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Shaun Bythell owns The Bookshop, Wigtown - Scotland's largest second-hand bookshop. It contains 100,000 books, spread over a mile of shelving, with twisting corridors and roaring fires, and all set in a beautiful, rural town by the edge of the sea. A book-lover's paradise? Well, ...almost ... In these wry and hilarious diaries, Shaun provides an inside look at the trials and tribulations of life in the book trade, from struggles with eccentric customers to wrangles with his own staff, who include the ski-suit-wearing, bin-foraging Nicky. He takes us with him on buying trips to old estates and auction houses, recommends books (both lost classics and new discoveries), introduces us to the thrill of the unexpected find, and evokes the rhythms and charms of small-town life, always with a sharp and sympathetic eye.
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Over the course of a life-changing year, supermodel Rachel Hunter was given the challenge of looking at how different countries around the world define the idea of beauty and wellness.
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By Rankin, Ian
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A masterclass in cat-and-mouse espionage suspense - and the last lost novel - from the iconic Number One bestseller Ian Rankin...
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Other primary creator Dyer, Peter
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For over 25 years our building industry, economy and Government have failed to provide this basic guarantee: new buildings will not rot. Leaky buildings are the result of an unfortunate confluence of industrial, legislative, historical and cultural factors. Collectively, these el...ements stubbornly continue to defy a full and final resolution.
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Do you have a list of your books, or do I just have to stare at them? Shaun Bythell is the owner of The Bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland. With more than a mile of shelving, real log fires in the shop and the sea lapping nearby, the shop should be an idyll for bookworms. Unfortunatel...y, Shaun also has to contend with bizarre requests from people who don't understand what a shop is, home invasions during the Wigtown Book Festival and Granny, his neurotic Italian assistant who likes digging for river mud to make poultices. The Diary of a Bookseller (soon to be a major TV series) introduced us to the joys and frustrations of life lived in books. Sardonic and sympathetic in equal measure, Confessions of a Bookseller will reunite readers with the characters they've come to know and love.
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Murray Thom is a completely self-made businessman who left school at 15 with his FSC (Failed School Certificate). Despite a lack of formal education, he was the Managing Director of CBS Records at just 23 years old.
Since then, he has produced numerous bestsellers including, Th...e Great New Zealand Songbook, Baking Book and Cookbook, and the Offering project. Two of his productions have featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show in America. This is his story and will appeal to small business owners, those seeking motivation and inspiration, and anyone who enjoys a good story. Murray Thom (marketer extraordinaire) is assured of extensive publicity for this book.
New Zealand is a nation of small business owners and if you're one of them you will take pleasure, comfort and hope from many of the stories that Murray has to share.
Murray currently lives in Auckland and is a businessman, a family man, a sportsman and a lover of life. This is his story which he shares with energy, humour and honesty.
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By Flea
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Iconic bassist and co-founder of the immortal Red Hot Chili Peppers finally tells his fascinating life story, complete with all the dizzying highs and the gutter lows you'd expect from an LA street rat turned world-famous rock star.
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Chapter Two is Missing is a ... picture book mystery starring a hopelessly lost narrator, an unqualified detective, and a very sneaky janitor, who are all surprised to discover that second chapter of the very book of which they are a part is-gasp-missing! --
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Wild Kinship is a frank yet inspiring, intimate collection of conversations with the best in conscious small business.
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An inspirational and gripping first-person account of determination, adversity and survival against the odds.
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