An anthology of poems without line breaks.
Author: Richard Carter
A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.
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An excellent alliterative translation of a medieval masterpiece.
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An excellent short history of an excellent country.
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A short memoir-cum-essay on the city of Bologna and an enigmatic uncle.
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Tracking the ancestors from Highlands to coffee colony
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Writer and comedian tours 104 bookshops, buying far too many books as he does so.
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A grand vision brought down by commercial interests.
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A biography of the early Ordnance Survey.
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How one ancient language went global.
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Not for me.