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The Internet is a playground- David Thorne

David Thorne makes himself out to be one of the most irritating troublemakers on the web, and it’s a wonder, really, that if his stories a…

Started by Kate

0 Jan 23, 2012

"A beautiful child" by Matt Birkbeck

This book was the most gripping story that I have read all year and the most scary part is that it is a true story. A beauiful and exceptio…

Started by Ashleigh Veitch

2 Jan 13, 2012
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Billy Connolly's Route 66

Told in Billy Connolly's trademark wit and style, this was a fascinating book about the famous road Route 66. Filled with facts eg. like A…

Started by Jacqui

0 Dec 16, 2011

On Shakespeare by John Bell

We had the pleasure of listening to John talk about his book at Stanton Library.  This is a very interesting book, for it gives his views o…

Started by Read, Review & Win

0 Dec 5, 2011

You're Looking Very Well: the Surprising Nature of Getting Old - Lewis Wolpert

This is a very interesting read by a distinguished developmental biologist and octagenarian who has spent his career studying embryonic de…

Started by Jane B

0 Dec 2, 2011

No Way Down - Graham Bowley

I am a sucker for books of this genre...human endurance against sometimes insurmountable odds and I have often wondered what drives people…

Started by Jane B

0 Oct 5, 2011

India : a portrait by Patrick French

This is a brilliant account of the sub-continent of India which takes one historically through to the present day.  It would be a mistake t…

Started by Read, Review & Win

0 Sep 19, 2011

The Man in the Rockefeller Suit: the astonishing rise and spectacular fall of a serial imposter. - Mark Seal

This book is an interesting look at the multiple personas of one Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter who at age 17 arrived in the USA from Germa…

Started by Jane B

0 Sep 15, 2011

Bike Snob: Systematically and mercilessly realigning the world of cycling - Christopher Koelle

Bike Snob had its birth as the BIke Snob NYC blog by BIKESNOBNYC and is a very entertaining look at the world of the cyclist that translat…

Started by Jane B

0 Aug 1, 2011

Songs of blood and sword :a daughter's memoir by Fatima Bhutto

    Fatima Bhutto delivered the opening address to the Sydney Writers Festival 2011.      An ambitious, fascinating and brave account in v…

Started by Jenni Wong

1 Jun 17, 2011
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