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Home in the World A Memoir

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From Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen, a long-awaited memoir about home, belonging, inequality, and identity, recounting a singular life devoted to betterment of humanity.

Unfinished

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Unfinished is a 2021 memoir by Indian actress Priyanka Chopra. Described as a “collection of personal essays, stories and observations”, the book chronicles important moments in Chopra’s life and her

The Anthropocene Reviewed

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A deeply moving and mind-expanding collection of personal essays in the first ever work of non-fiction from #1 internationally bestselling author John GreenThe Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity

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A Life On Our Planet

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In this scientifically informed account of the changes occurring in the world over the last century, award-winning broadcaster and natural historian shares a lifetime of wisdom and a hopeful vision for the future.

Elon Musk

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In the spirit of Steve Jobs and Moneyball, Elon Musk is both an illuminating and authorized look at the extraordinary life of one of Silicon Valley’s most exciting, unpredictable, and ambitious entrepreneurs – a real-life Tony Stark – and a fascinating exploration of the renewal of American invention and its new makers

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Leonardo Da Vinci

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‘Walter Isaacson keeps the mortal man to the fore. For all his supernatural gifts as an artist and natural scientist.  Leonardo was resolutely human (illegitimate, vegan, in need of patrons) rather than the near deity of legend.  Isaacson is an assured guide to Leonardo’s fallibility – so many projects started, so few completed – as well as his extraordinary curiosity and his even more remarkable painterly skills that were sharpened by intense observation.’  Michael Prodger, Books of the Year

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The Autobiography Of Benjamin Franklin

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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the traditional name for the unfinished record of his own life written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790; however, Franklin himself appears to have called the work his Memoirs.

Unprecedented The Masters And Me (Hard Cover)

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Tiger Woods, then only 21, won the Masters by a historic 12 shots, which remains the widest margin of victory in the tournament’s history, making it arguably among the most seminal events in golf. He was the first African-American/Asian player to win the Masters, and this at the Augusta National Golf Club, perhaps the most exclusive club in the world, and one that had in 1990 admitted its first black member.

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KP The Autobiography (Kevin Pietersen)

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This is the fascinating life story of professional cricketer Kevin Pietersen, MBE, from his childhood in South Africa to his recent experiences as one of the leading lights in the world of international cricket. Kevin was dropped from the England squad in February 2014, seemingly calling time on an international career that began nearly 10 years earlier

Alibaba (The House That Jack Ma Built)

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In just a decade and half Jack Ma, a man who rose from humble beginnings and started his career as an English teacher, founded and built Alibaba into the second largest Internet company in the world. The company’s $25 billion IPO in 2014 was the world’s largest, valuing the company more than Facebook or Coca Cola. Alibaba today runs the e-commerce services that hundreds of millions of Chinese consumers depend on every day, providing employment and income for tens of millions more. A Rockefeller of his age, Jack has become an icon for the country’s booming private sector and as the face of the new, consumerist China is courted by heads of state and CEOs from around the world.

Wave

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WAVE: LIFE AND MEMORIES AFTER THE TSUNAMI IS A MEMOIR BY THE SRI LANKAN EDUCATOR SONALI DERANIYAGALA. THE MEMOIR IS BASED ON THE 2004 INDIAN OCEAN EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI. IT WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN 2013 BY ALFRED A. KNOPF

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Dear Life

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AS A SPECIALIST IN PALLIATIVE MEDICINE, DR RACHEL CLARKE CHOOSES TO INHABIT A PLACE MANY PEOPLE WOULD FIND TOO TRAGIC TO CONTEMPLATE. EVERY DAY SHE TRIES TO BRING CARE AND COMFORT TO THOSE REACHING THE END OF THEIR LIVES AND TO HELP MAKE DYING MORE BEARABLE. RACHEL’S TRAINING WAS PUT TO THE TEST IN 2017 WHEN HER BELOVED GP FATHER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TERMINAL CANCER. SHE LEARNED THAT NOTHING – EVEN THE BEST PALLIATIVE CARE – CAN SUGAR-COAT THE PAIN OF LOSING SOMEONE YOU LOVE.

Eat Pray Love

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IT’S 3 A.M. AND ELIZABETH GILBERT IS SOBBING ON THE BATHROOM FLOOR. SHE’S IN HER THIRTIES, SHE HAS A HUSBAND, A HOUSE, THEY’RE TRYING FOR A BABY – AND SHE DOESN’T WANT ANY OF IT. A BITTER DIVORCE AND A TURBULENT LOVE AFFAIR LATER, SHE EMERGES BATTERED AND BEWILDERED AND REALISES IT IS TIME TO PURSUE HER OWN JOURNEY IN SEARCH OF THREE THINGS SHE HAS BEEN MISSING: PLEASURE, DEVOTION AND BALANCE. SO SHE TRAVELS TO ROME, WHERE SHE LEARNS ITALIAN FROM HANDSOME,

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Permanent Record

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IN 2013, TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD EDWARD SNOWDEN SHOCKED THE WORLD WHEN HE BROKE WITH THE AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE ESTABLISHMENT AND REVEALED THAT THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT WAS SECRETLY PURSUING THE MEANS TO COLLECT EVERY SINGLE PHONE CALL, TEXT MESSAGE, AND EMAIL. THE RESULT WOULD BE AN UNPRECEDENTED SYSTEM OF MASS SURVEILLANCE WITH THE ABILITY TO PRY INTO THE PRIVATE LIVES OF EVERY PERSON ON EARTH. SIX YEARS LATER, SNOWDEN REVEALS FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME HOW HE HELPED TO BUILD THIS SYSTEM AND WHY HE WAS MOVED TO EXPOSE IT.

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Becoming

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n a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America-the first African-American to serve in that role-she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history, while also establishing herself as a powerful advocate for women and girls in the U.S. and around the world, dramatically changing the ways that families pursue healthier and more active lives, and standing with her husband as he led America through some of its most harrowing moments. Along the way, she showed us a few dance moves, crushed Carpool Karaoke, and raised two down-to-earth daughters under an unforgiving media glare.

Born A Crime And Other Stories

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ONE OF THE COMEDY WORLD’S BRIGHTEST NEW VOICES, TREVOR NOAH IS A LIGHT-FOOTED BUT SHARP-MINDED OBSERVER OF THE ABSURDITIES OF POLITICS, RACE AND IDENTITY, SHARING JOKES AND INSIGHTS DRAWN FROM THE WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE ACQUIRED IN HIS RELATIVELY YOUNG LIFE. AS HOST OF THE US HIT SHOW THE DAILY SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH, HE PROVIDES VIEWERS AROUND THE GLOBE WITH THEIR NIGHTLY DOSE OF BITING SATIRE, BUT HERE NOAH TURNS HIS FOCUS INWARD, GIVING READERS A DEEPLY PERSONAL, HEARTFELT AND HUMOROUS LOOK AT THE WORLD THAT SHAPED HIM.

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Meghan A Hollywood Princess

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WHEN MEGHAN MARKLE AND PRINCE HARRY WERE SET UP BY A MUTUAL FRIEND ON A BLIND DATE IN JUNE 2016, LITTLE COULD THEY KNOW THAT JUST SIXTEEN MONTHS LATER THE RESULTING WHIRLWIND ROMANCE WOULD LEAD TO THEIR ENGAGEMENT IN NOVEMBER 2017 AND MARRIAGE IN MAY 2018. SINCE THEN, OUR FASCINATION WITH THE WOMAN WHO HAS SMASHED THE ROYAL MOULD HAS ROCKETED. SO DIFFERENT TO THOSE COY BRIDES OF RECENT HISTORY, MEGHAN IS CONFIDENT, CHARISMATIC AND POISED, HER WARM AND AFFECTIONATE ENGAGEMENT INTERVIEW A STARK CONTRAST TO THE STILTED AND COLD EXCHANGE BETWEEN PRINCE CHARLES AND LADY DIANA SPENCER

The Happiest Man On Earth : The Beautiful Life Of An Auschwitz Survivor

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EDDIE JAKU ALWAYS CONSIDERED HIMSELF A GERMAN FIRST, A JEW SECOND. HE WAS PROUD OF HIS COUNTRY. BUT ALL OF THAT CHANGED IN NOVEMBER 1938, WHEN HE WAS BEATEN, ARRESTED AND TAKEN TO A CONCENTRATION CAMP. OVER THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS, EDDIE FACED UNIMAGINABLE HORRORS EVERY DAY, FIRST IN BUCHENWALD, THEN IN AUSCHWITZ, THEN ON A NAZI DEATH MARCH. HE LOST FAMILY, FRIENDS, HIS COUNTRY.

The Truths We Hold

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Discover Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’s New York Times bestselling book about the core truths that unite us and the shared values that will see us into the future.

Bad Blood

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IN 2014, THERANOS FOUNDER AND CEO ELIZABETH HOLMES WAS WIDELY SEEN AS THE FEMALE STEVE JOBS: A BRILLIANT STANFORD DROPOUT WHOSE STARTUP “UNICORN” PROMISED TO REVOLUTIONIZE THE MEDICAL INDUSTRY WITH A MACHINE THAT WOULD MAKE BLOOD TESTING SIGNIFICANTLY FASTER AND EASIER. BACKED BY INVESTORS SUCH AS LARRY ELLISON AND TIM DRAPER, THERANOS SOLD SHARES IN A FUNDRAISING ROUND THAT VALUED THE COMPANY AT MORE THAN $9 BILLION, PUTTING HOLMES’S WORTH AT AN ESTIMATED $4.7 BILLION. THERE WAS JUST ONE PROBLEM: THE TECHNOLOGY DIDN’T WORK.

Man Who Thought Different (Steve Jobs)

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STEVE JOBS: THE MAN WHO THOUGHT DIFFERENT IS A BIOGRAPHY ON ONE OF THE PIONEERS OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, WHO LIVED TO CHANGE THE WORLD AND LEFT THE WORLD TRANSFORMED. BEHIND SUCH A TRANSFORMATIVE SOUL WAS A BEREAVED CHILDHOOD AND A HARDWORKING YOUTH WHO STARTED COLOURING THE WORLD WITH HIS OWN SHADE AT THE AGE OF TWENTY AND ALMOST TOUCHED EVERY SPHERE OF HUMAN COMFORT WITH HIS DISCOVERY OF APPLE IN HIS FOSTER PARENT’S GARAGE WITH HIS FRIEND STEVE WOZNIAK. STEVE DID NOT STOP THERE, AS HE ALSO INVENTED PIXAR. THIS BIOGRAPHY OF STEVE IS UNBIASED AS BLUMENTHAL COVERS THE DARK AS WELL AS THE BRILLIANT ASPECTS OF THIS HARDWARE-SOFTWARE GURU OF ALL THE AGES.

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Cristiano Ronaldo

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IT WASN’T LONG BEFORE HE HAD THE BIGGEST CLUBS IN EUROPE KNOCKING ON HIS DOOR, BUT IT WAS MANCHESTER UNITED WHO WON THE RACE FOR HIS SIGNATURE. UNDER THE TUTELAGE OF SIR ALEX FERGUSON, RONALDO DEVELOPED INTO THE COMPLETE FOOTBALLER AND ATHLETE, WINNING THREE LEAGUE TITLES AND A CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ALONG THE WAY. HE THEN BECAME THE BIGGEST GALACTICO OF THEM ALL WHEN HE TRANSFERRED TO REAL MADRID FOR A RECORD-BREAKING FEE. UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AND A RECORD-EQUALLING FIVE BALLONS D’OR FOLLOWED, BEFORE HIS SENSATIONAL MOVE TO JUVENTUS IN THE SUMMER OF 2018.

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දුටුගැමුණු රජු මළේ නැත

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ඓතිහාසික පොත් පත් හා ජනප්‍රවාද ඇසුරෙන් දුටුගැමුණු රජතුමාගේ චරිතය පිළිබඳ නව අර්ථ කථනයක් ඉදිරිපත් කරන ඓතිහාසික නවකතාවක් ලෙස ‘දුටුගැමුණු රජු මළේ නැත‘ කෘතිය හඳුන්වා දිය හැකිය.

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සොඳුරු ප්‍රජාපතී.

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මෙහෙණි සසුනට දොර විවර කළ මහා ප්‍රජාපතී ගෝතමී මහ රහතුන් වහන්සේගේ චරිතය අළලා ලියැවුණු කෘතියකි.

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සොඳුරු යසෝදරා

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සිද්ධාර්ථ කුමරු සහ යසෝදරා දේවිය අතර වූ සාංසාරික ප්‍රේමය මනා සංයමයකින් යුක්තව ඉදිරිපත් කරන ලද කෘතියකි. සිද්ධාර්ථ කුමරුන්ට බුද්ධත්වය කරා ළඟා වන්නට යසෝදරා දේවිය කළ කැපවීම සෑම ගැහැනියකට ආදර්ශයක් ගත හැකි අයුරින් මෙහි අන්තර්ගත කොට තිබේ. යසෝදරා චරිතයට අදාළ ජනකවි ද මෙහි ඇතුළත් කොට තිබේ.

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