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The Cellist of Sarajevo
Author :
Steven Galloway
Published: 2008
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Synopsis extract:
Scenes based on the siege of Sarejavo 1992-1996.
Synopsis 8 words
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11 May '10
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11 May '10
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fiction
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The Spirit Level
Why Equality is Better for Everyone
Authors :
Richard Wilkinson , Kate Picket
Published: 2009
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No summary or synopsis available
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15 Apr '10
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15 Apr '10
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non-fiction
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Consider Phlebas
Author :
Iain M Banks
Published: 1987
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Synopsis extract:
'Culture' series science fiction opera.
Synopsis 5 words
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26 Mar '10
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26 Mar '10
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fiction
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The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Author :
Mohsin Hamid
Published: 2007
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Synopsis extract:
A Pakistani born high flyer in corporate america rediscovers his true roots and tells his story to an American over dinner in a cafe in Islamabad
Synopsis 26 words
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12 Feb '10
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12 Feb '10
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fiction
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Night Train to Lisbon
Author :
Pascal Mercier
Published: 2004
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No summary or synopsis available
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05 Feb '10
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5 Feb '10
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fiction
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A Most Wanted Man
Author :
John le Carre
Published: 2008
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Synopsis extract:
money laundering and post 9/11 espiocracy in Hamburg
Synopsis 7 words
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05 Jan '10
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5 Jan '10
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fiction
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The Road Home
Author :
Rose Tremain
Published: 2007
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Synopsis extract:
Lev comes from ?Poland to find work in the UK
Synopsis 10 words
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01 Jan '10
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2010
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fiction
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Matter
Author :
Iain M Banks
Published: 2008
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Synopsis extract:
Sci-fi opera in Iain Bank's Culture series
Synopsis 7 words
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21 Dec '09
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21 Dec '09
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fiction
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When Will There Be Good News?
Author :
Kate Atkinson
Published: 2008
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Synopsis extract:
Murder mystery across the generations as consequences for a young aged 5 survivor of a random masacre are played out 30 years later.
Synopsis 21 words
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09 Dec '09
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9 Dec '09
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fiction
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Against the Day
Author :
Thomas Pynchon
Published: 2006
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Synopsis extract:
The ultimate shaggy dog story spun in reams of flighty prose obsessive detail and incomprehensible magic
Synopsis 16 words
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03 Dec '09
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3 Dec '09
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fiction
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The Transition Handbook
Author :
Rob Hopkins
Published: 2008
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No summary or synopsis available
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01 Oct '09
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Oct 2009
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non-fiction
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Green Economics
Author :
Molly Scott Cato
Published: 2009
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No summary or synopsis available
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01 Jun '09
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Jun 2009
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non-fiction
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The Steep Approach to Garbadale
Author :
Iain Banks
Published: 2007
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Synopsis extract:
Story of a family who publish a very successful board game and one member's discovery of his true place in the family.
Synopsis 22 words
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24 Dec '08
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24 Dec '08
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fiction
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Then We Came to the End
Author :
Joshua Ferris
Published: 2007
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Synopsis extract:
Work story about an Ad Agency in New York facing gradual cuts and redundancies as work dries up
Synopsis 18 words
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22 Dec '08
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22 Dec '08
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fiction
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Author :
Susanna Clarke
Published: 2004
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Synopsis extract:
Suppose in the 19th Centrury the ancient arts of Magic had bee revived and put to service ...
Synopsis 17 words
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01 Jan '08
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2008
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fiction
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The Road
Author :
Cornac McCarthy
Published: 2006
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Man and son trek through post-apocalyptic dystopian world
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01 Jan '07
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2007
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fiction
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The Secret River
Author :
Kate Grenville
Published: 2006
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Synopsis extract:
transported to Australia
Synopsis 3 words
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01 Jan '07
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2007
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fiction
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Cloud Atlas
Author :
David Mitchell
Published: 2004
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Synopsis extract:
A series of nested tales across time and place
Synopsis 9 words
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01 Jan '06
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2006
|
fiction
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The Fourth Hand
Author :
John Irving
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Synopsis extract:
tv reporter looses hand and finds self & true love
Synopsis 9 words
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01 Apr '04
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Apr 2004
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fiction
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What I Loved
Author :
Siri Hustvedt
Published: 2003
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Synopsis extract:
Art historian observes relationship of wife painter best friend his 1st & 2nd wives their two sons over 20years in New York
Synopsis 21 words
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01 Mar '04
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Mar 2004
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fiction
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Look To Windward
Author :
Iain M Banks
Published: 2000
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Synopsis extract:
difficult to summarize - sci-fi space opera. ...
Synopsis 12 words
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01 Feb '04
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Feb 2004
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fiction
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Riding High
Author :
Paul Howard
Published: 2003
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Synopsis extract:
shadow riding the 2003 tour-de-France
Synopsis 4 words
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01 Feb '04
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Feb 2004
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non-fiction
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Close Range
Author :
Annie Proulx
Published: 1999
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Synopsis extract:
Montana short stories
Synopsis 3 words
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01 Jan '04
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2004
|
fiction
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Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps
Authors :
Allan Pease , Barbara Pease
Published: 1999
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Synopsis extract:
see title
Synopsis 2 words
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01 Dec '03
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Dec 2003
|
non-fiction
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Fever Pitch
Author :
Nick Hornby
Published: 1992
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No summary or synopsis available
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01 Nov '03
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Nov 2003
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fiction
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