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Fly Away Paul
The extraordinary story of how Paul McCartney survived the Beatles and found his Wings
2023 || Paperback || Lesley-Ann Jones || Veltman Distributie Import Books
The remarkable account of Paul McCartney's time in Wings and ascent into solo stardom, by renowned music biographer Lesley-Ann Jones
No comprehensive biography of the time Paul McCartney spent with Wings has ever been published, until now.
A period often dismissed as McCartney's 'missing' years, in fact the band lasted for a decade: two years longer than the Beatles, and wielded such impact and influence that they at one point achieved the status as the biggest live band in the world. Band on...
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Great-Uncle Harry
A Tale of War and Empire
2023 || Paperback || Michael Palin || Veltman Distributie Import Books
From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, Harry, who died in tragic circumstances, he was determined to find out more about him.
The quest that followed involved hundreds of hours of painstaking detective work. Michael dug out every bit of family gossip and correspondence he could. He studied every relevant official document. He tracked down what remained of his great-uncle Harry's diaries and letters, and pored over photographs of First...
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Be Useful
seven Tools for Life
2023 || Paperback || Arnold Schwarzenegger || Penguin Press
The seven rules to follow to realize your true purpose in life—distilled by Arnold Schwarzenegger from his own journey of ceaseless reinvention and extraordinary achievement, and available for absolutely anyone
The world’s greatest bodybuilder. The world’s highest-paid movie star. The leader of the world’s sixth-largest economy. That these are the same person sounds like the setup to a joke, but this is no joke. This is Arnold Schwarzenegger. And this did not happen by accident.
Arnol...
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Spare
2023 || Hardcover || Prince Harry || Bantam UK
It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother's coffin as the world watched in sorrow - and horror. As Diana, Princess of Wales, was laid to rest, billions wondered what the princes must be thinking and feeling - and how their lives would play out from that point on.
For Harry, this is that story at last.
With its raw, unflinching honesty, Spare is a landmark publication full of insight, revelation, self-examination, a...
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Stay True
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Memoir
2023 || Paperback || Hua Hsu || Veltman Distributie Import Books
The moving, Pulitzer Prize-winning coming-of-age memoir of music, outsiders and the relationships that make us
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Straight from the Heart
BONNIE TYLER'S LONG-AWAITED AUTOBIOGRAPHY
2023 || Paperback || Bonnie Tyler || Veltman Distributie Import Books
You know the name and you can't mistake the voice. Now you can read the incredible story of how a shy, music-loving teenager called Gaynor Hopkins morphed into legendary international superstar Bonnie Tyler and carved out an extraordinary career that is still going strong to this day.
After five decades in the business - during which time she has recorded some of the most iconic songs of all time, travelled the world and performed for royalty and the Pope - Bonnie is sharing her fascinating j...
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I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki
the bestselling South Korean therapy memoir
2023 || Paperback || Baek Sehee || Veltman Distributie Import Books
THE PHENOMENAL KOREAN BESTSELLER, OVER 100,000 COPIES SOLD IN HARDBACK
TRANSLATED BY INTERNATIONAL BOOKER SHORTLISTEE ANTON HUR
'Will strike a chord with anyone who feels that their public life is at odds with how they really feel inside.' Red
PSYCHIATRIST: So how can I help you?
ME: I don't know, I'm - what's the word - depressed? Do I have to go into detail?
Baek Sehee is a successful young social media director at a publishing house when she begins seeing a psychiatrist about her - what ...
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USAlogies
American History in Poems
2023 || Paperback || J P Dalmeida || Bookmundo.pt
In this book the history of the United States of America is told in poems, the author not having made any political analysis of the events, because it is a matter of telling the facts, the most important events and personalities of the country, in the author's perspective. It is a book of interest, historical, cultural and educational.
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Happy-Go-Lucky
'Unquestionably the king of comic writing' Guardian
2023 || Paperback || David Sedaris || Veltman Distributie Import Books
David Sedaris returns with his first new collection of personal essays since the bestselling Calypso
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Charles III
The Inside Story of the New King's Reign
2023 || Paperback || Robert Hardman || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Acclaimed royal biographer Robert Hardman draws on unrivalled access to the Royal Family, friends of the King and Queen, key officials and courtiers plus unpublished royal papers to produce this brilliant account of a tumultuous period in British history. This is a book full of intriguing insider detail and the real stories behind the sadness, the dazzling pomp, the challenges and the triumphs as Charles III sets out to make his mark.
How would – or could – he fill the shoes of the record...