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The Dawn of Everything
A new view of the history of humanity
Authors :
David Graeber , David Wengrow
Published: 2021
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An interpretation of the latest thinkingin human deep history and archaeology. It is not all an inevitable story of progress from cave to today - different ways were possible and can still be achieved.
Synopsis 108 words
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29 Apr '23
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29 Apr '23
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non-fiction
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The Silence of the Girls
Author :
Pat Barker
Published: 2018
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Troy. Captured Trojan queen recounts her life as Achilles's prize in the Greek camp besieging Troy.
Synopsis 56 words
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16 Apr '23
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16 Apr '23
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fiction
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A Fortune-Teller Told Me
Author :
Tiziano Terzani
Published: 1997
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A journalist discovers the joys of not flying for a year
Synopsis 205 words
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20 Mar '23
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20 Mar '23
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non-fiction
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Utopia Avenue
Author :
David Mitchell
Published: 2020
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Imagined conversations between fictional and dead musicians. Utopia Avenue is a fictional psychedelic-folk group formed in 1966 and disbanded in 1968. The become stars and then it all ends.
Synopsis 13 words
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19 Feb '23
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19 Feb '23
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fiction
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The Siege of Krishnapur
Author :
J.G. Farrell
Published: 1972
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No summary or synopsis available
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25 Jan '23
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25 Jan '23
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fiction
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Unsheltered
Author :
Barbara Kingsolver
Published: 2018
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Twin stories from 1880s and 2010s of a house (possibly the same house) falling apart with the occupants lives.
Synopsis 279 words
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24 Dec '22
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24 Dec '22
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fiction
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Agent Running in the Field
Author :
John le Carre
Published: 2019
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Classic post-cold war spy story
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28 Nov '22
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28 Nov '22
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fiction
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Bleeding Edge
Author :
Thomas Pynchon
Published: 2013
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New York early noughties in aftermath of dot-com crash. Maxine, an unlicensed fraud investigator wanders through the wreckage.
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26 Nov '22
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26 Nov '22
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fiction
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Troubles
Author :
J.G. Farrell
Published: 1969
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No summary or synopsis available
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(no review)
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1 Oct '22
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fiction
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The Black Swan
The Impact of the Highly Improbable
Author :
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Published: 2007
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Complex and oddly written, but with some compelling ideas about the nature of the unexpected
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01 Sep '22
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1 Sep '22
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non-fiction
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Ross Poldark
Poldark Series Book 1
Author :
Winston Graham
Published: 1945
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Synopsis extract:
Ross Poldark returms from soldiering in the American war of independance slightly wounded to discover the girl he intended to marry (Elizabeth) has just married his cousin Francis. ...
Synopsis 186 words
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15 Aug '22
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15 Aug '22
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fiction
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The Apothecary's Daughter
orig. The Angel Gateway
Author :
Jane Adams
Published: 2000
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Parallel stories
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(no review)
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15 Aug '22
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fiction
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Inherent Vice
Author :
Thomas Pynchon
Published: 2009
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Stoner & PI 'Doc' Sportello explores the underbelly of 1971ish LA looking into the apparent disappearance of his ex girlfried and her new property developer boyfriend. It rapidly gets more complicated than that.
Synopsis 77 words
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14 Aug '22
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14 Aug '22
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fiction
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Last Stories
Author :
William Trevor
Published: 2018
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Stories close to death
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01 Aug '21
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1 Aug '22
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fiction
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The Lost Apothecary
Author :
Sarah Penner
Published: 2021
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Late 18th century London discovered by an american woman visiting London - murders were committed.
Synopsis 138 words
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27 Jul '22
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27 Jul '22
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fiction
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Circe
Author :
Madeline Miller
Published: 2018
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The true story of a minor goddess
Synopsis 359 words
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16 Jul '22
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16 Jul '22
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fiction
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Emotionally Weird
Author :
Kate Atkinson
Published: 2000
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No summary or synopsis available
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22 Jun '22
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22 Jun '22
28 Jun '22
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fiction
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Hamnet
Author :
Maggie O'Farrell
Published: 2020
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Shakespeare's son who died aged 9 and became the hero of a tragedy
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24 Jun '22
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24 Jun '22
22 Jun '22
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fiction
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The Wee Free Men
Author :
Terry Pratchett
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No summary or synopsis available
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03 Jun '22
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3 Jun '22
15 Jun '22
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fiction
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Kafka on the Shore
Author :
Murakami
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No summary or synopsis available
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06 Jun '22
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6 Jun '22
13 Jun '22
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fiction
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Winterkill
Dark Iceland 6
Author :
Ragnar Jonasson
Published: 2020
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Back in Siglufjörður with Ari Thor, now police inspector for the town, as a girl dies and his partner and child visit for Easter weekend
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18 May '22
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18 May '22
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fiction
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Wyrd Sisters
Author :
Terry Pratchett
Published: 2014
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Macbeth meets Discworld
Synopsis 44 words
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20 Apr '22
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20 Apr '22
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fiction
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Grasshopper
Author :
Barbara Vine
Published: 2000
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Death falling from a pylon and death and near-death falling from a roof recounted eleven years later by 30-something Clodagh
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02 Apr '22
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2 Apr '22
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fiction
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Whiteout
Dark Iceland 5
Author :
Ragnar Jonasson
Published: 2017
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Mixing the past and present again as Ari Thor investigates a death at a remote house on a headland by a lighthouse.
Synopsis 66 words
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19 Mar '22
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19 Mar '22
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fiction
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The Old Ways
A Journey on Foot
Author :
Robert Macfarlane
Published: 2012
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An account of 16 walks, or track followings, in the form of psycho-geographical poetic meditations.
Synopsis 30 words
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01 Mar '22
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1 Mar '22
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non-fiction
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