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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...
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...
Hi all. I really enjoy John Grisham's books, love the ins and outs of the legal world and how the law works. Can anyone recommend an author similar to him as ive read nearly all his book!!
Thanks...
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...
