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Book Recommendation: A Fine Balance

Title: A Fine Balance Author:  Rohinton Mistry Paperback: 624 pages Publisher: Faber and Faber (19 Oct 2006) Language English ISBN-10: 057123058X ISBN-13: 978-0571230587 Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 4.6 cm Product Description Set in mid-1970s India, A Fine Balance is a subtle and compelling narrative about four unlikely characters who come together in circumstances [...]

New Title: A Kingdom Besieged

Title: A Kingdom Besieged (Midkemian Trilogy 1) Author:  Raymond E. Feist Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: Harper Voyager (3 Mar 2011) ISBN-10: 0007264763 ISBN-13: 978-0007264766 Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 16.2 x 3.8 cm Product Description Discover the fate of the original black Magician, Pug, and his motley crew of agents who safeguard the world of Trigia, [...]

Great Book: Civilization – The West And The Rest

Title: Civilization: The West and the Rest Author:  Niall Ferguson Hardcover: 432 pages Publisher: Allen Lane (3 Mar 2011) ISBN-10: 1846142733 ISBN-13: 978-1846142734 Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 16.2 x 4.4 cm Product Description If in the year 1411 you had been able to circumnavigate the globe, you would have been most impressed by the dazzling [...]

Geat Book: Civilization – The West And The Rest

Title: Civilization: The West and the Rest Author:  Niall Ferguson Hardcover: 432 pages Publisher: Allen Lane (3 Mar 2011) ISBN-10: 1846142733 ISBN-13: 978-1846142734 Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 16.2 x 4.4 cm Product Description If in the year 1411 you had been able to circumnavigate the globe, you would have been most impressed by the dazzling [...]

Book Recommendation: Dream Of A Dark Warrior

Title: Dreams of a Dark Warrior (Immortals After Dark 11) Author:  Kresley Cole Paperback: 528 pages Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd (3 Mar 2011) ISBN-10: 184983038X ISBN-13: 978-1849830386 Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 3.6 cm Product Description A ruthless Norse warrior will defeat anything standing between him and his beautiful obsession – even Death [...]

New Title: Rivers of London

Title: Rivers of London Author:  Ben Aaronovitch Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Gollancz (8 Sep 2011) ISBN-10: 0575097582 ISBN-13: 978-0575097582 Product Description My name is Peter Grant and until January I was just probationary constable in that mighty army for justice known to all right-thinking people as the Metropolitan Police Service (and as the Filth to [...]

Great Book: How Easy Is That ?

Title: How Easy Is That? Author:  Ina Garten Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: Bantam Press (3 Mar 2011) ISBN-10: 0593067339 ISBN-13: 978-0593067338 Product Dimensions: 25.8 x 19.6 x 2.4 cm Product Description Ina Garten, the beloved star of Barefoot Contessa cookery series on the Good Food Channel, and the creator of six New York Times bestselling [...]

My Book Recommendation: Daughters In Law

Title: Daughters-in-Law Author:  Joanna Trollope Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Doubleday (3 Mar 2011) ISBN-10: 0385617984 ISBN-13: 978-0385617987 Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16 x 3.4 cm Product Description Rachel has always loved being at the centre of her large family. She has fiercely devoted herself to her three sons all their lives,and continues to do so [...]

Irish General Election 2011 : The Results

The General Election 2011 : The Results by Annette J Dunlea Angry Irish voters went to the polls last Friday,and showed their anger by voting in a new coalition government. There was a huge shift of political power away from Fianna Fail. 3.2 million voters were eligible to cast their ballots with 550 plus candidates [...]

Great Book: Naked

Title: Naked Author:  David Sedaris Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Abacus; New edition edition (6 July 2006) Language English ISBN-10: 0349119775 ISBN-13: 978-0349119779 Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 2.6 cm Product Description A riotous collection of memoirs which explores the absurd hilarity of modern life and creates a wickedly incisive portrait of an all-too-familiar world. [...]