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The Allure of Chanel

by Paul Morand

Recommendations from our site

Our most recommended books

How to Say Babylon: A Memoir by Safiya Sinclair

Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage by Jonny Steinberg

Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov

A Promised Land by Barack Obama

Supermac by DR Thorpe

Chips: The Diaries of Sir Henry Channon by Sir Henry Channon

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How to Say Babylon: A Memoir
by Safiya Sinclair

Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage
by Jonny Steinberg

Speak, Memory
by Vladimir Nabokov

A Promised Land
by Barack Obama

Supermac
by DR Thorpe

Chips: The Diaries of Sir Henry Channon
by Sir Henry Channon