Click here to browse our Royal selection – books on The Engagement, The Royal Wedding, Biographies of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, Collectibles, and some hysterical satirical titles, too.
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For the first time in a full length book Henry Kissinger writes about the country he has known intimately for decades, and whose modern relations with the West he helped shape. Drawing on historical records as well as his conversations with Chinese leaders over the past forty years, Kissinger examines how China has approached diplomacy, [...]
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The Booktopia Book Guru asks Hana Schofield and Atka Reid authors of Goodbye Sarajevo Ten Terrifying Questions ————————- 1. To begin with why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourself – where were you born? Raised? Schooled? Hana: I was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia where I lived until the outbreak of the Bosnian [...]
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The Booktopia Book Guru asks Bernie McGill author of The Butterfly Cabinet Ten Terrifying Questions ————————– 1. To begin with why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourself – where were you born? Raised? Schooled? I was born in the parish of Lavey in County Derry, Northern Ireland, the youngest of ten children. [...]
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One of the few Keigo Higashino’s books to be translated into English, it has sold over a million copies in its native Japan, it has inspired a cult film and it has a genuinely creepy cover with neither a blood print or a bleak snowy landscape to be seen.
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The Booktopia Book Guru asks Rachel DeWoskin author of Big Girl Small Ten Terrifying Questions ————————— 1.To begin with why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourself – where were you born? Raised? Schooled? I was born in Kyoto, Japan, because my parents were adventurous academics, there studying and teaching. I spent my [...]
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The Booktopia Book Guru asks John Elder Robison author of Be Different and Look Me In The Eyes Ten Terrifying Questions —————————- 1. To begin with why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourself – where were you born? Raised? Schooled? I was born in Athens Georgia, while my parents attended the University [...]
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During 2011, the first volume of George R R Martin’s glorious high fantasy, A Song of Ice and Fire, will be aired in Australia as an HBO series on Foxtel. It premièred on Sunday in the USA & UK and pulled in 4.2 million viewers You have the chance to read the trilogy before it screens [...]
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The Booktopia Book Guru asks Eoin Colfer author of Plugged and the enormously successful Artemis Fowl series Ten Terrifying Questions ————————– 1. To begin with why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourself – where were you born? Raised? Schooled? I was born and raised in the small town of Wexford in South [...]
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Andrew Morton, author of William and Catherine: Their Lives, Their Wedding, answers Ten Terrifying Questions
The Booktopia Book Guru asks Andrew Morton author of William and Catherine: Their Lives, Their Wedding Ten Terrifying Questions ——————– 1.To begin with why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourself – where were you born? Raised? Schooled? I was born in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire in 1953. My father had a picture framing [...]
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