 | Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £0.01 Makes many historical novels seem simple minded. Gripping.
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 | The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £0.03 An exhilarating examination of faith and the difficulties of communication. But more importantly one of the most enjoyable books I have ever read.
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 | Children of God (Black Swan original) by Mary Doria Russell
Buy used from: £1.93 The sequel. Worth reading for itself. Banal people like me will wish forever she had written a trilogy.
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 | Bear v.Shark by Chris Bachelder
Buy new: £9.99 / Used from: £0.01 A satire on the inanity of the media.
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 | Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Buy new: £4.77 / Used from: £0.01 You SHOULD read The Remains of the Day, but don't ignore this. Even if you know the dystopian background Ishiguro's first person narration carries you through to the haunting end.
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 | To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
Buy new: £4.82 / Used from: £0.58 A science fiction romance and a hundred times better than that phrase will ever convey.
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 | Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Buy used from: £0.43 Set in the same time travelling world as the above. A time traveller tries to help a family stricken by plague as a modern plague delays her return. Powerful.
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 | Impossible Things by Connie Willis
Buy new: £5.28 / Used from: £1.51 A collection of her short stories. Even the Queen made my Sci Fi hating friend laugh out loud.
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 | The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
Buy new: £8.09 / Used from: £2.50 The story of Lily Bart, doomed by expectations, hypocrisy, prejudice and her own conscience.
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 | Mobius Dick by Andrew Crumey
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £0.01 Quantum physics. Literary criticism. Yes! I'm not sure I understood it. But I would recommend it.
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![The Spanish Prisoner [DVD] [1998]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51AW6VJCYKL._SL75_.jpg) | The Spanish Prisoner [DVD] [1998]
Buy used from: £14.50 A twist in the tale film that you can watch again. Despite being able to mouth huge chunks of dialogue I never tire of this.
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![Top Secret [DVD] [1984]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51G1YAM9TBL._SL75_.jpg) | Top Secret [DVD] [1984]
Buy new: £2.98 / Used from: £1.41 Less well known but better than Police Squad. The hero battles Nazis in East Germany aided by the French Resistance and some lovely parody songs. Val Kilmer was funny before Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.
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 | The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £3.98 Yes it is as good as you remember it.
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 | Ken Burns Jazz Collection: The Definitive Sidney Bechet by Sidney Bechet
Buy new: £6.98 Some seems merely quaint now, but Love for Sale at the end is worth it by itself. Play it for a friend. If they don't like it, then they are a replicant.
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![Invasion Of The Body Snatchers [DVD] [1978]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/419T1BA7P2L._SL75_.jpg) | Invasion Of The Body Snatchers [DVD] [1978]
Buy new: £4.48 / Used from: £2.31 Which brings us to this remake, which loses nothing in comparison to the original.
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 | Molesworth (Penguin Modern Classics) by Geoffrey Willans
Buy new: £7.12 / Used from: £2.34 As timeless as a satire on 1950s English public skool life can get. Funnier than P. G. Wodehouse.
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![Glengarry Glen Ross [DVD] [1992]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VG797A4BL._SL75_.jpg) | Glengarry Glen Ross [DVD] [1992]
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £2.00 So testosterone filled it never asks for directions and can only cook chilli. Brilliant acting.
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 | Blue by Joni Mitchell
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £1.89 Nearly every female singer-songwriter's new CD is compared to this. Nothing compares. Beautiful.
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 | Springtime by Freakwater
Buy used from: £5.99 'Lorraine' is an unknown treasure. Weary, uplifting, powerful.
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 | Fire at Keaton's Bar and Grill by Roy Nathanson
Buy used from: £1.12 Fascinating jazz, funk, soul, rock concept album.
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![The League Of Gentlemen - Special Edition [1960] [DVD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Y9Fo3X%2BLL._SL75_.jpg) | The League Of Gentlemen - Special Edition [1960] [DVD]
Buy new: £6.88 Jack Hawkins persuades a set of down on their luck, disgraced, former soldiers to use their skills in robbing a bank. Wondeful comic heist film.
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