Inspiring Older Readers
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The Pearl posted on 31 Oct 2015
Steinbeck’s novella reworks and fleshes-out a Mexican folk tale about what happens when a poor fisherman and his family find....
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Slade House posted on 30 Oct 2015
When I started reading Mitchell’s latest, shortish, novel I thought I was going to get an entertaining, tongue-in-cheek chiller....
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Rabbit, Run posted on 30 Oct 2015
I think it must be the best part of forty years since I read Updike’s breakthrough novel, Rabbit, Run.
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We are all completely beside ourselves posted on 29 Oct 2015
This is a story about a very unusual American childhood in which Rosemary appears to be the only surviving sibling of an unconventional family.
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Punk! An A - Z posted on 25 Oct 2015
In many ways this is an odd choice to make as an entry in this beautiful book section.
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The pleasures of a slim volume posted on 23 Oct 2015
I wonder how many of you have looked at some of the recent new publications in bookshops and thought ‘Oh, no. Not another 600 page block-buster..
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Blackwell's Bookshop, Oxford posted on 22 Oct 2015
This is a giant shop to go along with it’s giant reputation. Blackwell’s is more of an experience than a shop ....
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Faust by Goethe : illustrated by Willy Pogany posted on 22 Oct 2015
This edition of Goethe's Faust, which has been translated by Abraham Hayward, is not particularly interesting in terms of the text.....
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Astley Book Farm, Bedworth posted on 20 Oct 2015
Let's start with a statement of the obvious - this place is HUGE. The book farm is quite literally that - a massive book shop ho
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Careless People posted on 20 Oct 2015
By the time I'd finished reading this book I really couldn't answer a fundamental question..........