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Dave rated Cosa Nostra: 4 stars
Cosa Nostra by John Dickie
From the mafia's origins in the 1860s to its current tense relationship with the Berlusconi government, this is a vivid …
Dave rated The Selfish Gene: 5 stars
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins' brilliant reformulation of the theory of natural selection has the rare distinction of having provoked as much excitement …
Dave rated The trials of life: 5 stars
Dave rated Blind Watchmaker: 4 stars
Dave rated A Short History of Nearly Everything: 5 stars
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
A Short History of Nearly Everything by American author Bill Bryson is a popular science book that explains some areas …
Dave rated The Library Policeman: 5 stars
The Library Policeman by Stephen King
When a man forgets to return some books he borrowed from the library while writing a speech, and later accidentally …
Dave rated The Da Vinci Code: 4 stars
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (Robert Langdon, #2)
While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call. The elderly curator of the …
Dave rated Angels & Demons: 4 stars
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown, Dan Brown
The countdown to oblivion has started - who will stop the clock?
A famous scientist is found dead, a mysterious …
Dave rated Deception Point: 4 stars
Deception Point by Dan Brown
When a new NASA satellite detects evidence of an astonishingly rare object buried deep in the Artic ice, the floundering …
Dave rated K-Pax: the trilogy: 5 stars
Dave rated The Divine Comedy: Volume 1, Inferno: 4 stars
The Divine Comedy: Volume 1, Inferno by Dante Alighieri (Penguin classics)
Belonging in the immortal company of the great works of literature, Dante Alighieri’s poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, is a …
Dave rated Bilbo le Hobbit: 5 stars
Bilbo le Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
Bilbo's Last Song (at the Grey Havens) is a poem by J. R. R. Tolkien, written as a pendant to …
Dave rated The Salmon of Doubt: 5 stars
The Salmon of Doubt by Douglas Adams
On Friday, May 11, 2001, the world mourned the untimely passing of Douglas Adams, beloved creator of The Hitchhiker's Guide …
Dave rated The Raw Shark Texts: 5 stars
The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall
Eric Sanderson wakes up in a place he doesn't recognise, unable to remember who he is. All he has left …