Results tagged “Book”
James May will take time out from his Top Gear duties to pop into Canary Wharf to promote his latest book.
The presenter will be signing copies of James May's Man Lab: The Book of Usefulness at Waterstone's in Jubilee Place mall next Tuesday.
Former world heavyweight champion David Haye will be in Canary Wharf this lunchtime to sign copies of his biography.
The Bermondsey-born boxer quit the ring on his 31st birthday last month, having lost his WBA title to Witali Klitschko earlier in the year.
Former England rugby captain Lewis Moody has booked a date to meet fans in Canary Wharf.
Moody, who announced his retirement from international rugby last week, will be signing copies of his autobiography Mad Dog: An Englishman at Waterstone's in Jubilee Place mall on November 9.
Gazzamania swept Canary Wharf this afternoon as former England midfielder Paul Gascoigne launched his latest book in Jubilee Place mall.
Gascoigne, 44, played for Newcastle, Tottenham, Lazio, Rangers, Middlesbrough, Everton and Burnley during his career and won 57 England caps - starring in the 1990 World Cup.
Former world heavyweight boxing champion David Haye will be pulling no punches when he arrives in Canary Wharf.
Haye, who lost his WBA title to Wladimir Klitschko in July, will be at Waterstone's in Jubilee Place mall on November 3, signing copies of his autobiography Making Haye.
Dressing to impress has taken a back seat according the Dr Catherine Hakim and it is about time we realised its value.
The social scientist has just had her book Honey Money: The Power Of Erotic Capital published and it's raised the hackles of professional women, including those writing in the national press.
BOOK
Ride a Stage of the Tour de France, by Kristian Bauer
A&C Black, £16.99
4/5
IN A NUTSHELL
If watching sweaty men in lycra is your idea of sporting heaven then this is the book for you.
BOOK
The Psychopath Test, by Jon Ronson
Picador, £16.99
4/5
IN A NUTSHELL
In a jaunty, charming book, Ronson goes sniffing out madmen in a tour of the mental health industry.
BOOK
Extreme Rambling, by Mark Thomas
Ebury Press, £10.99
3/5
IN A NUTSHELL
This one offers an in-depth take on the Israel/Palestine question packed with pomposity-pricking prose.
BOOK
Aerotropolis, by John Kasarda & Greg Lindsay
Allen Lane
£14.99
IN A NUTSHELL
Forget noise, pollution and the imminent collapse of the bio-sphere - building airports is the way to go, say this guru / journalist combo.
Ashes 2011, by Gideon Haigh
Aurum Press, £12.99
3/5
IN A NUTSHELL
Relive the many highs and occasional lows of England's triumphant tour Down Under that saw them retain the Ashes in thrilling style.
"If the banks want to go because they are worried about being regulated properly, then let them. I say call their bluff."
That's the view of American analyst and author Michael Lewis on the veiled threat that some banks might leave London if reform leads to their break-up. But Lewis is critical of what he thinks is an empty threat.
BOOK
Harbour
John Ajvide Lindqvist
£17, Quercus
IN A NUTSHELL
Lindqvist's effort is exceptionally chilling right up to the point he reveals the source of evil in his tale - then it becomes a little dull.
Funny man Michael McIntyre's meteoric rise to fame was thanks to a visit to Canary Wharf.
In an exclusive interview he told The Wharf that it was a gig at East Wintergarden three years ago that changed his life forever.
Funny man Michael McIntyre brought in the crowds to Jubilee Place today, with hundreds of fans eager to meet the comedian signing copies of his new book.
Fans were queuing for as long as four hours waiting for McIntyre to arrive at 12.30pm.
Floppy haired funny man Michael McIntyre is coming to Canary Wharf to sign copies of his new book Life and Laughing.
McIntyre's autobiography tells of his extraordinary rise from debt-ridden obscurity to super stardom.
He's earned renown for playing villains on stage and screen but Steven Berkoff very nearly found life imitating art in his formative years.
The Limehouse-based actor grew up in London's East End and his early years saw him drifting into petty crime and brushes with the law. He has written about those days in a new autobiography, Diary of a Juvenile Delinquent.
BOOK
Evil In Return by Elena Forbes
Quercus £12.99
1/5
IN A NUTSHELL
A successful author is found dead having been brutally tortured. Then another dumped body convinces DI Mark Tartaglia that the killer doesn't just have a gripe with writers.
The face of east London in the '60s has been unearthed by a retired press photographer and turned into book.
Steve Lewis who worked for the Ilford Recorder before embarking on a 35-year career on Fleet Street, took an often serious but occasionally light-hearted look at his patch almost half a century ago.
How did the frankfurter become the hot dog? Why can the Australians not lay claim to the pavlova and who was Bloody Mary?
If you have ever pondered over the origins of the names for the food on your plate, then writer and historian Albert Jack has just the book for you.
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