one of the big, previously unresearched subjects of World War I: the German bid for world power - and the destruction of the British Empire - through the harnessing of the Ottoman Empire.
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WOKE CAPITALISM
Economy & Politics
Genre:
Carl Rhodes
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Publisher:
Bristol U.P. - Policy Press
Carl Rhodes takes us on a lively and fascinating history of woke capitalism – from 1950s corporate social responsibility, through 1980s neoliberalism, tracing it alongside the adoption and mutation of the term ‘woke’ from Black American culture – and brings us right up to current-day debates.
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LIVING WITH ARFID
Lifestyle, Psychology
Genre:
Rita Maris
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Publisher:
Aldo Manuzio
Does your child eat so selectively that you worry about his or her health? Does your child no longer dare to eat because of his or her eating problems and is he or she increasingly avoiding social activities because of this? Or do you have trouble eating yourself and make up excuses not to go out to dinner with your friends, family and colleagues? Then this blog is really something for you. Here you will get new insights, tips and explanations about the eating disorder ARFID (Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder) and you can ask all your questions.
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