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A Brief Guide to Agatha Christie by Nigel Cawthorne
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: A Brief Guide to
Agatha Christie's 80 novels and short-story collections have sold over 2 billion copies in more than 45 languages, more than any other author. When Christie finally killed off her Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, the year before she herself died, that 'detestable, bombastic, tiresome, ego-centric litt ...Show more
A Brief Guide to Charles Darwin by Cyril Aydon
Category: Reference | Series: A Brief Guide to
Charles Darwin has become one of the most important men in history. The quiet, unsure polymath who avoided confrontation, ensconced in his family home at Downe House in Kent, was also a revolutionary who developed his idea of Natural Selection in isolation. Cyril Aydon's short biography is considered on ...Show more
A Brief Guide to Star Trek by Brian J. Robb
Category: Sci-Fi & Fantasy Fiction | Series: Brief Guide to
For over 40 years "Star Trek" has made a phenomenal cultural impact. Now more popular than ever - J.J. Abrams' reinvented "Star Trek" movie was one of the box office hits of 2009, grossing $385 million worldwide - the 'franchise' continues to have cultural, social and political resonance around the worl ...Show more
A Brief Guide to Star Wars: The Unauthorised Inside Story by Brian J. Robb
Category: Performing Arts | Series: Brief Guide to
George Lucas was a rebel, refusing to make films in the style of the dying studio system, relentlessly pushing the technology of the day, and almost alone in understanding the potential of merchandising; but he was a rebel who built an empire. From the staggering unexpected success of the original "Star ...Show more
A Brief Guide to Stephen King by Paul Simpson
Category: Biography | Series: A Brief Guide to
2014 marks the 40th anniversary of the publication of Stephen King's first novel Carrie in April 1974. Rescued from the rubbish by his wife Tabitha, the novel launched the Maine schoolteacher on a prolific and extraordinarily successful career. His name has become synonymous with horror and suspense thr ...Show more
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