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John Grant
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born
January 01, 1949
in Aberdeen, The United Kingdom
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Published today (i.e., Monday 29th, which is still about half an hour away as I type) is my new book, this one my first original ebook; it's being released by Infinity Plus Ebooks, who've done a few recent reissues of mine.
This time the book concerned is called Warm Words & Otherwise: A Blizzard of Book Reviews; it's over 150,000 words long and costs a mere $1.99 in the US or £1.44 in the U... read more »
This time the book concerned is called Warm Words & Otherwise: A Blizzard of Book Reviews; it's over 150,000 words long and costs a mere $1.99 in the US or £1.44 in the U... read more »
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Discarded Science: Ideas That Seemed Good at the Time...
   3.70 avg rating — 70 ratings
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2006
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2 editions
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Corrupted Science: Fraud, Ideology and Politics in Science
3.84 avg rating — 49 ratings
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2007
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The Deathlord of Ixia (Lone Wolf, #17)
by John Grant (Goodreads Author), Joe Dever 3.73 avg rating — 40 ratings
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published
1992
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3 editions
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Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's Animated Characters from Mickey Mouse to Aladdin
by John Grant (Goodreads Author), Walt Disney Company  4.35 avg rating — 34 ratings
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4 editions
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The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
by John Grant (Goodreads Author), John Clute 4.30 avg rating — 20 ratings
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1997
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Bogus Science: Or, Some People Really Believe These Things
3.89 avg rating — 18 ratings
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2009
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Denying Science: Conspiracy Theories, Media Distortions, and the War Against Reality
3.53 avg rating — 19 ratings
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2011
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The Tides of Treachery (Joe Dever's Legends of Lone Wolf, #3*)
by John Grant (Goodreads Author), Joe Dever 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings
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1991
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An introduction to Viking mythology
4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings
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published
1990
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6 editions
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Enchanted World: The Art of Anne Sudworth
4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings
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published
2003
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A Novel Bookstore is the ninth novel by French writer Laurence Cossé (the translaltion is by Alison Anderson); one of the launch titles for the UK imprint of Europa Editions; and a celebration of literature. Ivan Georg is a bookseller who has reac...
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