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« Reply #1175 on: November 14, 2019, 09:20:35 PM »
1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed - Eric H. Cline
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« Reply #1176 on: November 14, 2019, 09:34:35 PM »

1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England - W.C. Sellar, R.J. Yeatman

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« Reply #1177 on: November 14, 2019, 10:07:01 PM »
Salt Seller: The Writings of Marcel Duchamp - Marcel Duchamp
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« Reply #1178 on: November 15, 2019, 06:31:18 AM »
The Five Little Peppers - Margaret Sidney

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« Reply #1179 on: November 15, 2019, 07:24:07 AM »
Vinetum Britannicum, Or a Treatise of Cider and Other Wines and Drinks Extracted from Fruits Growing in this Kingdom. With the Method of Propagéting all forms of Vinous FrRUIT TREES. And a DESCRIPTION of the New-Invented INGENIO or MILL, For the more expeditious making of CIDER; And also the right way of making METHEGLIN and BIRCH-WINE. The second Impression Much Enlarged. To which is Added a Discourse Teaching the Best Way of Improving Bees. By J. Worlidge, gent. 1678

I've been waiting ages for a chance to use that! The link, of course, is fruit and veg.

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« Reply #1180 on: November 15, 2019, 07:35:27 AM »
(Glad you got it out your system)

The Mill on the Floss - George Eliot

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« Reply #1181 on: November 15, 2019, 07:39:32 AM »
Utilitarianism - John Stuart Mill
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« Reply #1182 on: November 15, 2019, 08:08:09 AM »
The Prince - Machiavelli
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« Reply #1183 on: November 15, 2019, 10:17:08 AM »
Prince Caspian - C S Lewis

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« Reply #1184 on: November 15, 2019, 12:01:26 PM »
The Prince and the Pauper - Mark Twain
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« Reply #1185 on: November 15, 2019, 01:26:40 PM »
Rich Man, Poor Man - Irwin Shaw

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« Reply #1186 on: November 17, 2019, 07:41:48 AM »
Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger - Ron Sider
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« Reply #1187 on: November 17, 2019, 09:04:06 AM »
Hunger: A Diary of (My) Body - Roxane Gay

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« Reply #1188 on: November 18, 2019, 03:30:52 PM »
Ritual by Graham Masterton  (not a book for the fainthearted or weak stomached, I read it when I was younger and wished I hadn't).
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« Reply #1189 on: November 18, 2019, 04:11:33 PM »
Rites of Passage - William Golding

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« Reply #1190 on: November 18, 2019, 04:14:47 PM »
The Passage - Justin Cronin
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« Reply #1191 on: November 18, 2019, 04:42:24 PM »
The Citadel - A J Cronin

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« Reply #1192 on: November 18, 2019, 06:08:07 PM »
I guessed you'd do that one! I'm not being very original with my next one:-

The Fortress - Danielle Trussoni

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« Reply #1193 on: November 18, 2019, 06:17:55 PM »
Digital Fortress - Dan Brown


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« Reply #1194 on: November 18, 2019, 07:52:11 PM »
Oh wow! Kim Medcalf who was in Eastenders went to mine long after me:-). Fenner Brockway and Eric Liddell went to my husband's. Judi Dench went to my mum's four or five years below her.
So we're all 'famous' by association (not).

Tom Brown's School Days - Thomas Hughes

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« Reply #1195 on: November 18, 2019, 07:57:09 PM »
School for Scandal  - R B Sheridan


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« Reply #1196 on: November 18, 2019, 08:02:52 PM »
Now you're boasting!

A Right Royal Scandal: Two Marriages That Changed History - Joanne Major and Sarah Murden
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« Reply #1197 on: November 18, 2019, 08:04:24 PM »
Just a bit


Royal Flash - George MacDonald Fraser

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« Reply #1198 on: November 18, 2019, 08:08:27 PM »
The Great Feud - Oliver Thomson
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« Reply #1199 on: November 18, 2019, 08:12:39 PM »
The War Between The Tates - Alison Lurie