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Lance Armstrong

With the Le Tour De France in full swing and Lance Armstrong poised to take a famous victory after coming out of retirement, now is the time to brush up on your history of the most famous and gruelling sporting event of them all.
Abe Books has a great collection of all books related to [...]

The Secret Life of Bees is a novel by Sue Monk Kidd and follows the fortunes of a young white girl and her black maid in 60’s Carolina.Here’s the plot synopsis from Waterstones:
Lily has grown up believing she accidentally killed her mother when she was four. She not only has her own memory of holding [...]

Since moving to Edinburgh, I’ve worked my way through a couple of old Rebus books about a hard-drinking detective who solves crimes in a maverick fashion. The books make a great tourist guide to Edinburgh and the surrounding area. “Set in Darkness” takes in the mysterious chapel of Rosslyn – which I subsequently visited – [...]

Shop Online 4 celebrates everything French in honour of Bastille Day. Whilst President Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni watch the parades and host a garden party, we bring you the best of French:
Literature
Check out the giants of French philosophy and literature. Rousseau argued for majority rule long before the concept was popular and helped [...]

I just this week put down “A Spot of Bother” by Mark Haddon after reading it cover to cover in a couple of sittings. This book is a wonderfully crafted, often painful, but most of all hilarious modern day story of family farce.
If you think your family is dysfunctional, wait until you meet this bunch!
The [...]

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Before I get on with the first book review in this very shopping blog, I thought I’d welcome you to the site! So, welcome.
Finding the Latest Book Reviews
Book reviews shall be a regular feature – just look under the “Book Reviews” category (there’s load of ways to discover it around the site – at the [...]

Anna Wintour has been spotted in three different locations in one week wearing the same dress. This is a major development in the fashion world – akin to the Queen having a Judy Finnigan moment. Embarassing for Vogue perhaps, but a well-timed let-off-the-hook for the rest of us. Get the look the Anna liked so [...]