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Books I've read this year
Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape TownDark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town by Paul Theroux
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Great start to year. A stunning travel book, the author roughs it and gets the real view of a continent that is on the edge. Aid agencies receive a slating
McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery in IrelandMcCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery in Ireland by Pete McCarthy
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £0.01
Good follow up, about my home country. Certainly recognise a lot of the characters, Irish and non Irish
Dead AirDead Air by Iain Banks
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Disappointing book, dull with foreshawdowing violence that for a change doesn't materialise, from the man who brought out Crow Road, Complicity and Espedair Street,
A Star Called Henry: The Last Roundup, 1A Star Called Henry: The Last Roundup, 1 by Roddy Doyle
Buy new: £5.09 / Used from: £0.01
The story of the birth of Ireland, told through the eyes of a paritcpant, carrying a huge socialist slant. Revealing in that the new masters are no different from the old
SaharaSahara by Michael Palin
Buy new: £13.49 / Used from: £0.01
Standerd Fair for Palin, the majesty of 80 days and pole to pole is not present. PErspective of armchair,middle class traveler. Contrast with Theorus stark
Kurt Cobain: The JournalsKurt Cobain: The Journals by Kurt Cobain
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Rip off book, never finshed. wonder if i could sell my notebooks?
Stupid White Men: ...and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the NationStupid White Men: ...and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation by Michael Moore
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Good, but not as good as the hype. Perhaps too simplistic. Buy anoither of his books, maybe not.
Shakey: Neil Young's BiographyShakey: Neil Young's Biography by Jimmy McDonough
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £2.93
Read it as fan of NY, howver encyclodieas make better reads. 4 hr bus journey helped me throguh it
Man and BoyMan and Boy by Tony Parsons
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One for My BabyOne for My Baby by Tony Parsons
Buy new: £5.56 / Used from: £0.01
Artemis Fowl: The Eternity CodeArtemis Fowl: The Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer
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Rich Dad, Poor DadRich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki
Buy new: £5.60 / Used from: £1.94
7 Habits of Highly Effective People7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
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Man and WifeMan and Wife by Tony Parsons
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MOTTO stay married
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5)Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5) by J.K. Rowling
Buy new: £12.08 / Used from: £0.01
First third slow and poor, next two thrids brilliant. Rowling needs a strnger editor
Phineas Finn (Penguin Trollope)Phineas Finn (Penguin Trollope) by Anthony Trollope
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stole this from my fathers book shelf. To me the surprose of the year. read it while moving to france, great to swithc off with. Loved it
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (Wordsworth Classics)Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (Wordsworth Classics) by Mark Twain
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rereading of school boy clasics. Huck Finn the better
The Catcher in the RyeThe Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
Buy new: £4.90 / Used from: £1.89
Catch-22Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Buy new: £5.42 / Used from: £2.00
Uncommon Sense for Parents with TeenagersUncommon Sense for Parents with Teenagers by Michael Riera
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Some good ideas, my 12 year old is going to be trouble!!