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« Reply #425 on: December 05, 2018, 07:05:16 PM »
The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
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« Reply #426 on: December 05, 2018, 07:26:21 PM »
On Beulah Height - Reginald Hill

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« Reply #427 on: December 06, 2018, 06:47:37 AM »
From my Highest Hill by Olive Tilford Dargan
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« Reply #428 on: December 06, 2018, 09:14:51 AM »
Singing the Sadness - Reginald Hill
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« Reply #429 on: December 06, 2018, 09:44:49 PM »
Michael Rosen's Sad Book by Michael Rosen & Quentin Blake
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« Reply #430 on: December 06, 2018, 10:58:10 PM »
Quentin Durward - Sir Walter Scott (I knew a bloke called Quentin Durward once. Sadly, he died young. Big C got him.)
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« Reply #431 on: December 06, 2018, 11:59:05 PM »
The Naked Civil Servant - Quentin Crisp
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« Reply #432 on: December 07, 2018, 10:11:55 AM »
Dress up Bowie by Dan Crisp
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« Reply #433 on: December 08, 2018, 01:05:11 PM »
Little Black Dress - James Patterson

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« Reply #434 on: December 08, 2018, 02:24:36 PM »
The Story of Little Black Sambo - Helen Bannerman (Children's book from 1899, widely excoriated nowadays for its perceived racism - the name "Sambo", and his portrayal as a golliwog - ironically it was, for the time, an advance, since Sambo was portrayed as both clever and brave.)
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« Reply #435 on: December 08, 2018, 09:17:55 PM »
Little House on the Prairie - Mary Ingalls
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« Reply #436 on: December 08, 2018, 09:22:12 PM »
Little House on the Prairie - Mary Ingalls

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« Reply #437 on: December 09, 2018, 12:02:25 AM »
Should have been:

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder, not Mary (The book is next to me on coffee table, wish I'd looked first)
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« Reply #438 on: December 11, 2018, 08:31:02 PM »
Prairie Tale: A Memoir - Melissa Gilbert

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« Reply #439 on: December 11, 2018, 08:52:01 PM »
Prairie Dog Empire by Paul Johnsgard
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« Reply #440 on: December 11, 2018, 09:13:46 PM »
Empire - Gore Vidal

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« Reply #441 on: December 12, 2018, 06:05:09 AM »
Empire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard
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« Reply #442 on: December 12, 2018, 09:36:18 AM »
In the absence of Mr Gonnagle:

The Dark Side of the Sun - Terry Pratchett
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« Reply #443 on: December 12, 2018, 09:22:44 PM »
A Landing on the Sun by Michael Frayn
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« Reply #444 on: December 14, 2018, 10:53:26 AM »
Moon Tiger - Penelope Lively

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« Reply #445 on: December 14, 2018, 12:03:59 PM »
Tiger's Voyage by Colleen Houck
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« Reply #446 on: December 14, 2018, 12:56:20 PM »
The First Man in Rome - Colleen McCullough

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« Reply #447 on: December 14, 2018, 04:30:19 PM »
The Roman Triumph by Mary Beard
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« Reply #448 on: December 14, 2018, 06:54:19 PM »
The Little Book of Beards - Rufus Cavendish
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« Reply #449 on: December 14, 2018, 10:15:50 PM »
Greybeard by Brian Aldiss
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