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Hello I am trying to search for a iction romance novel that I believe takes place in modern day New York City. It is about a young lady who i think is aspiring to be a writer. She meets a famous, well...
Looking For A Book on a woman who runs away and starts new life she disappears to the coast of Ireland Donegal. And she is from Scotland after her mother has a stroke and she wins a lot of money on a...
Someone at work mentioned a book written about eight years agao called Perfume by Hollins or Hollis?? Can anyone give me further details please? Its an erotic novel similar to Shades of Grey.
In 1986 I took o level english lit and we studied a book about a fugitive (possibly in 2nd world war) who made a shelter in a country lane. A book about his fight for survival and keeping hidden. Does...
Has anyone read this please? I am thinking of choosing it for my book club.
Is anyone else having problems logging on to Bookhopper? Have been unable to access the site for a couple of weeks. I keep getting the message "an unexpected error has occured"
Looking For A Book on a woman who runs away and starts new life she disappears to the coast of Ireland Donegal. And she is from Scotland after her mother has a stroke and she wins a lot of money on a...
Does anyone know the context of the quotation by Goncourt Brothers "If three Englishmen were to be marooned on a desert island the first thing they would do is to form a Club"? I know it is...
I've been looking for Shelley's A Refutation of Deism and can't find it on Amazon or other internet sources either as a single work or as part of an anthology. Do you know of a site which will tell me...
Can anyone help me remember the name of a book that was considered very naughty in the 3rd form, late 60s. It was doing the rounds at school but don't think I ever got a copy. Vague memory it was...
I have just finished Angela's Ashes and what a good read it is ! ( or maybe 'tis ! ) I nearly dropped out half way through, as it was getting decidedly miserable but I am glad I stayed the course, as...
It had several stories in it, the one I remember most is about a shopkeeper running a small corner shop that is struggling due to a new supermarket. He is visited by an odd travelling salesman who...
I have just started reading "The Fry Chronicles" and am on page 23 of 284. So far, I have had to consult a dictionary to find the meaning of:- ASPERITY, meaning roughness, NARCOLEPSY,...
Pride and Prejudice follow up?? Has anyone read, and is it any good?
I'm reading a crime novel, OK so it's not a great literary work but it doesn't mean it shouldn't be edited and researched properly. The lead character has just 'got dressed and had a shower', well...
Peter James - Perfect People and
Lynwood Barclay - The Accident
Can't wait to get my teeth into them - anybody read them ?...
I am looking for a book I had as a child (I am 32) that had in it lots of poems from the late 1800s to the 1980s. I can remember a few of the poems were 'The Spider and the fly', 'The town mouse and...
This was recommended by my daughter who can read the trilogy fast enough but I can't get into it. It's well written but I'm only a quarter of the way through and it seems somewhat depressing. Perhaps...
Last night I finished John Irving's latest book and it was absolutely wonderful. Not for the more delicate maybe, but a truly great read.
i found a copy of the book you recommended, Khaled Hosseni, A Thousand Splendid Suns. I was going to Waterstones but a local bookseller had a second hand copy. I have read the blurb and it looks very...
