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Years ago I read a Sherlock Holmes novel which was not by Conan Doyle.All I can remember about it is that Holmes and Moriarty were clones who came from the future to continue their battle.Does anyone...
I am looking for some sort of reference book which details "short history of countries" "towns" "cities" and general information about the continents etc Is anyone able...
ANYONE ANY IDEA OF VALUE OF THIS BOOK?
Does anybody else like him?
I have heard about a thriller with different authors writing different parts - they include Kathy Reichs. Any idea of title. Thanks
It begins something like - Look into my eyes nurse, what do you see? and it was about an old lady in a nursing home telling the nurse how she was when she was young.Very touching, I would love to read...
Which heir of a gazillionaire crashed a car while eating Mars Bars
My OH and I are trying to recall the name of a female author who has written a series of books which are, I believe semi-autobiographical. They feature the same 'heroine' in all and the titles all...
i overheard a girl talking about a book she was reading and was too embarrassed to ask the name lol. its about a man who is in love with a woman for years but he goes off travelling and ends up...
I'm thinking of setting up a book club for a group of people in the area. I live in a rural setting so people 'know' each other. I'd like other people's experiences of this kind of thing such as how...
Hi - I hope someone can help me, I remember reading a book about ancient Greece and its mythology, written in quite a convivial, informal style, and the front cover was a picture of a large urn with...
The plot for the novel (briefly): the last child has gone off to University and immediately the mother takes to her bed. She stays there for a year and records her emotions. Can anyone what this novel...
Hi, I'm looking for and old book where the main character meets a strange woman on a beach(?) not sure about the beach part. And then later finds his name being requested to be a hero in a paper. He...
I have published this previously on other AB sections but am still uncertain whether I can accept the answers suggested by other AB helpers. Thanks to them for suggestions. WHICH WORD/S CONNECTS THE...
In the early sixties in Australia I was a young teenager who loved books by a British author whose name escapes me. They were about children in English villages and the adventures they had together....
What do readers think of his work? Can anyone give me a good reason to keep buying his books after the rubbish he has churned out recently?
Bridgnorth Quiz again - who wrote the poems which contain the following lines - and the poem, please? 1.I watch his shadows, trying to enter the darkness. 2. I roll the warm wax within my palm. 3. By...
Looking to identify reference book from my childhood in the late 60's / early 70's. It was multi-volume (my parents had the first 3 or 4) and had teal coloured hard covers. Books were approx A4 in...
"And there's a hand, my trusty fiere!
And gie's a hand o' thine!
And we'll tak a right gude-willy waught,
For auld lang syne.
Happy Burns Night Everyone....
Has anyone, or more likely your children, read one of the Young Sherlock series of books. What was your/their verdict?