 | Immediate Action by Andy McNab
Buy new: £6.45 / Used from: £0.01 Compliments Bravo Two Zero, very insightful view of McNab's eventful life
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 | Losing Nelson by Barry Unsworth
Buy new: £7.19 / Used from: £0.01 Surprisingly good read, learning about history but in an unusual way. excellent book.
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 | The Great and Secret Show by Clive Barker
Buy used from: £0.13 I am a big fan of Clive Barker, IMO this is his best work. Fantasy and horror, good work
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 | Nam: Vietnam War in the Words of the Men and Women Who Fought There (Abacus Books)
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 This is a great book, accounts from Vietnam Veterans, many horrific, some very funny, but all riveting
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 | Good Omens by Neil Gaiman
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 Great mix - Pratchetts humour, Gaiman's dark religeous fascination. An original take on the story of Revelation
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 | About a Boy
Exellent book, didn't like Fever Pitch, quite liked High Fidelity, but this is miles better than both. Genuinely funny. Good film too.
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 | Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
Buy new: £4.76 / Used from: £0.01 See this book got a few bad reviews, can't understand why, I thought it was vey well written, and very graphic and descriptive of how terrifying this war must have been
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 | Desperation by Stephen King
Buy used from: £0.01 This is a great horror book, can't decide whether this is my favourite Stephen King book, or the Stand, both superb so have put both on my list
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 | The Stand (The Complete and Uncut Edition) by Stephen King
Buy used from: £0.26 In retrospect I prefer this slightly to Desperation, really gripping book,
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 | Taken on Trust: An Autobiography by Terry Waite
Buy used from: £1.65 The best of the hostage books, surprising seeing as Terry Waite spent most of his captivity alone, howeve that is what makes it so good, hearing what he thought about during those years spent alone
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 | Addicted by Tony Adams
Buy used from: £0.01 The best sporting auto biography. Adams is completely honest. Made me view him with respect
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 | American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Buy new: £5.02 / Used from: £2.57 Was a big fan of Gaiman from reading his Sandman comics. Brings the same qualities to this novel, unique talent
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 | Gazza: My Story by Paul Gascoigne
Buy new: £6.68 / Used from: £0.01 This book is funny in place as you would expect from Gazza, however is far more of a tragedy as Paul surveys his tortured life, you get a strong sense of regret of wasted talent
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 | The Book Of Revelation by Rupert Thomson
Buy new: £5.31 / Used from: £0.01 very unusual book. describes the emotional turmoil resulting from a traumatic experience
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 | The Black Lights: Inside the World of Professional Boxing (Sweet Science: Boxing in Literature & History) by Thomas Hauser
Buy used from: £14.88 An excellent book for boxing fans, and non-boxing fans alike
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 | Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy
Buy new: £5.65 / Used from: £0.01 Very entertaining thriller. Third world war plot. Good uncomplicated entertainment
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 | American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £0.01 Explores the "I want it all now" attitude of the eighties. I found it amusing
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 | The Player of Games (The Culture) by Iain M. Banks
Buy new: £5.24 / Used from: £0.01 Bought this at an airport to take on holiday. enjoyed it more than I expected to, well worth a read
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 | Enduring Love: Now a major motion picture by Ian McEwan
Buy new: £4.97 / Used from: £0.17 Thought I'd list a book I hate. Hate the way this is written, and the characters. The film was awful too.
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