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you do know that 99% of Americans have never seen a roundabout ?

and try to explain the Magic Roundabouts to them ! (even I find it hard)
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DPM by Hardy Blechman

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Tom Clancy should give up now;
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Not as good as some of the other contributions but here are my thrilling reads for this holiday season...


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Here is one I saw on the tube yesterday

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I've also seen somebody reading that on the tube.....can it really be about tractors?
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No but the father of the main character wants to write a book about ukranian tractors. It was a moderately enjoyable book - though a little hard going in places.

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i remember my first year of A-Level english, we were all asked to do a book review. I did Nineteen-Eighty Four, my mate however, chose to review this:
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No, it'll never catch on......
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Would recomend:

A fortunate Life - A.B. Facey
The Kite runner - Khaled Hosseini (its a tear jerker)

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Hi,

I'd highly recommend any or all of the following books - in no particular order of priority:

Tom Clancy - Executive Orders
Good book, but the ending is a real cheesy cop-out. And it's long, some 1200 pages.

Soseki Natsumi - I Am A Cat
Three novellas in one, (each about 100 pages), about life, as seen through the eyes of a cat, from his birth to his death. Fun with some good, gentle laughs, but there are some scenes that will make you really angry at how humans treat animals too.

Tove Jansson - Moomin: The Complete Comic Strips: Book 1
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Tove Jansson - Moomin: The Complete Comic Strips: Book 2
Reprint of the original Moomins comic strip, by Dutch author and creator Ms Tove Jansson. Really great for young or old.

Ayn Rand - Atlas Shrugged
Set in the 1900's, and set around a series of people who are trying to become the best American Train track operators. Sounds dull, but it's a damn good book. At 1100+ pages, though, with tiny print, it may not be for everyone. Think of "Dallas" (the TV show), but with far more intelligent characters, plot-lines and a better script.

My next book, after I complete "Atlas Shrugged", will be Edward Rutherford - London, which is a novel about London from the Roman Era to Present Day, via a series of different characters.


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