**From the indie rockstar Japanese Breakfast, an unflinching, deeply moving memoir about growing up dual-heritage, Korean food, losing her Korean mother, and forging her own identity.
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In this delightful ebook, Jill Mansell gives readers an exclusive glimpse of her life as a writer. Newly updated with exclusive extra material! Find out what's IN JILL'S HANDBAG, enjoy A DINNER DATE……続きを見る
This book contains 250 anecdotes, including these: 1) In 2008, comedian Margaret Cho debuted a new show: "Beautiful." The genesis of the show came when a radio host asked Ms. Cho, "What would you do……続きを見る
Some sample anecdotes: 1) Simon and Schuster once published a children's book titled Dr. Dan the Bandage Man. As a publicity gimmick, they decided to include a half-dozen band-aids in each book, so ……続きを見る
Living works of art tend to take joy in living. So how can we be a living work of art? Some ways include living a life of wit and intelligence, practicing an art, doing good deeds, paying attention ……続きを見る
This book contains 250 anecdotes about the theater, including these: 1) British actor Pete Postlethwaite has a rugged face. When he was studying at the Bristol Old Vic, he ran out of money to pay fo……続きを見る
This book contains 250 stories of good deeds, including this one: Actor/writer/director Paul Bern often gave money to the poor. One day, an impoverished woman waited in his office to see him. Becaus……続きを見る
著者:Lena Dunham
出版社: Random House Publishing Group
発売日: 2014年09月30日
**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Includes two new essays!
NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MICHIKO KAKUTANI, THE NEW YORK TIMES • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BUZZFEED, T……続きを見る
C’est l’histoire d’un enfant pas « comme les autres », un petit rat de l’Opéra qui, entre sourires et larmes, dans un Paris d’époque, déroule sa vie comme le ferait un film.
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著者:David Sedaris
出版社: Little, Brown Book Group
発売日: 2010年08月05日
Anyone that has read NAKED and BARREL FEVER, or heard David Sedaris speaking live or on the radio will tell you that a new collection from him is cause for jubilation. His recent move to Paris from ……続きを見る
著者:Boris Johnson
出版社: HarperCollins Publishers
発売日: 2008年09月04日
He comes, he sees, he plays with the gadgets…
Boris Johnson has been behind the wheel of some of the world’s fastest, most luxurious cars. He’s taken the Jaguar XKR-R for a spin around a posh public……続きを見る
Read these short extracts from Alan Sugar's Unscripted: My Ten Years in Telly and remind yourself why you tune in to watch him on TV. His witty put-downs, laser-beam glare and no-nonsense approach h……続きを見る
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You Will Discover: Exciting ways to be friends and lovers too * How to argue and laugh when its over * Easy everyday romantic g……続きを見る
My decision to to enter the casino industry, was answering a simple small ad in a newspaper - for trainee Croupiers. I got the job.
That was back in the mid seventies, not so many years after casino……続きを見る
Are you the world’s biggest Beatles fan? Do you know everything there is to know about the Fab Four? Then this is the book for you! In this easy-to-digest eBook are 101 facts about your favourite ba……続きを見る
All human brains operate exactly the same, it has nothing to do whether you are male or female, child or adult, nor does culture or religion affect it. The brain operates as follows; ONE PLUS ONE EQ……続きを見る
著者:Julie Kavanagh
出版社: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
発売日: 2011年10月12日
Rudolf Nureyev had it all: beauty, genius, charm, passion, and sex appeal. No other dancer of our time has generated the same excitement, for both men and women, on or off the stage. With Nureyev: T……続きを見る
The inspiration behind ‘Life of Pi’ director Ang Lee’s ‘Brokeback Mountain’ is one of the short stories to be found in this haunting collection of Wyoming tales.
‘Brokeback Mountain’ is set in the b……続きを見る
For the first time, the complete history of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaksーfrom the landmark, original cult series that changed the course of television to its 25-years-in-the-making seque……続きを見る
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In a pithy, humorous memoir, the author recounts from her letters, the most vivid experiences of her student days as an assistant at a Sch……続きを見る
'Captures the time and the aspirations of a young band brilliantly. A great eye-opener into the absurd thought process of what it might take to headline Glastonbury!' Steve Lamacq BBC 6 Music
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Some Samples: 1) Late in life, Fanny Briceーradio's Baby Snooksーenjoyed interior decorating, often decorating her friends' houses for free (and disregarding their advice while doing so). She acquir……続きを見る
The Excellent Debut Book From Two of the Funniest People on the Internet!
If you like tongue in cheek and ironic British humour, then this book has it in spades...
Kev and Steve met on their first d……続きを見る
Theodore Dreiser was arguably the most important figure in the development of fiction in the twentieth century. And although world-famous for his novels "Sister Carrie" and "Jennie Gerhardt", Theodo……続きを見る
著者:James Harley
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2004年08月02日
Xenakis: His Life in Music is a full-length study of the influential contemporary composer Iannis Xenakis. Following the trajectory of Xenakis’s compositional development, James Harley, who studied ……続きを見る
This book contains 250 anecdotes, including these: 1) As a young man, choreographer George Balanchine nearly died and so he believed in living his life each day and not holding anything back. He wou……続きを見る
著者:Tracey Thorn
出版社: Little, Brown Book Group
発売日: 2013年02月07日
I was only sixteen when I bought an electric guitar and joined a band. A year later, I formed an all-girl band called the Marine Girls and played gigs, and signed to an indie label, and started rele……続きを見る
'The most authoritative book ever written about Michael Jackson' – Daily Mail
For fans of the smash hit film Michael, this is the definitive account of Michael Jackson's life. Acclaimed biographer J……続きを見る
Some Samples: 1) Despite his obvious high intelligence, Isaac Asimov could be absent-minded. When he was married to his first wife, he once took a bill to the gas company and complained about how mu……続きを見る
Assembled by Audrey Hepburn's son Luca Dotti, Audrey in Rome is an intimate collection of almost two hundred candid photographs of the beloved actress and much-imitated style icon during the twenty-……続きを見る