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Julian Barnes was born in Leicester, England on January 19,
1946. He was educated at the City of London School from 1957 to 1964 and at
Magdalen College, Oxford, from which he graduated in modern languages (with...
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First time author Jenny Downham has caused quite a stir with Before I
Die, a novel targeted at teens with crossover appeal for adults in general.
Publisher David Fickling (part of Random House), who also publish...
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These are 2 of the 8 suggested readalikes for David Shields.
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A bold, mesmerizing novel about the woman known as "Typhoid Mary," the first known healthy carrier of typhoid fever in the burgeoning metropolis of early twentieth century New York.
Two Lives is a memoir written by international best-selling author, Vikram Seth. In this interesting and engaging book, Seth writes about his great...
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Z, the novel about the life of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald is at points charming and; like another reviewer, I kept thinking of the movie, "Midnight...
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Although heavy on the scientific details, which slowed down the story for me (OK, I admit, I was one of those liberal arts majors who skipped out on...
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Judge rules unused Borders gift cards to be worthless(May 23 2013) Borders owes nothing to holders of roughly $210.5 million of gift cards that had not been used by the time the bookstore chain shut down, a Manhattan federal...
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