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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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The Memory of Love
Author :
Aminatta Forna
Published: 2010
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Synopsis extract:
Intertwining stories post civil war Freetown, Sierra Leone
Synopsis 8 words
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10 Jan '12
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10 Jan '12
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fiction
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The Rise of the Green Left
Author :
Derek Wall
Published: 2010
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Synopsis extract:
Account of history and global dimension of ecosocialism traced back to Marx, William Morris etc.
Synopsis 15 words
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08 Jan '12
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8 Jan '12
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non-fiction
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Travellers on a Trade Wind
Author :
Marcia Pirie
Published: 1992
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Synopsis extract:
Marcia & David sailing around the Pacific - an account of a couple of years out of an 8 or 9 year circumnavigation.
Synopsis 20 words
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08 Jan '12
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8 Jan '12
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non-fiction
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Memoirs of a Fox Hunting Man
Author :
Siegfried Sassoon
Published: 1937
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Synopsis extract:
Growing up in Edwardian Sussex/Kent with horses and hunting and eventually off to war.
Synopsis 15 words
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01 Jan '12
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1 Jan '12
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non-fiction
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The Lion of Hollywood
Author :
Scot Eyman
Published: 2005
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Synopsis extract:
Biography of Louis B Mayer
Synopsis 5 words
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01 Jan '12
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1 Jan '12
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non-fiction
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The Hare With Amber Eyes
Author :
Edmund de Waal
Published: 2010
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Synopsis extract:
A sort of biography of a family from Odessa in 19c as jewish grain merchants through Vienna and Paris in 1880s to 1939 as extremely wealthy bankers and beyond to the family diaspora told through the story of a collection of Japanese netsuke.
Synopsis 42 words
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16 Nov '11
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16 Nov '11
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non-fiction
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The Tiger's Wife
Author :
Tea Obreht
Published: 2011
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Synopsis extract:
Magically interweaving tales from (former) Yugoslavia through various conflicts
Synopsis 9 words
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30 Oct '11
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30 Oct '11
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fiction
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The City and The City
Author :
China Mieville
Published: 2009
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Synopsis extract:
Two cities overlaying each other separated by mental barriers. ...
Synopsis 41 words
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11 Oct '11
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11 Oct '11
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fiction
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The White Tiger
Author :
Aravind Adiga
Published: 2008
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No summary or synopsis available
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02 Oct '11
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2 Oct '11
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fiction
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The Kings English
Author :
Kingsley Amis
Published: 1995
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Synopsis extract:
KA's opinions about English and writing
Synopsis 6 words
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25 Sep '11
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25 Sep '11
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non-fiction
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One Dead Hen
Author :
Charlie Williams
Published: 2011
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Synopsis extract:
Royston Blake, ex club doorman, has a particular interpretation of life quite orthogonal to reality as the police and he investigate a series of grisly murders
Synopsis 26 words
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15 Sep '11
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15 Sep '11
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fiction
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King of the Road
Author :
Charlie Williams
Published: 2011
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Synopsis extract:
Royston Blake, released from a spell in a secure institution returns to his old stamping ground in Mangel to discovers much has changed and through the fog of his mind struggles to understand what TF is going on.
Synopsis 38 words
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14 Sep '11
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14 Sep '11
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fiction
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Ours Are the Streets
Author :
Sunjeev Sahota
Published: 2011
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Synopsis extract:
How
Synopsis 1 words
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03 Aug '11
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3 Aug '11
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fiction
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One Day
Author :
David Nicholls
Published: 2009
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No summary or synopsis available
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31 Jul '11
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31 Jul '11
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fiction
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Ill Fares The Land
A Treatise On Our Present Discontents
Author :
Tony Judd
Published: 2010
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No summary or synopsis available
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10 Jul '11
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10 Jul '11
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non-fiction
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The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet
Author :
David Mitchell
Published: 2010
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Synopsis extract:
Tale of a Dutch trading station in Japan in late 17/early 18 century
Synopsis 12 words
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26 Jun '11
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26 Jun '11
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fiction
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