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http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article3082559.ece
there's 50 questions to answer
1.a) Tony Blair: The Making of a World Leader. Philip Stephens (he's a journalist with The Times)
b) The Ghost by Robert Harris
2 a) Exit Music by Ian Rankin-Rebus' final case b) Exit Ghost by Philip Roth
3 a) HM The Queen as read in An Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
b) The Autobiography of the Queen, Emma Tennant
4 a) Mountain: Exploring Britain's High Places by Griff Rhys Jones
b) House as a Mirror of Self: Exploring the Deeper Meaning of Home
by Clare Cooper Marcus
5 a) On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
b) Consequences by Penelope Lively
6: a) "The Opposite House" by Helen Oyeyemi
b) "Spook Country" by William Gibson
7 a) Ten days in the hills : Jane Smiley (US)
b) The Spa Decameron : Fay Weldon
8 a) Practicing, A Musician's Return to Music by Glenn Kurtz
b) Self Help by Edward Docx
9 a) Two Caravans by Marina Lewycka (picked strawberries)
b) The Road Home by ROSE TREMAIN (picked asparagus)
10 a) "Zimmer Men" by Marcus Berkmann (wasn't pub in 2007 but Published:July 24, 2006)
b) Trivial Pursuits by Paul House
11: Noël Coward
12 - Ted Hughes
13 Graham Greene from The Letters of Graham Greene by Richard Green
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14 Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters by Charlotte Mosley.<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->
15 letters to my golf club Dom Joly
16 An Utterly Impartial History of Britain: (or 2000 Years of Upper Class Idiots in Charge): Books: John O'Farrell
17. A History of Histories: Epics, Chronicles, Romances and Inquiries from Herodotus and Thucydides to the Twentieth Century by John Burrow
18 Pies and Prejudice: In Search of the North by Stuart Maconie
19: The Slave Ship: A Human History by Marcus Rediker
20 The King's Glass: A Story of Tudor Power and Secret Art by Carola Hicks<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->
21: Ira Levin
22. Michael Dibden
23. Ryszard Kapuscinski
24: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr
25. Kurt Vonnegut
26: A Room With A View by E.M. Forster
27: Atonement by Ian McEwan
28 - NORTHERN LIGHTS by Phillip Pullman
29: Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
30 Brick Lane
31 Jeanette Winterson and Sir Howard Davies
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32: Terry Eagleton and Martin Amis
33 - Val McDermid and Ian Rankin
34: Harold Bloom
35 - The Blair Years: Extracts from the Alastair Campbell Diaries by Alastair Campbell
36 - Rhett Butler's People by Donald McCraig
37: The Diana Chronicles by Tina Brown
38:the autobiography:my manchester united years by sir bobby charlton
39: The Gathering by Anne Enright
40 "The Secret Agent" by Joseph Conrad
41 "The Playboy of the Western World" by J. M. Synge
42:Edmund Gosse (son) philip Gosse(father)
43: E.M. Forster 'The Longest Journey'
44. W H Auden ('Journey to a War')
45 (The Birds) Crow Country by Mark Crocker
46 (The paw mark) - Simon Barnes, How To Be Wild
47 (the men in a boat) - Peter Ackroyd, Thames Sacred River.
48 (Green trees) - Peter Ho Davis, The Welsh Girl
49 (The trees) - Wildwood a journey through trees. Roger Deakin
50 (The sun) - Life Class by Pat Barker
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there's 50 questions to answer
1.a) Tony Blair: The Making of a World Leader. Philip Stephens (he's a journalist with The Times)
b) The Ghost by Robert Harris
2 a) Exit Music by Ian Rankin-Rebus' final case b) Exit Ghost by Philip Roth
3 a) HM The Queen as read in An Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
b) The Autobiography of the Queen, Emma Tennant
4 a) Mountain: Exploring Britain's High Places by Griff Rhys Jones
b) House as a Mirror of Self: Exploring the Deeper Meaning of Home
by Clare Cooper Marcus
5 a) On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
b) Consequences by Penelope Lively
6: a) "The Opposite House" by Helen Oyeyemi
b) "Spook Country" by William Gibson
7 a) Ten days in the hills : Jane Smiley (US)
b) The Spa Decameron : Fay Weldon
8 a) Practicing, A Musician's Return to Music by Glenn Kurtz
b) Self Help by Edward Docx
9 a) Two Caravans by Marina Lewycka (picked strawberries)
b) The Road Home by ROSE TREMAIN (picked asparagus)
10 a) "Zimmer Men" by Marcus Berkmann (wasn't pub in 2007 but Published:July 24, 2006)
b) Trivial Pursuits by Paul House
11: Noël Coward
12 - Ted Hughes
13 Graham Greene from The Letters of Graham Greene by Richard Green
<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->
14 Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters by Charlotte Mosley.<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->
15 letters to my golf club Dom Joly
16 An Utterly Impartial History of Britain: (or 2000 Years of Upper Class Idiots in Charge): Books: John O'Farrell
17. A History of Histories: Epics, Chronicles, Romances and Inquiries from Herodotus and Thucydides to the Twentieth Century by John Burrow
18 Pies and Prejudice: In Search of the North by Stuart Maconie
19: The Slave Ship: A Human History by Marcus Rediker
20 The King's Glass: A Story of Tudor Power and Secret Art by Carola Hicks<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->
21: Ira Levin
22. Michael Dibden
23. Ryszard Kapuscinski
24: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr
25. Kurt Vonnegut
26: A Room With A View by E.M. Forster
27: Atonement by Ian McEwan
28 - NORTHERN LIGHTS by Phillip Pullman
29: Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
30 Brick Lane
31 Jeanette Winterson and Sir Howard Davies
<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->
32: Terry Eagleton and Martin Amis
33 - Val McDermid and Ian Rankin
34: Harold Bloom
35 - The Blair Years: Extracts from the Alastair Campbell Diaries by Alastair Campbell
36 - Rhett Butler's People by Donald McCraig
37: The Diana Chronicles by Tina Brown
38:the autobiography:my manchester united years by sir bobby charlton
39: The Gathering by Anne Enright
40 "The Secret Agent" by Joseph Conrad
41 "The Playboy of the Western World" by J. M. Synge
42:Edmund Gosse (son) philip Gosse(father)
43: E.M. Forster 'The Longest Journey'
44. W H Auden ('Journey to a War')
45 (The Birds) Crow Country by Mark Crocker
46 (The paw mark) - Simon Barnes, How To Be Wild
47 (the men in a boat) - Peter Ackroyd, Thames Sacred River.
48 (Green trees) - Peter Ho Davis, The Welsh Girl
49 (The trees) - Wildwood a journey through trees. Roger Deakin
50 (The sun) - Life Class by Pat Barker
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"Every day when I wake up I thank the Lord I'm Welsh" Cerys Matthews
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38:the autobiography:my manchester united years by sir bobby charlton
42:Edmund Gosse (son) philip Gosse(father)
43: a tale of decline and fall. By Matthew d'Ancona#JusticeForGrenfell0 -
2a Exit Music by Ian Rankin-Rebus' final case
3 HM The Queen as read in An Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
5 On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
9 Two Caravans by Marina Lewycka
15 letters to my golf club Dom Joly
18 Pies and Prejudice: In Search of the North by Stuart Maconie
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20 The King's Glass: A Story of Tudor Power and Secret Art by Carola HicksThanks to all comp posters:ADo not take life too seriously; you will never get out of it alive0 -
11: Noël Coward
16: An Utterly Impartial History of Britain: (or 2000 Years of Upper Class Idiots In Charge) by John O'Farrell
19: The Slave Ship: A Human History by Marcus Rediker
26: A Room With A View by E.M. Forster
27: Atonement by Ian McEwan
28: The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman
32: Terry Eagleton and Martin Amis
34: Harold Bloom
37: The Diana Chronicles by Tina BrownWins: Jan-Sept:£1991.27, Nov: "The Rough Guide to the iPhone" book, "FWD this link" book ... £12.98 :cool:
Win £2008 in 2008 number 60, only £3.75 to go! (it is highly likely I'll win absolutely nothing else now this year!
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I think 22 is Michael Dibden. His first published novel was "Sherlock Holmes Pastiche" and his final novel was "Back to Bologna" and he died there on 30 March 2007
25. Kurt Vonnegut died 13/4/07
23. Ryszard Kapuscinski died 25/1/07"Every day when I wake up I thank the Lord I'm Welsh" Cerys Matthews0 -
I think:
29: Charlotte's Web by E.B. White:j Ready to take control of my life! :j
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39: The Gathering by Anne Enright:j Ready to take control of my life! :j
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21: Ira Levin died 12/11/07:j Ready to take control of my life! :j
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nosonddu could u numerically list them in your post?
then they will all be in one place , once we searched them out.
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toni#JusticeForGrenfell0 -
Good idea toniq. Hope I've included all we've got - I pasted them - never done that before - first for 2008!"Every day when I wake up I thank the Lord I'm Welsh" Cerys Matthews0
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2a Exit Music by Ian Rankin-Rebus' final case
3 HM The Queen as read in An Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
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5 On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
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9 Two Caravans by Marina Lewycka
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11: Noël Coward
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15 letters to my golf club Dom Joly
16 An Utterly Impartial History of Britain: (or 2000 Years of Upper Class Idiots in Charge): Books: John O'Farrell
17. A History of Histories: Epics, Chronicles, Romances and Inquiries from Herodotus and Thucydides to the Twentieth Century by John Burrow
18 Pies and Prejudice: In Search of the North by Stuart Maconie
19: The Slave Ship: A Human History by Marcus Rediker
20 The King's Glass: A Story of Tudor Power and Secret Art by Carola Hicks<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->
21: Ira Levin died 12/11/07
I think 22 is Michael Dibden. His first published novel was "Sherlock Holmes Pastiche" and his final novel was "Back to Bologna" and he died there on 30 March 2007
23. Ryszard Kapuscinski died 25/1/07
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25. Kurt Vonnegut died 13/4/07
26: A Room With A View by E.M. Forster
27: Atonement by Ian McEwan
28: The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman
29: Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
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32: Terry Eagleton and Martin Amis
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34: Harold Bloom
35 - The Blair Years: Extracts from the Alastair Campbell Diaries by Alastair Campbell
36 - Rhett Butler's People by Donald McCraig
37: The Diana Chronicles by Tina Brown
38:the autobiography:my manchester united years by sir bobby charlton
39: The Gathering by Anne Enright
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42:Edmund Gosse (son) philip Gosse(father)
43: a tale of decline and fall. By Matthew d'Ancona
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45-50
Hope that helps
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