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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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Nothing to be Frightened Of
Author :
Julian Barnes
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Synopsis extract:
Thoughts about death and dying
Synopsis 5 words
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31 May '11
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31 May '11
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non-fiction
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Trespass
Author :
Rose Tremain
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No summary or synopsis available
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02 May '11
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2 May '11
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fiction
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Canal Dreams
Author :
Iain Banks
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No summary or synopsis available
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27 Apr '11
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27 Apr '11
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fiction
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Snowdrops
Author :
A.D. Miller
Published: 2011
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Synopsis extract:
Young lawyer working in Moscow in late 90s boom time gets sucked into honey trap to steal old lady's flat
Synopsis 20 words
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10 Apr '11
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10 Apr '11
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fiction
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Started Early, Took My Dog
Author :
Kate Atkinson
Published: 2010
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No summary or synopsis available
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28 Mar '11
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28 Mar '11
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fiction
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The Heart of Darkness
Author :
Joseph Conrad
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No summary or synopsis available
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11 Feb '11
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11 Feb '11
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fiction
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The Secret Agent
Author :
Joseph Conrad
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No summary or synopsis available
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02 Feb '11
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2 Feb '11
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fiction
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The Lacuna
Author :
Barbara Kingsolver
Published: 2009
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Synopsis extract:
Wonderful story of child of Mexican mother and American father growing up through first half of 20th Century, between USA and Mexico, working as Trotsky's secretary, involved with Diego Riera (and wife), becoming a succesful writer and represent ...
Synopsis 52 words
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04 Dec '10
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4 Dec '10
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fiction
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The Help
Author :
Kathryn Stockett
Published: 2009
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Synopsis extract:
Jackson, Mississippi, 1962. ...
Synopsis 10 words
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18 Aug '10
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18 Aug '10
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fiction
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Candide
and other stories
Author :
Voltaire
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Synopsis extract:
In the best of al possible worlds the solution is to cultivate your own garden
Synopsis 15 words
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07 Aug '10
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7 Aug '10
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fiction
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Black Swan Green
Author :
David Mitchell
Published: 2006
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Synopsis extract:
Growing up in a village in Glous through eyes of 13/14yo boy in 1982.
Synopsis 13 words
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04 Aug '10
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4 Aug '10
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fiction
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Transition
Author :
Iain Banks
Published: 2009
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Synopsis extract:
'Concern' is an organisation that attempts to influence the development of multiple parallel divergent universes.
Synopsis 15 words
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02 Aug '10
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2 Aug '10
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fiction
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Sex Lies and Handlebar Tape
Author :
Paul Howard
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Synopsis extract:
Biography of Jaques Anquetil
Synopsis 4 words
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28 Jul '10
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28 Jul '10
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non-fiction
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