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The Secret Agent
Author :
Joseph Conrad
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No summary or synopsis available
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02 Feb '11
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2 Feb '11
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fiction
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The Lacuna
Author :
Barbara Kingsolver
Published: 2009
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Synopsis extract:
Wonderful story of child of Mexican mother and American father growing up through first half of 20th Century, between USA and Mexico, working as Trotsky's secretary, involved with Diego Riera (and wife), becoming a succesful writer and represent ...
Synopsis 52 words
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04 Dec '10
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4 Dec '10
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fiction
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The Help
Author :
Kathryn Stockett
Published: 2009
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Synopsis extract:
Jackson, Mississippi, 1962. ...
Synopsis 10 words
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18 Aug '10
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18 Aug '10
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fiction
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Candide
and other stories
Author :
Voltaire
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Synopsis extract:
In the best of al possible worlds the solution is to cultivate your own garden
Synopsis 15 words
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07 Aug '10
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7 Aug '10
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fiction
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Black Swan Green
Author :
David Mitchell
Published: 2006
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Synopsis extract:
Growing up in a village in Glous through eyes of 13/14yo boy in 1982.
Synopsis 13 words
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04 Aug '10
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4 Aug '10
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fiction
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Transition
Author :
Iain Banks
Published: 2009
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Synopsis extract:
'Concern' is an organisation that attempts to influence the development of multiple parallel divergent universes.
Synopsis 15 words
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02 Aug '10
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2 Aug '10
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fiction
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Sex Lies and Handlebar Tape
Author :
Paul Howard
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Synopsis extract:
Biography of Jaques Anquetil
Synopsis 4 words
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28 Jul '10
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28 Jul '10
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non-fiction
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The War of Don Emmanuels Nether Regions
Author :
Louis de Bernieres
Published: 1991
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No summary or synopsis available
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18 Jun '10
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18 Jun '10
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fiction
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Engleby
Author :
Sebastian Faulks
Published: 2007
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Synopsis extract:
Life story of a nutter who kills a girl whilst a student (and possibly two more). ...
Synopsis 23 words
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08 Jun '10
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8 Jun '10
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fiction
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Prosperity Without Growth
Economics for a Finite Planet
Author :
Tim Jackson
Published: 2009
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No summary or synopsis available
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04 Jun '10
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4 Jun '10
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non-fiction
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Masai Dreaming
Author :
Justin Cartwright
Published: 1993
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No summary or synopsis available
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01 Jun '10
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Jun 2010
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fiction
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Searching for the Sound
Author :
Phil Lesh
Published: 2005
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No summary or synopsis available
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14 May '10
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14 May '10
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non-fiction
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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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