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Books I have read in 2009
Beyond the Last Oasis: Solo Walk in the Western Sahara (Oxford Paperbacks)Beyond the Last Oasis: Solo Walk in the Western Sahara (Oxford Paperbacks) by Ted Edwards
Buy used from: £0.60
The very essense of "where there's a will, there's a way"
The Magician's Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia)The Magician's Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia) by C. S. Lewis
Buy new: £4.48 / Used from: £0.01
The first book of one of the greatest sagas in Children's fiction
The Great Gatsby (Penguin Popular Classics)The Great Gatsby (Penguin Popular Classics) by F Scott Fitzgerald
Buy new: £2.16 / Used from: £0.01
An intelligent mystery full of subtle observation
In Xanadu: A Quest (Flamingo)In Xanadu: A Quest (Flamingo) by William Dalrymple
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £0.01
A fascinating journey in the footsteps of Marco Polo
The Sheltering Sky (Penguin Modern Classics)The Sheltering Sky (Penguin Modern Classics) by Paul Bowles
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £5.00
A compelling and sombre look at lives pushed to the brink
Men without Women (Arrow Classic)Men without Women (Arrow Classic) by Ernest Hemingway
Buy new: £4.27 / Used from: £0.01
Masterful short stories; Hemingway says more in one page than other authors do in a book.
Things Fall Apart (Penguin Modern Classics)Things Fall Apart (Penguin Modern Classics) by Chinua Achebe
Buy new: £5.40 / Used from: £2.13
I welcome all books that dispel the myth of a positive empire, especially literature as compelling and human as this book
Fight the Wild Island: A Solo Walk Across IcelandFight the Wild Island: A Solo Walk Across Iceland by Ted Edwards
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An author who makes you realise you can do what you want, you don't need to be "special"
The Unbearable Lightness of BeingThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Buy used from: £0.71
A book to get you thinking about all sorts of relationships you have had or are having.
The River at the Centre of the World: A Journey Up the Yangtze, and Back in Chinese TimeThe River at the Centre of the World: A Journey Up the Yangtze, and Back in Chinese Time by Simon Winchester
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £0.01
An interesting idea and pleasant enough book; I feel, however, that is fell short of the premise it grandly sets up.