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|author=Marc Myers

|title= Anatomy of a Song: The Oral History of 45 Iconic Hits That Changed Rock, R&B and Pop

|rating=4.5

|genre=Entertainment

|summary= This book developed from a series of columns of the same title which appeared in the ''Wall Street Journal'' over a period of five years, in which forty-five songs (what an appropriate number) from the years 1952 to 1991 were put under the microscope and examined through interviews with the artists, songwriters and others who created them.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>080212559X</amazonuk>

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|author= Lisa Dickenson

|summary= We join the story on Christmas Eve. The Queen hasn't finished her shopping yet, which is probably unlikely for a grandmother and great grandmother, but then I suppose most people in that position don't have a job ruling the country so she can be forgiven. She's shopping for the little prince and princess, but in a surprisingly unpatriotic moment she realises the UK just won't do, and she needs to venture further afield. If only there was someone with access to airborne transport who could whisk her away to the likes of France and Egypt and Italy and China at the drop of a hat (or the tug of a reign).

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444925636</amazonuk>

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~~|author=Helen Simpson~~

~~|title=Cockfosters~~

~~|rating=3.5~~

~~|genre=Short Stories~~

|summary=This was a belated reunion for me, having been introduced to the author's snappy short story collections courtesy the very first one while at uni. Mind, it was a much more gentle and placid reunion than the one that starts this book – Julie and Philippa have had a shop-bought curry together, but have had to forsake a cultural chat for a trip haring along the London Underground chasing after a pair of glasses one of them left behind. The piece is definitely about the subject of ageing – about time passed and what might be remaining ahead – but you soon discover that not only do all the pieces here have titles that are unadorned place names, but they all concern that very theme. Can anyone, let alone Helen Simpson, sustain such a vaguely morbid topic over a full collection?

~~|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178470198X</amazonuk>~~

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