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|author=Rose Tremain
|title=Trespass
|rating=4
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=Set in the hills of Southern France, Trespass is a novel about sibling love and rivalry, disputed territory and ultimately revenge. In the French corner are Aramon Lunel, resident of the Mas Lunel, and his sister Audrun who lives in a cottage in the grounds. In the English corner are Victoria Verey, a garden designer, and her partner, an untalented watercolourist, Kitty. The catalyst that brings these together is the arrival in France of Anthony Verey, Victoria's sister whose exclusive antiques business in London is failing and who decides to follow his sister in finding a new life in France. Aramon is tempted to sell his family Mas by the lure of 'foreign' money even if that means that his sister's house has to be destroyed to secure the deal.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0701177942</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Philip Ardagh
|summary=These days I get very nervous when I hear about books for 'lazy' cooks, or how to cheat when preparing meals. There's a very simple reason for this: good food, prepared using seasonal ingredients which don't break the budget needs skill and knowledge and neither are the prerogative of the lazy. Mo Smith might like us to think that she's lazy, but take my word for it – she isn't. She might have learned a few tricks for making good food quickly, but she's a woman who knows her onions and all sorts of other food.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0749007826</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Adam Blade
|title=Creta the Winged Terror (Beast Quest)
|rating=4
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Our hero, Tom, is finding his fishing trip with his father bugged - literally - by a plague of sickening cockroach things. What's more, the whole land of Avantia is suffering some form of horrid heatwave. Can Tom, recognising yet another threat to his country from the evil Malvel, defeat his nemesis yet again - especially as said baddie has as a new weapon of darkness a massive host of the roaches, swarming as one giant monster?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408307359</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Karan Mahajan
|title=Family Planning
|rating=2
|genre=General Fiction
|summary=Mr Rakesh Ahuja is Delhi's Mister of Urban Development and so far, has managed to do well in his career. However, his family life is beginning to take over - he already has thirteen children and a fourteenth is on the way. The eldest, Arjun, now a teenager was born to Mr Ahuja's first wife, but up til now, Arjun is unaware of this fact. Sangita Ahuja, the long-suffering wife, is aware that her relationship with Arjun may never be the same again. Meanwhile, Arjun is only interested in one thing - how to attract the attention of the gorgeous girl on his school bus. What will happen to the family when Mr Ahuja finally tells the truth?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099523299</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Fraser's Autographs
|title=Collect Autographs: An Illustrated Guide to Collecting and Investing in Autographs
|rating=4.5
|genre=Business and Finance
|summary=There must be many of us who have at one time had an autograph book or something of the kind as children and asked friends, relations or even celebrities to 'do something', written to celebrities in the hope of obtaining a personally signed picture, or even waited patiently at a stage door after a play or concert eagerly clutching a theatre programme, record or CD sleeve and pen in hand.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0852597525</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Derrick Niederman
|title=Number Freak: A Mathematical Compendium from 1 to 200
|rating=4.5
|genre=Popular Science
|summary=This is a book that definitely does what it says on the tin. Our author has the capacity to grab each number between one and two hundred, and wring it for all its worth - all the special status it might have in our culture (more easy with seven than, say, 187), all the special properties it might possess (perfect, triangular, prime), and as many other things mathematicians and so on would find of interest. Luckily there is enough here to make the book well worth a browse for us who would not deem themselves number buffs.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>071563710X</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Sonali Fernando
|title=Soul Mates: True Stories From The World of Online Dating
|rating=2.5
|genre=Home and Family
|summary=Internet dating is no longer the new taboo it once was. These days, whatever type of person you are, and whatever type of person you're looking to meet, you can take your pick from any number of sites. Yes, even 'Guardian' readers can log on and look for love specifically with, erm, other 'Guardian' readers. To do so, they just have to click through to 'Guardian Soulmates', which is probably no different from 'Match.com' or 'Datingdirect', though might count a larger proportion of sandal wearing hippies among its members.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>085265202X</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Stephen Hunter
|title=I, Sniper
|rating=4
|genre=Crime
|summary=You don't often find novels or films based on the art of the sniper. Hiding out for hours motionless and then killing someone unseen from hundreds of yards away doesn't make for as interesting a story as a face to face shoot out. But with 'I, Sniper', Stephen Hunter has managed to combine the art of the sniper with the art of the crime thriller in a decent read.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847377777</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Lucy Coats and Anthony Lewis
|title=The Beasts in the Jar (Greek Beasts and Heroes)
|rating=4.5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Atticus the sandalmaker is heading to the great storytelling competition in Troy. On his way, he meets a number of people and, always eager for an opportunity to hone his skills, relates to them tales from Ancient Greek myths and legends. The beasts in the jar of the title? Pandora released them from what we mistakenly call her box.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444000659</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Jed Mercurio
|title=American Adulterer
|rating=4
|genre=General Fiction
|summary=I've often wondered how history would have viewed Jack Kennedy if he'd died a natural death rather than by an assassin's bullet. As an extension of that I've also thought that he might not have lived that much longer had nature been allowed to take its course. He's one of the most-written-about Presidents of all time and finding a new angle – even a fictional one – is not easy, but Jed Mercurio has looked at Kennedy's adult life through the prism of his sexual peccadilloes and his health.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099515873</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Joe Treasure
|title=Besotted
|rating=4
|genre=Literary Fiction
|summary=It is late August 1982, the day when O level results come out. Michael Cartwright already knows he has failed his exams and is dreading his parents finding out. He, his twin brother Kieran (who has done very well) and their younger sisters are on the family holiday, staying with their mother's parents in Kilross, County Cork. To escape boredom and his parents' anger, he wanders round the village, where he meets Fergal Noonan, training to be a priest, and lively Peggy O'Connor. He has his first kiss and a bit more with Peggy. The family soon goes home to Cheltenham, but their brief visit to Ireland will have far reaching significance.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0330511726</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Tim Pears
|title=Landed
|rating=4
|genre=General Fiction
|summary=I have hesitated to write this review because, truthfully, I am not ''entirely'' sure that I know what happened at the end. I read it all. I actually read the end several times. And then I skipped back to the middle, just to check something, before trying the end again. I have decided to just believe in what I ''think'' happened, and since I don't want to spoil it for other readers then I don't have to make a complete fool of myself writing down what it is I think! And actually, that mysteriousness is part of the charm of the story. So, slight confusion aside, I still gave this book four stars, and this is why...
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0434020079</amazonuk>
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