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Strangerover 2006 reading list
Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads to AnotherCritical Mass: How One Thing Leads to Another by Philip Ball
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £1.23
Deep analysis of the workings (and failings) of modern society
Garden Design: Philosophy and Design 2000 BC-2000 ADGarden Design: Philosophy and Design 2000 BC-2000 AD by Tom Turner
Buy new: £24.19 / Used from: £22.97
Comprehensive history and origins of gardens
Games People Play: The Psychology of Human RelationshipsGames People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships by Eric Berne
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £5.00
A little dated since published, but fine insight into the dynamics between people
Living with Crohn's diseaseLiving with Crohn's disease by John Rhodes
Useful and practical book for people with chronic intestinal problems
Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to EarthMoondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth by Andrew Smith
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whether you believe or not, a fascinating pursuit of the Apollo astronauts
Cloud AtlasCloud Atlas by David Mitchell
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Multiple overlapping tales, intriguing in their own right and compelling
Under the Glacier (Vintage International Original)Under the Glacier (Vintage International Original) by Halldor Laxness
Buy new: £6.22 / Used from: £6.22
Dry humour, observational, captures the spirit of the characters...
Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now: My Difficult Student 80sHeaven Knows I'm Miserable Now: My Difficult Student 80s by Andrew Collins
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Essential for anyone who grew up (or perhaps didn't...) during the 80s
Blood and Iron: A Novel of the Promethean Age (The Promethean Age)Blood and Iron: A Novel of the Promethean Age (The Promethean Age) by Elizabeth Bear
Buy new: £8.78 / Used from: £0.14
An escape into the world of faerie, but no simple fairy-tale with a Tam Lin theme...
Uriel's Machine: The Ancient Origins of ScienceUriel's Machine: The Ancient Origins of Science by Christopher Knight
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Some interesting points and avenues for further research
I Married an EarthlingI Married an Earthling by Alvin Orloff
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Quircky
Prehistoric Cheshire (Landmark Collector's Library)Prehistoric Cheshire (Landmark Collector's Library) by V. Morgan
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well researched with handy information
Snow CrashSnow Crash by Neal Stephenson
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fast read, quite good
Tam LinTam Lin by Pamela Dean
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Another Tam Lin inspired story...
Prehistoric Astronomy and Ritual (Shire Archaeology)Prehistoric Astronomy and Ritual (Shire Archaeology) by Aubrey Burl
Buy used from: £4.43
excellent Shire album by a respected author
The Keys to Avalon: The Compelling Journey to the Real Kingdom of ArthurThe Keys to Avalon: The Compelling Journey to the Real Kingdom of Arthur by Steve Blake
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Compelling case to set the geography of Arthurian legend in North Wales
An Earthly KnightAn Earthly Knight by Janet Elizabeth McNaughton
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Easy going story based on the Ballad of Tam Lin
The Perilous GardThe Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope
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Tam Lin style tale set in what seems like Peveril Castle...