 | Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake by Stan Redding
Buy new: £5.18 / Used from: £0.01 I read this in one sitting, what this fella did was outrageous, especially when you consider his age.
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 | Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
Buy used from: £3.72 A vivid description of an amazing journey of survival.
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 | Great Expectations (Oxford World's Classics) by Charles Dickens
Buy used from: £0.01 Dickens at his best.
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 | The Count of Monte Cristo (Penguin Classics) by Alexandre Dumas
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £2.72 Great story, Everybody should read this.
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 | The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Buy used from: £0.01 Some of the funniest writing you will ever read. I've lost count of the times I have read this.
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 | Animal Farm: A Fairy Story (Penguin Modern Classics) by George Orwell
Buy new: £5.30 / Used from: £1.15 Simple effective satire which can be read by young and old. One of the greatest novels ever.
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 | True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
Buy new: £5.38 / Used from: £0.01 Lucid account of the life of Ned Kelly, I found this unputdownable.
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 | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (Flamingo Modern Classics) by Robert Tressell
Buy used from: £1.00 An important novel describing the origins of socialism in Edwardian Britain.
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 | The Way of Wyrd: Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer by Brian Bates
Buy used from: £1.44 Interesting tale set at the time of the end of paganism and the beginnings of christianity in Anglo-Saxon England.
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 | One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Signet Classics) by Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenietisyn
Buy used from: £0.01 This sort of stuff still goes on in this 'Modern' world
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 | Nausea (Twentieth Century Classics) by Jean-Paul Sartre
Buy used from: £0.41 Full of insights into the nature of existence. A life changing book.
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 | The Grass Arena: An Autobiography by John Healy
Buy used from: £1.65 Well written account of life as an alcoholic on the streets of north London. Currently out of print for some strange reason.
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 | Stupid White Men: ...and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation by Michael Moore
Buy used from: £0.01 Worth reading for the first chapter alone.
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 | Fast Food Nation: What the All-American Meal is Doing to the World by Eric Schlosser
Buy new: £5.69 / Used from: £0.01 Macdonalds exposed, could even make you turn vegetarian.
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 | Nathaniel's Nutmeg: How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History by Giles Milton
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 Entertaining account of the spice trade.
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 | The Lord of the Rings (3 Book Box set) by J.R.R. Tolkien
Buy new: £13.00 / Used from: £11.99 Required reading for anybody who knows how to use their imagination.
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 | A Mad World, My Masters: Tales from a Traveller's Life by John Simpson
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £0.01 An engaging read. Lots of interesting stories.
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 | The Autobiography of Henry VIII by Margaret George
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £0.01 Highy entertaining novel written as autobiography.
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 | Bertrand Russell's Best by Bertrand Russell
Buy new: £13.99 / Used from: £1.26 Sometimes quite humourous collection of philosophical snippets for use at the dinner table and often quite thought provoking
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 | Robinson Crusoe (Penguin Classics) by Daniel Defoe
Buy new: £4.05 / Used from: £1.71 The first great English adventure story, still very readable.
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 | The English: A Portrait of a People by Jeremy Paxman
Buy used from: £0.01 Interesting and scholarly book, One to dip into at bedtime.
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 | The Justification of Johann Gutenberg by Blake Morrison
Buy used from: £0.01 If you have the slightest interest in Gutenberg read this, he will come alive.
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 | 1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Buy used from: £1.75 Timeless classic, If you have not read it. READ IT NOW
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 | The Gormenghast Novels: Titus Groan / Gormenghast / Titus Alone by Mervyn Laurence Peake
Buy used from: £13.25 Dickens on drugs
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 | Philosophy: The Classics by Nigel Warburton
Buy used from: £10.08 Everything you need to know about 'Philosophy' in one book. Covers all the major literary works and is very accessible.
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