The top ten most gripping non-fiction books
It’s time to get real this holiday break. Forget the fiction and get stuck into some real-life stories that are topical, terrifying and will change the way you look at the world.
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Top ten books for summer reading
Before you sit down by the pool and relax over the break, make sure you’ve got the perfect book to unwind. Check out this definitive list of what to read this summer.
Top ten kids’ books of the year revealed
It’s the school holidays and it’s time to get the kids off the screens. We’ve pulled together the best books for teens and kids for every time they tell you “I’m bored”.
Dark secret behind Harry Potter house
The owners of Godric’s Hollow, the house where Harry Potter was born and his parents killed by Lord Voldemort, claim it’s “cursed”.
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Playboy bunny’s great escape
THIS was the moment when Holly Madison realised she had to flee the mansion. It began with a buffet — then Hef became a “monster”.
These are officially words, now
HUNDREDS of new words have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary — and it seems some of the slang words you use are much older than you think.
JK Rowling reveals Potter secret
ANY Harry Potter fan knows that when JK Rowling talks, you listen. Well, Rowling has spoken and she’s opened up about something every fan wants to know.
‘It doesn’t get much creepier’
FAKE sex parties, strict curfews and power games. Ex-Playmate Holly Madison has revealed the truth about the Playboy empire.
ZOO magazine’s biggest problem
THE former editor of the world’s biggest lads’ mag Loaded says ZOO magazine is getting too close to the line between clever and crass.
‘My hell inside the Playboy mansion’
ONE of Hugh Hefner’s former ‘girlfriends’ has told of drugs, abuse and backstabbing bunnies inside the Playboy mansion.
‘This is absolutely disgusting’
THESE two said they’ll get divorced if gay people are allowed to marry each other. Now they’re copping a fearsome backlash.
New Fifty Shades book flogged
THE unpublished manuscript of EL Jame’s upcoming Fifty Shades novel has been stolen — and publishers are worried it could leak on the black market.
Miley reveals more naked pics in risque shoot
IT’S NO secret that Miley’s been showing off her wild side for a while, but the girl who spent her childhood as Hannah Montana has revealed she was just 14 when she told her “conservative-a**” mother Tish she was bisexual.
House Rules couple tie the knot
ADAM Dovile and Lisa Lamond have finally said “I do” after moving the date of their wedding four times since they got engaged in November 2012.
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