 | For Those I Loved by Martin Gray
Buy used from: £0.01 A tragic and epic life, borne with incredible resilience. An inspiration
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 | Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
Buy new: £4.90 / Used from: £0.53 Another tragic author, victim of the Nazis who wrote with great elegance
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 | Borstal Boy (Arena Books) by Brendan Behan
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £1.15 An Irish rebel in an English borstal.A personal history overflowing with humour and generosity
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 | A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: The Life of William Dampier by Diana Preston
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £4.36 A little known adventurer who sailed round the world 3 times and wrote it all down in beautiful style.
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 | The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
Buy new: £4.39 / Used from: £3.44 Our best scientist-philosopher confronts the God question with his usual disarming sincerity.
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 | Pompeii by Robert Harris
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £0.01 A historical novel with convincing details. A gem.
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 | After You'd Gone by Maggie O'Farrell
Buy new: £1.20 / Used from: £0.01 A heart-rending story of loss told with brio.Nothing she has written since compares to this.
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 | Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
Buy new: £5.59 / Used from: £0.01 Faulkes takes us into the trenches of Flanders and even underground to confront us with the horror of WW1
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 | Sophie's Choice (Vintage Classics) by William Styron
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £3.65 Styron for me was the best of the american post-war writers. This book shows all his exceptional talent
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 | The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle
Buy new: £6.29 / Used from: £2.90 A lucid description of a westerner's spiritual enlightenment.His peace of soul flows from the pages.No God here!
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