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Virgins: A Cultural History
by Anke Bernau

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Language: English | Binding: Paperback

In the Middle Ages it was believed that only a virgin could charm a unicorn out of hiding; but far from being a quaint, anachronistic concept, virginity remains a central value in Western culture. Typing "virgin" into Google results in more than one m read more
The Wild Places
by Robert Macfarlane

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Paperback edition of the literary sensation of Christmas 2007 which sold over 14,000 copies. It is both an intellectual and a physical journey, travelling in time as well as space. Guided by monks, scientists and poets among others, he explores our cha read more
The Wisdom Of Whores: Bureaucrats, Brothels And The Business Of Aids
by Elizabeth Pisani

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In The Wisdom of Whores, epidemiologist Elizabeth Pisani brings honesty, wit and startling pragmatism to the tawdry frontlines of sex and drugs. She explains how we could shut down HIV in most of the world with a few simple steps, with less mone read more
Mountains Of The Mind: A History Of A Fascination
by Robert Macfarlane

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Why do so many feel compelled to risk their lives climbing mountains? During the climbing season, one person a day dies in the Alps, and more people die climbing in this season in Scotland than they do on the roads. This title pursues an investigation int read more
The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure
by Hans Magnus Enzensberger

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Twelve-year-old Robert hates his maths teacher. He sets his class boring problems and won't let them use their calculators. Then in his dreams Robert meets the Number Devil who brings the subject magically to life. The Number Devil knows how to make maths read more
Bluebird: A Memoir
by Vesna Maric

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A memoir about the experience of being a Bosnian refugee in Britain. It describes the beginning of the war - the machine gun fire that sounded like a sewing machine in the distance - and the author's family's growing anxiety, culminating in the decision t read more
Hot Flushes, Cold Science: A History Of The Modern Menopause
by Louise Foxcroft

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A powerful, taboo-shattering medical and social history that redresses the myths and delivers the truths about menopause

Meticulously researched and always entertaining, this book traces the history of "the change of life" from i read more
The Seventh Well
by Fred Wander

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Book Summary of The Seventh Well
The author, the son of poor Jewish immigrants in Vienna, was deported to Au read more
Somewhere Towards The End
by Diana Athill

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Diana Athill made her reputation as a writer with the candour of her memoirs and freed from any inhibitions that even she may once have had, she reflects frankly on the losses and occasionally the gains that old age brings, and on the wisdom and fortitude read more
Sleeper's Wake
by Alistair Morgan

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Forty-six-year-old John Wraith regains consciousness after a car accident to learn that his wife and five-year-old daughter died in the same accident. What is all the more traumatic for him is that he was driving the car. At the urging of his sister, John read more
Swimming In A Sea Of Death: A Son's Memoir
by David Rieff

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Presents an account of Susan Sontag's final months, written by her son and drawing on previously unpublished letters and journals. This book writes about being by her side during that last year and at her death, and about the author's own contradictory em read more
Blood Matters : A Journey Along The Genetic Frontier
by Masha Gessen

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In 2004 genetic testing revealed that Masha Gessen had a mutation that predisposed her to ovarian and breast cancer. This is a guide to this unfamiliar and unsettling territory, pointing the way towards the radical transformation genetic information is en read more
The Book Of Dead Philosophers
by Simon Critchley

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The question of what constitutes a 'good death' has been the central preoccupation of philosophers since ancient times. This book includes 190 philosopher's deaths that are bizarre, and tales of madness, murder, and pathos. read more
Balti Britain: A Provocative Journey Through Asian Britain
by Ziauddin Sardar

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Weaving an informative travelogue with an illuminating autobiography, this account combines the history of Asians in Great Britain with the author's personal recollections. From the arrival of the first Indian in 1614 to the young extremists in Walthamsto read more
Do They Think You're Stupid?: 100 Ways Of Spotting Spin And Nonsense From The Media, Celebrities And Politicians
by Julian Baggini

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Don't know a post-hoc fallacy when you hear one? This companion volume to "The Pig That Wants To Be Eaten" provides another rapid-fire selection of short, stimulating and entertaining capsules of philosophy. This time the focus is on the bad argumentative read more
Philosopher and The Wolf: Lessons from the Wild on Love, Death and Happiness
by Mark Rowlands

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About the Book: Philosopher and The Wolf: Lessons from the Wild on Love, Death and Happiness

A unique work of popular philosophy by The bestselling author of Everything I Know I Learned from TV.

I was s read more
Super Sad True Love Story
by Gary Shteyngart

Price: ~~Rs.550~~ Rs.409
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Lenny Abramov is the son of working-class Russian immigrants, a bumbling minor functionary in a company that just may hold the secret to eternal life, and the reluctant star of the show, "101 People We Need To Feel Sorry For". He has fallen way too hard f read more
The Natural History Of Unicorns
by Chris Lavers

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Argues that although the unicorn of our imagination isn't real, traces of its character can be found in existing species. Exploring the natural world, this title follows the beast's trail to the plateaus of India and into the jungles of Africa to unearth read more
Bluebird : A Memoir
by Vesna Maric

Price: ~~Rs.450~~ Rs.355
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Vesna Maric left Bosnia the beginning of the war, at the age of 16, on a convoy of coaches carrying refugees to Penrith, in the north of England. This title is Vesna's memoir of the experience, from the beginning of the war through to her eventual return read more
Everything Ravaged Everything Burned
by Wells Tower

Price: ~~Rs.399~~ Rs.297
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Wells Tower's stories are written, thrillingly, in authentic Americannvernacular €" violent, funny, bleak and beautiful. You need to read them,nnow' Michael ChabonnA man is booted out of his home after his wife discovers that the sweatsmudgednfoot read more