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John Williams: A Composer's Life by Tim Greiving: Which of these blockbuster movie scores did John Williams NOT compose? A) Jaws B) Harry Potter C) Indiana Jones D) Star Wars … He did them all and there is a heartbreaking truth behind their magic
He is one of the most influential composers of all time, scoring countless blockbuster movies and is the most Oscar nominated living person in history. But who IS John Williams?
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Economica by Victoria Bateman: Need a plumber in Ancient Rome? Call a woman!
Kathryn Hughes discovers how much a woman’s place in the economy has changed throughout history in Victoria Bateman’s new book.
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A Year With The Seals by Alix Morris: Forget parrots, seals are top talkers too
In her new book on seals, Alix Morris unlocks the secrets of the ‘clowns of the sea’.
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Samuel Pepys the sex addict and RAPIST: Great Fire of London diarist's shocking deeds revealed… by the man himself
Samuel Pepys was a serial adulterer, a sex addict, a coercive predator, and a rapist, newly transcribed extracts from his diaries reveal.
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Forget Oppenheimer… the real brains behind the atom bomb were BRITISH: 'Hidden' history of WWII's deadly weapon revealed
In this myth-busting book, Gareth Williams reveals that, without the involvement of British physicists, the all-American ‘Manhattan Project’ would never have got off the ground.
AI is opening up new job categories in the music industry. Some of them are pretty cool. Others are concerning.
22 Aug, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Mother of all battles for Boudicca: BOUDICCA'S DAUGHTER by Elodie Harper, SIX WEEKS BY THE SEA by Paula Byrne, CAIRO GAMBIT by S. W. Perry
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22 Aug, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
Carefully crafted crime: THE FINAL VOW by M. W. Craven, THE CUT THROAT TRIAL by S. J. Fleet, THE CORPSE LIGHT by Lesley McEvoy
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Popular picks for August: NEARLY DEPARTED by Lucas Oakeley, A PARTICULARLY NASTY CASE by Adam Kay, APHRODITE by Phoenicia Rogerson
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21 Aug, 2025 | Admin | No Comments
'An electrifying, visceral storyteller': The best Literary Fiction out now: NIGHT OF THE LIVING REZ by Morgan Talty, OPT OUT by Carolina Setterwall, THE COURSE OF THE HEART by M. John Harrison
Stephanie Cross reviews the best Literary Fiction out now.