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Welcome to the Fun House by Jack Corbett.

 

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Herman the German gives huge discounts to prospective buyers of his condos, but there's a catch.

To buy from him they must meet his bizarre standards and having the purchase price in hand is not enough to satisfy the eccentric German.

The offers are impossible to refuse as Herman looks for the perfect candidates for his upscale Bahthaus condominiums. But Herman's condo project is in Pattaya, Thailand, the most hedonistic city on earth.

The residents carouse their way from one bar to the next as the Bahthaus becomes the Fun House where hardly anyone acts responsibly.

"The Fun House" has a hopelessly inept Thai manager who can't get anything done unless he can get a commission from overcharging the Fun House condo owners.

It's Only when one of the residents falls off his balcony and the police conveniently rule it an accident that the immature residents must decide between giving up their childish ways and taking the law into their own hands.

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Royal Marines Commandos, The Inside Story of a Force for the Future, by John Parker

 

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The Royal Marines were originally formed under the auspices of the Royal Navy to guard its sailing ships from harm.

They are proud of their history and origins but the Navy heritage is fading.

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Stay Alive, My Son by Pin Yathay & John Man

 

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On April 17, 1975, the Khmer Rouge entered Phnom Penh to open a new and appalling chapter in the story of the twentieth century.

On that day, Pin Yathay was a fully qualified engineer in the Ministry of local Public Works.

Successful and highly educated, he had been critical of the corrupt Lon Nol regime and hoped that the Khmer Rouge would be the patriotic saviors of Cambodia.

 

In Stay Alive, My Son, Pin Yathay provides a truely unforgettable testament of the horror that ensued and a gripping account of personal courage, sacrifice and survival. Documenting the 27 months from the arrival of the Khmer Rouge in Phnom Penh to his escape into Thailand, Pin Yathay is a powerful and haunting memoir of Cambodia's killing fields.

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Invictus (Eagle #15) by Simon Scarrow.

 

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A gripping, authentic and exciting Historical novel of the Roman army from author Simon Scarrow.

Not to be missed by readers of Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell.

 

It is AD 53.

The soldiers of the Roman army patrol a growing Empire, from the Mediterranean to the North Sea, from the Atlantic to the banks of the Nile.

 

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The Rooster Bar by John Grisham.

 

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John Grisham’s newest legal thriller takes you inside a law firm that’s on shaky ground.

 

Mark, Todd, and Zola came to law school to change the world, and to make it a better place.

But now, as third year students, these close friends realize they have been scammed.

They all borrowed heavily to attend a third tier, for profit law school so mediocre that its graduates rarely pass the bar exam, let alone get good jobs.

When they learn that their school is one of a chain owned by a shady New York hedge fund operator who also happens to own a bank specializing in student loans, the three know they have been caught up in The Great Law School Scam.

 

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The Gods Of Atlantis by David Gibbins.

 

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A thrilling standalone sequel to "Atlantis", David Gibbins' of high-action adventure, marine archaeology and the exploration of one of history's most fascinating and enduring mysteries.

A lost Nazi bunker in a forest in Germany contains a dreadful secret, but is there a horrifying new dimension, another ingredient in the Nazi's rule of terror?

Marine archaeologist Jack Howard returns to the lost island of Atlantis in the Black Sea to question things about the Atlantis priests that have plagued him.

Then by tracking down the 1930's expeditions of Himmler's Ahnenerbe, the Nazi's Department of Cultural Heritage and its link with Atlantis, Jack realises he is not just on the trail of the greatest lost relics from the past.

Could there possibly be a terrifying new version of 'Atlantis', a priesthood of evil?

Jack must uncover the truth before it is too late.

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The hotel New Hampshire by John Irving.

 

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“The first of my father’s illusions was that bears could survive the life lived by human beings, and the second was that human beings could survive a life led in hotels.”

So says John Berry, son of a hapless dreamer, brother to a cadre of eccentric siblings, and chronicler of the lives lived, the loves experienced, the deaths met, and the myriad strange and wonderful times encountered by the family Berry. Hoteliers, pet bear owners, friends of Freud (the animal trainer and vaudevillian, that is), and playthings of mad fate, they “dream on” in a funny, sad, outrageous, and moving novel by the remarkable author of A Prayer for Owen Meany and Last Night in Twisted River.

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21 hours ago, Daveo said:

Stay Alive, My Son by Pin Yathay & John Man

 

Traded In recently @ Canterbury Tales Bookshop */ Book exchange */ Cafe */ Guesthouse */ #Pattaya, * #Thailand..

 

On April 17, 1975, the Khmer Rouge entered Phnom Penh to open a new and appalling chapter in the story of the twentieth century.

On that day, Pin Yathay was a fully qualified engineer in the Ministry of local Public Works.

Successful and highly educated, he had been critical of the corrupt Lon Nol regime and hoped that the Khmer Rouge would be the patriotic saviors of Cambodia.

 

In Stay Alive, My Son, Pin Yathay provides a truely unforgettable testament of the horror that ensued and a gripping account of personal courage, sacrifice and survival. Documenting the 27 months from the arrival of the Khmer Rouge in Phnom Penh to his escape into Thailand, Pin Yathay is a powerful and haunting memoir of Cambodia's killing fields.

Bet thats good!

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Beach Music by Pat Conroy.

 

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Pat Conroy; he is without doubt America's favorite storyteller, a writer who portrays the anguished truth of the human heart and the painful Secrets of families in richly lyrical prose and unforgettable narratives.

Beach Music, tells of the dark memories that haunt generations, in a story that spans South Carolina and Rome and reaches back into the unutterable terrors of the Holocaust.

 

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Chopper 2: Hits And Memories: More Confessions Of Mark Brandon Read by Mark Brandon Read.

 

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Underworld executioner Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read was released from Pentridge Prison in November, 1991, he vowed never to return.

He became a bizarre celebrity as his autobiography "Chopper From the Inside" became a bestseller.

Six months later he was back in jail writing his second volume of memoirs, this is it.

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Razor Girl by Carl Hiaasen.

 

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The new full tilt, razor-sharp, unstoppable hilarious and entertaining novel from the author of Bad Monkey, Star Island, and Nature Girl.

 

When Lane Coolman's car is hit from behind on the road to the Florida Keys, what appears to be an ordinary accident is anything but.

Behind the wheel of the other car is Merry Mansfield, the eponymous Razor Girl and the crash scam is only the beginning of events that spiral crazily out of control while unleashing some of the wildest characters Hiaasen has ever set loose on the page.

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A Tapping at my Door (DS Nathan Cody #1) by David Jackson

 

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A woman at home in Liverpool is disturbed by a persistent tapping at her back door.

She's disturbed to discover the culprit is a raven, and tries to scare it off.

Which is when the killer strikes.

 

DS Nathan Cody, still bearing the scars of an undercover mission that went horrifyingly wrong, is put on the case.

But the police have no leads, except the body of the bird and the victim's missing eyes.

 

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Killing for the Company by Chris Ryan.

 

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Chet Freeman makes a good living in security, on a contract for the Grosvenor Group.

He catches a woman eavesdropping on a meeting the group is holding with the P.M.

The group's interests include arms manufacture and what Chet and the woman over-hear seems to imply that it is bribing the Prime Minister to take his country to war.

 

Another good book from Chris in stock at Canterbury Tales Bookshop.

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Anyone Can Do It: My Story by Duncan Bannatyne

 

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At 30, Duncan Bannatyne had no money and was enjoying life lazing on the beaches of Jersey.

He saw a story of someone who had made himself a millionaire, and decided he should do the same.

Five years later he had done it, and now he is worth ??168 million.

 

In this remarkable book, Bannatyne relives his colourful path to riches, from ice cream salesman to multi millionaire, explaining how anyone could take the same route as he did, if they really want to.

Hugely articulate, and with numerous fascinating and revealing stories to tell, this is an autobiography and a business book unlike any other, but then Bannatyne is not like any other businessman, either.

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Journey To Hell: Inside the World's Most Violent Prison System by Donald MacNeil

 

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Donald MacNeil was a Sailing Teacher in the north of England when he was hired to skipper a yacht across the Mediterranean.

The pay was good and the work was easy, well that's what he thought.

But the truth was soon revealed, he had to sail the Atlantic to South America to collect one of the biggest hauls of cocaine ever bound for the United Kingdom.

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Wildtrack (Thrillers #1) by Bernard Cornwell

 

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In muddy waters, even heroes drown Trouble at sea for an ex war hero.

His father still in prison for fraud, his ex-wife bleeding him dry and his spine shattered by a bullet, Falklands war hero Nick Sandman, VC, has no money and very little prospects.

Only his boat, Sycorax and his dream of sailing away from his troubles is all that's keeping him alive.

But Sycorax is as crippled as Nick.

To rebuild his wrecked and stranded dream, Nick is forced into a devil's bargain with ego-maniacal TV star Tony Bannister.

 

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Firewall; A Wallander Thriller by Henning Mankell.

 

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Stopping to get cash from an ATM one evening, a man inexplicably drops to the ground, dead.

A taxi driver is brutally murdered by two teenage girls, quickly apprehended, they disgust the local police with their total lack of remorse.

One girl escapes police custody and disappears without trace.

Soon afterwards a blackout covers half the country.

When an engineer arrives at the malfunctioning power station, he makes a grisly discovery.

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Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang

 

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The story of three generations in twentieth century China that blends the intimacy of memoir and the panoramic sweep of eyewitness history, a classic in thirty languages with more than fifteen million copies sold around the world.

 

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Bangkok 8 by John Burdett.

 

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A thriller with plenty of spunk to spare, Bangkok 8 is a sexy, razor sharp, often dark and humorous, set in one of the world’s most exotic Cities.

 

Witnessed by a throng of gaping spectators, a charismatic Marine sergeant is murdered under a Bangkok bridge inside a locked shut Mercedes Benz.

 

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Last Man Standing: Tales from Tinseltown by Roger Moore

 

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In a career that spans over seventy years , Roger Moore has been at the very heart of Hollywood.

Of course, he’s an actor and has starred in films that have made him famous the world over, but he’s also a tremendous prankster, joker and raconteur.

Despite the fact that he is well known as one of the nicest guys in the business, on and off the screen he has always been up for some fun.

 

Read more of this fascinating insight in to Moor's career at Canterbury Tales Bookshop.

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Little Daughter: A Memoir of Survival in Burma and the West

by Zoya Phan & Damien Lewis.

 

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Zoya Phan was born in the remote jungles of Burma to the Karen tribe, which for decades has been resisting Burma’s brutal military junta.

At age 13, her peaceful childhood was shattered when the Burmese army attacked.

So began two terrible years of running, as Zoya was forced to join thousands of refugees hiding in the Jungle.

Her family scattered, her brothers went deeper into the war, and Zoya, close to death, found shelter at a Thai refugee camp, where she stayed until 2005 when she fled to the U.K. and claimed asylum.

There, in a twist of fate, she became the public face of the Burmese people’s fight for freedom.

This is her inspirational story.

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The Queen of Patpong by Timothy Hallinan

 

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For American travel writer Poke Rafferty, life finally seems to hold some semblance of stability.

He and his longtime love, Rose, have gone through with their much deferred marriage ceremony, their adopted daughter, Miaow, a former street child, has become a loving, if sometimes difficult, part of the family, and the three of them live in relative comfort thanks to Rose's housekeeping business and Rafferty's writing.

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Nebula Award Stories: 8 (Nebula Awards #8)

by Isaac Asimov (Editor), Arthur C. Clarke, Frederik Pohl, William Rotsler, Joanna Russ, Harlan Ellison, Gene Wolfe, Robert Silverberg , & more…

 

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The Islamic Threat : Myth or Reality? by John L. Esposito ...

 

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Are Islam and the West on an inevitable collision course? What are the implications of events in Algeria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and the West?

Recent events such as the World Trade Center bombing, Algeria's civil war and the fundamentalist Islamic government that might follow, Sunni-Shii fratricide in Pakistan, and reports of terrorist networks with bases in the West only enhance the Western view of Muslims as medieval fanatics, and feed talk of an impending clash of civilizations.

 

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