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• Book Review: The Drowning House

  

  268 pages | Publisher: Doubleday | Published: 1/13“…the past wasn’t always nice.” He paused. “But isn’t that what we all do? Rework our history? Most of us... Read more

  The 12 September 2013 by   Anovelsource
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• Review: The Mysterious Death of Miss Jane Austen by Lindsay Ashford

  

  Description (from cover): 'Where would I begin to explain it all...?' Twenty-six years have passed since the death of Jane Austen. Read more

  The 11 September 2013 by   Girllostinabook
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• Book Review: Mr Shivers by Robert Jackson Bennett

  

  GENERAL INFORMATIONTITLE: MR SHIVERSAUTHOR: ROBERT JACKSON BENNETTPAGES: 327PUBLISHER: ORBIT BOOKSYEAR: 2010GENRE: HORROR FICTIONCOVER TYPE: PAPER... Read more

  The 10 September 2013 by   Pamelascott
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• Mary, Queen of Scots -Portrait of the Week

  

  Mary Queen of Scots, Clouet, c1558. Photo: Bibliotheque nationale de France. On this day in 1543, the nine month old Mary Stuart was crowned Queen of Scotland i... Read more

  The 09 September 2013 by   Mmeguillotine
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• The Love-charm of Bombs: Restless Lives in the Second World War

  

  For the past couple of years, I have been fascinated by the events of WW2, and have found myself drawn again and again to novels written during or about this... Read more

  The 09 September 2013 by   Drharrietd
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• Jane Austen: Mansfield Park (1814)

  

  I’m nearing the end of my Austen journey. Now that I have read Mansfield Park, I’ve only got Persuasion and her short fiction left. I was surprised to like... Read more

  The 08 September 2013 by   Caroline
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• Life After Life – Kate Atkinson

  

  What’s it all about?:On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born, the third child of a wealthy English banker and his wife. Sadly, she dies before sh... Read more

  The 05 September 2013 by   Bibliobeth
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• Another New Release: Nadifa Mohamed's "The Orchard of Lost Souls"

  

  ... and there's more!!!! So this one's already out - was released August 15th - but it's still a new release. This time it's The Orchard of Lost Souls by... Read more

  The 04 September 2013 by   Bookshy
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• Book Review: the Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman

  

  GENERAL INFORMATIONTITLE: THE GOOD MAN JESUS AND THE SCOUNDREL CHRISTAUTHOR: PHILIP PULLMANPAGES: 245PUBLISHER: CANONGATEYEAR: 2010GENRE: GENERAL FICTIONCOVER... Read more

  The 04 September 2013 by   Pamelascott
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• Ivory Doghouse

  

  Some months ago I wrote a post about a book I had not yet read. In the Basement of the Ivory Tower: The Truth about College, by Professor X both entertains and... Read more

  The 30 August 2013 by   Steveawiggins
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