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Six Frames for thinking about Information
Bought this as a Ebook on the Waterstones book store as I had some points to redeem. Text of review reads.. Described as a “technique for coping with the masses of information we are faced with every day.. which will utterly change the way you...
Reviewed by lecraic via 
on 06 Oct 2008.
2 of 2 people found this useful.
Reinventing Collapse by Dmitry Orlov
<p>I love seeing the world through the eyes of people who look at the world differently from the rest of us - brain candy! Dmitry...</p>
Reviewed by Phoebe via 
on 15 Sep 2008.
2 of 2 people found this useful.
When you are engulfed in flames - David Sedaris
Wonderfully light, quirky collection of self-deprecating sketches. His writing's appeared in The New Yorker. Best for dipping in & out of.
Reviewed by famron via 
on 12 Sep 2008.
2 of 2 people found this useful.
Compulsion by Jonathan Kellerman
Usual murder mystery fiction featuring psychologist Alex Delaware partnered with LAPD detective Milo Sturgis. Grand easy holiday read that raced along but the plot I shall probably have forgotten by vacation's end. #book #fiction
Reviewed by ManicMammy via on 20 Aug 2008.
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'The Summer Book' by Tove Janssen
Lovely funny #book about the relationship betw a 6 yr old girl and her grandmother. Events take place over a summer spent on a tiny Finnish island.
Reviewed by famron via on 19 Aug 2008.
1 of 1 people found this useful.
The Ghost by Robert Harris
I really enjoyed this novel, a total page turner that raced along. It's narrated by the ghost writer of the former British prime minister, who's brought in on the project after the sudden death of the first writer. The ex PM Adam Lang and his wife Ruth...
Reviewed by ManicMammy via on 03 Aug 2008.
2 of 2 people found this useful.
Top Gear Season Finale (Summer 2008)
<p>I think this may rate as one of the best Top Gears of all time. So much packed into an hour with pure comedy in...</p>
Reviewed by Conor O'Neill via on 28 Jul 2008.
1 of 1 people found this useful.
God Is Not Great
I was expecting great things in this book from a thinker I deeply admire. Unfortunately it has nothing new to say and has no chance of convincing anyone on either side of the fence. I'm not a big reader, I rarely read anything approaching philosophy...
Reviewed by Old Baldy via 
on 25 Jul 2008.
2 of 2 people found this useful.
Double Fault by Lionel Shriver
So Wimbledon was in progress, I was in my local bookshop and this novel caught my eye. Its the story of Willy, a low ranking tennis professional on the way up when we first encounter her. She's been playing tennis since aged four and is now...
Reviewed by ManicMammy via on 18 Jul 2008.
2 of 2 people found this useful.
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
Easy to read, page turner of a novel whose main character is Peter, a bullied teenager, who heads into high school one morning armed and kills ten people. I found many of the characters to be cliched and a bit one dimensional. But despite that the...
Reviewed by ManicMammy via on 03 Jul 2008.
1 of 1 people found this useful.
