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The Song of Achilles
Author :
Madeline Miller
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Synopsis extract:
Patrolclus' story from boyhood to death on the plains of Troy at the hands of Hector
Synopsis 16 words
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17 Feb '13
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17 Feb '13
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fiction
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The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
Author :
Jonas Jonasson
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Synopsis extract:
What the title says and then who he finds a trunk of money and drawing on his experience of having been places and met most significant world leaders in 20th century manages to make a new gang of friends and best the violent crooks who own the ...
Synopsis 58 words
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12 Jan '13
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12 Jan '13
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fiction
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The Last Englishman
The double life of Arthur Ransome
Author :
Roland Chambers
Published: 2009
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Synopsis extract:
Biography of A.Ransome covering the time before he became a writer, while he experienced the russian revolution and its aftermath
Synopsis 21 words
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04 Jan '13
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4 Jan '13
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non-fiction
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Author :
Stieg Larsson
Published: 2005
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Synopsis extract:
Introducing Lisbeth and Bloomkist
Synopsis 4 words
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15 Dec '12
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15 Dec '12
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fiction
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Kind of Cruel
Author :
Sophie Hannah
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Synopsis extract:
Stupid people in a stupid story
Synopsis 6 words
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14 Dec '12
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14 Dec '12
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fiction
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Shieldwall
Author :
Justin Hill
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Synopsis extract:
11th century history from 1000ish to 1020ish told through eyes of Wolfnucuth who becomes adviser to Edmund Ironside
Synopsis 18 words
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06 Dec '12
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6 Dec '12
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fiction
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Wolf Hall
Author :
Hilary Mantel
Published: 2009
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Synopsis extract:
The rise and rise of Thomas Cromwell adviser to Henry 8th (and great grandad of the later Cromwell Lord Protector)
Synopsis 20 words
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24 Nov '12
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24 Nov '12
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fiction
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Chavs
Author :
Owen Jones
Published: 2010
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Synopsis extract:
The demonisation of the working class since 1978 and its social ill effects for all
Synopsis 14 words
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10 Nov '12
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10 Nov '12
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non-fiction
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The Great Night
Author :
Chris Aidan
Published: 2011
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Synopsis extract:
A dream of midsummer night in San Fransisco while the faeries come out to play
Synopsis 15 words
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03 Oct '12
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3 Oct '12
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fiction
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Goethe's Science of Living Form
The Artistic Stages
Authors :
Nigel Hoffman , Craig Holdrege
Published: 2007
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Synopsis extract:
A presentation of ideas drawn from Goethe's approach to wholistic science with a practical example
Synopsis 15 words
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25 Sep '12
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25 Sep '12
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non-fiction
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The Blue Fox
Author :
Sjon
Published: 2008
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Synopsis extract:
Iceland
Synopsis 1 words
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20 Sep '12
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20 Sep '12
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fiction
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Ragnarok: the End of the Gods
Author :
A S Byatt
Published: 2011
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Synopsis extract:
A view of nordic gods
Synopsis 5 words
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13 Sep '12
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13 Sep '12
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fiction
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Where the Wasteland Ends
Author :
Theodore Roszak
Published: 1972
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No summary or synopsis available
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28 Aug '12
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28 Aug '12
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non-fiction
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The Book of Lies
Author :
Mary Horlock
Published: 2011
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No summary or synopsis available
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10 Aug '12
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10 Aug '12
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fiction
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This Is Paradise
Author :
Will Eaves
Published: 2012
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Synopsis extract:
story of a family told elliptically around the aging and dying of the mother
Synopsis 14 words
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22 Jul '12
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22 Jul '12
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fiction
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Angelmaker
Author :
Nick Harkaway
Published: 2012
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No summary or synopsis available
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09 Jun '12
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9 Jun '12
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fiction
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Trusted Mole
Author :
Milos Stankovic
Published: 2000
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Synopsis extract:
Milos's experiences in Bosnia 1992-1995 as a soldier with the UN working as an interpreter and unofficial Liasion Officer
Synopsis 19 words
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19 May '12
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19 May '12
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non-fiction
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The Prague Cemetary
Author :
Umberto Eco
Published: 2011
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Synopsis extract:
From Garibaldi's invasion of Scilly and the creation through Piedmont to Paris and the 19th centruy's obsession with masons and jews and conspiracys and secrets to the protocols of the elders of zion and their echoes into the twentieth century one ...
Synopsis 46 words
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03 May '12
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3 May '12
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fiction
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The Etymologicon
Author :
Mark Forsyth
Published: 2011
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Synopsis extract:
A romp through etymology of some English Words
Synopsis 8 words
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22 Apr '12
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22 Apr '12
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non-fiction
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The Maintenance of Headway
Author :
Magnus Mills
Published: 2009
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Synopsis extract:
A (london) bus driver's tales
Synopsis 5 words
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21 Apr '12
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21 Apr '12
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non-fiction
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To Live Outside The Law
Author :
Leaf Fielding
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Synopsis extract:
From first acid trip through to jail as a result of the Operation Julie drugs bust and out the other side
Synopsis 21 words
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16 Mar '12
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16 Mar '12
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non-fiction
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Sherston's Progress
Author :
Siegfried Sassoon
Published: 1937
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Synopsis extract:
From anti-war protestor through psychiatric hospital to a return to war in Palestine and back to the Western Front in 1918. ...
Synopsis 25 words
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05 Mar '12
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5 Mar '12
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non-fiction
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Memoirs of an Infantry Officer
Author :
Siegfried Sassoon
Published: 1937
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Synopsis extract:
Life in the trenches 1916-1917
Synopsis 5 words
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20 Feb '12
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20 Feb '12
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non-fiction
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The Anatomy of Ghosts
Author :
Andrew Taylor
Published: 2010
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Synopsis extract:
Dark deeds in an eighteenth century Cambridge College
Synopsis 8 words
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28 Jan '12
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28 Jan '12
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fiction
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How To Teach Quantum Physics To Your Dog
Author :
Chad Orzel
Published: 2010
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Synopsis extract:
An entertaining explanation of the current state of quantum physics
Synopsis 10 words
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20 Jan '12
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20 Jan '12
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non-fiction
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