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« Reply #2225 on: January 08, 2021, 02:49:53 PM »
The Dissolution of the Monasteries  - G W O Woodward

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« Reply #2226 on: January 08, 2021, 08:52:35 PM »
Monk's Hood by Ellis Peters
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« Reply #2227 on: January 09, 2021, 04:44:39 AM »
Black Narcissus - Rumer Godden

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« Reply #2228 on: January 10, 2021, 08:56:29 AM »
I noticed that is being serialised on TV at the moment, have you seen?

Black Holes by Stephen Hawking

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« Reply #2229 on: January 10, 2021, 09:28:54 AM »
I noticed that is being serialised on TV at the moment, have you seen?

Black Holes by Stephen Hawking

Yes, and I also rewatched the film which was on yesterday. Liked the TV adaptation but love the film and the book


A Kestrel for A Knave - Barry Hines

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« Reply #2230 on: January 10, 2021, 09:36:12 AM »
The Eagle of the Ninth - Rosemary Sutcliff
I once tried using "chicken" as a password, but was told it must contain a capital so I tried "chickenkiev"
On another occasion, I tried "beefstew", but was told it wasn't stroganoff.

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« Reply #2231 on: January 10, 2021, 11:17:11 AM »
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey

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« Reply #2232 on: January 11, 2021, 05:59:40 PM »
The Birds Fall Down - Rebecca West
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« Reply #2233 on: January 12, 2021, 08:58:33 AM »
North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell

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« Reply #2234 on: January 12, 2021, 12:31:07 PM »
Counterfeit Lies - Oliver North
Before we work on Artificial Intelligence shouldn't we address the problem of natural stupidity.

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« Reply #2235 on: January 12, 2021, 02:44:38 PM »
East of Ealing - Robert Rankin

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« Reply #2236 on: January 12, 2021, 03:06:01 PM »
The Secret Life of Ealing Studios: Britain's favourite film studio
by Robert Sellers
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« Reply #2237 on: January 12, 2021, 03:08:36 PM »
Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal - Roy Horniman


(Kind Hearts and Coronets, my favourite Ealing film is loosely based on this)

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« Reply #2238 on: January 12, 2021, 07:49:05 PM »
A place I like v much.

Nomads: Nomadic Material Culture in the Asian Collections of the Horniman Museum (Contributions in Critical Museology & Material Culture)
Ken Teague,
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« Reply #2239 on: January 13, 2021, 08:05:38 AM »
Stranger in a Strange Land -  Robert Heinlein

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« Reply #2240 on: January 13, 2021, 07:11:20 PM »
The Tourist by Olen Steinhauer
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« Reply #2241 on: January 13, 2021, 07:29:51 PM »
Pilgrim's Progress - John.Bunyan

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« Reply #2242 on: January 14, 2021, 05:59:00 PM »
Going Through the Motions by Keith Leonard Dansey
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« Reply #2243 on: January 14, 2021, 06:36:33 PM »
Chair and Stool Seating - Atlas Handicrafts

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« Reply #2244 on: January 14, 2021, 07:22:10 PM »
The Chairman - Stephen Frey
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« Reply #2245 on: January 14, 2021, 07:34:46 PM »
Little Red Book - Chairman Mao

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« Reply #2246 on: January 15, 2021, 07:59:46 PM »
especially for R&E:

The Little Book of Humanism: Universal Lessons on Finding Purpose, Meaning and Joy by Alice Roberts and Andrew Copson
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« Reply #2247 on: January 15, 2021, 08:08:49 PM »
Of Human Bondage - W Somerset Maugham

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« Reply #2248 on: January 16, 2021, 08:18:27 PM »
The Little Guide to Getting Tied Up by Evie Vane
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« Reply #2249 on: January 17, 2021, 11:30:09 AM »
The Hanging Tree - Ben Aaronovitch