![]() | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (International Writers) by Patrick Suskind
Buy new: £4.45 / Used from: £0.01 A wonderfully original and clever book, truly one of a kind that will stay with you forever. A unique accomplishment, superlatives do not do it justice.
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![]() | Wonderland Avenue: Tales of Glamour and Excess (Abacus Books) by Danny Sugerman
Buy new: £7.67 / Used from: £0.49 Very funny and totally gripping from the first paragraph onwards, it's written in a very comfortable almost conversational style, an excellent book.
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![]() | 1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Buy used from: £3.07 Very dark, very disturbing and sadly coming very true. If you thought Big Brother was just a figment of Orwell's imagination, read this and think again.
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![]() | Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Buy used from: £0.01 A hugely enjoyable book, simply beautifully written and very touching.
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![]() | All in the Mind: Farewell to God by Ludovic Kennedy
Buy used from: £64.14 Ludovic Kennedy's views on God and atheism - marvellous.
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![]() | Chickenhawk by Robert Mason
Buy new: £5.45 / Used from: £0.01 A hugely interesting account of a young chopper pilot's Vietnam war experiences.
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![]() | Fermat's Last Theorem: The story of a riddle that confounded the world's greatest minds for 358 years by Simon Singh
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £1.43 Riveting, a centuries old problem finally cracked by a man obsessed. Simon Singh's narrative is utterly compelling and the book almost reads like a crime thriller.
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![]() | Snowblind: A Brief Career in the Cocaine Trade ("Rebel Inc." Classics) by Robert Sabbag
Buy used from: £0.85 A fantastic book, read how Robert Sabaag became a coke king and managed to retire without ever getting caught. Enormously entertaining from start to finish.
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![]() | Trilobite! Eyewitness to Evolution by Richard Fortey
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £2.18 A wonderfully written book about some of the earliest life that appeared on our planet, Richard Fortey's account of these mystical creatures is utterly engrossing and hugely informative.
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![]() | The Map That Changed the World: A Tale of Rocks, Ruin and Redemption by Simon Winchester
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 An amazing account of the father of modern geology, William Smith, who single-handedly mapped Great Britain geologically, overcoming great adversity. A marvellous book.
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![]() | The Lost King of France: Revolution, Revenge and the Search for Louis XVII by Deborah Cadbury
Buy used from: £0.30 Completely and utterly compelling, a very sad and beautiful book
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![]() | The Gospel According to Jesus Christ (Panther) by Jose Saramago
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £3.00 Truly a great book, winner of the 1998 Nobel Literature prize, just wonderfully written.
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![]() | Science: A History 1543-2001 by John Gribbin
Buy used from: £6.62 A masterpiece and a must-have for anyone seriously interested in scientific history. Extensive and far reaching in scope and depth, an amazing book.
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![]() | The Language of the Genes by Steve Jones
Buy new: £5.47 / Used from: £1.23 Steve Jones is almost unequalled in the ability to make complicated science accessible to all, a fantastic book in every sense.
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![]() | The Magic Furnace by Marcus Chown
Buy new: £6.97 / Used from: £2.61 Want to know why you're made of star-stuff ? Read this excellent book by a very accomplished author.
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![]() | Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder (Penguin Press Science) by Richard Dawkins
Buy used from: £1.67 The master of evolutionary biology examines why people are gullible and prone to superstition.
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![]() | Pity the Nation: Lebanon at War by Robert Fisk
Buy new: £8.37 / Used from: £3.99 Mesmerising, appalling and tragic, if you want to know the real root cause of 9-11 and terrorism then read this simply awesome book by an unrivalled journalist.
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![]() | Life On Air by David Attenborough
Buy used from: £0.01 A wonderful book by a wonderful man, Attenborough is a living legend and this book made me realise the astonishing depth of his experience and knowledge, masterful.
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![]() | Mendeleyev's Dream: The Quest for the Elements by Paul Strathern
Buy used from: £9.00 Everyone remembers the periodic table from school but this book will open your eyes to the astounding impact it's discovery had on modern chemistry, a brilliant book.
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![]() | The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Picador) by Oliver Sacks
Buy new: £5.37 / Used from: £0.96 Oliver Sacks is hugely talented and manages to explain through anecdotes very complicated neurological failures and diseases, highly recommended.
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