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Brave New World
Special 3D Edition
2022 || Paperback || Aldous Huxley || Vintage Publishing
WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY MARGARET ATWOOD AND DAVID BRADSHAWFar in the future, the World Controllers have created the ideal society. Through clever use of genetic engineering, brainwashing and recreational sex and drugs all its members are happy consumers. Bernard Marx seems alone harbouring an ill-defined longing to break free.
A visit to one of the few remaining Savage Reservations where the old, imperfect life still continues, may be the cure for his distress... Huxley's ingenious fantasy of t...
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All You Need to Know About the Music Business
2021 || Paperback || Donald S Passman || Penguin
From Apple to Youtube, Google Play to Spotify, the music industry has seen monumental changes in past decades. Record labels have had to adapt to the demand for instantly accessible, low-cost music whilst coping with significant increases in music piracy. But what do these changes mean for aspiring and established artists? Donald Passman is one of the most trusted music lawyers in the world.
In this easy-to-use manual, he draws upon his unparalleled experience to provide a clear-eyed explanat...
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Les Femmes Savantes
1973 || Paperback || Moliere || Editions Larousse
Pour épingler certains défauts de la préciosité, Molière choisit d’écrire une grande comédie en vers où les « femmes savantes » — Philaminte, sa fille Armande et la tante Bélise — semblent dominer et imposer leurs valeurs raffinées à tous leurs visiteurs et admirateurs. Mais c’est un univers d’apparences et de mondanités dans lequel l’esprit et le beau langage l’emportent sur le corps et le bon sens. Les sentiments authentiques finiront-ils par triompher ?