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61.As You Do: Adventures With Evel, Oliver, and The Vice-President Of Botswana: Adventures with Evel, Oliver, and the Vice-President of Botswana by: Richard Hammond September 18, 2008
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Uneven but fascinating to get to know the characters behind the scenes and to find out about the real close relationships with the people you never normally hear about. Very interesting about the North Pole and Botswana but peters out later and loses momentum. For true Top Gear fans only.

62.Lorraine: Between You and Me by: Lorraine Kelly August 21, 2008
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Uneven but fascinating to get to know the characters behind the scenes and to find out about the real close relationships with the people you never normally hear about. Very interesting about the North Pole and Botswana but peters out later and loses momentum. For true Top Gear fans only.

63.How to Lose Friends and Alienate People by: Toby Young July 18, 2002
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I found this to be an interesting insight into the world of the NY glossies - a world of which I have no experience. The attitude of the author to his surroundings strongly appealled to my generally rather cynical nature towards both Americans and the media. I think that Toby Young has a great sense of humour and I'm glad that he has made some money doing something. All that said, I found that the book seemed to take too long to read and, at times, felt that the name dropping became a bit too much as the author seemed to assume a level of previous knowledge in the reader - which I didn't have! Where the book was written in the "tongue in cheek" manner it was fabulous - when his tongue fell out it became a bit more of ... Read More:

64.Tommy's War: A First World War Diary 1913-1918 by: Thomas Cairns Livingstone September 15, 2008
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This book is a delight, a gem. The original illustrations take the diaries beyond the mundane, and Thomas Livingstone's gentle humour enlivens the often dreary weather and seemingly constant worries over Agnes health. Zeplins, Chimneys, the wash house, news from the front, the ironing, the cost of coal..... all of life is here. You will love it!

65.The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition by: Anne Frank June 07, 2007
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The diary of a young girl is a superb book! Recounting the life of Jews in hiding during the second World War. The cramped conditions, the lack of food and the terror that they might be discovered by the Nazis, is seen through the eyes of Anne Frank. This book is the best diary I have read. It is absolutely amazing.

66.Losing My Virginity: The Autobiography by: Sir Richard Branson August 09, 2007
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I got this book at an airport (seem to buy a lot of books in airports!) It was a brilliant read. I could not wait to pick the book up in between holiday stuff! The only thing I found a little irritating was the fact that Richard Branson seems to write with a real self indulgance. It would be nice to read about his life in a bit more of an unbiased way. But hey who am I to critise a man who has made millions!!

67.Grumpy Old Rockstar: and Other Wonderous Stories: And Other Wonderous Stories by: Rick Wakeman August 21, 2008
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I liked this book. Anyone looking for a biography will be disappointed as it is simply a collection of remeinisisances from his colourful past. It is a little disjointed, but this is catered for in the text and actually says so. Having seen a large number of his shows, this was the book I was waiting for. I found it a very easy and comfortable read, and find it easy to dip back into now and again, something I rarely do with other books. Respect to his co-writer. I look forward to another installment. For those thinking of possible duplications with his "grumpy" dvd, there arn't any as his DVD has other stories. For more of the same, I would recommend his "Live in 2000" dvd. Avoid the "Other side of Rick Wakeman" ... Read More:

68.Being A Scot by: Sean Connery August 21, 2008
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If you are looking for an autobiography, or revelations about Ursula Andress or Honor Blackman, then this will be a great disappointment. It is, in large part an opinionated review of Sctoland, something like the rock stars views on global warming,Tibet or PETA, and does ccasionally raise the question of 'so what?' However if you read it as a general overview of Scotland, its culture, development and background, then this is a very well written, thoughtful,thought-provoking and well produced book. Of course his perspective is different from that of most of us, his fame and wealth make that almost unavoidable. Some of it, his recommendations on the Iraqi War based 'Black Watch' play, for example, border on the patronizing - and may even be counter productive ... Read More:

69.Kate Moss: Style by: Angela Buttolph October 02, 2008
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Excellent balance between text and pics with loads of facts and bits of interviews I have never read before as well as pictures never seen before to my knowledge. The author did a really thorough job at finding out about Kate's style which is basically all about having an eye for things and integrating them to make them your own. And that's what great style is about. Brilliant

70.The Last Fighting Tommy: The Life of Harry Patch, the Only Surviving Veteran of the Trenches by: Harry Patch, Richard Van Emden June 02, 2008
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I have just read Henry Allingham's book which led me to reread Jimmy Corbin's ,(please read my reviews on these books), and now I have just finished rereading Harry's book. It is very interesting to hear how their lives panned out and when you consider how differently these three mens lives are it beggars belief to even contemplate the lives of every other fighter from ww1 and 2. One thing I know is that every last one of them would have a story worth reading though. I would distrust anyone who considers this book to be worthy of less than 5 stars as this man like so many others did his duty so we were able to keep our freedom. These boys were fighting for more than their own lives as some reviewers seem to forget. sour grapes are best left with ... Read More:

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