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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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The Anarchy
The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
Author :
William Dalrymple
Published: 2019
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The rise of the East India Company from small trading organisation to the first global corporation more powerful than a coumtry
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27 Feb '22
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27 Feb '22
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non-fiction
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Ask the Fellows Who Cut the Hay
unlisted author
Published: 1956
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Based on interviews with old people in a traditional Suffolk farming village (Braxhall, near Woodbridge) during the early 1950's - remembering the pre-mechanisation farming and village life.
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19 Jan '22
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19 Jan '22
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non-fiction
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The Creak on the Stairs
Author :
Eva Bjoerg AEgisdottir
Published: 2020
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A murder resulting from child abuse 30 years ago in a small town community
Synopsis 124 words
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05 Jan '22
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5 Jan '22
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fiction
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The Sea, the Sea
Author :
Iris Murdoch
Published: 1978
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Theatre luvvy actor/director star retires to house by sea.
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02 Jan '22
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2 Jan '22
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fiction
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The Web of Meaning
Author :
Jeremy Lent
Published: 2021
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Pulling it all together - everything is connected and we need to really know or live that
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13 Dec '21
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13 Dec '21
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non-fiction
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How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Author :
Andreas Malm
Published: 2021
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Not an instruction manual but an argument for doing it.
Synopsis 133 words
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23 Nov '21
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23 Nov '21
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non-fiction
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The Gustav Sonata
Author :
Rose Tremain
Published: 2017
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Only in their sixties do Gustav and Anton achieve their destiny
Synopsis 77 words
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21 Nov '21
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21 Nov '21
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fiction
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