Title:
Snow
Author:
Orhan Pamuk
Genre:
Historical fiction
Publisher:
Faber & Faber
Release Date:
2005
Pages:
436
A native of Istanbul, Orhan Pamuk abandoned his architecture studies to write his first book, but struggled to find a publisher. That was over twenty-five years and eight books ago. He is now Turkey’s best-selling novelist, one of Europe’s most prominent writers and his work has been translated into languages across the globe. Last year
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Title:
Portrait in Sepia
Author:
Isabel Allende, Margaret Sayers Peden,
Genre:
Literature
Publisher:
HarperCollins UK
Release Date:
2002
Pages:
304
If you are an Isabel Allende fan you’ll already know what to expect from her new book. ‘Portrait In Sepia’ is a densely plotted tale set amongst an extended family, peopled by unforgettable exiles and marginalized characters and written in Allende’s typically rich and sensuous manner. This is the third in a loose trilogy
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Title:
S.T.P.
Author:
Robert Greenfield
Genre:
Biography, Music
Publisher:
Da Capo Press
Release Date:
2002
Pages:
337
These days the Rolling Stones are an anachronism. The aged and raddled face of Mick Jagger no longer inspires hysteria and his dalliances with young ones less than half his age are nothing more than the desperate attempts of an aging Lothario to reclaim his lost youth. Despite their antiquated façade, the Stones refuse to lay down and die –
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