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John Peel
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The Secret of Dragonhome (Dragonhome, #1)
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1998
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7 editions
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Book of Names (Diadem, Worlds of Magic, #1)
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1997
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13 editions
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Here There Be Dragons (Star Trek: The Next Generation #28)
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1993
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11 editions
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Doctor Who: Timewyrm - Genesys (Virgin New Adventures, #1)
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1991
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Book of Signs (Diadem, Worlds of Magic, #2)
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1997
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Book of Magic (Diadem, Worlds of Magic, #3)
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1997
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Book of Earth (Diadem, Worlds of Magic, #5)
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1998
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Book of Thunder (Diadem, Worlds of Magic, #4)
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1997
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12 editions
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Doctor Who: War of the Daleks (Eighth Doctor Adventures, #5)
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1998
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6 editions
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Book of Nightmares (Diadem, Worlds of Magic, #6)
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1998
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| The aptly-named Detective Justice is on the trail of a murder suspect in Bar Harbor, Maine, with the aid of his team. The trouble is, a simple-seeming case gets more and more complicated the more he looks into it. An accurate police procedural book t ...more | |
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| A thoughtful, celebratory book about turning fifty and where the author's life has taken her. She had been a well-known local TV reporter and host, but, as she aged, she realized that what she most wanted from her life was to spend it with those she ...more | |
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| I normally love these "Images of America" books, but this one less so. The subject - trolleys - is a bit too specialized, so there's an awful lot of sameness about this book. Still, there's the usual wonderful collection of historical photos to add i ...more | |
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| When Charles Dickens died before finishing his final novel, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood", there were several attempts by others to finish it. This edition is supposedly one of the best. It offers a logical conclusion to the story, as well as a happy ...more | |
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| Another "Images of America" book, with the usual attractions of historical photos and information. As always, informative and entertaining. ...more | |
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| A zoo director apparently kills himself inside a locked room. But several people don't think it was suicide, including Sir Henry Merrivale. The major problem though is - if it is murder, how did the killer get out of a room locked and sealed from the ...more | |
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| A detailed look at Ian Fleming's life on Jamaica, at the house he built there. Goldeneye, and how Jamaica changed over time. It's detailed, filled with interviews, comments from letters and photographs. It takes a bit of getting through, but it's fas ...more | |
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After Gerry Wade dies in his bed - apparently after taking an overdose of sleeping drugs - his friend Bundle decides to investigate. Then another of his friends dies, and she finds herself on the trail of a secret society. Lots of red herrings, of cou ...more |
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| And this time around, it's two very mediocre novels in this Ace Double. "The Wandering Tellurian" is about an arms salesman who's not very interested in his job. And nor are we. "The Key To Irunium" is a very vague story of a man who can somehow tran ...more | |
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| Originally published in 1946 in the pages of "Tintin" magazine, this is the first collection of the adventures of Blake and Mortimer. Blake is an intelligence agent, and Mortimer a Professor and inventor of the fabulous Swordfish. In this story, the ...more | |
“There's always the possibility that you're going to come across a record that transforms your life. And it happens weekly. It's like a leaf on the stream. There are little currents and eddies and sticks lying in the water that nudge you in a slightly different direction. And then you break loose and carry on down the current. There's nothing that actually stops you and lifts you out of the water and puts you on the bank but there are diversions and distractions and alarums and excursions which is what makes life interesting really. It's fantastic.”
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