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76.
Mary, Mary
~James Patterson
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The 11th Alex Cross thriller from the Sunday Times number 1 bestselling author, and filled with the ruthless and shocking twists that make his fans hunger for more, MARY, MARY is James Patterson’s most sophisticated thriller yet


77.
Digital Fortress
~Dan Brown
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Paperback - Corgi Adult / July 5, 2004
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the first terrific code-breaking thriller by the author of The Da Vinci Code, the first of his backlist titles to be published in audio in the UK. The audio edition of The Da Vinci Code was a runaway success and Digital Fortress looks to be another in the same vein.


78.
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
~Susanna Clarke
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Paperback - Bloomsbury / September 5, 2005
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Any book touted as the ‘adult Harry Potter’ runs the risk of attracting critical parries from swords of the double-edged variety. If this wasn’t enough, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell--the debut novel from Susanna Clarke--also invites comparisons with Jane Austen. Set in the early...

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79.
Ashes 2005: The Full Story of the Test Series
~Gideon Haigh
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Hardcover - Aurum Press Ltd / October 4, 2005
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This year's Test cricket series between England and Australia is the most eagerly awaited since Botham's Ashes of 1981. Grounds like Lord's and the Oval were sold out for all five days months ago, and tickets could have been sold several times over. For the first time in decades England go into the...

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80.
A Hat Full of Sky
~Terry Pratchett
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Paperback - Corgi Childrens / May 5, 2005
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Eleven-year-old Tiffany Aching wants to be a real witch. But a real witch doesn't casually step out of her body, leaving it empty. Tiffany does - and there's something just waiting for a handy body to take over. Something ancient and horrible, which can't die. Now Tiffany's got to learn to be a real...

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81.
The Triumph of the Sun
~Wilbur Smith
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Paperback - Macmillan / October 7, 2005
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1884 and in Khartoum, on the banks of the Nile, the Courtneys meet the Ballantynes in this epic adventure from one of the world's most celebrated novelists In the Sudan, decades of brutal misgovernment by the ruling Egyptian Khedive in Cairo precipitate a fierce and bloody rebellion and Holy War...

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82.
Chronicles: Volume One
~Bob Dylan
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Paperback - Pocket Books / October 3, 2005
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This is the first spellbinding volume of the three-volume memoir of one of the greatest musical legends of all time. In CHRONICLES Volume I, Bob Dylan takes us back to the early 1960s when he arrived in New York to launch his phenomenal career. This is Dylan's story in his own words - a personal...

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Lunar Park
~Bret Easton Ellis
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Hardcover - Picador / October 7, 2005
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The most exciting novel Bret Easton Ellis has written since American Psycho, and the publishing sensation of the year. Imagine becoming a bestselling novelist while still in college and almost immediately famous and wealthy, and then seeing your insufferable father reduced to a bag of ashes in a...

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84.
Jamie's Dinners
~Jamie Oliver
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Hardcover - Michael Joseph / October 7, 2004
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Jamie's back with a vengeance with his most accessible book yet. In Jamie's Dinners he encourages us to eat more healthily, to really enjoy our time spent cooking and to inspire confidence in even the most novice cook.

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85.
Talk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of Everyday Life (or Six Good Reasons to Stay Home and Bolt the Door)
~Lynne Truss
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Hardcover - Profile Books Ltd / October 24, 2005
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"Talk to the hand 'cause the face ain't listening," the saying goes. When did the world get to be so rude? When did society become so inconsiderate? It's a topic that has been simmering for years, and Lynne Truss says that it has now reached boiling point. Taking on the boorish behaviour that has...

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86.
Return of The Timewaster Letters
~Robin Cooper
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Paperback - Time Warner Books / October 6, 2005
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In his 2004 bestseller, "The Timewaster Letters", Robin Cooper plagued everyone from the Campaign for Courtesy to the British Halibut Association with his bizarre and surreal written requests. In "Return of the Timewaster Letters", he delivers another wonderful collection of his polite, persistent...

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87.
Flight of the Nighthawks: Darkwar (Conclave of Shadows S.)
~Raymond E. Feist
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Hardcover - Voyager / September 28, 2005
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The first book in a brand new series from world-wide bestselling author of MAGICIAN, Raymond E. Feist. The Conclave of Shadows have two problems: the final destruction of Leso Varen and the neutralization of the thousands of Talnoy discovered by Nakor in Novindus. Acting as the go-between for the...

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88.
Pushing Ice (Gollancz SF S.)
~Alastair Reynolds
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Hardcover - Gollancz / October 27, 2005
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First Contact with extraordinary aliens, glittering technologies that could destroy the universe in a nanosecond, huge sweeping space operas: Alastair Reynolds is back!


89.
Plumbing NVQ and Technical Certificate Level 2
~John Thompson
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Paperback - Heinemann Educational Secondary Division / July 26, 2005
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90.
Salem Falls
~Jodi Picoult
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Paperback - Hodder & Stoughton Paperbacks / November 7, 2005
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'Gripping - you'll be riveted by this multilayered tale of small-town intrigue.'


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The "Lost" Chronicles
~Mark Cotta Vaz
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Hardcover - Channel 4 Books, a division of Transworld Publishers / October 2, 2005
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'Trust us when we say this is the one show you absolutely cannot miss this summer.'


92.
The Divide
~Nicholas Evans
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Hardcover - Bantam Press / October 17, 2005
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The new novel from the author of the internationally bestselling The Horse Whisperer.


93.
Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution
~Simon Schama
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Hardcover - BBC Books / September 8, 2005
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Set against the backdrop of the American Revolution and its aftermath, Rough Crossings is the gripping, astonishing epic of the struggle for freedom by tens of thousands of slaves who believed that their future as free men and women was bound up with staying British, not becoming American. The...

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94.
What If I Had Never Tried It
~Valentino Rossi
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Hardcover - Century / August 29, 2005
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Valentino Rossi is the greatest living motorcyclist. His legions of fans adore him (over 4,000 turned up to see him in Leicester Square last March). He has fought through the 125 and 250 class groups to win the World Championships five times and has been ranked in the top three places at the World...

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95.
The Gruffalo's Child
~Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illustrator)
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Paperback - Macmillan Children's Books / September 2, 2005
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Books for Keeps, November 2004
Donaldson's rhyming text reads aloud like a dream... cleverly laid visual cues... Altogether a spine-tingling, mock-scary delight...


96.
Soup Kitchen
~Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (Introduction), et al
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Paperback - Collins / September 5, 2005
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Few foods make us feel good as soup. From the thick tomato soup of childhood to restorative spicy concoctions on chilly evenings, or a low-fat meal at lunchtime, soup and well-being go hand in hand. Soup Kitchen is a fantastic collection that brings together 100 recipes from top food writers and...

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97.
Never Let Me Go
~Kazuo Ishiguro
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Hardcover - Faber and Faber / March 2005
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Kathy, Ruth and Tommy were pupils at Hailsham - an idyllic establishment situated deep in the English countryside. The children there were tenderly sheltered from the outside world, brought up to believe they were special, and that their personal welfare was crucial. But for what reason were they...

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98.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter 6) [Children's Edition]
~J.K. Rowling
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Hardcover - Bloomsbury / July 16, 2005
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth book in J.K. Rowling’s bestselling series, picks up shortly after we left Harry at the end of The Order of the Phoenix. Lord Voldemort is acting out in the open, continuing his reign of terror which was temporarily stopped almost 15 years...

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Gardens of Delight
~Erica James
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Hardcover - Orion / October 3, 2005
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A gorgeous, heart-warming tale set among the gardens of Italy from bestselling Erica James.


100.
The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten: And Ninety Nine Other Thought Experiments
~Julian Baggini
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Hardcover - Granta Books / July 7, 2005
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