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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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Retrieved from the Future
Author :
John Seymour
Published: 1996
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Synopsis extract:
A hopeful novel about a possible way forward. ...
Synopsis 15 words
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22 Oct '08
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22 Oct '08
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fiction
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The Revenge of Gaia
Why the Earth is Fighting Back and How We Can Still Save Humanity
Author :
James Lovelock
Published: 2006
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No summary or synopsis available
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22 Aug '08
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22 Aug '08
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non-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 Long Emergency
Author :
James Howard Kunstler
Published: 2005
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No summary or synopsis available
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22 Nov '07
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22 Nov '07
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non-fiction
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Limits to Growth - the 30 year update
Authors :
Donnella Meadows , Dennis Meadows , Jorgen Randers
Published: 2004
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Synopsis extract:
I vaguely remember the original coming out, but only now got round to reading it. ...
Synopsis 59 words
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11 Jul '07
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11 Jul '07
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non-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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Collapse
how societies choose to fail or survive
Author :
Jared Diamond
Published: 2005
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No summary or synopsis available
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22 Feb '06
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22 Feb '06
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non-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
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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
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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
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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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Baudolino
Author :
Umberto Eco
Published: 2002
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Synopsis extract:
12th Century history of Frederick & the third crusade and beyond seen through eyes of a storyteller in the retinue
Synopsis 19 words
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01 Oct '03
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Oct 2003
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fiction
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If Nobody Speaks Of Remarkable Things
Author :
Jon McGregor
Published: 2002
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Synopsis extract:
Girl witnesses accident on day she is moving digs
Synopsis 9 words
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01 Oct '03
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Oct 2003
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fiction
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Life Of Pi
Author :
Yann Martel
Published: 2002
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Synopsis extract:
Shipwreck en route from India to Canada sees Pi(scine) son of a zookeeper adrift on lifeboat in the Pacific
Synopsis 20 words
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01 Oct '03
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Oct 2003
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fiction
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Postcards
Author :
Annie Proulx
Published: 1992
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Synopsis extract:
story of Loyal Blood leaving his family farm in Vermont and drifting across USA through the 40's 50s 60s 70s
Synopsis 20 words
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01 Oct '03
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Oct 2003
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fiction
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Nailing Harry
Author :
Jane Blanchard
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Synopsis extract:
bullying tv exec gets comeuppance at hands of gaggle of staff
Synopsis 11 words
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01 Aug '03
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Aug 2003
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fiction
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The Girl With A Pearl Earring
Author :
Tracy Chevalier
Published: 1999
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Synopsis extract:
Girl goes to work as maid to work for Vermeer family and gets painted
Synopsis 14 words
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01 Jul '03
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Jul 2003
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fiction
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Why Do People Hate America
unlisted author
Published: 2002
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No summary or synopsis available
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01 Jul '03
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Jul 2003
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non-fiction
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Spies
Author :
Michael Frayn
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Synopsis extract:
adult affairs in wartime suburbia seen through the eyes of a child
Synopsis 12 words
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01 Jun '03
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Jun 2003
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fiction
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