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  1. 20-01-12 05:02 PM #701
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    After getting depressed by biographies about Fritz lang and Stalin I thought I'd cheer myself up by reading 'Dexter in the Dark' by Jeff Lindsay. In this, the 3rd novel about Dexter Morgan, the vigilante serial killer encounters someone even scarier than himself. Exciting and very funny.
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  2. 21-01-12 01:56 AM #702
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    "A Green Bough" by William Faulkner.
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  3. 21-01-12 11:13 AM #703
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    Stray Leaves From An Arctic Journal by Sherard Osborn
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  4. 23-01-12 09:39 AM #704
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    Miss Buncle's Book by D E Stevenson. (As an E F Benson fanatic I was recommended this as being in a similar style)
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  5. 05-02-12 03:55 PM #705
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    Stephen King `On writing`. I`m not into the books of Stephen King at all, but I can`t put this memoir down .

    He talks about his relationship with his mother and brother a lot and also his wife, who helped him to write Carrie as he couldn`t relate to the school girl characters at all, even though the idea for the story was there. It went in the bin but was rescued by his wife. Carrie origionated from the fact that his brother was a janitor, who used to clean a girls shower room.

    It`s a must if you are also a budding writer as the second half of the book is mostly about Stephen giving tips on writing. Very helpful indeed!
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  6. 06-02-12 03:34 PM #706
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    Thank You, Mr. Moto by John P. Marquand, a book which I left in a London taxi in 1987 and have only been able to find in the same edition recently. Given the length of time since reading was interrupted, I've started from the beginning again!
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  7. 07-02-12 02:46 AM #707
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    Hungry Hill Daphne Du Maurier
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  8. 19-02-12 10:11 AM #708
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    "Halliwell's Harvest" - a follow-up to his previous book "Halliwell's Hundred". A personal discussion of films that he has viewed, liked, or found interesting. If you like his style of writing, you are in for a treat! No films newer than the 1960's - just the way I like it!
    Alistair
    PS I miss his Channel 4 programming skills - we used to get many film rarities when he was in charge of their film selection.
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  9. 20-02-12 07:12 PM #709
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    Billy Budd Herman Melville
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  10. 20-02-12 07:24 PM #710
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    Quote Originally Posted by siriami View Post
    "Halliwell's Harvest" - a follow-up to his previous book "Halliwell's Hundred". A personal discussion of films that he has viewed, liked, or found interesting. If you like his style of writing, you are in for a treat! No films newer than the 1960's - just the way I like it!
    Alistair
    PS I miss his Channel 4 programming skills - we used to get many film rarities when he was in charge of their film selection.
    I notice he wrote three volumes of ghost stories! Has anybody read them? Are they any good?
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  11. 26-02-12 05:41 PM #711
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    At least, there's a good book in french about one of my favourite director's films and career...

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  12. 27-02-12 12:11 PM #712
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    "Buzz" a biog of Busby Berkeley.Highly recommended if you are interested in musicals in general and hollywood musicals in particular.Quite expensive but well worth it and i am keeping this book,it is not going to be resold on Amazon!
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  13. 27-02-12 01:16 PM #713
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    Charles Dickens A Life by Claire Tomalin. I've read biographies of Dickens before, and this one is whizzing along very enjoyably.
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  14. 27-02-12 06:24 PM #714
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gerald Lovell View Post
    Charles Dickens A Life by Claire Tomalin. I've read biographies of Dickens before, and this one is whizzing along very enjoyably.
    I'm reading that too-a top publication!
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    The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever by Stephen Donaldson....its been in my "need to read" pile for about 7 years and I have finally got around to it. I find it depressing that there are more books I need to read than I will ever have time for.
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    ''Edmund Goulding - Hollywood's Dark Genius'' ... an excellent biography of a talented and unfairly neglected director.
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  17. 02-03-12 12:20 AM #717
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    Little Ern by Robert Sellers and our own Hoggers. A well researched bio about a now slightly neglected figure. Also a nice companion piece to the Unforgettable docu shown at Christmas.
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  18. 05-03-12 11:09 PM #718
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    Edgar Allan Poe Poems edited by Lisa Lipkin
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  19. 06-03-12 09:22 AM #719
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    Quote Originally Posted by GRAEME View Post
    I notice he wrote three volumes of ghost stories! Has anybody read them? Are they any good?
    Managed to get hold of a copy of Leslie Halliwell's short supernatural collection of ghost stories: "The Ghost Of Sherlock Holmes", and am about halfway through reading it. Well worth searching out - a mix of Saki, Benson, M R James in style, but with a modern twist in settings. I like Halliwell's easy style of writing, excellent bedtime reading.
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  20. 07-03-12 08:21 PM #720
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    Noel Coward's Letters. Terribly Terribly...Interesting Noel.jpg
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