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The Forbidden Land
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Larissa Volokhonsky, Richard Pevear, Leo Tolstoy
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Shanghai Girls: A Novel
May and Pearl are sisters living comfortably in decadent 1930's Shanghai and working as models. When the Japanese attack, th...
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The Twelve (Book Two of The Passage Trilogy): A Novel
I received this book as a Christmas present and started reading it without really knowing what it was about, apart from a vag...
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What on Earth is Going On?: A Crash Course in Current Affairs
The subtitle of this book is 'A Crash Course in Current Affairs', and it pretty much does what it says on the tin. It's divi...
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Shakespeare (The Illustrated and Updated Edition)
I mainly picked up this book because I love Bill Bryson, and will read anything he writes. I also loved Shakespeare back whe...
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Tiger, Tiger: A Memoir
The back of this memoir states that it is a book about a relationship between a fifty-one year old man and a seven year old g...
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God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
Before I share my thoughts on this book, I should probably explain the viewpoint I read it from. When I said in the introduc...
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Villette (Modern Library Classics)
Have you ever had one of those days where everything goes wrong? For Lucy Snowe, the narrator of Villette, her entire life i...
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City of Sin: London and Its Vices
City of Sin is an examination of the oldest business in the world: prostitution. From brothels to Roman bath houses to moder...
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The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe
Godwin was born and raised in Africa and practised as a human rights lawyer in Zimbabwe before becoming a foreign news corres...
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Growing Up Amish: A Memoir
This biography tells the story of Wagler's Amish upbringing and his struggle between the comfort of his traditional life on o...
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Jerusalem Maiden: A Novel
I recently read an ARC copy of Jerusalem Maiden. It tells the story of Esther, born into a very Orthodox Jewish community in...
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Kraken: The Curious, Exciting, and Slightly Disturbing Science of Squid
I received this copy of Kraken through the publishers Abrams Books at NetGalley. It tells the under-rated story of squid (an...
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Lily of the Nile
Lily Of The Nile is part one in a series of books about the life of Cleopatra's daughter Selene. Born and raised in Alexandr...
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Miss Timmins' School for Girls: A Novel
India, 1974. Miss Timmins' School for Girls is a throwback from the British colonial days; now Indian parents send their chi...
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The Ninth Wife: A Novel
Bess Gray is a thirty-five year old folklorist who wants to settle down but can't find the right man. At a singles party she...
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