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...A Mile Down, by David Vann, William Heinemann, RRP£18.99/Da Capo, RRP$14.95 On holiday in Turkey, Vann comes across the steel hull of a 90ft boat and, fulfilling a dream, he decides to rebuild it and sail...
...Fire and Rain: The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSNY and the Lost History of 1970, by David Browne, Da Capo, RRP£14.99 Browne, an editor on Rolling Stone magazine, opens his account of 1970...
...Meanwhile, Oxford has just launched upon the public its lavish Companion to the Book, a vast work of reference seven years in the making in which some 400 scholars chart the forms that books have taken since...
...He starts writing at 4am each day, seven days a week. He does sit-ups and press-ups every hour. He dons a pair of gravity boots when he needs ideas, “because you think differently upside down”....
...… Barnett’s impact on the publishing business may be even greater than his impact on politics....
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