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The Anonymous Venetian
Donna Leon
Pan Books, 1995
What sexual gratification would a person get from wearing clothing of the opposite sex? Brunetti's fetish thoughts answered.
A word used in our human circles to describe a crossdresser would be transvestite (Italian: travestito) meaning someone who dresses in the clothes usually worn by the opposite sex. Transvestites may be bisexual, heterosexual or homosexual; Transvestite comes from the ...
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The Shackled Continent
Robert Guest
Pan Books, 2005
Sharp and entertaining analysis of Africa's problems
Why is Africa the only continent that has not seen economic growth in the last 40 years? It is all too easy to blame just AIDS and the legacy of colonialism for all the problems. In this razor-sharp analysis Robert Guest uses examples from his experience as a traveling ...
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A Venetian Reckoning
Donna Leon
Pan Books, 1996
One of Her Best
All of Donna Leon's excellent mysteries set in Venice have a theme, beyond the common one of massive corruption in Italian politics and its connections with the Mafia. This time the theme is trafficking, and it is very powerfully developed.
This time around ...
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The Island of Adventure and The Castle of Adventure
Enid Blyton
Pan Books Ltd, 2003
Adventure Series a must have for kids
My Mother read my siblings and I these books when we were kids. We just loved them and would hate when she would have to put it down for the night. I will for sure read them to my kids when I have them. Thank you Amazon for carrying these wonderful books by this ...
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Casting Off (Cazalet Chronicle)
Elizabeth Jane Howard
Pan Books, 1996
Fantastic Author
I loved this book and have read all the installments. This is the last Volume.- I wish she had written more about this family. If you enjoy stories about Britian during WWII, with a terrific cast of characters you won't be able to put this down. But start with the ...
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Pyramid
Tom Martin
Pan Books, 2007
Fun read!
Entertaining, engrossing action-adventure! The author does a good job of maintaining a fast pace and holding your interest, while furnishing a wealth of information about the relationships among ancient codes, mathematics, astronomy, geology, ancient civilizations ...
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The Tinder Box
Minette Walters
Pan Books, 2005
Iliked it but it really is a novelette not a novel
I did enjoy reading this, but the length does not justify the original retail price. So buy a used one like I did and i think you will be happy with it.
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Death of Faith, the
Donna Leon
Pan Books, 1998
An outstanding mystery tale
It's always interesting to travel with the Commissario on his cases, and pleasant to share fine Italian lunches with his family, his English professora wife and his two rebellious teenagers. Brunetti is the classics-lovin, uncorrupted anti-hero who struggles ...
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Facing the Frozen Ocean
Bear Grylls
Pan Books, 2005
An amazing story, I can't believe they survived
This book is the account of Bear Grylls and 4 others crossing the North Atlantic Sea in a 40ft rigid inflatable boat. Picture similar conditions to "The Deadliest Catch" on Discovery Channel, only in a boat that sits 2 feet above sea level. At one point their tiny ...
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Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Picador)
Oliver Sacks
Pan Books Ltd, 1998
Wonderful
This is an amazing book. It completely changes a reader's perspective on the study and practice of Neurology. While not every observation may yet be backed by research, the way that Dr Sacks approaches a problem is unique and inspiring. Read it before you start your ...
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21 Years Gone
Jack Osbourne
Pan Books, 2007
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The Forgotten Garden
Kate Morton
Pan Books, 2008
The Forgotten Garden: Another Blockbuster for Kate Morton
A four-year-old girl waits alone on a dock in Australia for parents who never come. Her only possession? A tiny white suitcase containing no information about who she is or how she came to be abandoned.
Nell is a foundling, and what a rare foundling she is. A ...
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Christmas Truce: The Western Front December 1914 (Pan Grand Strategy Series)
Malcolm Brown, Shirley Seaton
Pan Books, 1999
The best book on the subject
Excellent. I read the lesser, although well-intentioned book by Stanley Weintraub, but this is clearly the best book on the subject of the tragically short Christmas Truce, 1914.
The very fact that the truce even arose, suggests the idea that even World War One was ...
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The Talisman of Troy
Valerio Massimo Manfredi
Pan Books, 2004
Homer Revisited
I've found the author's other books quite entertaining, but this one is truly excellent. It reads almost like another "Odyssey" set in the real world, a tale of the last of the heroes from the age of myth on a dark, epic voyage. Manfredi uses easily accessible prose ...
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Under the Banner of Heaven
Jon Krakauer
Pan Books, 2004
Meticulously researched and well presented
There are far better and longer reviews than mine posted here, so I hesitated to even attempt one. However, I've traveled to many of the places described in Jon's book, including Separation Canyon (within the Grand Canyon) and Colorado City, long before the ...
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