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Love Letters of Great Men

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Review: Yes yes yes sum's this book up for me. I love books which give you that "feel good factor" Love and romance turned into beautiful poems. Worth reading and getting that lovely feeling time and time again ladies!!....

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Shakespeare: The World as a Stage (Eminent Lives)

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Review: Bryson on top form in this brief "bio" of the Bard. The book illustrates for the uninitiated (like me) what a dearth of knowledge there actually IS about Shakespeare but still paints a vivid picture of the man and, especially, his times. Entertaining from the off a....

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Nella Last's War: The Second World War Diaries of 'Housewife 49'

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Review: I write this in late 2008 as the global financial system goes into meltdown and the credit crunch is really biting into our individual pockets. What Nella Last would make of our sickeningly materialistic, wasteful, 'spend spend spend' times I cannot imagine! On a ....

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"Gavin and Stacey": From Barry to Billericay

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Review: Gavin and Stacey has been something of a little phenomenon, winning awards aplenty and appealing to a wide cross-section of ages. Its success lies in creating a skewed but completely believable world populated by eccentric but lovable characters. Its essential swee....

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Little Dorrit (Wordsworth Classics)

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Review: The book is delightful and I enjoyed it immensely, the only downside of this paperback edition being that pages fall out as you turn them over and read them (only a problem if you drop them, which I did!). But what can you expect for £1.99? It gives a very intere....

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1000 Unforgettable Senior Moments

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Review: Funny and smart. A superb job capturing the quirkiness of human beings. The prefect gift for those moments needing a light touch.....

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The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters

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Review: I am really interested in the Mitford Sisters so I have been really looking forward to getting this book. It was much bigger than I expected but was very enjoyable. I admit that I got a bit bored with all the footnotes and about half-way through just started to ign....

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The Works: The Classic Collection: The Works - The Classic Collection

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Review: I remember watching Pam on Opportunity Knocks when I was 11 and I loved her poems then, this is the 1st book I've bought of hers and I'm so glad I did, It's so hillarious, when trying to read out a poem to my mum I had to keep stopping as I was doubled up with laug....

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Each Peach Pear Plum (Viking Kestrel picture books)

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Description: "Each Peach Pear Plum. I spy Tom Thumb!" In this engaging, interactive book for the very young, familiar nursery-rhyme characters such as Mother Hubbard and Baby Bunting sneak their way into the gentle drawings. Even young children who might not know all the fair....

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Screen Burn

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Review: I like Charlie Brooker. Charlie Brooker is a very funny man and his column in the Guardian is very funny too. Unfortunately if you can't remember most of the T.V. programmes he turns his ire on, then you're likely to be a bit lost as to why they deserve his anger. ....

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