 | The Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh
Buy new: £5.69 / Used from: £0.01 Sad and evocative, a quiet book about the ultimate uselessness of war, from a Vietnamese perspective.
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 | To the Island: An Autobiography (Paladin Books) by Janet Frame
Buy used from: £0.01 In my opinion New Zealand's greatest writer, the chapter after her sister's death is so powerful and moving, but not once does she write about it directly.
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 | A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Buy used from: £0.71 How can a book be uplifting and heartbreaking, but in the end just very sad and unfair!!!
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 | Into Thin Air: Personal Account of the Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer
Buy new: £5.36 / Used from: £0.01 Great story, and sadly not fiction, although what happened was a tragedy, it was utter stupidity and ego to blame not Everest!
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 | Foreign Correspondence by Geraldine Brooks
Buy new: £6.41 / Used from: £3.35 An Australian woman who as an adult gets to meet her penpals she wrote to as a child.
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 | The Moonstone (Penguin Classics) by Wilkie Collins
Buy new: £5.41 / Used from: £0.56 A great detective story from another era.
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 | From the Holy Mountain: A Journey in the Shadow of Byzantium by William Dalrymple
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £3.80 Travel book with interesting insights into the Middle East situation.
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 | The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera
Buy used from: £2.15 A lovely story, and watch the movie after you have read the book.
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 | My Family and Other Animals (Essential Penguin) by Gerald Durrell
Buy new: £5.46 / Used from: £0.01 Oh to have had a childhood like his!!!
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 | The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Buy new: £4.55 / Used from: £0.01 There are now 6 books in the series, just a good, easy read, and for once something positive about Africa!
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 | Borrowed Finery by Paula Fox
Buy new: £6.29 / Used from: £0.01 Memoir of a mixed up childhood...oh what people do to their children!!!
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 | Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia by Chris Stewart
Buy used from: £0.01 Entertaining story of setting up life in a rugged area of Spain, much better than similar books set in Provence et al!
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 | To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Buy new: £4.30 / Used from: £1.22 One of the greatest stories ever written, and the movie was pretty good as well!
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 | The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Buy used from: £0.01 Much better than the movie.
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 | Book Book by Fiona Farrell
Buy used from: £12.94 Any lover of books will relate to this tale, can you remember the significant events in your life and what book you were reading at the time?
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