 | The Jesus Mysteries: Was The Original Jesus A Pagan God? by Timothy Freke
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £1.99 As I said to il Papa, a thought-provoking read. The accuracy of the classical research adds authenticity to a spell-binding conspiracy theory that makes Who killed JFK? look like Lee Harvey Oswald.
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 | The Calendar: The 5000-year Struggle to Align the Clock and the Heavens - and What Happened to the Missing Ten Days by David Ewing Duncan
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £0.01 A brief history of time measurement. Fascinating stuff!
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 | The Life of Thomas More by Peter Ackroyd
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £1.55 Peter Ackroyd explains why the man for all seasons was such a stubborn old git.
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 | A Choice of Poems and Songs by Robert Burns
Buy used from: £0.01 Positively the best selection of Burns' poetry in the history of the Universe. My copy's been all over the place - and now shows it.
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 | The Path of Truth by the Buddha
Buy new: £1.52 / Used from: £1.86 The Dhammapada in the most accessible translation of this core Buddhist text - rich, vibrant and relevant
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 | Sour Sweet (Aventura) by Timothy Mo
Buy used from: £0.01 Mo's second novel and my first introduction to his work: a springboard to explore his novels further.
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 | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Flamingo Modern Classics) by Hunter S. Thompson
Buy used from: £0.15 Go with the flow, man: AND, at least it puts Jack Kerouak back into his coma.
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| In Dubious Battle by John Steinbeck
Buy used from: £1.09 Steinbeck always left Hemingway getting ratted at a café; IDB is darkly political, in counterpoint to Grapes of Wrath
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 | Tristram Shandy (Wordsworth Classics) by Laurence Sterne
Buy new: £1.73 / Used from: £0.01 17th century Monty Python - par excellence!
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 | The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War (Twentieth Century Classics) by Jaroslav Hasek
Buy new: £40.87 / Used from: £4.95 Get into the rhythm of the translation, get psychotropicked and you, too, will love the good soldier.
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