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Type: documentary

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Status: finished

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Author: Jonathan Coe

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Tags: 2006

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Description: Ambitious biography of B. S. Johnson. Brilliantly written, if perhaps overlong.

2006-11-10

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• Current

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Type: fiction

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Status: finished

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Author: Curtis Sittenfeld

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Tags: 2006

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Description: Engrossing tale of adolescence - the self-conciousness, obsession with social-hierarchy andEngrossing tale of adolescence - the self-conciousness, obsession with social-hierarchy and general suffering are uncomfortably well realised. ...

2006-10-25

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Type: fiction

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Status: finished

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Author: Ruth L. Ozeki

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Tags: 2006

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Description: Entertaining enough - despite the big themes tackled, it still seemed a bit lightweight

2006-10-20

 

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Type: documentary

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Status: finished

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Author: Gerd Gigerenzer

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Tags: work 2006

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Description: Interesting if slightly repetitive. Provided a few things to keep in mind when presentingInteresting if slightly repetitive. Provided a few things to keep in mind when presenting data to general audiences...

2006-10-16

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Type: documentary

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Status: finished

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Author: Jon Ronson

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Tags: 2006

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Description: Wonderful - a great idea, well researched and presented. You have to keep reminding yourselfWonderful - a great idea, well researched and presented. You have to keep reminding yourself that you're reading non-fiction....

2006-10-16

 

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Type: fiction

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Status: finished

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Author: David Peace

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Tags: 2006

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Description: Visceral account of the coal miner's strike in the UK in '84 -spellbinding at timesVisceral account of the coal miner's strike in the UK in '84 -spellbinding at times and confusing at others (the constant shifts in perspective threw me off occasionally), it's pretty compelling stuff...

2006-10-02

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Type: documentary

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Status: finished

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Author: Simon Winchester

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Tags: 2006

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Description: Fascinating.

2006-09-29

 

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Type: documentary

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Status: finished

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Authors: Dick Hobbs Philip Hadfield Stuart Lister Simon Winlow

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Tags: work 2006

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Description: Another good book about alcohol and British night-life. Focuses on the role of bouncers inAnother good book about alcohol and British night-life. Focuses on the role of bouncers in managing security, but has a broader agenda encompassing regulation, policing and planning. Not as dry as I've made it sound....

2006-09-27

 

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Type: fiction

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Status: finished

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Author: James W. Blinn

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Tags: 2006

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Description: Crazy, hyper gulf war novel - it felt like it was trying to be a modern day Catch-22 and wasCrazy, hyper gulf war novel - it felt like it was trying to be a modern day Catch-22 and was mostly quite successful. ...

2006-09-27

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Type: fiction

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Status: finished

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Author: Jonathan Lethem

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Tags: shorts 2006

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Description: Brief and entertaining, a good stop gap while waiting for his next novel

2006-09-20