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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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Meadowland
The private life of an English Field
Author :
John Lewis-Stempel
Published: 2014
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Synopsis extract:
A diary/journal of observations in a 5 acre meadow in a valley on the Welsh borders expanded with all the background scientific, historical and social lore you could want.
Synopsis 29 words
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24 May '14
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24 May '14
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non-fiction
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Stoner: A Novel
Author :
John Williams
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Synopsis extract:
Stoner, son of poor farmers in the 1900 mid-West USA, goes to college to study agriculture and switches to Eng.Lit - and remains at the university for the rest of time.
Synopsis 31 words
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21 May '14
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21 May '14
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fiction
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Macbeth: A Novel
Authors :
A J Hartley , David Hewson
Published: 2012
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Synopsis extract:
Macbeth's story told as a novel, based largely on the play with some variations
Synopsis 14 words
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03 Apr '14
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3 Apr '14
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fiction
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Twelve Years a Slave
Author :
Solomon Northrup
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Synopsis extract:
Young american family man gets tricked into visiting Washington and gets kidnapped and sold as a slave. ...
Synopsis 27 words
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02 Mar '14
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2 Mar '14
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non-fiction
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Armadillo
Author :
William Boyd
Published: 1998
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Synopsis extract:
Lorimer/Milo is a loss-adjuster who gets caught up on the periphery of a big business property deal insurance scam dimly glimpsed through the filter of his perceptions as he becomes obsessed with an actress and deals with the dying of his father ...
Synopsis 46 words
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19 Jan '14
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19 Jan '14
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fiction
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Any Human Heart
Author :
William Boyd
Published: 2003
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Synopsis extract:
Life of Logan Mountstuart, a peripheral player in the literary scene told through his (fictional) journal through the 20th Century
Synopsis 20 words
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05 Jan '14
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5 Jan '14
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fiction
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Sarah Thornhill
Author :
Kate Grenville
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No summary or synopsis available
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24 Dec '13
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24 Dec '13
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fiction
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