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History of the Rain
Author :
Niall Williams
Published: 2014
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Synopsis extract:
Told from point of view of a young woman with a debilitating (?bone marrow/blood) condition story of her parents and grandparents and life in a West Clare village on the banks of the Shannon. ...
Synopsis 37 words
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12 Apr '15
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12 Apr '15
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fiction
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Elephant Moon
Author :
John Sweeney
Published: 2012
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Synopsis extract:
Schoolteacher escorts a group of anglo-burmese children fleeing the invading Japanese overland from Rangoon to India. ...
Synopsis 30 words
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28 Feb '15
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28 Feb '15
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fiction
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Cypress Grove
Author :
James Sallis
Published: 2003
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Synopsis extract:
Turner ex US detective hiding away from demons in retirement in the Southern USA is called on to help by the local cops with an unusual murder
Synopsis 27 words
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26 Jan '15
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26 Jan '15
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fiction
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A Swarming of Bees
Author :
Theresa Tomlinson
Published: 2012
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Synopsis extract:
Synod of Whitby and yellow plague as experienced by a 'herbwife'.
Synopsis 11 words
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22 Jan '15
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22 Jan '15
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fiction
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The Disappearance of Adèle Bedeau
Author :
Graeme Macrae Burnet
Published: 2014
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Synopsis extract:
Manfred Bauman lives in a french town on the german swiss border and is a social misfit. ...
Synopsis 50 words
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16 Jan '15
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16 Jan '15
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fiction
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The Physic Garden
Author :
Catherine Czerkawska
Published: 2012
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Synopsis extract:
A poor gardener for Glasgow college at start of 19th century develops a relationship with a young professor which affects both their lives.
Synopsis 23 words
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08 Jan '15
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8 Jan '15
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fiction
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The Photographer's Wife
Author :
Nick Alexander
Published: 2014
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Synopsis extract:
Childhood in the blitz connects through events in the 50s and 60s to life today (2010) as daughter uncovers truths about her famous father.
Synopsis 23 words
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14 Dec '14
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14 Dec '14
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fiction
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The Empress Emerald
Author :
J.G. Harlond
Published: 2014
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Synopsis extract:
Leo born about 1900 in India with Russian father and Indian mother stolen as a baby in India then brought up in a British orphanage and taken into employ of British Secret Service. ...
Synopsis 63 words
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27 Nov '14
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27 Nov '14
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fiction
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The Making of a Counter Culture
Author :
Theodore Roszak
Published: 1969
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Synopsis extract:
Starts as a discussion of the meaning of the rise of youth rebellion in the 60's and ends as a critique of scientific objectivity (which is then explored in more detail in Where The wasteland Ends)
Synopsis 36 words
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05 Nov '14
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5 Nov '14
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non-fiction
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The Wake
Author :
Paul Kingsnorth
Published: 2014
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Synopsis extract:
Buccmaster leads a war band of Greene Men against the French invaders in 1066-68.
Synopsis 14 words
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02 Nov '14
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2 Nov '14
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fiction
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A History of the World in Twelve Maps
Author :
Jerry Brotton
Published: 2000
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Synopsis extract:
Each of the 12 maps is used to centre a discussion on aspects of world-view at the time it was produced
Synopsis 20 words
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15 Oct '14
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15 Oct '14
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non-fiction
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Only Planet
Author :
Ed Gillespie
Published: 2014
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Synopsis extract:
Travelling around the world by surface transport with reflections on environmentalism
Synopsis 11 words
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11 Oct '14
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11 Oct '14
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non-fiction
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A Place of Strangers
Author :
Geoffrey Seed
Published: 2009
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Synopsis extract:
Spy, history, family mystery. ...
Synopsis 31 words
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27 Sep '14
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27 Sep '14
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fiction
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The Misremembered Man
Author :
Christina McKenna
Published: 2008
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Synopsis extract:
Oirish tale drawing on the experience of the awful catholic orphanages and the devastation they created. ...
Synopsis 20 words
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24 Sep '14
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24 Sep '14
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fiction
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Lion Heart
Author :
Justin Cartwright
Published: 2013
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Synopsis extract:
Young man gets involved with woman in Jerusalem and researching the story of Richard 1st return from the crusades.
Synopsis 19 words
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23 Aug '14
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23 Aug '14
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fiction
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The Mask of Anarchy
Author :
P.B. Shelley
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No summary or synopsis available
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18 Aug '14
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18 Aug '14
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non-fiction
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Skios
Author :
Michale Frayn
Published: 2012
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Synopsis extract:
Swapped identities at a conference on a greek island
Synopsis 9 words
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16 Aug '14
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16 Aug '14
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fiction
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Power of the Dog
Author :
Thomas Savage
Published: 1967
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Synopsis extract:
A cowboy in Montana dealing with his repressed homosexuality in the worst possible way by taking it out on others. ...
Synopsis 29 words
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20 Jul '14
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20 Jul '14
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fiction
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The Goldfinch
Author :
Donna Tartt
Published: 2013
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Synopsis extract:
Boy looses mother in bomb attack on NY Art Gallery but gains a painting which then haunts him until adulthood
Synopsis 20 words
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04 Jul '14
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4 Jul '14
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fiction
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Crossing
Author :
Andrew Xia Fukuda
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Synopsis extract:
Chinese immigrant boy in America school as outsider. ...
Synopsis 16 words
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01 Jul '14
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1 Jul '14
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fiction
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Waiting for Sunrise
Author :
William Boyd
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Synopsis extract:
Spying in the first world war era
Synopsis 7 words
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01 Jul '14
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1 Jul '14
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fiction
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Communities That Abide
Editor : Dimitry Orlov
Published: 2014
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Synopsis extract:
A short collection of essays around the theme of tools and techniques that create lasting communities
Synopsis 16 words
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29 Jun '14
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29 Jun '14
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non-fiction
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Life After Life
Author :
Kate Atkinson
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Synopsis extract:
Born in 1910, with various terminating points (the darkness fell) and then restarting the story of a girl, woman growing up through various unlikely historical connections
Synopsis 25 words
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26 Jun '14
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26 Jun '14
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fiction
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Artemis Fowl
Author :
Eoin Colfer
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Synopsis extract:
Boy genius tangles with faries in attempt to steal their gold for his evil plans
Synopsis 15 words
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23 Jun '14
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23 Jun '14
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fiction
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Green Wizardry
Author :
John Greer
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No summary or synopsis available
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15 Jun '14
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15 Jun '14
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non-fiction
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