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Originally posted by QLib:
The House of Sand and Fog Andre Dubus III


(Made a great movie)

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I totally walked by "THE house" in that movie the other day-- it was filmed in Pacifica.

[ 29. May 2012, 07:57: Message edited by: Kelly Alves ]
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
Eamonn Andrews' Book for Boys and Girls (Eamonn Andrews had a minor hit in the UK in the 50s with a song called 'The Shifting Whispering Sands')
 

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Posted by Edith (# 16978) on :
 
The House at Old Vine by Nora Lofts
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
The House at Pooh Corner A. A. Milne
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
The Corner that Held Them Sylvia Townsend Warner
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The Bell - Iris Murdoch

[ 29. May 2012, 15:41: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
For whom the bell tolls Ernest Hemingway
 

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Posted by no_prophet (# 15560) on :
 
Alexander Graham Bell by Edwin S. Grosvenor
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Case of the VelvetClaw by Erle Stanley Gardner

(Another author with the initials E.S.G. Too tenuous? )
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
A Case of Spirits by Peter Lovesey
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
Proof , Dick Francis (a counterfeit whisky racket is part of the plot)

[ 29. May 2012, 20:07: Message edited by: Albertus ]
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Whisky Galore by Compton Mackenzie
 

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Posted by no_prophet (# 15560) on :
 
Voyages from Montreal on the River St. Laurence [sic] Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in the Years 1789 and 1793, with a Preliminary Account of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Fur Trade of That Country.

by Sir Alexander Mackenzie.
 

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Posted by decampagne (# 17012) on :
 
Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow


by Aleksandr Radishchev
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Chasing the Monsoon - Alexander Frater
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
"The Paper Chase", by John Jay Osborn, Jr.
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Aspern Papers by Henry James
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Apocryphal New Testament translated by M R James (he didn't just write ghost stories, you know)
 

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Posted by Steve H (# 17102) on :
 
The Apocryphal New Testament, Being all the Gospels, Epistles, and Other Pieces Now Extant, Attributed in the First Four Centuries to Jesus Christ, his Apostles, and Their Companions, and not Included in the New Testament by its Compilers. Translated, and now Collected into One Volume, with Prefaces and Tables, and Various Notes and References.
Translator(s) unknown.

Another version - do I win the prize for longest title?
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace
 

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Posted by Steve H (# 17102) on :
 
The Wallace Collection: Director's Choice - Christoph Vogtherr

[ 30. May 2012, 08:07: Message edited by: Steve H ]
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Wallace by Nigel Tranter (fictionalised account of the life of Sir William Wallace bearing a somewhat closer relation to reality than the film 'Braveheart')
 

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Posted by Steve H (# 17102) on :
 
The War Memoirs of HRH Wallis, Duchess of Windsor - Kate Auspitz
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
War and Peace (Tolstoy)
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
The Gigantic Turnip by Aleksei Tolstoy and Niamh Sharkey
 

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Posted by Steve H (# 17102) on :
 
James and the Giant Peach - Roald Dahl (again)
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
Oranges are not the only fruit Jeanette Winterson
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Fruit of the Lemon Andrea Levy
 

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Posted by no_prophet (# 15560) on :
 
Junie B. Jones And The Yucky Blucky Fruitcake - by Barbara Park
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
Barbara Cartland - "The Bitter Winds of Love"
Historical Romance
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
Love in a Cold Climate , Nancy Mitford

(There's a subtle link to a very different novel of about the same period here: I wonder of anyone will pick it up?)

[ 30. May 2012, 20:23: Message edited by: Albertus ]
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon
 

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Posted by no_prophet (# 15560) on :
 
The Mitten Book - Ingrid and Inger Gottfridsson
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Ok, this one is tricky:

"The Small Woman", by Alan Burgess.

The book is a biography of Gladys Aylward, which was made into the movie, "Inn of the Sixth Happiness". Gladys was played by Ingrid Bergman, which ties this to the previous book.
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
The Gods Themselves by Isaac Azimov
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica by Sir Isaac Newton

Or if non-English titles are not allowed:

Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy

(Albertus, were you by any chance thinking of Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons?)

[ 31. May 2012, 14:07: Message edited by: Jane R ]
 

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Posted by no_prophet (# 15560) on :
 
A History of Experimental Psychology by Edwin Boring.

Selected because both the Newton book and this one sound boring, and isn't psychology a branch of philosophy?
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
The History of Mr. Polly by H. G. Wells
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
Pollyanna by Eleanor H Porter
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Eta: Snap!

[ 31. May 2012, 19:13: Message edited by: QLib ]
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
snap!
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Milly Molly Mandy by Joyce Lankester Brisley
 

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Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 
Portrait of the artist as a young boy - James Joyce
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Portrait of Jennie by Robert Nathan
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
"The Picture of Dorian Grey", by Oscar Wilde.


(BTW, I love "Portrait of Jennie". There was a movie, too. "Heaven and Hell and the Megas Factor" is another good R. Nathan book--and on topic for the Ship!)
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
The Importance of Being Earnest, ditto.
 

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Posted by no_prophet (# 15560) on :
 
South by Sir Ernest Shackleton

His are the words of my current sig.
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
Spices, Salt and Aromatics in the English Kitchen by Elizabeth David
 

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Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on :
 
Nathaniel's Nutmeg by Giles Milton.
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
The House of the Seven Gables, Nathanial Hawthorne
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
The Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler
 

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Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 
Goodbye Mr Chips by James Hilton
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Goodbye Girl
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Girl in a Swing by Richard Adams
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larssen.
 

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Posted by Steve H (# 17102) on :
 
The Dragon of an Ordinary Family - Margaret Mahy and Helen Oxenbury.
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Pyramids by Terry Pratchett

(featuring the Assassins' Guild)
 

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Posted by Steve H (# 17102) on :
 

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Originally posted by QLib:
Pyramids by Terry Pratchett

(featuring the Assassins' Guild)

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Reading it at the moment!

Death Comes as the End - Agatha Christie (set in ancient Egypt)
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
'Endgame', Samuel Beckett
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
The End of the Affair Graham Greene
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh

(another novel by a Catholic author featuring extra-marital sexual activity)
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
"The Waste Land," TS Eliot
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
 

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Posted by Steve H (# 17102) on :
 
The Outsider - Albert Camus
 

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Posted by Edith (# 16978) on :
 
TheDoor by Magda Szabo
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Violette Szabo: the life that I have by Susan Ottaway
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
Cappuccino Years by Sue Townsend
 

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Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 
The Football Grounds of Europe by Simon Inglis
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Fever Pitch: a Fan's Life by Nick Hornby
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Nick Harkaway, Angelmaker
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
The Gate of Angels Penelope Fitzgerald
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
Sharon Maas, 'The Speech of Angels'
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Contract With an Angel by Andrew Greeley ( )
 

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Posted by Aravis (# 13824) on :
 
Knowledge of Angels, by Jill Paton Walsh
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Life of Michelangelo by Giorgio Vasari
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant


Yes, I know the Birth of Venus was Boticelli, not Michaelangelo, but the latter is mentioned in the book.
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
Venusberg , Anthony Powell
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Delta of Venus by Anais Nin

[ 05. June 2012, 13:44: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ]
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
Delta and the Bannermen by Malcolm Kohll
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
The Life of the Right Honourable Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman GCB by J.A. Spender
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The English Constitution by Walter Bagehot.
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Winston Churchill
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Story of English by Robert MacNeil
 

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Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
 

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Posted by Zoey (# 11152) on :
 
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Ken Kesey

(novels made into films which won Oscars for Best Picture)
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
On the Road by Jack Kerouac (another Beat novel)
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig (another road trip)
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Bullet up the Grand Trunk Road by Jonathan Gregson - taking a motorcycle across northern India and Pakistan.
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
The Grand Slam: Bobby Jones, America, and the Story of Golf by Mark Frost

(for those of us who like our links to be a little more obvious...)
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
 

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Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on :
 
Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank.
 

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Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 
Portrait of the artist as a young dog by Dylan Thomas
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
Portrait of a Lady Henry James
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
Portrait of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde.
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendek
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Call of the Wild by Jack London
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Hatchet, Gary Paulson

(YA survival novels, both inspiring as I grew up)

[ 08. June 2012, 02:39: Message edited by: AristonAstuanax ]
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
My Side Of The Mountain, by Jean Craighead George.

(Another kid survival story, and one of my childhood favorites. )
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
Beyond the Blue Mountains by Penelope Lively
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Precious Bane by Mary Webb

(classic of the genre that Gibbons was satirising)
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
Touch not the Cat by Mary Stewart
 

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Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 
Sam the cat detective by Linda Stewart
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
Fred by Posy Simmonds (about a cat with a double life).
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern by Lilian Jackson Braun
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
The Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss
 

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Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 
Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarino

(Rhyming title.)
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

(both true crime stories)
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold John le Carre
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
The Spy who loved me Ian Fleming
 

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Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 
Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
Seven Pillars of Wisdom by TE Lawrence
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Secret Seven by Enid Blyton
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
Noddy goes to Toyland by Enid Blyton
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown by Maud Hart Lovelace
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Betsy by Harold Robbins
 

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Posted by Theophania (# 16647) on :
 
Robins in the Abbey by Elsie Oxenham
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
We're Going on a Bear Hunt Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury
 

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Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 
Look, Daddy, Oxen! by Mark Rose
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The Miracle of the Rose Jean Genet
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
The Man Who Planted Trees Jean Giono
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver

[the protagonist's father is killed by a bear at the beginning of the story, which is set in the early Stone Age]
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
Dances with Wolves by Michael Blake
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Lord of the Dance by Andrew M. Greeley
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
Lord of the Flies William Golding
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Biggles Flies East by W E Johns
 

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Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

(includes the story 'East of the Sun, West of the Moon')
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are by Alan Watts
 

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Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 
Who am I? The 16 Basic Desires that Motivate Our Actions and Define Our Personalities by Steven Reiss
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Please Understand Me II: Temperament, Character, Intelligence David Keirsey.


 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Mr. God, This Is Anna, by Fynn.
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Anna of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories by M R James

[includes a story called 'The Uncommon Prayerbook']

... wait, I already had another book by him, is that allowed?
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Night Train to Memphis by Elizabeth Peters
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
A Morbid Taste for Bones Ellis Peters

(sorry, obvious, but I couldn't resist it)
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Funnybones by Janet and Allan Ahlberg

Couldn't resist that one either
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Mort by Terry Pratchett

(Link: Skeletal characters!)
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
1001 Valuable Things You Can Get For Free, Mort Weisinger.
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
1001 Arabian Nights - The Complete Adventures of Sindbad, Aladdin and Ali Baba by Anonymous
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Beowulf, same prolific author
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
Beowulf, Dragonslayer Rosemary Sutcliff
 

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Posted by Alaric the Goth (# 511) on :
 
The Legacy of Heorot by Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes.
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
Dragon Harper by Anne McCaffrey
 

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Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 
Play the Harp Beautifully - A Self-Teaching Book, Level 1 by Pamela Bruner
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
Bert Weedon's Play in a Day: Guide to Modern Guitar Playing
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Best of Rambling Syd Rumpo by Kenneth Williams.

It's an audiobook - hope that's not cheating.
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
Rumpole of the Bailey John Mortimer
 

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Posted by agrgurich (# 5724) on :
 
Case of the Amorous Aunt by Erle Stanley Gardner

(Perry Mason)
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Travels with My Aunt by Graham Greene
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
"Anthill" by E.O. Wilson
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Black is the Colour of My True Love's Heart by Ellis Peters
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
 

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Posted by Alaric the Goth (# 511) on :
 
The Many Coloured Land by Julian May
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Color Purple by Alice Walker

[x-posted with Alaric the Goth]

[ 14. June 2012, 08:16: Message edited by: Jane R ]
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Adichie
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
White Oleander by Janet Fitch
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
The Blue Flower Penelope Fitzgerald
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Gadsby, Ernest Vincent Wright
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
Engleby , Sebastian Faulks

[ 14. June 2012, 16:47: Message edited by: Albertus ]
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville.
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
Uncle Abner, Master of Mysteries, by Melville Davisson Post
 

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Posted by Edith (# 16978) on :
 
The mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
The mystery of the vanished prince Enid Blyton
 

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Posted by agrgurich (# 5724) on :
 
The Greek Coffin Mystery by Ellery Queen
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
A Coffin for Dimitrios Eric Ambler

(U.S. title of Mask of Dimitrios)
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Mask of Apollo by Mary Renault
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
My Brother Michael by Mary Stewart

(plot revolves around a hidden statue of Apollo)
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart by John Guy
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Elizabeth I by Neville Williams
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope

[double whammy; Elizabeth I makes a cameo appearance in the book and the action takes place over the summer/autumn of 1558]
 

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Posted by agrgurich (# 5724) on :
 
Marie Dressler by Mstthew Kennedy
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Mommie Dearest by Christina Crawford

(film star connection)
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
The Mummy Case, one of Elizabeth Peters' Amelia Peabody series!

 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
'The Case of the Missing Servant' Tarquin Hall.
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories by Agatha Christie
 

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Posted by MiceElf (# 4389) on :
 
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

(same historical period and many of the same characters)
 

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Posted by birdie (# 2173) on :
 
Beyond Black also by Hilary Mantel

(Current Ship's book group book, plug plug.)
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
When Red Is Black by Qiu Xiaolong
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Red and the Black by Stendhal
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
Ten Days that Shook the World by John Reed (an account of the October revolution).
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
And then there were none by Agatha Christie

[original, politically incorrect title included the word 'ten'; ten main characters in a house party with a deadly purpose...]
 

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Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 
The little sister - Raymond Chandler

(Little links with Non PC title above.)
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
The Little Nugget, PG Wodehouse (double link: 'little' and another Old Alleynian author)
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
No Bad Dogs Barbara Woodhouse
 

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Posted by Alaric the Goth (# 511) on :
 
The Plague Dogs by Richard Adams
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
Doctor Who In An Exciting Adventure With The Daleks by David Whitaker.

Seriously. That's the official title.
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Island of Adventure by Enid Blyton
 

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Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on :
 
The Island by Victoria Hislop.
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
A Weekend with Mr. Darcy by Victoria Connelly
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Pemberley by Emma Tennant
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Death comes to Pemberley - P D James
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
Death Comes for the Archbishop - Willa Cather
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Mort by Terry Pratchett (Death takes an apprentice)
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
Fantastic Stories Terry Jones.

(The first story is about the 'Ship of Fools', a very funny children's story, read it if you get a chance)
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl
 

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Posted by Alaric the Goth (# 511) on :
 
Mr Bliss by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
"Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics," JRRT
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
The world, the text and the critic Edward Said
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The White Riders by Monica Edwards
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Riders by Tim Winton
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
King Solomon's Mines by H Rider Haggard
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
I'm the King of the Castle Susan Hill
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

[ 19. June 2012, 21:36: Message edited by: QLib ]
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
Alfie Gets In First by Shirley Hughes
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
Alfie by Bill Naughton
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Billy Budd, Sailor - Hermann Melville
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse
 

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Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 
The Liar by Stephen Fry
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Goblin Mirror by C J Cherryh

[synonym for looking-glass - synonyms are allowed, yes?]
 

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Posted by Alaric the Goth (# 511) on :
 
That Hideous Strength by CS Lewis
[cross posted]

[ 21. June 2012, 08:35: Message edited by: Alaric the Goth ]
 

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Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 
(As there was a cross post, I'm linking to both the last two posts.)

Kiss of the Goblin Prince (Shadowlands, #2) by Shona Husk
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
Prince Caspian C S Lewis
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Mark of the Horse Lord by Rosemary Sutcliffe
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey

(another chance meeting leading to an impersonation)
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
Eric, or, Little by Little by Dean (FW) Farrar
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
(CrossOutFaust) Eric by Terry Pratchett
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Good Omens, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Good Wives Louisa May Alcott
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Good Terrorist by Doris Lessing
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
Laocoon: an essay on the limits of painting and poetry Gotthold Lessing
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
The Aeneid, in which Lacöon appears
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
In The Heat of the Night by John Ball

(introducing Virgil Tibbs)
 

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Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 
Night Watch - Terry Pratchett
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Wise Blood, Flannery O'Connor

(Both involve gardens and good/evil)
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood.

(Gardening and dystopia - how can anyone not love this book? )
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
Elizabeth and her German Garden by Elizabeth von Arnim
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
Principia Mathematica by Bertrand Russell and AN Whitehead. (Russell was Elisabeth von Arnim's brother-in-law by her second marriage.)
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Philosophical Investigations, Ludwig Wittgenstein

(Wiggy was Russell's former student)
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder

(it's a history of philosophy, sort of)
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters by Julian Barnes
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Discworld Companion by Terry Pratchett
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Good Companions by J.B. Priestley
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Sandman, Neil Gaiman
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Dune Frank Herbert
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson

ETA: Home of the late Dunes Hotel and Casino

[ 23. June 2012, 13:40: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ]
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
The Woman in Black Susan Hill

(well, the first thought was Where the Wild things are by Maurice Sendak, but the better thought was the Hill)
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Dream Angus - Alexander McCall Smith
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
...the Wealth of Nations - Adam Smith
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
So Long and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
Goodbye Mr Chips by James Hilton

(works at multiple levels )
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Farewell, My Queen by Chantal Thomas
 

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Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 
First book of Kings - (Bible)
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
Royal Flush by Lynda La Plante

(from the sublime to the ...)
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Devil May Care Sebastian Faulks

(a later James Bond book)
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Devil May Care by Elizabeth Peters

[it's a popular title]
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
The Devil Rides Out, Dennis Wheatley
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
A History of the English Speaking People Winston Churchill

(Denis Wheatley fancied himself a bit of Churchill and the gardens of the house where he lived in Lymington was filled with his walls. When it was redeveloped the walls were left in situ - and bordered the gardens of the new houses.)
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
India - a History - John Keay
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India by William Dalrymple
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress: Tales of Growing Up Groovy and Clueless by Susan Jane Gilman
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
A Light That Is Shining - Harvey Gillman
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
LIGHT SHINING IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE,
or A Discovery of the main ground, original Cause of all the Slavery in the world, but cheifly in England: presented by way of a Declaration of many of the welaffected in that County, to all their poore oppessed Country men of England, &c
(an anonymous Digger pamphlet)
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
The Shining, Stephen King
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Shining Ones by David Eddings

[ 26. June 2012, 21:37: Message edited by: Jane R ]
 

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Posted by agrgurich (# 5724) on :
 
WAR MEMOIRS by David Lloyd George
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The War Between the Tates by Alison Lurie
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Carrie's War by Nina Bawden
 

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Posted by Evangeline (# 7002) on :
 
Carrie by Stephen King
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder (has a character called Carrie)
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
Flash for Freedom , George MacDonald Fraser (in which Flashman has some rather demanding encounters with Mrs Mandeville, a very small plantation chatelaine who is into spurs and hairbrushes).

[ 27. June 2012, 10:51: Message edited by: Albertus ]
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Reavers by George MacDonald Fraser

(basically The Pyrates on dry land, but worth reading for the first scene which features an argument about whether the Reavers are justified in attacking a stationary stagecoach)
 

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Posted by Alaric the Goth (# 511) on :
 
At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald.
[PS my ancestors were Border 'Reivers' (as it's usually spelled)]

[ 27. June 2012, 11:28: Message edited by: Alaric the Goth ]
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
<tangent> Some of my ancestors were border reivers too, so I am aware of the usual spelling. However, 'Reavers' is how it is spelt in the actual title of the book I'm referring to. Check Amazon if you don't believe me <\tangent>

Meanwhile... Bridle the Wind by Joan Aiken
 

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Posted by Alaric the Goth (# 511) on :
 
The Non-Born King by Julian May (which features a character called Aiken Drum)

[Thanks for that Jane R! I believe you! I have Charltons, Elliotts, and Grahams in my ancestry, all reiver surnames]
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Darling Buds of May by H. E. Bates

[continuing tangent about reivers; it's the Armstrongs you really have to watch out for... and we missed the opportunity to link to a book about them!]
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
Summer's Lease by John Mortimer (takes its title from the next line of the same sonnet)
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Teahouse of the August Moon by Vern Sneider
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
English, August - Upamanyu Chetterjee
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
August 1914 , Alexander Solzhenitsyn
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Mademoiselle by Geraldine Symons

(the story is set in Paris during the summer of 1914)

[ 27. June 2012, 18:07: Message edited by: Jane R ]
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
Mam'zelle Guillotine by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse Beatrix Potter
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Mouse That Roared by Leonard Wibberley
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Redwall Brian Jacques
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger
 

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Posted by Alaric the Goth (# 511) on :
 
Stormbringer by Michael Moorcock
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
The Green Hat by Michael Arlen (the heroine is Iris Storm).

[ 28. June 2012, 11:54: Message edited by: Albertus ]
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Anne of Green Gables - L M Montgomery
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Green for Danger by Christianna Brand
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
The Ginger Man by JP Donleavy (hero is Sebastian Dangerfield)
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
The Land of Green Ginger by Noel Langley
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Ginger Jar by Jeffrey Robinson
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Honest to God - John Robinson
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The God Game by Andrew Greeley
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
Vernon God Little DBC Pierre
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
Big Wilson Little God , Anthony Burgess
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
Anthony Adverse by Hervey Allen
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Plain Tales from the British Empire - Charles Allen
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Plain Tales from the Hills by Rudyard Kipling
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
Leaves from the journal of our life in the Highlands, from 1848-1861 by Queen Victoria (and a double connection there of sorts, in that Rudyard Kipling was named after a lake while Queen Victoria had at least one lake named after her).
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Prelude by William Wordsworth
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere by Sue Limb

[a book about the Wordsworths. Seriously.]
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome

also set in the Lake District

(and there was nothing serious about that Sue Limb)
 

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Posted by badger@thesett (# 16422) on :
 
Arthur and the Invisibles by Luc Besson
 

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Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 
The Invisible Man - H. G. Wells
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Illustrated Mum by Jacqueline Wilson
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
Jacqueline Susann Valley of the Dolls
 

---

Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn
 

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Posted by Evangeline (# 7002) on :
 
The Power and the Glory by Grahame Greene.
 

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Posted by agrgurich (# 5724) on :
 
STUART LITTLE by E.B. White
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
The Prince And The Pauper, by Mark Twain.
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin
 

---

Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Winter in Madrid by C. J. Sansom
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
A Rose for Winter by Laurie Lee

[ 30. June 2012, 10:04: Message edited by: Niminypiminy ]
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
An Unofficial Rose Iris Murdoch
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The Miracle of the Rose - Jean Genet

[and we've been here before!]
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Rose Rent by Ellis Peters
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs - Ellis Peters
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Seeing a Large Cat by Elizabeth Peters
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
The cat who killed Lilian Jackson Braun
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
The Cat in the Hat Comes Back ! - Dr. Seuss
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
Who killed John Lennon? Fenton Bresler
(cross post)

Come back yesterday Maura Keane

[ 30. June 2012, 15:23: Message edited by: Chorister ]
 

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Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 
The Tibetan Book of the dead.

(Trying to link them both - Lennon took inspiration for the song Tomorrow Never Knows from the TBotD, Tomorrow links with Yesterday)
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Book of Kells
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
Llyfr Du Caerfyrddin (the Black Book of Carmarthen)

[ 30. June 2012, 20:05: Message edited by: Albertus ]
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Domesday Book by bureaucrats in the employ of William I
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Just William Richmal Compton
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare
 

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Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 
In a Witch's Wardrobe - Juliet Blackwell

(I know - it isn't released until Tuesday.)
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
My Side of the Mountain, Elizabeth Craighead George
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The Journal of Thomas Roe - Thomas Roe
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Plague by Albert Camus
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
 

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Posted by anteater (# 11435) on :
 
Love in a cold climate by Nancy Mitford
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Ice Station Zebra by Alistair MacLean
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Ice-cold in Alex Christopher Landon
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Brokeback Mountain - Annie Proulx
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Old Surehand III, Karl May
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Beloved, Toni Morrison
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
 

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Posted by Think² (# 1984) on :
 
Life & Times of Michael K by J.M. Coetzee

(Both set in South Africa.)
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
Hard Times by Charles Dickens
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
The Blackpool Highflyer by Andrew Martin. (Stephen Blackpool is a charcter in Hard Times).
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Descent into Hell by Charles Williams
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman

(features a journey into the Land of the Dead)
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. LeGuin (also includes a journey to the Land of the Dead)
 

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Posted by agrgurich (# 5724) on :
 
DEVINE COMEDY by DANTE
 

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Posted by Og, King of Bashan (# 9562) on :
 
The House of Life by Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
The House on the Strand Daphne du Maurier
 

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Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 
The House On Pooh Corner - A A Milne
 

---

Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
 

---

Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
Affinity by Sarah Waters

(a tale of Victorian household spiritualism)
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Chymical Wedding by Lindsay Clarke
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
The Alchymist's Cat - Robin Jarvis
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Cat Who Talked Turkey by Lilian Jackson Braun
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Golden Turkey Awards by Harry Medved and Michael Medved
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
The Golden Ass by Apuleius
 

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Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 
(That looks like my cue)

Goldfinger Ian Flemming
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Lydian Baker by David Wishart

[Roman detective in search of a solid gold statue]
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures - Mary Baker Eddy
 

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Posted by kankucho (# 14318) on :
 
Keynes and After, by Michael Stewart

[ 04. July 2012, 01:09: Message edited by: kankucho ]
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The Hollow Hills - Mary Stewart
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
The Once and Future King TH White

(and I nearly put up Stormy Petrel by Mary Stewart earlier because that was a way out of an impasse a few pages back and it was in my mind)

[ 04. July 2012, 06:30: Message edited by: Curiosity killed ... ]
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner

(features the sleeping King and his knights)
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The Owl Service - Alan Garner

[gave me a sleepless night or two years ago when I first read it - spooky!]
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
G.W.F. Hegel, The Philosophy of Right, known for the famous line deliberately taken out of context by night owl grad students everywhere: "The owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk."
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Robert M Pirsig

(there was a play based on this on Radio 4 recently which brought it back to mind)
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Robert's Rules of Order by Henry Martyn Robert
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Lords of Misrule by Nigel Tranter
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Toast - Nigel Slater
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
Burnt Toast and Other Philosophies of Life by Teri Hatcher
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff and E. H. Shepherd

[another book about philosophy, for Bears of Little Brain]
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
The Te of Piglet, by Hoff and Milne.
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
The Sheep-Pig by Dick King-Smith
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Fox Busters by Dick King-Smith

[kind of like the Dam Busters, only with hens]
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
Lady into Fox by David Garnett
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
Fantastic Mr Fox Roald Dahl
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
Memoirs of a Fox-hunting Man - Siegfried Sassoon
I love this book, and always weep at the end....
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Regeneration by Pat Barker

(in which Sassoon is a key figure)
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Birdsong Sebastian Faulks

eta sort the coding

[ 04. July 2012, 18:52: Message edited by: Curiosity killed ... ]
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Bird By Bird, by Anne Lamott.
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch by Ronda Armitage and David Armitage

[is menaced by seagulls]
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again by Julia Phillips
 

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Posted by Alaric the Goth (# 511) on :
 
The House of the Wolfings by William Morris (a story about Goths! )
 

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Posted by Alaric the Goth (# 511) on :
 
[Please completely ignore my last post. I was looking at the wrong (older) page when I posted it. I tried to delete it but was timed out!]
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition by Lewis Carroll and Martin Gardner
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
Euclid and his Modern Rivals by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll)
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Rival Queens by Fidelis Morgan
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
Semper fidelis: the history of the United States Marine Corps by Allan Reed Millett
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Why are we in Vietnam? by Norman Mailer
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Reason Why by Cecil Woodham-Smith

(follows on rather neatly, even though I do say so myself)
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Conjectural Beginning of Human History, also Kant
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
The History of the World in 100 objects - Neil McGregor
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
A History of the World in Ten and a Half Chapters by Julian Barnes.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
A Traveller's History of India - Sinharaja Tammita-Delgoda
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
Autobiography of an Unknown Indian by Nirad C Chaudhuri

[ 06. July 2012, 08:31: Message edited by: Albertus ]
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog (Dylan Thomas)
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Lust for Life by Irving Stone (a novel about Vincent Van Gogh)
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Notes from an Exhibition Patrick Gale
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane (another reluctant warrior)
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
Adolf Hitler: My part in his downfall by Spike Milligan (yet another reluctant warrior, albeit one from a military family and, reading between the lines, clearly quite a good soldier).
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Edward Gibbon
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody: Great Figures of History Hilariously Humbled by Will Cuppy
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Rotten Rulers (Horrible Histories) by Terry Deary
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Over 24 hours and nobody else has thought of Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde?

[or maybe everyone else is busy IRL...]
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

RIP
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Wicked Day by Mary Stewart
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Sandel - Angus Stewart
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
Warm and Cozy Christmas Thoughts by Fay Angus

[ 09. July 2012, 15:31: Message edited by: Pearl B4 Swine ]
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Jinxed by Carol Higgins Clark
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Year of the Griffin by Diana Wynne Jones

[one of the main characters has a jinx]
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The People's Princess by Tabitha DeHavilland
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
 

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Posted by Evangeline (# 7002) on :
 
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Pilgrim's Progress John Bunyan

[the girls (Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy) like this book, refer to it and act it out throughout Little Women]
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Pilgrim's Regress by C S Lewis
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
Out of the Silent Planet by C S Lewis
 

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Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 
Planet Cake by Paris Cutler
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
Cakes and Ale: or, the Skeleton in the Cupboard by Somerset Maugham
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Skeletons in the Closet by William I. I. Read
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
Village School by Miss Read
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
A Village Affair by Joanna Trollope
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Barchester Towers Anthony Trollope
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The Two Towers - J. R. R. Tolkien
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
The Towering Inferno by Richard Martin Stern

[ 10. July 2012, 11:45: Message edited by: Sir Kevin ]
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
On Kissing, Tickling and Being Bored by Adam Phillips
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Watership Down Richard Adams
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The Staircase - Charles Dyer
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan
 

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Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 
Pathways to Peace: Forty Steps to a Less Violent America by Victor LaCerva.
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
Paths of Glory by Humphrey Cobb
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
Humphry Clinker by Tobias Smollett
 

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Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 
Journals: Scott's Last Expedition by Robert Falcon Scott and Max Jones.

Links to "The expedition of Humphry Clinker"
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
The Lost Continent - Edgar Rice Burroughs
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Lost in Translation by Nicole Mones
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Lost Horizon - James Hilton
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Incident At Badamya, by Dorothy Gilman.

(Same genre as "Lost Horizon".)
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The Old Curiosity Shop - Charles Dickens
 

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Posted by Latchkey Kid (# 12444) on :
 
84 Charing Cross Road - Helene Hanff
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
1984 by George Orwell
 

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Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 
Number Theory by George E Andrews
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Numbers - John Rechy
 

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Posted by JoyfulNoise & Parrot OKief (# 2049) on :
 
The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers
by David Wells
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Travels on my Elephant - Mark Shand
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Travels with my Aunt Graham Greene
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
When the Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
Big Sur - Jack Kerouac
 

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Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on :
 
To Sir With Love by E.R. Braithwaite and Caryl Phillips.
 

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Posted by Starbug (# 15917) on :
 
Love in a Cold Climate - Nancy Mitford
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak.
 

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Posted by Og, King of Bashan (# 9562) on :
 
Dr. No by Ian Fleming
 

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Posted by JoyfulNoise & Parrot OKief (# 2049) on :
 
No Child of Mine by Susan Lewis
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Mine Enemy Grows Older by Alexander King
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Alexander McCall Smith
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
101 Dalmatians - Dodie Smith
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

(and it's one of my favourite books too!)
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
Castle Rackrent by Maria Edgeworth
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
The Castle - Franz Kafka
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Two Towers by J. R, R. Tolkien
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
'A tale of two cities' Charles Dickens
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
The Scarlet Pimpernel, Baroness Orczy
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
The Reluctant Widow Georgette Heyer

linked by the French Revolution and emigrés
 

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Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University by Kevin Roose

Liberty U/fundamentalism

'nough said
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax, by Dorothy Gilman.

(Great book and series!)
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Murder Must Advertise Dorothy L Sayers
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
Brothel in Pimlico by Roy Brooks (a collection of advertisements by a disarmingly honest estate agent).
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Children of a Lesser God by Mark Medoff
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
River Dog - Mark Shand

[ 13. July 2012, 14:01: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Happiness Is a Warm Puppy by Charles Shultz
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Duel in the Snows - Charles Allen
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Duel in the Sun by Niven Busch
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Bimbos of the Death Sun by Sharyn McCrumb
 

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Posted by Og, King of Bashan (# 9562) on :
 
Living Free, Overcoming Masturbation by Bimbo Odukoya

Yes, it's a real book. Yes, I cheated and used Google. Yes, it was totally worth it.
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Born Free by Joy Adamson
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
The Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Possessing The Secret Of Joy, by Alice Walker.
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Skinwalkers by Tony Hillerman
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Walkabout James Vance Marshall
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
The Medium is the Massage: An Inventory of Effects by Marshall McLuhan
 

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Posted by Evangeline (# 7002) on :
 
I Can Jump Puddles by Alan Marshall
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning - Alan Sillitoe
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Night Watch by Terry Pratchett
 

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Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on :
 
The Night Watch by Sarah Waters.
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Great Brain by John Fitzgerald
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Grady the Great - Judith Bernie Strommen
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Edwards
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
The Really Useful Ultimate Student Cookbook by Silvana Franco
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The Four Seasons Wholefood Cookbook - Susan Thorpe
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Cook Like a Rock Star by Anne Burrell
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
 

---

Posted by no_prophet (# 15560) on :
 
The Galloping Gourmet's Kitchen Diary, Graham Kerr
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Diary of a Mad Housewife: A Novel by Sue Kaufman
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
The Madwoman's Underclothes by Germaine Greer
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
The Queen's Knickers by Nicholas Allen
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Knickerbocker by Washington Irving
 

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Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

(When Yossarian is redacting letters, he signs them either 'Washington Irving' or (for variety) 'Irving Washington')
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The 22 letters by Clive King

[children's book about the origin of alphabetic writing]
 

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Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie King
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
The Life of the Bee by Maurice Maeterlinck
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
A Swarm in May by William Mayne
 

---

Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The Last Mughal - William Dalrymple
 

---

Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jnr
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker (Hawkeye Pierce is named after Hawkeye in L of the M).
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
James Bond: Dr. No by Ian Fleming
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Doctor in the House by Richard Gordon
 

---

Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
Don Juan by George Gordon, Lord Byron
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Don Quixote by Cervantes
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
The Little World of Don Camillo by Giovannino Guareschi
 

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Posted by Evangeline (# 7002) on :
 
The World According to Garp by John Irving
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
The World According to Clarkson by Jeremy Clarkson
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
My World - and Welcome to It by James Thurber
 

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Posted by Alaric the Goth (# 511) on :
 
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet by James Herriot (who, like me, was born in Sunderland, and eventually ended up in Yorkshire, and fell in love with the Dales.)
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
An Indian Summer - James Cameron
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
The Greengage Summer by Rumer Godden
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
Green Dolphin Street - Elizabeth Goudge
 

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Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on :
 
Green Darkness by Anya Seton
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
The Professor by Charlotte Bronte (Charlotte and Anya both being varieties of salad potato).
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
(Great connection, Albertus!)

Sherlock Holmes - The Final Problem by Arthur Conan Doyle

Wherein Sherlock Holmes sees the sights with Professor M.
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
I Came To Love You Late, by Marjorie Holmes.

(Interesting and believable story about Mary Magdalene that still fits within biblical boundaries.)
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Case of the Late Pig by Margery Allingham
 

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Posted by Tubbs (# 440) on :
 
It's your turn Roger - Susanna Gretz

Roger would rather dodge his turn than lay the table for supper. He grumbles, he moans, he stomps, he even tries hiding behind a chair. Then he decides to look for a new home with a family who won't make him do anything. Will he be able to find one?

[A look at the front cover may help make the connection]
 

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Posted by agrgurich (# 5724) on :
 
In the Still Of the Night by Ann Rule
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Heartburn by Nora Ephron
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones

[burn > fire. And it's a romance - sort of]
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
Hemlock and After by Angus Wilson

(Jane R: I'm beginning to think we may have read all the same books!)

[ 20. July 2012, 09:11: Message edited by: Niminypiminy ]
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Phaedo, Plato
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

[Niminypiminy: I think Lyda Rose has read all the same books as us too...]
 

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Posted by birdie (# 2173) on :
 
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver

The author's account of her family's year of eating food produced themselves. Brilliant.
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
The New Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency by John Seymour
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
(Betcha never have read this.
Inherited from my Arkansas-raised Grandma. She loved it. )

The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, Moonshining, and Other Affairs of Plain Living by Eliot Wigginton
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
(Betcha never have read this.
Inherited from my Arkansas-raised Grandma. She loved it. )

The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, Moonshining, and Other Affairs of Plain Living by Eliot Wigginton

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Wanna bet? I've seen six of 'em.

Thus, My Side of the Mountain, Jean Craighead George, which seems to draw on some of the same sources as the Foxfire series.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Seven Storey Mountain - Thomas Merton
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine of Hippo

ETA: Shhh! Don't tell Martin PC Not.

[ 22. July 2012, 06:14: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ]
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Confessions
 

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Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
Hattie: The Authorised Biography of Hattie Jacques
:-)
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Bible: the Authorized Version by committee
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
The Bible: the Authorized Version by committee

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code:

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The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer

(feminist classics from the sixties)
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Female Man by Joanna Russ

feminist science fiction
 

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Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
The Knife Man: Blood, Body-snatching and the Birth of Modern Surgery
by Wendy Moore

It is quite disturbingly gruesome in parts, so unless you are possessed of a strong stomach - Caveat Lector / Reader beware !
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++


Thanks to this thread, I have discovered lots of fascinating books which are going onto my request list at the local library, so thank you all :-)
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Blood Feud by Rosemary Sutcliffe
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
(and on the same theme, by the same author)
Warrior Scarlet by Rosemary Sutcliff
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
Rosemary's Baby - Ira Levin
 

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Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
There's Rosemary, There's Rue by Lady Winifred Fortescue.

This is her autobiography, spanning her early life, her time as an actress just before WW1, meeting her much older husband-to-be, the military historian and Windsor castle archivist Sir John Fortescue. He was a cousin of Adrian Fortescue, the RC priest and liturgical author/ historian.
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters

The Benedictine Monastery of Sts. Peter and Paul sends a delegation to Wales to bring back the relics of St. Winifred.
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
Distinction: a social critique of the judgement of taste by Pierre Bourdieu
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Judgement Of Paris by Gore Vidal
 

---

Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer

Vidal was one of the names of the hero, The Duke of Avon.
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

[another story about London and Paris in the aftermath of the French Revolution]
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell.
 

---

Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen
 

---

Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Number One Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

(a book that is quite definitely set IN Africa)
 

---

Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
Biggles in Africa by Capt W E Johns
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
 

---

Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett

(more hard boiled detection)
 

---

Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake by Frank W. Abagnale
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Cannery Row, John Steinbeck.

(Can >> Cannery.)
 

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Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 
A Golden Age - An Autobiography by Steve Redgrave.

(Row - Rowing)
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass, on Tour: Age Far Too Much to Be Put on the Front of a Book by Adrian Plass
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The Diary of Adrian Mole - Sue Townsend
 

---

Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
The Diary Of a Provincial Lady by E M Delafield
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady by Edith Holden
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Death Comes to the Archbishop, Willa Cather

(Both about the wide, empty places in the American West . . . and there's death involved)

[ 28. July 2012, 20:02: Message edited by: AristonAstuanax ]
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
A Taste for Death - P D James
 

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Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
Death to the Landlords
by Ellis Peters
 

---

Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
A Taste for Death - Peter O'Donnell
 

---

Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
After the death of Don Juan by Sylvia Townsend Warner
 

---

Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Markus Zusak, The Book Thief, which is narrated by Death.
 

---

Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Diary of Anne Frank
 

---

Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett

A book about man-made people- golems
 

---

Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
 

---

Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 
Der Golem by Kurt Wolff

[x-post but it still works]

[ 30. July 2012, 17:17: Message edited by: Balaam ]
 

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Posted by agrgurich (# 5724) on :
 
The Werewolf by Fr. Montagur Summers
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett

His Grace, the Duke of Anhk-Morpork , fights against a werewolf conspiracy.
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
Prince Caspian by CS Lewis (in which a werewolf is killed - can't remember if it's by Caspian himself)
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

(Badgers feature in both)
 

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Posted by Cara (# 16966) on :
 
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Memoirs of Gen. W. T. Sherman by William T. Sherman
 

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Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
Just William
by Richmal Crompton
 

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Posted by Cara (# 16966) on :
 
Collected Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins.

("Thou art indeed just, Lord, if I contend/With thee; but, sir, so what I plead is just....")
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

Lots and lots of poems. His "collected" poems just got bigger.
 

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Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
Eats Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Complete Plain Words by Ernest Gowers
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes by Charles Elme Francatelli (who advertised himself as Queen Victoria's chef, no less)
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Old-fashioned Recipe Book, by Carla Emery. (Or Emory?)
 

---

Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Old-fashioned Recipe Book, by Carla Emery. (Or Emory?)
 

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Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
The Cranks Recipe Book
by David & Kay Canter and Daphne Swann
 

---

Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The F-plan diet by Audrey Eaton

(and the F stood for....? )
 

---

Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 
Eff Off by Sandy Hutson
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
Spawn by Shaun Hutson
 

---

Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
Frogspawn and Floor Polish: Upstairs and Downstairs in a National Trust House

by Mary Mackie
 

---

Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Up the Chimney Down by Joan Aiken
 

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Posted by Cara (# 16966) on :
 
Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman.
 

---

Posted by agrgurich (# 5724) on :
 
Watership Down by Richard Adams
 

---

Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny by Beatrix Potter.
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Potter's Field by Ellis Peters

[from a wide selection of authors who have written books with those words in the title]
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
One-upmanship: How to win life's little games without appearing to try by Stephen Potter

[ 02. August 2012, 21:15: Message edited by: Niminypiminy ]
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Hoyle's Rules of Games (Third Revised and Updated Edition) by Albert Morehead (and some other guys )
 

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Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
The Rule of St Benedict. Any version
 

---

Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 
A Rare Benedictine by Ellis Peters
 

---

Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
The Monk By Matthew Lewis
 

---

Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams.

(Features an electric monk.)
 

---

Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Shardik - Richard Adams
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Last Battle by C S Lewis

[also features a bear; in this case a Talking Bear]
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
Battle Cry - Leon Uris
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton
 

---

Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
Notes from a big country by Bill Bryson
 

---

Posted by agrgurich (# 5724) on :
 
So Big by Edna Ferber
 

---

Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
The BFG - Roald Dahl
 

---

Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde
 

---

Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Where The Wild Things Are", by Maurice Sendak.
 

---

Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
 

---

Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
Menagerie Manor by Gerald Durrell
 

---

Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Andy Warhol and the Can That Sold the World by Gary Indiana
 

---

Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
The world according to Clarkson by Jeremy Clarkson
 

---

Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
John Irving, The World According to Garp
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Crossing Between Worlds: The Navajo of Canyon De Chelly by Jeanne M. Simonelli
 

---

Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The Lost World - Arthur Conan-Doyle
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett
 

---

Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
The Private World of Georgette Heyer by Joan Aiken Hodge
 

---

Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 
Private Parts by Howard Stern
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Howards End by E. M. Forster
 

---

Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
Rainbow's End by Ellis Peters
 

---

Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Harold's End - J T LeRoy
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Harry Potter and the Halfblood Prince by J K Rowling

[3 links here: Harold > Harry; LeRoy > Prince; author identified by initials + surname]
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
Harry Crews - The Gospel Singer
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
 

---

Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
Knowledge of Angels Jill Paton Walsh
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Angel Fire by Andrew Greeley
 

---

Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
Angel Isle by Peter Dickinson
 

---

Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :
 
Star Island boy by Louise Dickinson
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Delta Star by Joseph Wambaugh
 

---

Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
The Stardance Trilogy, by Jeanne and Spider Robinson.

(Think about the possibility of dancing in space... )
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
Trillions by Nicholas Fisk

[ 07. August 2012, 15:37: Message edited by: Niminypiminy ]
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Zaphod's human girlfriend goes by "Trillian" AKA Tricia McMillan. Close enough.
 

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Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
Evlogeite: A Pilgrim's Guide to Greece by Nun Nectaria McLees
 

---

Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
On the shores of the Mediterranean by Eric Newby
 

---

Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
Mediterranean Cookery by Claudia Rodin
 

---

Posted by agrgurich (# 5724) on :
 
Where's Waldo? by Martin Handford
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Where the Sidewalk Ends: The Poems and Drawings of Shel Silverstein
 

---

Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
The Path To Power by Margaret Thatcher
 

---

Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Coming of Age in Samoa - Margaret Mead
 

---

Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
Margaret Mead and Samoa: The Making and Unmaking of an Anthropological Myth

by Derek Freeman
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton
 

---

Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
The Power of Myth - Joseph Campbell
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
<tangent: I want to write something featuring "Myth Thybil Thwick"

Or that could be my pen-name. End tangent>
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Onion Field by Joseph Wambaugh
 

---

Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Women at War by Maude Onions
 

---

Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Ebert's Bigger Little Movie Glossary by Roger Ebert
 

---

Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
A Little History of The English Country Church by Roy Strong
 

---

Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Hollywood History of the World by George MacDonald Fraser
 

---

Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
A little history of British gardening by Jenny Uglow
 

---

Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
'Tom's Midnight Garden' Philippa Pearce
 

---

Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
Fat Man on a Roman Road by Tom Vernon
 

---

Posted by Cara (# 16966) on :
 
"The Path to Rome" by Hilaire Belloc
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Pathfinders by Gail Sheehy
 

---

Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
A Path With Heart, by Jack Kornfield.
 

---

Posted by Garasu (# 17152) on :
 
Coming through the rye, by Grace Livingston Hill
 

---

Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Catcher in the Rye - J D Salinger

[What an incredibly boring book!]
 

---

Posted by Garasu (# 17152) on :
 
60 years later, by John David California
 

---

Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Shamela or An Apology for the Life of Mrs Shamela Andrews by Henry Fielding.

(A parody of Richardson, as 'California' parodies Salinger)
 

---

Posted by Garasu (# 17152) on :
 
Miss Withers regrets, by Stuart Palmer
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Miss Marple's Final Cases by Agatha Christie
 

---

Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
The Final Problem, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian by Robert E. Howard
 

---

Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Sword in the Stone T.H.White
 

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Posted by Garasu (# 17152) on :
 
Moorstones, by Adrian Cole.

[I'm undoubtedly being thick, but you may have to explain the previous one...]
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

(Swords and sorcery were the connection)

[ 12. August 2012, 21:16: Message edited by: QLib ]
 

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Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
The Woman In White
by Wilkie Collins.

Love that book !
 

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Posted by Cara (# 16966) on :
 
No Name by Wilkie Collins.

(Wonderful book).
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
 

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Posted by pimple (# 10635) on :
 
Cider With Rosie by Laurie Lee

(that must have come up before shurely?)
 

---

Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The Cider House Rules - John Irving
 

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Posted by pimple (# 10635) on :
 
The House at Pooh Corner by A.A.Milne (?)
 

---

Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
At the Corner of East and Now: A Modern Life in Ancient Christian Orthodoxy by Frederica Matthewes-Green
 

---

Posted by balaam (# 4543) on :
 
The Hole in the Sheet: A Modern Woman Looks at Orthodox and Hasidic Judaism by Evelyn Kaye
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
A Price Below Rubies: Jewish Women as Rebels and Radicals by Naomi Shepherd
 

---

Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
The Modern Jewish Girl's Guide to Guilt by Ruth Andrew Ellenson
 

---

Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
People of the Book, by Geraldine Brooks.

(A novel about the Sarajevo Haggadah, and its journey.)
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Games People Play by Eric Berne
 

---

Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
 

---

Posted by Light User (# 14254) on :
 
A Hunger for Healing: The Twelve Steps as a Classic Model for Christian Spiritual Growth- J Keith Miller
 

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Posted by agrgurich (# 5724) on :
 
The 39 Steps by John Buchan
 

---

Posted by Cara (# 16966) on :
 
Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse
 

---

Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
This Is My God by Herman Wouk
 

---

Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Moby Dick - Herman Melville
 

---

Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
The Journey of Mobius and Sidh, by Mark Kashino.
 

---

Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Skullduggery - Mark Shand
 

---

Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Dark Deeds at Deathwood by Hazel Townson
 

---

Posted by balaam (# 4543) on :
 
Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare.

(Alliterative titles)
 

---

Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Lost Horizon, by James Hilton.

[ 16. August 2012, 06:24: Message edited by: Golden Key ]
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle.
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
A World of Girls by Rosemary Auchmuty
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Sex and the Single Girl by Helen Gurley Brown (RIP)
 

---

Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Autobiography of a Sex Worker - Nalini Jameela
 

---

Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
My Struggle Paul Merton's spoof Autobiography.
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
May This House Be Safe From Tigers by Alexander King (a real memoir, really funny)

[ 16. August 2012, 14:36: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ]
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Life of Pi by Yann Martel (story of a boy stuck on a raft with a tiger)
 

---

Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Piemakers by Helen Cresswell
 

---

Posted by agrgurich (# 5724) on :
 
Murder In Baker Street edited by Martin Greenberg
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Westend Horror by Nicholas Meyer

(another latter day Holmes mystery)
 

---

Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
A Woman at Bay or, A Fiend in Skirts by Nicholas Carter
 

---

Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
Chesapeake by James Michener

[Chesapeake Bay, in Maryland]
 

---

Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
The Cheapskate Next Door, by Jeff Yeager.

(Sort of a pun on the previous title.)
 

---

Posted by balaam (# 4543) on :
 
The Sociopath Next Door by Martha Stout, Ph.D.
 

---

Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Flashman by George MacDonald Fraser.

(Flashman has at least some of the characteristics of a sociopath.)
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Lilith, A Romance by George MacDonald
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Heart of the Goddess, by Hallie Inglehart Austen.

(Non-fic book about goddesses, related art, and meditations on them. Beautifully done! Oh, and Lilith is considered a goddess in some circles.)
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Goddesses in Everywoman: Powerful Archetypes in Women's Lives by Jean Shinoda Bolen (and my "archetype" is the suckiest )
 

---

Posted by balaam (# 4543) on :
 
Every Man, God's Man by Stephen Arterburn and Kenny Luck
 

---

Posted by Cara (# 16966) on :
 
Heartburn by Nora Ephron (RIP)
 

---

Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
The Thin Man, by Dashiell Hammett

(featuring Nick & Nora Charles)
 

---

Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Nicholas Nickelby by Charles Dickens.

(Ooh, a two-fer. Do I get extra points?)
 

---

Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Adventures of Roderick Random by Tobias Smollett
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Random House Dictionary edited by Jess Stein
 

---

Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
 

---

Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
How To Stay Alive In The Woods, by Bradford Angier.
 

---

Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Wood Between the Worlds by C S Lewis and Deborah Maze
 

---

Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The War Between the Tates by Alison Lurie
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita by Rumer Godden (another broken marriage)
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Mrs. Pollifax and the Second Thief, by Dorothy Gilman.

(Takes place at the Villa Franca in Sicily.)
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
A Thief of Time by Tony Hillerman

[not about the Internet, though with a title like that it could be...]

[ 22. August 2012, 08:33: Message edited by: Jane R ]
 

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Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
The Time Machine by H G Wells
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Time Enough for Love by Robert Heinlein
 

---

Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Enduring Love by Ian McEwan
 

---

Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Die for Love by Elizabeth Peters
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
 

---

Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
The House On The Strand, by Daphne Du Maurier.

(Time travel.)
 

---

Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III.
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
 

---

Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Tarzan of the Apes - Edgar Rice Burroughs
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Greystoke: a photographic record of the village, the people and their lives in the year 2000 by Greystoke 2000 Group

[Tarzan's real name is Lord Greystoke; this Greystoke is a village in Cumbria]
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village by Ronald Blythe
 

---

Posted by agrgurich (# 5724) on :
 
Murder At the Vicarage by Agatha Christie

(set in an English village)
 

---

Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot
 

---

Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie
 

---

Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Big Red Train Ride by Eric Newby
 

---

Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Slowly Down the Ganges - Eric Newby
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Riverside Shakespeare published by Houghton Mifflin
 

---

Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
Tales from Shakespeare by Charles Lamb
 

---

Posted by Mamacita (# 3659) on :
 
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Gospel According to Peanuts by Robert L. Short
 

---

Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
Mr. Peanut - by Adam Ross
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Peanut Butter & Jelly Prayers by Julie Sevig
 

---

Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The Book of Common Prayer - Cranmer et al
 

---

Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
Prayers of Life by Michel Quoist
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
A Stolen Life: A Memoir by Jaycee Dugard
 

---

Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Life, The Universe, And Everything, by Douglas Adams.
 

---

Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The Long, Dark Tea-Time of the Soul - Douglas Adams
 

---

Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Life, The Universe, And Everything, by Douglas Adams.
 

---

Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
(Sorry, massive connection problems.)
 

---

Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The Plague Dogs - Richard Adams
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
 

---

Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The Old Curiosity Shop - Charles Dickens
 

---

Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff,
 

---

Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
1984 - George Orwell
 

---

Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Brave New World Aldous Huxley
 

---

Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
Utopia by Thomas More
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Erewhon by Samuel Butler
 

---

Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Lost Horizon, by James Hilton.

(Same genre of exploring a utopia.)
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression by Erma Bombeck
 

---

Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
The Lost Steps by Alejo Carpentier
 

---

Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The 39 Steps - John Buchan
 

---

Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Riddle of the Sands - Erskine Childers
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Five Children and It by E. Nesbitt

(Children/Childers- close enough)
 

---

Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
The English and Scottish Popular Ballads by Francis J. Child
 

---

Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
A Child's Garden of Verses - Robert Louis Stevenson
 

---

Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
My Secret Garden by Nancy Friday
 

---

Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Woman's Experience of Sex- Sheila Kitzinger.

(Lyda Rose will get it, but it case anyone else doesn't: there is a connection, trust me)
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 


The Story of O by Pauline Reage
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
 

---

Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle, Stephen Dunning et al., editors

[ 29. August 2012, 17:35: Message edited by: mousethief ]
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Rattle Bag edited by Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney.

(Another poetry anthology)
 

---

Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien

[featuring Bilbo Baggins of Bag End]
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin

Involves wizards (duh!) and a main character that crosses wits with a dragon.
 

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Posted by Garasu (# 17152) on :
 
[Giftwish], by Graham Dunstan Martin

Similarly...
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
The Story of the Other Wise Man, by Henry Van Dyke. Text here.

("Gift" connection.)
 

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Posted by beachcomber (# 17294) on :
 
The Invisible Man HG Wells

gift edition - first edn
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invisible_Man

[ 30. August 2012, 17:35: Message edited by: beachcomber ]
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Manchild in the Promised Land by Claude Brown
 

---

Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Promise - Chaim Potok
 

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Posted by beachcomber (# 17294) on :
 
Woman's Experience of Sex- Sheila Kitzinger.

/ Kama Sutra - Anon

[ 31. August 2012, 17:03: Message edited by: beachcomber ]
 

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Posted by agrgurich (# 5724) on :
 
My Secret Life Anon.
 

---

Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
The Secret of Nimh: Mrs Frisby and the rats of Nimh by Robert C O'Brien

Great kids' book. I loved it too.
 

---

Posted by Garasu (# 17152) on :
 
I was a rat!, by Philip Pullman.
 

---

Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The Tin Princess - Phillip Pullman
 

---

Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Princess and the Pea by Hans Christian Andersen
 

---

Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
The Princess And Curdie, by George MacDonald.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The Little Princess - Frances Hodgson Burnett
 

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Posted by Garasu (# 17152) on :
 
Little big man, by Thomas Berger.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupery
 

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Posted by Garasu (# 17152) on :
 
A confusion of princes, by Garth Nix
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Prince and the Pauper - Mark Twain
 

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Posted by Garasu (# 17152) on :
 
Pauper's Child, by Meg Hutchinson
 

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Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
Friday's Child by Georgette Heyer
 

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Posted by Garasu (# 17152) on :
 
Lady Friday, by Garth Nix. - (Keys to the kingdom ; 5).
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Friday by Robert Heinlein (Heinlein's answer to those who thought he was a sexist jerk who couldn't write a good heroine )
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
Monday's Child Louise Bagshawe
 

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Posted by Garasu (# 17152) on :
 
Acting up, by Melissa Nathan.

(A double link: previously published under a different title; and, about a relationship with a director).
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Stagestruck by Peter Lovesey

[also about acting, and actors misbehaving]
 

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Posted by beachcomber (# 17294) on :
 
Stagecoach by Louis L'Amour, Loren D. Estleman, Don Coldsmith[/I]
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Round Ireland with a Fridge - Tony Hawks
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Mash: A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker (one named Hawkeye Pierce)
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
 

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Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on :
 
Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse 5

(Postmodern WWII novels, both have a number in the title)
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Power of Three by Diana Wynne Jones

[also has a number in the title]
 

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Posted by beachcomber (# 17294) on :
 
The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander
 

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Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
I Saw Three Ships by Elizabeth Goudge
 

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Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on :
 
The Sign of Four, A. C. Doyle
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
Three Men in a Boat Jerome K. Jerome

(cross-posted with Ariston: go with his if you'd rather)

[ 04. September 2012, 15:40: Message edited by: Chorister ]
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
Queen of the Black Coast by Robert E. Howard

[featuring Conan on a sailing ship--to try to link to both Ariston and Chorister.]
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
She by Rider Haggard
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
Rumpole of the Bailey , John Mortimer
( IIRC'She who must be obeyed' comes from She)
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Perry Mason Mysteries: The Case of the Haunted Husband by Earle Stanley Gardner
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
Earls of Creation by James Lees-Milne. (A book about 5 C18 earls who, among other things, were great gardeners, or at least patrons of gardeners).
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Magician's Nephew by C S Lewis

[the Creation of Narnia, featuring a Garden]

[ 05. September 2012, 15:15: Message edited by: Jane R ]
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Eve's Diary by Mark Twain
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank

[ 05. September 2012, 19:33: Message edited by: Chorister ]
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ - Sue Townsend
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass, on Tour: Age Far Too Much to Be Put on the Front Cover of a Book by Adrian Plass
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
A Golden Age - Tahmima Anam
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Golden Cage: Three Brothers, Three Choices, One Destiny by Shirin Ebadi
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
One - Richard Bach
 

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Posted by Garasu (# 17152) on :
 
The two by Will Carver
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome
 

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Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on :
 
To say nothing of the dog by Connie Willis
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
River Dog - Mark Shand
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett

[featuring a river not unlike the Mississippi]

[ 06. September 2012, 09:41: Message edited by: Jane R ]
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
The Witches - Roald Dahl
 

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Posted by Garasu (# 17152) on :
 
Which witch? by Eva Ibbotson
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy
 

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Posted by cheesymarzipan (# 9442) on :
 
Witch Week by Diana Wynne Jones
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola

An Italian witch with a magic pasta cooking pot.
 

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Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on :
 
Macbeth

You know, the one with witches, cauldrons, and lots of death. Exactly the same story, right?
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
(I don't think Strega Nona included eye of newt and toe of frog in her Bolognese sauce. )

My Friend Madame Zora by Jane Duncan

Soothsayer in Scotland.

[ 06. September 2012, 23:16: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ]
 

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Posted by kankucho (# 14318) on :
 
The Friendship Book of Francis Gay
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The Gay Book of Days - Martin Greif [incidentally published by Comet]
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
One Day by David Nicholls
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Lisa and David by Theodore Isaac Rubin
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
I am David by Anne Holm
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The Indian Mutiny - Saul David
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
The (Mutiny on the) Bounty Caroline Alexander
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Bountiful Harvest by Mary Beth Jung
 

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Posted by beachcomber (# 17294) on :
 
All in the End is Harvest: An Anthology for Those Who Grieve


by Sue MacGregor, Agnes Whitaker (Editor), Colin Murray Parkes

[ 08. September 2012, 17:13: Message edited by: beachcomber ]
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Harvest of Sorrow by Robert Conquest
 

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Posted by Cara (# 16966) on :
 
Hag's Harvest by J B Morton
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Random Harvest by James Hilton
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
Harvest Home - Thomas Tryon
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
The Jefferson Bible, or the life and morals of Jesus of Nazareth
Thomas Jefferson
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Jesus the Jew by Geza Vermes
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Systema Naturae [10th edition, 1758] by Carl Linnaeus

[includes the now obsolete taxon, Vermes]
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God by Carl Sagan and Anne Druyan
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Bonjour tristesse by Françoise Sagan
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
Cosmos by Carl Sagan
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Universe in a Nutshell by Stephen Hawking
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Catalogue of the Universe by Margaret Mahy
 

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Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
Intergalactic Judaism: Analysis Of Torah Concepts Based on Discoveries in Space Exploration, Physics & Biology by David Lister
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
The Big Screen Comedies of Mel Brooks* by Robert Alan Crick. (

*'Jews in Space' sequence in Brooks' film 'History of the World, Part One'
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA by James D. Watson

Watson of course was partner in crime with Francis Crick in publishing the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA as their own.
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
Double Indemnity by James M Cain
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
 

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Posted by mousethief (# 953) on :
 
The Everyday Wok Cookbook by Lorna Yee.

(Wok, Wouk, same diff right?)
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
Lorna Doone - Richard D. Blackmore
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Tarka the Otter by Henry Williamson

(Exmoor connection)
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Wrath of the Lemming-Men by Toby Frost

[featuring Tar'khar, the Death Otter]
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett (Book where the Death of Rats is created)
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
If This Is A Man - Primo Levi
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
Mr. God, this is Anna Sydney Hopkins
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession by Daniel Levitin
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Introduction to Psycholinguistics: Understanding Language Science by Matthew J. Traxler
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
'Til We Have Faces, by C.S. Lewis.

(A retelling of the Cupid and Psyche myth. Psyche...psycho.)

(And a really, really good story!)

[ 11. September 2012, 05:46: Message edited by: Golden Key ]
 

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Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on :
 
[Pedant mode]It is Till we have faces (C.S. would never have used such an abomination as 'til, I'm pretty sure).[/Pedant mode] Anyway...

Jaberwocky - Lewis Carroll
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Carols for choirs ed. John Rutter {latest volume)
 

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Posted by Cara (# 16966) on :
 
The Choir by Joanna Trollope

(Even more pedant mode....@Jonah: Jabberwocky has double b! Love the link, though. End even more pedant mode)
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Spire by William Golding
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The City of Djinns - William Dalrymple
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights translated by Sir Richard Burton.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Illusions - Richard Bach
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
The Anna Magdalena Notebook by Johann Sebastian Bach
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
 

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Posted by Garasu (# 17152) on :
 
The doctor's wife, by Elizabeth Brundage.
 

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Posted by agrgurich (# 5724) on :
 
The Doctor's Di;emma by George Bernard Shaw
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
All Creatures Great And Small, by James Herriott.

(Not sure of spelling. Book is about his adventures as an animal doctor.)
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Menagerie Manor by Gerald Durrell
 

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Posted by Garasu (# 17152) on :
 
The glass menagerie, by Tennessee Williams
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
The Train In The Meadow, by Robert Nathan.

(Pullman > Pullman train cars > train. Thought-provoking book by a good author--and unrestful!)

 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Sorry, I tried to delete post but my computer is acting up.

[ 13. September 2012, 07:24: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ]
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Martin Pippin in the daisy field by Eleanor Farjeon

(Meadow - daisy field)
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien

[featuring Peregrine Took, aka Pippin]
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
Brown girl in the ring Nalo Hopkinson
 

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Posted by Garasu (# 17152) on :
 
Brown cow, by John Branfield.
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Where's My Cow? by Terry Pratchett
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Poor cow by Nell Dunn
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
The Old Curiosity Shop, by Charles Dickens

(Surely you remember Little Nell?)
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Bachelor Brothers' Bed And Breakfast, by Bill Richardson.

(Fun novel about a B&B for booklovers!)
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
The little bookroom by Eleanor Farjeon
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Jane's adventures in and out of the book by Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
Tarzan of the Apes, by Edgar Rice Burroughs
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Again? Oh well...

Every grain of rice: simple Chinese home cooking by Fuchsia Dunlop

[Fuchsia? Seriously?]
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
A Loyal Character Dancer by Qiu Xiaolong
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Lord of the Dance by Andrew Greeley
 

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Posted by Alaric the Goth (# 511) on :
 
Lord Foul's Bane by Stephen Donaldson
 

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Posted by Garasu (# 17152) on :
 
Winter door, by Isobelle Carmody.
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Winter in Madrid by C. J.Sansom
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Virgin in the Ice by Ellis Peters

[winter in Shropshire]
 

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Posted by Garasu (# 17152) on :
 
The virgin soldiers, by Leslie Thoma
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
The Saint in New York by Leslie Charteris
 

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Posted by Caissa (# 16710) on :
 
New York by Ernest Rutherford
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld.

[Set in New York]
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
My Left Foot by Christy Brown
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Christy, by Catherine Marshall.
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Ten Rillington Place by Ludovic Kennedy

(The Christie murders)
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

(another famous address)
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
The garden party by Katherine Mansfield
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Savage Garden by Mark Mills
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
The Elliots of Damerosehay by Elizabeth Goudge
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Master of Ballantrae by Robert Louis Stevenson
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, and Simone Beck
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Julie and Julia, by Julie Powell.
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
A dance to the music of time by Anthony Powell
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
Reading Dance by Judith Mackrell
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Are you there, God? It's me, Margaret, by Judy Blume.
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
The bride by Margaret Irwin
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Never the Bride by Paul Magrs
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
Brideshead Revisited, The Sacred & Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder by Evelyn Waugh
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
The sacred and profane love machine by Iris Murdoch
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman by Angela Carter
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Christmas in Plains: Memories by Jimmy Carter
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
The twelve days of Christmas by Trisha Ashley
 

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Posted by agrgurich (# 5724) on :
 
Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Grinch who stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Thief of Time by Tony Hillerman
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
A Traveller in Time by Alison Uttley
 

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Posted by snowgoose (# 4394) on :
 
The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
A Wrinkle In Time, by Madeleine L'Engle.

("There *is* such a thing as a tesseract.")
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
A Stitch in Time by Penelope Lively.
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
The Subversive Stitch: Embroidery and the making of the feminine by Roszika Parker
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
The workwoman's guide by A Lady
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
How Music Works by David Byrne
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
I am David by Anne Holm
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier

(more children finding their way across Europe -- and incidentally another great lump-in-the-throat or two-hanky (depending on your temperament) ending)
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The land of Far-beyond by Enid Blyton

(children's Pilgrim's Progress, so another journey)
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
Beyond the Blue Mountains by Jean Plaidy
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
My Side Of The Mountain, by Jean Craighead George.

(Great kids' book about a boy who runs away to the mountains to see if he can live off the land.)
 

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Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
I bought a mountain by Thomas Firbank
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. LeGuin

(Ged crosses the Mountains of Death to...The Farthest Shore.)
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
On the Beach by Nevil Shute
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Trustee from the Toolroom - Nevil Shute
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
News from Nowhere by William Morris
 

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Posted by Cara (# 16966) on :
 
Erewhon by Samuel Butler
 

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Posted by no prophet (# 15560) on :
 
The Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks by Robertson Davies.

Purports to be an account of a pseudo-educated Toronto curmudgeon's discussions while dining with various types of people, with chapters named for the courses of an old fashioned formal meal. Highly silly and worth a chuckle, even if written about 60 years ago.
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Miss Marjoribanks by Margaret Oliphant

(it's pronounced 'Marchbanks')
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
The Perpetual Curate by Margaret Oliphant
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
The handmaid by Margaret Attwood
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
(The Handmaid's Tale?)

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
 

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Posted by Cara (# 16966) on :
 
Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi by Geoff Dyer
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Death and Taxes by Dorothy Parker
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady by Anita Loos

(Wit, wisdom, early 20th century prominent women, and one of the protagonists is a Dorothy)
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
The Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum

(The protagonist is yet another Dorothy)
 

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Posted by Cara (# 16966) on :
 
The Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
It has to be....

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling.
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
The stone book by Alan Garner
 

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Posted by Cara (# 16966) on :
 
the Weirdstone of Brisinghamen by Alan Garner
 

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Posted by agrgurich (# 5724) on :
 
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
The Moonstone Castle Mystery (Nancy Drew #40), by Carolyn Keene.
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
I capture the castle by Dodie Smith
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Enchanted Castle by E. Nesbitt
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Flight from the Enchanter by Iris Murdoch
 

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Posted by Cara (# 16966) on :
 
Night Flight (Vol de Nuit) by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
 

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Posted by pimple (# 10635) on :
 
Children of the Corn by Stephen King
 

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Posted by Cara (# 16966) on :
 
The Children's Crusade by Henry Treece
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
The Railway Children by Edith Nesbitt
 

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Posted by Cara (# 16966) on :
 
Five Children and It by E Nesbit
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
It By William Mayne
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
It Must've Been Something I Ate by Jeffrey Steingarten
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street, by Dr. Seuss.

(Title may be slightly off.)
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
On Green Dolphin Street by Sebastian Faulks
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
How Green was my Valley - Richard Llewellyn
 

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Posted by Cara (# 16966) on :
 
Green Dolphin Street by Elizabeth Goudge


(repetitive, I know, but she shouldn't be forgotten and Faulks shouldn't have stolen her title!)
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Dolphin Summer by Monica Edwards

(another children's writer who should not be forgotten)
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
I think in fact it was Green Dolphin Country by Elizabeth Goudge
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Summer of '42 by Herman Raucher
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
The Greengage Summer by Rumer Godden
 

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Posted by Cara (# 16966) on :
 
You are absolutely right, jacobsen. Green Dolphin Country by Elizabeth Goudge. They made a film of it called Green Dolphin Street in the US. Shame on me, a Goudge fan.
(Though haven't read her for years.)


Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright.
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank by Erma Bombeck
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
How green was my valley by Richard Llewellen
 

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Posted by Cara (# 16966) on :
 
The Valley of Song by Elizabeth Goudge (!)
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Song of Solomon, by that wise guy!
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope

[a retelling of the Ballad of Tam Lin, which is a song]
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Married Love by Marie Stopes
 

---

Posted by Cara (# 16966) on :
 
Love Story by Erich Segal
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
The art of loving by Erich Fromm
 

---

Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on :
 
And, the same book by Sun Tzu, The Art of War
 

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Posted by Cara (# 16966) on :
 
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
 

---

Posted by Garasu (# 17152) on :
 
Peace Weavers by Julia Jarman.
 

---

Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Peace Pilgrim, by her own self.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Way of the Peaceful Warrior - Dan Millman
 

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Posted by Cara (# 16966) on :
 
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
 

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Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on :
 
The Way Of The Pilgrim Anon.
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Howard's Way by E.M.Forster
 

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Posted by Graveyard Gypsy (# 16805) on :
 
The Silver Voices - John Howard
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The Silver Chair - C. S. Lewis
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Diamond Throne by David Eddings

[featuring another really fancy chair]
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Peacock Throne by Sujit Saraf
 

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Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on :
 
A Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Games People Play: The Basic Handbook of Transactional Analysis by Eric Berne
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Deception Point, by Dan Brown.

(Even if you loathe his religion-related works, you might like this: high-speed, political and scientific suspense--and not a religious thought in sight! Really fun, IMHO.)

ETA: games...deception.

[ 30. September 2012, 08:51: Message edited by: Golden Key ]
 

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Posted by Cara (# 16966) on :
 
Point Omega by Don DeLillo
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Delta Star by Joseph Wambaugh
(another Greek letter)
 

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Posted by Graveyard Gypsy (# 16805) on :
 
Turn Left At Orion - Guy Consolmagno
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
The stars look down by A.J.Cronin
 

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Posted by Cara (# 16966) on :
 
Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Angel Fire by Andrew Greeley
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Fire Watch by Connie Willis
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Night Watch by Sarah Waters
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett

a tale of the Night Watch of Anhk-Morpork
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
The Two Towers by JRR Tolkien

(The towers are the guardians of Mordor in Lord of the Rings.)
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Towers of Silence by Paul Scott
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
My Gracious Silence by Axel Erdmann
 

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Posted by agrgurich (# 5724) on :
 
My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier
 

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Posted by Garasu (# 17152) on :
 
My brother Michael, by Mary Stewart.
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
My Enemy, My Ally by Diane Duane
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
Allies (Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi) by Christie Golden
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
The Golden Bough by D.Frazer
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Sorry, that should be Sir James George Frazer.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The Golden Treasury - Francis Turner Palgrave
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Treasure of the Celtic Triangle by Michael Phillips
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Hare Sitting Up - Michael Innes
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
With a Bare Bodkin by Cyril Hare
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
The Hare with Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal
 

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Posted by ElaineC (# 12244) on :
 
Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor
 

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Posted by balaam (# 4543) on :
 
Death is Forever (Windsor Selections) by John Gardner
 

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Posted by Niminypiminy (# 15489) on :
 
[sorry, obvious I know, but...]

Diamonds are forever by Ian Fleming
 

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Posted by agrgurich (# 5724) on :
 
Treasutre Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
The Island of Adventure by Enid Blyton
 

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Posted by Cara (# 16966) on :
 
The Island of Dr Moreau by H.G.Wells
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
The Last Camel Died At Noon, by Elizabeth Peters.

(Part of the mystery series about Amelia Peabody, Victorian archaeologist, and her husband, Radcliffe.)
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
The Grass Widow's Tale by Ellis Peters
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Leaves of Grass - Walt Whitman
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
Grass by Sherri S. Tepper
 

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Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on :
 
Gunter Grass
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Title?
 

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Posted by QLib (# 43) on :
 
The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
The Crystal Tree, by Jennie Lindquist.

(Part of a favorite childhood series.)
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
The Shadow Matrix by Marian Zimmer Bradley

"Matrix" in this sf world is crystal that facilitates the use of psi abilities.
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
The Shadow of the Moon by M.M.Kaye
 

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Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
The Shadow Within by Jeanne Cavelos

[for some reason the US presidential elections always make me think of Babylon 5...]
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Within these walls of Brede by Rumer Godden
 

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Posted by Tubbs (# 440) on :