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Carol Ann Duffy – The World’s Wife

Carol Ann Duffy – The World’s Wife

The World’s Wife To some she’s a feminist hero, but to others, she’s the reincarnated version of a famous German dictator (minus the moustache). You could almost forget she was a poet if, like me, you didn’t study her at school. When someone gave me a free copy of ‘The World’s Wife for World Book’ [...]

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Danny Wallace – Yes Man

Danny Wallace – Yes Man

I would like to start this review by saying how lucky it was that I read the book of Yes Man a good few years before I watched the film of the same name. Before this instance I’d always been of the (stupid) opinion that a film must be better than a book, (because you [...]

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H. Allenger – Polyxena: A Story of Troy

H. Allenger – Polyxena: A Story of Troy

“To you, I reveal my thoughts. I entreat you receive them and forgive my omissions…” I would like to preface this review by commenting that this is the first novel I have read (all the way through) for leisure in about…oh…four years now. That in itself should be an indication of my overall thought of [...]

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Russell Brand – My Booky Wook

Russell Brand – My Booky Wook

In truth, Russell Brand’s ‘private’ life has been anything but – so even before you think to yourself; ‘Hmmmm, I might buy this book’, you will already have a fairly good idea of the nature of its content. But as well as covering all of the disgraces and controversy featured in the red-tops, it also [...]

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Marion Zimmer Bradley – The Planet Savers

Marion Zimmer Bradley – The Planet Savers

First published in the 1958 issue of Amazing Stories magazine, this short novel has seen a reincarnation over the years. A longer form was published in 1960, only to find out that some of the material was not written by Bradley. Kindle has published an e-book of the original story as written by Ms. Bradley. [...]

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