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  <title><![CDATA[Going Solo]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;center&gt;Superb Stories, Daring Deeds, Fantastic Adventures&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Here is the action-packed sequel to &lt;i&gt;Boy&lt;/i&gt;, a tale of Dahl's exploits as a World War II pilot. Told with the same irresistible appeal that has made Roald Dahl one the world's best-loved writers, &lt;i&gt;Going Solo&lt;/i&gt; brings you directly into the action and into the mind of this fascinating man.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1988</original_publication_year>
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Apr 02 08:17:34 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[2). I'm giving this book 5 stars without having actually read but ya know what it's my review so I can do whatever I want (don't try and stop me)!<br/>It's getting 5 stars because my 2nd grade son LOVES, LOVES, LOVES it!!! The other night he got sent to be bed with no read aloud (the little bastard...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18147542">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Matthew]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Nov 13 16:35:29 -0800 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was hoping for some kind of insight into Dahl's writing background.  But that's not really what it is.  Instead, it's about Dahl's adventures flying during the war. And it's pretty damn cool.  The book is written for a junior high grade level so it's an easy read.  Here's a quote that Dahl writes ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9074144">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="53427891">
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  <read_at>Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Apr 20 21:37:23 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Apr 20 21:49:55 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this book. I recommend it. It is actually a quick read. I picked up a used copy and I wasn't able to put it down. I really enjoy the author's perspective and had no idea that he wrote such famous books until I read the jacket; James &amp; The Giant Peach, Matilda, Charlie and the Chocol...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53427891">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="64993869">
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jul 26 07:17:14 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jul 29 04:57:09 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the follow-up to <em>Boy</em>, filled with tales from the author's time working in Africa for the Shell Oil Company and then as an officer during WWII.  There are funny stories, witty stories, and just plain amazing stories in here; he was even able to find some amusing parts of his service during WW...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64993869">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="74304893">
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Roald Dahl is my favorite author of all time. From his children books to his teenage books I always am amused when reading them. Going Solo is a great book depicting Dahl's effort to help fight in the the second world war.From the time he embarked the ship leaving England to when he first got into h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74304893">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="3099246">
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  <date_added>Sun Jul 15 11:28:09 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jul 15 11:30:47 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[First I read 'Boy' and then I read 'Going Solo'.  This book is perfect.  Roald Dahl tells the grown-up part of his life in such a way that made me crave more for his adventures in the Royal Air Force.  It's like sitting in a cafe, listening to your date who's telling you amusing stories of his life....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3099246">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="70724904">
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  <read_at>Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Sep 10 09:57:07 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Sep 10 10:07:51 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Roald Dahl is a terrific storyteller who not only tells children's stories well, but who appeals to adults in retelling some of his life's adventures. He edits his life tightly to focus on just a few incidents of his early adulthood, when he took a job in Africa and then World War Two began and he b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70724904">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="70256107">
    <user id="1702924">
    <name><![CDATA[Anthony]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Mountain View, CA]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Sun Sep 06 10:44:21 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Sep 06 11:05:28 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[    In general, I think Roald Dahl is a gifted story writer for children, with books such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG, and many others.  The reason I like this book so much is because it is an autobiography of Roald Dahl himself when he was a young man in World War II as an english...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70256107">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49155566">
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    <name><![CDATA[Calebishere]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Mar 13 10:10:19 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Mar 13 10:12:32 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I wish I could say I have been all over the world, have crashed landed a plane, or have shot-down German aces, which is why I really admire Roald Dahl.  Dahl leaves England at age twenty one to work for the Shell oil company in Africa.  Dahl worked in Africa until the outbreak of World War II, when ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49155566">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="37644634">
    <user id="1701873">
    <name><![CDATA[Julia]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Oakland, CA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Mon Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Nov 13 13:23:25 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Nov 24 16:41:37 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the second part of Roald Dahl's written collection of personal experiences, a follow up to <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=Boy" title="Boy">Boy</a>. This one is more adventure. If you're going to pick one or the other, and you prefer WWII RAF stories to those of a little boy growing up in Wales/Norway, this is the one for you. There are some f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37644634">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="2833816">
    <user id="131960">
    <name><![CDATA[Dan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Burlington, VT]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Sun Jul 08 11:43:37 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Oct 24 04:38:15 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[AWSOME BOOOKKK gr8 gr8 gr8 book<br/><br/>very recomendable its good history too<br/><br/>but its was gr8]]></body>
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    <review id="71776112">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jennifer]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Roald Dahl has written some of the most loved books of all time: Charlie and the Chocolate factory, the BFG, Matilda, James and the Giant Peach, I could go on and on.<br/><br/> This is the second half of his autobiography and is just a wonderful read. It starts with his job with Mobile in Africa a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71776112">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="65899832">
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    <name><![CDATA[Abraham]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Aug 24 20:30:28 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hadn't read a Roald Dahl book in years, found this on my younger sister's bookshelf. The events of the opening chapter were like none I'd seen before so I was intrigued enough to keep reading. The flow of excitement continues to the end, I'm happy to say - and how marvelous and strange it is that al...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65899832">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43874446">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jennifer]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Jan 21 18:32:51 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked this book - it came in a set with other Roald Dahl books my daughter had ordered, and I wanted to read it before she did so check for suitability (she's 7).<br/><br/>I'm not sure if she's ready to read about Dahl's advantures as a pilot, but I enjoyed it.  Funnily enough, I did not ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43874446">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="27714567">
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jul 19 11:59:20 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jun 30 21:00:26 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;It doesn't seem as though anybody has any brains around here,&quot; somebody said. ...<br/>&quot;Why doesn't someone tell us what to do next?&quot; somebody else said.<br/>&quot;Because they don't know&quot; another voice said.<br/>&quot;Seriously,&quot; I said, &quot;why don't we all just ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27714567">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="72060577">
    <user id="2526099">
    <name><![CDATA[Sarah]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Favorite passage:<br/><br/>&quot;In a world where war was all around me and where I had ridden in dangerous little aeroplanes that roared and zoomed and crashed and caught fire, blindness, not to mention life itself, was no longer too important. Survival was not something one struggled for any mor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72060577">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="47096857">
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is an excellent sequel to Roald Dahl's boyhood memoir, Boy. Going Solo documents Dahl's time in Africa, and as a RAF pilot during World War II.  His stories are fascinating and highly entertaining.  Dahl has a knack for making simply awful situations seem quite humorous at times.  Numerous...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46131626">more...</a>]]></body>
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