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The Stud by Jackie Collins (1969)

At the height of London's swinging Sixties, Arab businessmen, beefy bodyguards and gorgeous girls indulge their darkest desires in a sexy, sizzling classic.

Scruples by Judith Krantz (1978)

Billy Ikehorn goes from lover to lover before meeting the one man in the luxurious world of Beverly Hills in set, who can match her ambition ... and passion.

Riders by Jilly Cooper (1985)

Rich and fame hungry show-jumpers leap over love rivals and into each other's beds in a gripping tale of lust in the upper classes set against a rural England backdrop.

Guilty Pleasures by Tasmina Perry (2008)

Fashion gets ugly as label bosses and style magazine queens battle it out in love and business.

Wives v Girlfriends by Katie Agnew (2009)

WAGs, Russian millionaires and London gangsters mix in the sensual heat of Spain's Costa Del Sol where it turns out its not just the soccer stars that are playing around.

Sapphire by Katie Price (2009)

Business woman Sapphire Jones finds herself on the front pages of the tabloids and fears her private love life could become public knowledge.

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Attenborough's plants in 3D

Filmed over the course of a year at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, which houses some 90% of all known plant species in one form or another, Kingdom of Plants 3D provides a fascinating new look at plant life using stunning 3D time-lapse filming techniques.

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Robbie excited to be a dad

The Angels singer has been training with stars including Olly Murs and Aston Merrygold and Marvin Humes from JLS ahead of Soccer Aid 2012 on Sunday, a celebrity charity football match in aid of Unicef.Williams said of his impending fatherhood: "I have been genuinely overjoyed and terrified and then going back between the two on a daily basis and today I'm overjoyed and I can't wait.

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Carey Mulligan's custom-made Prada Met Ball dress sells for $2,950

As co-host of the 2012 Met Ball to mark the opening of the Costume Institute of New York's Prada and Schiaparelli exhibition, British actress Carey Mulligan was guaranteed a knockout gown to wear, and her sequin bedecked Prada dress did not disappoint.

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