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On hearing a song from his college years, Toru Watanabe, remembers the girl that he first loved, Naoko. She was his best frie...
Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin
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2013
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This is an impartial, true life story, about the cold blooded murder of a rural farming family in Kansas. The Clutter family ...
In Cold Blood - Truman Capote
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2013
08
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This naval thriller has a slightly unbelievable plot, where France has been approached by a prince from Saudi Arabia who has ...
Hunter Killer - Patrick Robinson
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2013
05
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Not something that I would ever consider pick up, and was read as part of a book club read. It is set in the upper echelons o...
The Age of Innocence - Edith Wharton, Stuart Hutchinson
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2013
04
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Maps can be a source of wonder to those that like to explore the world, or bring a sense of bewilderment to those that are di...
On The Map: Why the world looks the way it does - Simon Garfield
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This is a great little book, full of evocative and detailed photos of all types of camper vans and motorhomes, door-mobiles a...
My Cool Campervan: An Inspirational Guide to Retro-Style Campervans - Jane Field-Lewis, Chris Haddon, Tina Hillier
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2013
01
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A collection of errors, mistakes and foul ups that humanity has managed to achieve. There were some funny bits, but not many,...
Philip Ardagh's Book of Howlers, Blunders and Random Mistakery - Philip Ardagh
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2013
23
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Will Schwalbe has managed to write a book that not only commemorates his late mothers life, but celebrates it as well. Follow...
The End of Your Life Book Club - Will Schwalbe
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2013
21
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Finding the latitude in the 17th century was straightforward, but finding the longitude was extremely difficult. This comprom...
Longitude - Dava Sobel
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