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Anyone read Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch novels? If they were filmed who do you think should play Harry?
I've never read any of the 'classics' because they've never interested me and i don't think i'd get past the first page.
But which one would you recommend as an easy read?...
Homedeeth's question and all the various answers have set me thinking. Various books have been mentioned from various periods, all of which, even if you don't like them, are all classics for whatever...
In the novel Frankenstein , to what effect does Shelly the narrator use forshadowing in the dream sequence?
What us the book about a young girl that goes to new york and gets caught up in consumerism?
I have noticed over the last few months that a lot of general fiction has been published in a larger format.I worked in the book trade over 10 years ago and this format was known as B format.It was...
I am trying very hard to get some work published. I have 2 kids story books (and more to come) and my autobiography. The trouble is this. I'm a"nobody". I haven't climbed Everest, nor have I...
I'm quite interested in buying this book: http://www.amazon.co....448691&sr=8-1&seller= I would just like to know which species of shark are included in it, as it says there a profiles of the...
I've just reread 1974 and am about to start 1977. What a dark book, so gritty and real and heartbreaking. I couldn't put it down even though it's the 4th time I've read it. Amazing!
I want a realistic setting for my Fantasy/Romance book based in UK, so please name me some you know and consider suited to above criteria. Additional details would be more welcome If not just give me...
I have a few children's books which are between 42 and 46 years old. Some I have found easily on the numerous rare/second hand book sites, but there are a couple I can't find, and would be interested...
Does anyone know of a book, probably a novel, published about 1893 in English? Entitled 'The Bay Tree'. It may well contain stories of Cambridge University life.
Does any avid reader out there know of a good site where one can search for books using Keywords & Plots (like you can on IMDB?). I have had a look at GoogleBooks ans several other sites thrown up...
I'm looking for a book on London, written by a female author about ten-15 years ago. I can't remember her name or the title of her book. It was very thick, with a red paperback cover and described the...
Please can anyone tell me when The Adventures of the Copper Beeches by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was written. I have found out the date of the setting and when it was first published, but am struggling...
I just posted this in Film but maybe it would be better here. I just finished this book for about the 4th time, over the years.Such a nice, pleasant, and a bit sad, story. Anyway, it says on the back...
The setting of this book takes place in Wyoming where a young lady wants to know her father and will never rest until she does. Her foster parents encourage her to go find him. She goes to a small...
I recently read a book called "Child 55" about an investigation into the murder of a child in Russia, but can't remember the author. Can anyone help?
Thanks...
When I was a little girl I had a book about a girl & boy who who helped a cat who was king of cats. I seem to remember that by drinking the liquid in the green & blue bottles in chemists'...
Please could someone tell me whereabouts in the book 'The English Patient' is the quote, "I believe this. When we meet those we fall in love with, there is an aspect of our spirit that is...
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