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Looking for a book which I read years ago.......Little pig goes to the stable where Jesus was born and he is worried that he has nothing to give but the baby Jesus sees his curly tail and...
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Has anyone read any of his books ? Are they written as novels ? I ask because they are about subjects that interest me, but I wouldn't want a heavy " factual" book....
When we were discussing this miscarriage of justice a few weeks ago, you recommended that I read Paul Foots book on the subject. I finished the book last night.
I have just finished the second book of his time in Corfu....." Birds, Beasts, and Relatives" Like the first book, I really enjoyed it. I am trying to find the third book, "The garden of the Gods" but...
With my afternoon cup of tea, I have just finished reading it. Has anyone any comments about it? I have now looked it up on Wikipedia and see it has been presented by BBC twice as a radio play and...
I came across this for my granddaughter, blew me away ... https:/
I'd be interested to know what other people thought of this book, which is a retelling of The Taming of the Shrew. I bought it because I love Anne Tyler and, while I'm not a huge Shakespeare fan,...
I have just acquired a very rare book signed by the above, who won the first ManBooker prize in 1969. He has inscribed it to Bryan Magee who presented a Radio 4 programme and who interviewed Mr Newby...
Particularly the 'Empire Trilogy'. This author, who I recently discovered, tragically died at the young age of 44 in 1979. His writing is brilliant and who knows what greater feats he could have...
I am just coming to the end of the 2nd Wilt book, and its another not-to-be-read-on-public transport books !
Have the 3rd on my bedside cabinet !...
Louisa May Alcott's 184th birthday today. 'Little Women', beautiful and unforgettable of course, but having read it as a child I had no idea why the girls' father was away at war, and the book didn't...
by Claire Douglas. Would recommend it to my fellow readers on here who enjoy a good thriller. Or has anybody read it ?
I've just bought George Orwells .. Down and out in Paris & London. It's available as an eBook, but I bought the book, it's pages are dry & yellowing, first published in 1933. I'm enjoying reading all...
Apart from The Day of the Jackal what offerings from FF would you recommend?
Advertised as a dark and twisty psychological thriller, I’m only about half way through it. It's very well written, the plot is quite unique and I have no idea of where it’s heading, but it’s...
Which publication by Roald Dahl is the name of a TV drama starring Martin Clunes? I cannot find any connection, thank you.
I am wanting to buy my mother an audio book or two for Christmas preferably by Charles Dickens. She prefers unabridged versions. I have been looking what is available on the Amazon website but when I...
Continuing our conversation, I found it very predictable. It was readable and the psychology of the main players was interesting, but I was expecting more of a mystery and more of a twist, so overall...
Hello I need ('want' actually) to research some news stories that have happened in our little part of Scotland in the last 50 years or so. I want to be able to google the information or to go to a...
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