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The Flame Bearer by Bernard Cornwell.

 

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Britain is at an uneasy peace.

After their bloody defeat of Danish-held East Anglia, the West Saxons stand victorious while the Mercians have taken back their land on the border of Northumbria, the last kingdom of Britain still ruled by the pagan northmen.

A precarious truce exists between Æthelflæd’s Mercia and Northumbria, now ruled by Uhtred of Bebbanburg’s son-in-law, Sigtryggr.

 

Under the cover of this fragile calm, Uhtred must begin his campaign that will end with the assault on Bebbanburg, the great fortress that is rightly his and was stolen from him in childhood.

 

But his plans are shattered when the Scots surge down and lay claim to the north of England, as the West Saxons, under Uhtred’s old enemy, Æthelhelm, invade Northumbria from the south.

If Uhtred is to succeed in recapturing Bebbanburg he must both defeat Æthelhelm’s forces and drive the Scots away before he can attack the formidable fortress by the sea.

He has a small army and many enemies, but Uhtred is not the supreme warlord of Britain for nothing...

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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind.

 

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Patrick Süskind's Perfume is a classic novel of death and sensuality in Paris.

 

'In eighteenth century France there lived a man who was one of the most gifted and abominable personages in an era that knew no lack of gifted and abominable personages.

His name was Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, and if his name has been forgotten today, it is certainly not because Grenouille fell short of those more famous blackguards when it came to arrogance, misanthropy, immorality, or, more succinctly, wickedness, but because his gifts and his sole ambition were restricted to a domain that leaves no traces in history: to the fleeting realm of scent . . .'

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Halfway To Hollywood: Diaries 1980-1988 by Michael Palin.

 

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After a live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, The Pythons made their last performance together in 1983 in the hugely successful MONTY PYTHON'S MEANING OF LIFE.

Writing and acting in films and television then took over much of Michael's life, culminating in the smash hit A FISH CALLED WANDA (for which he won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor), and the first of his seven celebrated television journeys for the BBC.

He co-produced, wrote and played the lead in THE MISSIONARY opposite Maggie Smith, who also appeared with him in A PRIVATE FUNCTION, written by Alan Bennett.

 

Such was his fame in the US, he was enticed into once again hosting the enormously popular show Saturday Night Live, in one edition of which his mother makes a highly successful surprise guest appearance.

He filmed several journeys for television and became chairman of the pressure group, Transport 2000.

His family remains a constant as his and Helen's children enter their teens.

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Billie Jo by Kimberley Chambers.

 

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'Not once had Terry ever been hauled in by old bill.

He was sure the filth was aware of him, as he had his fingers stuck in many pies, but he was a background man and that's the way he liked it.

He made sure that he kept well away from the dodgy motors, the thieves and the yards...'

 

Terry, the lucky villain with a heart of gold, is riding for a fall. Michelle, the wife he hates and is plotting to leave, knows something is afoot, but not quite what.

Billie Jo, their adored only daughter, loathes her parents quarrelling and her mother drinking, but will she understand when Terry tells her the truth: that he is planning to marry his pregnant secretary?

Jade is a cut above the rest and waits patiently for the day when she and Terry can live peacefully together on his ill gotten gains, probably on the Costa del Sol.

But fate is about to deal a terrible hand, leaving Billie Jo's protected world in tatters.

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Rage by Wilbur Smith.

 

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There are heroes and there are monsters.

But most of us are ordinary mortals caught up in events too turbulent for any of us.

Perhaps when the battle is over, all we will inherit are the ashes of a once beautiful land.

It is 1952. Guided by the ruthless hands of Shasa Courtney and Centaine Malcomess, the Courtney family empire has come to dominate the lives of white and black South African alike.

But the winds of change are fanning fires of revolution.

In his deadly quest for power, Shasa will be tested far beyond the battle of the boardroom, forced to betray his ideals for a misguided dream of national unity.

Rage is Wilbur Smith's impassioned account of post-war South Africa.

It is also the work of a master storyteller at the zenith of his powers: an unforgettable blend of passion, power, history and intrigue.

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The Ice King: Twilight of the Celts Book III by M.K. Hume.

 

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The legend of King Arthur lives on...

 

It is several years now since Arthur, the Last Dragon of Britain, has set foot on home soil.

Scouring the Land of the Denes, he has not only engaged in brutal and bloody conflict with the barbaric Geats but he has also unearthed the most evil force within the royal court of Heorot.

Under the guidance of Stormbringer, the mighty Sae Dene king, he has honed his skills as a commander.

Now the time has come for Arthur to brave the dangers of the frozen north as he and a band of daring seafaring warriors prepare to embark on his ultimate voyage to return to Britain and to create a kingdom of his own...

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Reader's Digest Condensed Books - Deluxe Edition, The Man with the Golden Gun, The Vine and the Olive, The Source, Geordie, The Century of the Surgeon

by Ian Fleming, Margaret Culkin Banning, James A. Michener, Jürgen Thorwald, David Walker.

 

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Bond may have a license to kill, but “Pistols” Scaramanga has a talent for it.

He’s a KGB-trained assassin who’s left a trail of dead British Secret Service agents in his wake.

His weapon of choice? A gold-plated Colt .45.

 

In the aftermath of his brainwashing by the Soviets, Bond is given one last chance to win back M’s trust: terminate Scaramanga before he strikes MI6 again.

Traveling to Jamaica under an assumed name, Bond manages to infiltrate Scaramanga’s organization and soon discovers that the hit man’s criminal ambitions have expanded to include arson, drug smuggling, and industrial sabotage. Worst of all for Bond, Scaramanga has a golden bullet inscribed with the numbers 007 and he’s eager to put it to use.

 

Under the heat of the Caribbean sun, Bond faces a seemingly impossible task: win a duel against the Man with the Golden Gun.

 

The vine and the olive by Margaret Culkin Banning;

This brilliant novel deals with the most controversial human problems of our time...If the book doesn't 1) Intrigue you... 2)Surprise you...or 3) Change your thinking ...???

 

The Source by James A. Michener;

In the grand storytelling style that is his signature, James Michener sweeps us back through time to the very beginnings of the Jewish faith, thousands of years ago.

Through the predecessors of four modern men and women, we experience the entire colorful history of the Jews, including the life of the early Hebrews and their persecutions, the impact of Christianity, the Crusades, and the Spanish Inquisition, all the way to the founding of present day Israel and the Middle-East conflict.

"A sweeping chronology filled with excitement."

 

Geordie by David Walker;

This is the story of a wee gamekeeper's son from Perthshire who takes a body building course by correspondence and ends up an Olympic champion.

The glory of the book lies in its accurate depiction of the Scottish Highlands and the small community which propels Geordie on his way.

The beauty of the crag where the eagle nests, and the scent of the mist in the glen, are everywhere.

But a wry humour prevents this little masterpiece from ever cloying or sounding a false note.

Someone on the dustjacket of my copy said he read it on long air raids into Germany during the last war.

It reminded him what he was fighting for.

Find it if you can?

 

Century of the Detective by Jurgen Thorwald;

"With all of the tenacious research, and without the intrusive first person device of his earlier The Century of the Surgeon. Thorwald transfers to the allied scientific disciplines used in the development of procedural criminal detection and provides a massive dossier.

This is a four part study: of identification, as Bertillon, the ill humored, unappreciated clerk in the Surete developed his system of body measurements which were later to be replaced by dactylography; of forensic medicine, as bodies, bloodstains, hairs, etc. could be submitted to microscopic, milligram matic analysis; of forensic toxicology and forensic ballistics.

Famous cases from every continent exemplify, the Gouffe case, Harvey Crippen, Marie Lafarge and Sacco & Vanzetti, along with a formidable number unfamiliar to the common reader.

Thorwald, while never" a spirited writer, is extremely conscientious and no detail is smudged as he wraps a winding sheet of irrefutable facts around this developmental history of detection."

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Can I Freeze It?: How to Use the Most Versatile Appliance in Your Kitchen by Susie Theodorou.

 

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What kitchen appliance is a busy home cook′s greatest friend?

 

Believe it or not, it′s the freezer.

Freezers seriously simplify meal preparation, you can plan ahead, save time, and shop economically, yet still serve fresh, flavorful suppers.

Freezers are great for those dark winter months when you want to have dinner on the table fifteen minutes after you get home from work, think lasagna, stews, and soups and they are also useful for entertaining friends when time is short.

 

In Can I Freeze it? veteran food writer and stylist Susie Theodorou explains the tips, tricks, and RULES of freezing food, from containers and wrappers (foil or Tupperware?) to the best methods for retaining moisture and flavor to what ingredients and dishes can and can′t be frozen.

She provides a wealth of recipes, along with color photographs, for whole and partial dishes. Some are completely pre assembled (for example, chicken in a marinade), frozen, and cooked later.

Others combine frozen ingredients with fresh ones pair a pastry from the freezer with berries from a farm stand, or defrost a sauce and use it to top fish straight from the market.

 

The recipes include everything from meat and fish to pizza and veggies, plus desserts.

Many dishes can be served two ways.

For example, prepare classic Bolognese sauce and serve some of it for dinner over pasta.

Freeze the rest and use it later to make meat and potato pie. In addition, there is a chapter on cooking for a crowd in which Susie shares her best recipes for entertaining large groups of family and friends.

Serve lamb ragu ravioli with rosemary brown butter, Mexican chickpea stew with green salsa, or hearty lasagna, your guests will never know you prepared most of the meal in advance, making dinner parties a breeze?

And be sure to save room for decadent desserts, including homes favorites such as Chocolate Chunk Cookies as well as showstoppers like Layered Coconut Cake.

 

With Can I Freeze It? flavorful, healthful, hot meals are ready in minutes, without turning to takeout.

It′s the ultimate guide to saving time and money in the kitchen.

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Orchid Growing in the Tropics - Illustrated,

by Orchid Society of South East Asia.

 

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In spite of the title, we have been told by experienced orchid growers in the U.S. that this little handbook is useful for growing orchids indoors anywhere in the world.

It is beautifully illustrated and full of practical information on orchid culture and propagation.

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The Beast: A Decker/Lazarus Novel by Faye Kellerman.

 

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When reclusive inventor, Hobart Penny, is found dead in his apartment, the cops think his pet, an adult female tiger attacked the elderly billionaire.

But it soon becomes clear that the beast that killed him is all too human.

 

Digging into the victim's life, LAPD Lieutenant Peter Decker and his colleagues, Detectives Marge Dunn and Scott Oliver, discover that Penny was an exceptionally peculiar man with exotic tastes, including kinky sex with call girls.

 

Following a trail of clues that leads from a wildlife sanctuary in the San Bernardino Mountains to the wild nightlife of Las Vegas, the detectives are left juggling too many suspects and too few answers.

To crack a case involving the two most primal instincts, sex and murder, Decker must turn to a man with expert knowledge of both: Chris Donatti, the dangerous man who is also the father of Decker's foster son, Gabriel Whitman.

 

As their work and intimate worlds collide, family crises and work related responsibilities might prove too much for Decker's career.

When all these shocking truths come out, exactly how will Decker and his wife, Rina, survive?

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The Beatles - All These Years: Volume One: Tune In

by Mark Lewisohn.

 

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The Beatles have been at the top for fifty years, their music remains exciting, their influence is still huge, their acclaim and achievements cannot be surpassed.

But who really were the Beatles, and how did they and everything else in the 1960's fuse so explosively?

 

Mark Lewisohn's three part biography is the first true and accurate account of the Beatles, a contextual history built upon impeccable research and written with energy, style, objectivity and insight.

This first volume covers the crucial and less known early period, the Liverpool and Hamburg years of a hungry rock and roll band, when all the sharp characters and situations take shape.

 

This is the Beatles like you've never read them before.

It isn't just 'another book', it's the book, from the world-acknowledged authority.

Forget what you know and discover the complete story.

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A Crown Of Swords: by Robert Jordan.

 

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The war for humanity's survival has begun.

 

Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn, has escaped the snares of the White Tower and the first of the rebel Aes Sedai have sworn to follow him.

Attacked by the servants of the Dark, threatened by the invading Seanchan, Rand rallies his forces and brings battle to bear upon Illian, stronghold of Sammael the Forsaken . . .

 

In the city of Ebou Dar, Elayne, Aviendha and Mat struggle to secure the ter'angreal that can break the Dark One's hold on the world's weather and an ancient bane moves to oppose them.

In the town of Salidar, Egwene al'Vere gathers an army to reclaim Tar Valon and reunite the Aes Sedai . . .

 

And in Shadar Logoth, city of darkness, a terrible power awakens . . .

 

Be sure to look out for the Wheel of Time Companion, the definitive encyclopedia for this global bestselling fantasy phenomenon.

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The Grand Salad from John Evelyn's Acetaria (1699) Hardcover by John Evelyn.

 

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If you like interesting, different and ye olde worlde salads, this is the book for you.

Based on salads eaten in the 17th century, makes a change from coleslaws and other things we eat these days.

A very handy book with unusual recipes.

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Dare To Be A Daniel: Then and Now by Tony Benn.

 

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Born into a family with a strong, radical dissenting tradition in which enterprise and public service were combined, Tony Benn was taught to believe that the greatest sin in life was to waste time and money.

Life in his Victorian Edwardian family home in Westminster was characterised by austerity, the last vestiges of domestic service, the profound influence of his mother, a dedicated Christian and feminist, and his colourful and courageous father, elected as a Liberal MP in 1906 and later serving in Labour Cabinets under Ramsay MacDonald and Clem Atlee. Benn followed in his father's footsteps, becoming one of the most famous and respected figures in modern British politics.

 

Dare to be a Daniel feelingly recalls Tony Benn's years as one of three brothers experiencing life in the nursery, the agonies of adolescence and of school, where boys were taught to 'keep their minds clean' and the shadow of fascism and the Second World War with its disruption and family loss.

This moving memoir also describes his emergence from World War Two as a keen socialist about to embark upon marriage and an unknown political future.

The book ends with some of Tony Benn's reflections on many of the most important and controversial issues of our time.

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Things Can Only Get Better: Eighteen Miserable Years in the Life of a Labour Supporter, 1979-1997 by John O'Farrell.

 

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Like bubonic plague and stone cladding, no one took Margaret Thatcher seriously until it was too late.

Her first act as leader was to appear before the cameras and do a V for Victory sign the wrong way round.

She was smiling and telling the British people to f**k off at the same time.

It was something we would have to get used to.

 

Things Can Only Get Better is the personal account of a Labour supporter who survived eighteen miserable years of Conservative government.

It is the heartbreaking and hilarious confessions of someone who has been actively involved in helping the Labour party lose elections at every level: school candidate: door to door canvasser: working for a Labour MP in the House of Commons; standing as a council candidate; and eventually writing jokes for a shadow cabinet minister.

 

Along the way he slowly came to realise that Michael Foot would never be Prime Minister, that vegetable quiche was not as tasty as chicken tikki masala and that the nuclear arms race was never going to be stopped by face painting alone.

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Persian Letters by Montesquieu.

 

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This richly evocative novel in letters tells the story of two Persian noblemen who have left their country, the modern Iran to journey to Europe in search of wisdom.

As they travel, they write home to wives and eunuchs in the harem and to friends in France and elsewhere.

Their colourful observations on the culture differences between West and East culture conjure up Eastern sensuality, repression and cruelty in contrast to the freer, more civilized West, but here also unworthy nobles and bishops, frivolous women of fashion and conceited people of all kinds are satirized.

Storytellers as well as letter writers, Montesquieu's Usbek and Rica are disrespectful and witty, but also serious moralists. Persian Letters was a succès de scandale in Paris society, and encapsulates the libertarian, critical spirit of the early eighteenth century.

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Sleepers by Lorenzo Carcaterra.

 

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Sleeper (colloq.): 1. out-of-town hit man who spends the night after a local contract is completed.

2. A juvenile sentenced to serve any period longer than nine months in a state managed facility.

 

This is the story of four young boys.

Four lifelong friends.

 

Intelligent, fun loving, wise beyond their years, they are inseparable.

Their potential is unlimited, but they are content to live within the closed world of New York City's Hell's Kitchen.

And to play as many pranks as they can on the denizens of the street.

They never get caught and they know they never will.

 

Until one disastrous summer afternoon.

 

On that day, what begins as a harmless scheme goes horribly wrong and the four find themselves facing a year's imprisonment in the Wilkinson Home for Boys.

The oldest of them is fifteen, the youngest twelve, what happens to them over the course of that year, brutal beatings, unimaginable humiliation, will change their lives forever.

 

Years later, one becomes a lawyer.

One a reporter.

And two have grown up to be murderers, professional hit men. For all of them, the pain and fear of Wilkinson still rages within, only one thing can erase it.

 

Revenge.

 

To exact it, they will twist the legal system.

Commandeer the courtroom for their agenda,. use the wiles they observed on the streets, the violence they learned at Wilkinson.

 

If they get caught this time, they only have one thing left to lose: their lives.

 

SLEEPERS is the extraordinary true story of four men who take the law into their own hands.

It is a searing portrait of a system gone awry and of the people some innocent, some not so innocent, who must suffer the consequences.

At the heart of SLEEPERS is a sensational murder trial that ultimately gives devastating, yet exhilarating, proof of street justice and truly defines the meaning of loyalty and love between friends.

Told with great humor and compassion, even at its most harrowing, SLEEPERS is an unforgettable reading experience.

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The Death of a President: November 1963

by William Manchester.

 

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William Manchester's epic and definitive account of President John F. Kennedy's assassination.

 

As the world still reeled from the tragic and historic events of November 22, 1963, William Manchester set out, at the request of the Kennedy family, to create a detailed, authoritative record of the days immediately preceding and following President John F. Kennedy's death.

Through hundreds of interviews, abundant travel and firsthand observation, and with unique access to the proceedings of the Warren Commission, Manchester conducted an exhaustive historical investigation, accumulating forty five volumes of documents, exhibits, and transcribed tapes.

His ultimate objective, to set down as a whole the national and personal tragedy that was JFK's assassination is brilliantly achieved in this galvanizing narrative, a book universally acclaimed as a landmark work of modern history.

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The Farang Wife by Tony Crossley.

 

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"A sizzling and oft-amusing tale of gender rivalry"

 

An English graphic designer in Bangkok loves his lovely if prim wife, but he finds models at the photography studio he part owns too much to resist.

On the wife finding her marriage under threat, to cure her husband's habitual philandering she decides to be more 'sexy'. Little did she know the effect this would have on her psyche.

 

An expat Pattaya estate agency manager married in the UK believing that his former mini celebrity wife would serve his social aspirations.

He combines his photography hobby with his penchant for skirt-chasing.

The wife attempts to jump start her flagging marriage by reviving her modelling career.

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SE-ED'S MODERN ENGLISH-THAI & THAI-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (Contemporary Edition)

(ปกอ่อน) พจนานุกรมอังกฤษ-ไทย ฉบับทันสมัยและสมบูรณ์ที่สุด(Modern English-Thai Dictionary)(Complete & Update)

by วิทย์ เที่ยงบูรณธรรม

 

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Thai Mangoes’ by Trirat Petchsingh.

 

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An extremely evocative collection of stories set in contemporary Thailand by an award-winning author.

Trirat Petchsingh’s masterfully crafted stories are quirky, interesting, and always fun to read.

His language is often beautiful and powerful.

He has a first rate ability to keep his readers in suspense and then surprise them with unexpected endings.

There are intriguing stories about family relationships, lovers and cads, and other ordinary mortals.

They deal with rites of passage, life’s mysteries and epiphanies, and sometimes just ordinary experiences, but always with an intriguing twist.

His heroes, while not all entirely loveable, are all believable and worthy of our sympathy.

For example, there is a miner who seeks his fortune in the hills of the north, a news reporter who mixes a little romance with his work, and an army conscript who becomes involved in momentous events.

In this collection of nineteen stories, Trirat Petchsingh has revealed an insight into the Thai milieu that no other author has attempted.

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Boris: The Rise of Boris Johnson by Andrew Gimson.

 

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Despite having once been sacked from the shadow front bench, Boris Johnson is still widely seen as one of the stars of the Conservative Party.

His distinctive appearance ('like a haystack on a bicycle'), befuddled manner and ready wit have assured a high media profile and a large fanbase with the general public.

In this, the first biography of Boris, Andrew Gimson investigates Boris's twin-faced dilemma, politics or entertainment and asks how deep his political ambition runs. Boris has transcended his class, education and his various occupations (Conservative MP for Henley-on-Thames, Conservative spokesman for Higher Education, columnist, motoring correspondent for GQ, novelist, TV presenter, and now, Mayor of London) to become a paradoxical character the old Etonian who fascinates teenagers as well as grandparents, the classical scholar who is also a TV quiz-show contestant.

Despite being a comic actor of genius, he is not just an act and Andrew Gimson's biography covers all facets of this complex individual.

There is his exotic Turkish ancestry, his place among five siblings, his competitive relationship with his father Stanley, the distinguished university career, his five years as a journalist in Brussels, his first failed venture into politics ('I fought Clwyd South and Clwyd South fought back'), overseeing the Spectator During the David Blunkett affair and the Liverpool editorial fiasco which led to Boris's sacking from the shadow cabinet, his exile and return under David Cameron, his two marriages, four children and love affairs. Interviewing Boris's contemporaries, his family and his detractors, Andrew Gimson has created a fascinating and amusing portrait of this unique man of our times.

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Tales of Thailand by Pira Sudham.

 

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A collection of short stories, most from his first collection, Siamese Drama, published in 1983 plus two new stories.

The stories deal with modern rural life in Thailand and the changes and problems occurring there.

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The Day of the Scorpion by Paul Scott.

 

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In "The Day of the Scorpion," Scott draws us deeper in to his epic of India at the close of World War II.

With force and subtlety, he recreates both private ambition and perversity, and the politics of an entire subcontinent at a turning point in history.

 

As the scorpion, encircled by a ring of fire, will sting itself to death, so does the British raj hasten its own destruction when threatened by the flames of Indian independence.

Brutal repression and imprisonment of India's leaders cannot still the cry for home rule.

And in the midst of chaos, the English Laytons withdraw from a world they no longer know to seek solace in denial, drink, and madness