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Mary & The Wrongs of Woman (2 in 1)
Gazelle-Boy: Beautiful, Astonishing and True - A Wild Boy's Life in the Sahara
The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories
Of Love and Other Demons
Wuthering Heights
Family
Clever, well researched and well written.I could not get enough.this is historical fiction at its best.If you enjoyed the sicilian and the godfather then you have to read the family
Dreamcatcher
Stephen Kings characters are real, complex and full of depth. This book adds a different twist to a typical alien parasite story.I could not put it down.
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I'm Not Scared
This book is like riding on a rickety bicycle without brakes down a very very steep hill. It's short, fast-paced, gripping and scary. You really are not sure where you're going to end up. It is short (just around 200 pages) so you could read it in a sitting or two. The description of the idyllic wheat-growing farmlands of Italy is beautiful and the effect of the simple style that the author employs is unbelievably chilling. This book will bring back childhood memories like your first kiss, your first betrayal, bullying etc. It certainly lead me to a long walk down memory lane but unfortunately (as expected), very few of the memories invoked were pleasant ones. It's just like that ride on the rickety old brake-less bicycle. You could end up with a triumphant skid, or in a thorny bush or even in the windscreen of a truck. It's one of those books, so don't expect a soft landing.
Hannibal (Wordsworth Military Library)
Ernie Bradford manages to show the human side of one of history's greatest generals as well as a concise account of his major battles.I loved the beginning and the ending even more.
 - Ernle Dusgate Selby Bradford)
The Rule of Four
I bought this book after reading the rave reviews that it recieved and I was disappointed. One review compared it in part to Donna Tartt's The Secret History whilst another compared it to Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose which led me to wonder if these critics had even read these books. This book tries to be a puzzle, thriller, murder mystery and a coming of age novel. It fails in all these aspects except perhaps the puzzle aspect which is just about enough to get you through it if you have absolutely nothing else to do.
Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower
This book is shorter more concise version of Killing Hope which makes it more readable.Will shatter the 'good guy' myth if you read it. As shocking as it reads, most of it seems to be backed up by government references.
How to Have a Beautiful Mind
Judging from the title, one thinks that this book is an aid to social conversation, unfortuntely it is not. However it helps with regards to discussing topics in general. It has a few good tips, but alot of it is a repetition of segments of De Bono's other books. One also gets the feeling that many of the examples are a generation too old.
