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|author=Nicola Davies
|title=Gaia Warriors
|rating=4.5
|genre=Children's Non-Fiction
|summary=The best way to read this book is to treat it like a magazine: flip the pages and dip in. I can guarantee that you will find something to catch your eye. Fashion addicts could start on page 136 ''Dressing for the climate'', foodies may prefer page 124 ''Rock-star food''. The array of different typefaces and page colours make the book very easy to browse, and the author excels at explaining difficult concepts in a straightforward way. So certain sections in it could be considered not just as for older children or teen readers, but as an informative read for adults as well.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406312347</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Iain Banks
|summary=Jane Ray has taken the classic fairy tale of Snow White, the dwarves and the wicked queen, and created beautiful three-dimensional tableaux. It's a much-loved story that everyone is familiar with, and this is a great opportunity to rediscover a classic in an interesting new way.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406311839</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Chris Van Dusen
|title=The Circus Ship
|rating=3.5
|genre=For Sharing
|summary=When a circus ship sinks off the coast of Maine, the animals escape and make their home in a nearby town. They soon enchant the locals, who in turn decide to protect the animals from the greedy circus-owner. Very loosely based on the sinking of the ''Royal Tar'' in 1836, ''The Circus Ship'' is a fun picture book that animal-lovers will enjoy.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>076363090X</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Wayne J Harris
|title=Sins of the Angel
|rating=3.5
|genre=Fantasy
|summary=Dr Gideon Matthews, a shouty hellfire and damnation preacher, has just delivered a sermon all about the evils of women being allowed into the church hierarchy and, on his way home afterwards, he is murdered. The following day however he wakes up in hospital or, actually, an angel called Gabriel finds himself inside Dr Matthews' body, able to recall Dr Matthews' memories and thoughts and feelings but acting now as himself. Gabriel goes a little bit wild, finding himself overwhelmed by the new feelings and desires he experiences in this body, sinning left, right and centre and causing scandal at his every move. He is also wondering for what purpose he has been brought into this body and finds that he is dreaming about a demon, someone who is persuading an unknown monk to commit murders in God's name and who seems to be getting closer and closer to Dr Matthews in order to kill him too...
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1438994699</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Andrew Marr
|title=The Making of Modern Britain: From Queen Victoria to V.E. Day
|rating=4.5
|genre=History
|summary=This book, and the BBC TV series which complements it, must confirm Andrew Marr's status as one of the most entertaining and compulsive historian-cum-presenters working today. His previous project, on postwar Britain, was hard to fault, and anyone who enjoyed that will certainly relish this.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0230709427</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Children's Trust
|title=The Walrus and the Carpenter and Other Favourite Poems
|rating=3.5
|genre=Children's Rhymes and Verse
|summary=Celebrities, including [[:Category:Richard Hammond|Richard Hammond]], Paul O'Grady, Sienna Miller, McFly and Lorraine Kelly, have chosen their favourite poems for this anthology. All proceeds from the book go to [http://www.thechildrenstrust.org.uk/ The Children's Trust]. It's a fantastic charity, who help disabled children, and I urge you all to buy a copy of ''The Walrus and the Carpenter'' to support them.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>140632650X</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Roger Scruton
|title=I Drink Therefore I Am
|rating=3.5
|genre=Popular Science
|summary=Roger Scruton is a conservative philosopher and composer, best known for his work on philosophy and music, but who shares Plato's belief that 'nothing more excellent or valuable than wine was ever granted by the gods to man' and in this book seeks to combine his two interests of philosophy and the fruits of the vine.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847065082</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Stephen M Irwin
|title=The Darkening
|rating=4
|genre=General Fiction
|summary=This book has the 'S' word written all over it. No, not sex - supernatural. So, it's got all things a bit spooky, not-quite-right, strange coincidences. They are sprinkled throughout like rock salt. I must admit that when I read the blurb on the back cover with its supernatural theme, I gave an inward groan. Not really my cup of tea. But I'm open-minded and I'll read anything once. I'm glad I did. Irwin is Australian. For some reason I haven't read too many books by Australian authors, so I was keen to get reading.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0751543969</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Tanya Landman
|title=The Head is Dead (Poppy Fields Murder Mystery)
|rating=4
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Meet, once again, Poppy Fields. When tasked to create a murder mystery experience for a school fete she is only surprised to find the headmistress - a newly employed battleaxe that no-one seems to like - a real-life victim of an assassin. And there is only a school field full of suspects. Can she and her best friend, brainbox George, solve the day and make the staff room a safer place to be? And where does the invisible sheepdog come in?!
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406314633</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Jonathan Buckley, Mark Ellingham and Tim Jepson
|title=The Rough Guide to Tuscany and Umbria
|rating=5
|genre=Travel
|summary=There's a general Rough Guide to Italy, but revisiting again this regional guide in the process of writing up our trip to Tuscany two years ago, I was reminded of how good indeed this particular Rough Guide is. I bought it because I wanted to supplement the general Rough Guide to Italy I had with more detailed coverage of the region in which we were going to spend the whole trip - and I was extremely happy with the result.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1843530554</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Frank Furedi
|title=Wasted: Why Education Isn't Educating
|rating=3.5
|genre=Politics and Society
|summary=It seems the more problems the school-aged generation pose to society, the more responsibility schools have to take, teaching not simply English and Maths, but Personal Thinking and Learning Skills, Happiness Classes, and Emotional Education. The duty to raise a child well is taken out of the apparently 'incompetent' hands of parents, and given over to the education system, where values can be regulated and controlled.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847064167</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Susan Ostler
|title=Flirt Diva - For Women Who Want to be Bold and Sassy and have a Fabulous Life!
|rating=4
|genre=Lifestyle
|summary=There are lots of timetabled books on the market, that promise to transform everything from your employability to the size of your thighs in a certain number of weeks, if you commit to their programme, and this book is really just another one to add to the 'scheduled self-improvement' pile. Except we're not talking here about dropping a dress size in time for Christmas, or sailing through that oh-so-important interview to land the job of your dreams...for this book is a 6 week guide to ''Getting Loved Up'' that promises to put its participants (and as you'll learn, you're more than a mere reader with this title) on the fast track to romance. Gosh.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1904312799</amazonuk>
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