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• The Forgotten Highlander: My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East

  Alistair Urquhart

  
  
   

• Three Cups of Tea

  Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin

  
  
   

• Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  
  
   

• Wedlock: How Georgian Britain's Worst Husband Met His Match

  Wendy Moore

  
  
   

• Apathy for the Devil

  Nick Kent

  
  
   

• Lost and Found: My Story

  Lynda Bellingham

  
  
   

• The Intimate Adventures Of A London Call Girl

  Belle de Jour

  
  
   

• Burying The Bones: Pearl Buck in China

  Hilary Spurling

  
  
   

• Just Kids

  Patti Smith

  
  
   

• The Game

  Neil Strauss

  
  Is it for real? Is The Game by Neill Strauss an assiduously detailed, highly entertaining exposé of a fascinating secret society -- the international community of pickup artists who have refined their talents for getting women into bed to the nth degree? Or is it an extremely funny hoax? Early drafts of the book had people wondering, and men in particular speculated if the book would deliver some valuable ‘how to’ tips as an aid to entering a sexual wonderland. In fact, it doesn't really matter whether you take the basic premise seriously or not: Strauss’ wonderfully diverting book delivers great entertainment whatever your point of view.

  According to Strauss, the clandestine society of men he describes here take wagers in clubs and bars throughout the Western world over just who can chalk up the most Casanova-like quantities of pickups and seductions. But this isn't merely for the thrill of an army of sexual conquests -- all of this is coded and organised according to an almost military-style ritual, with an elaborate series of rules and regulations that the participants rigorously follow. Strauss went undercover in this glamorous world, and learned the secrets of these top-drawer seducers. But, for him, there was a useful corollary affect: Strauss found himself transformed from a nerdish, unconfident journalist into a silver-tongued Lothario, quite the equal of many of the ladykilling males he had been enjoying the company of. For him, the ultimate accolade was being noted The World's Number One Pickup Artist -- and then he made the mistake of setting his sights on a woman who could give every bit as good as she got.

  The world of excess presented here is not one most of us move in, but (if the truth were told) it has its irresistible attractions. Strauss wheels in such celebrities as Tom Cruise and Courtney Love, and this unblushing peek into a secret world where sex and seduction are treated with cool scientific detachment is mesmerisingly readable. --Barry Forshaw

  
   

• Shiny Pennies and Grubby Pinafores: How We Overcame Hardship to Raise a Happy Family in the 1950s

  Winifred Foley

  
  
   

• Dressed to Kill

  Charlotte Madison

  
  
   

• Just a Little Run Around the World: 5 Years, 3 Packs of Wolves and 53 Pairs of Shoes: 5 Years, 29 Marriage Proposals and 53 Pairs of Shoes

  Rosie Swale-Pope

  
  
   

• Defending the Guilty: Truth and Lies in the Criminal Courtroom

  Alex McBride

  
  
   

• The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game

  Michael Lewis

  
  
   

• Liar's Poker (Hodder Great Reads)

  Michael Lewis

  
  
   

• Stones into Schools

  Greg Mortenson

  
  
   

• Unreliable Sources: How the Twentieth Century Was Reported: How the 20th Century Was Reported

  John Simpson

  
  
   

• The Man Who Cycled the World

  Mark Beaumont

  
  
   

• Lark Rise to Candleford: "Lark Rise"; "Over to Candleford"; "Candleford Green": A Trilogy

  Flora Thompson