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‘However fast he sprints, however advanced the blades that help to propel him around the track, he will never...
You live in the digital age. Computers, the Internet, social media: all these things are an inescapable fact of life...
When the call came, Maisie Beukes was alone in the keeper’s quarters. Cecil had already gone on duty even...
Sometime in early May 1982, Mike Fuller called me. “Listen, we’ve been invited to perform in Soweto at...
Check it. Saturday morning. Hung-over as fuck. The beer fear squirms through my belly with alien tendrils and I know...
Prologue 'Maud? Was I boring you so much that you'd rather stand outside in the dark?' A woman calls to me...
Your father is making a map of the world, the boy’s mother had told him – the countries he has saved,...
All Jen Masterson had ever wanted was an ordinary life. It wasn't a very glamorous ambition, admittedly. Not one...
As I look back, I remember that everything about that day was like a dream. It felt as if something special was in...
The Cassedy Connection   I never met my grandfather. He died nine years to the day before I was born. What I...
Extract   1 The Rock Star of Chinese Politics   In March of each year, the Chinese capital comes to...
Prologue   Death cast a long shadow across the barren miles of Paelsia. The news of Chief Basilius's...
Introduction   By John Green   bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars and co-creator of the...
1   Caruso   Colt followed his wobbly torch beam through the rain-streaked darkness. He wore a...
     'They've got horses!' gasped Kristin.   Colt glanced sideways at his...
ACQUA PROFONDA     In the old brown house on the corner, a mile from the middle of the city, we ate...
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New Orleans, Louisiana, 1803   No matter how desperately she dug her heels into the sun-baked clay of the...
In 2007, I published a collection of journalism called The (Green &) Golden Age, encompassing a decade of work...
About the book:   These are recipes specially created to suit your mood - food that will give you a...

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