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Gareth May on 120 Things Every Man Should Know

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For all boys and young men who've outgrown their 'Dangerous Book' and need to grow up, this is the essential instruction manual for young men everywhere.

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Elaine di Rollo on A Proper Education for Girls

June - December 2009

Elaine is available for library events.
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'A Proper Education for Girls' is a rollicking story of twin sisters and their fight for freedom, set in 1857.

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Brian Thompson on The Widow's Secret

June - December 2009

Bella Wallis is a charismatic Victorian widow with a sideline in sensationalist novels and a determination to seek revenge in print for what can never be achieved in real life.

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Russell Miller on The Adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle

Sept 2009 - March 2010

The Adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle is the definitive biography of an enduringly fascinating figure, told with panache and full of new material unavailable to any previous biographers.http://www.rbooks.co.uk/product.aspx?id=1844139220

Russell is available for library events and talks to reading groups.

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Ian Mortimer on The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England

Sept 2009 - Feb 2010

The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England is an original, entertaining and illuminating guide to a 'completely different world': England in the Middle Ages.
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Ian is available for library events and talks to reading groups.

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Tom Payne on Fame

August 2009 - January 2010

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'Fame' is a fascinating and enlightening account of our relationship with famous people and how it has evolved throughout the ages

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D.J. Taylor on Ask Alice

January - December 2009

D.J. Taylor is available for library events and to speak to reading groups about his book.

A wonderful novel of concealment and subterfuge, sweeping from Kansas to London, from 1904 to 1936, by the author of Kept - about a woman's rise and fall, the choices she makes, the chances she takes and the secret which will undo her. For more information see: http://www.rbooks.co.uk/product.aspx?id=070118356X

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