Tag Archives: England

A Room Of One’s Own

Posted on February 12, 2011 by goldnsilver

Author: Virginia Woolf Publisher: Penguin Date Published: 1928 Pages: 112 I bought ‘A Room Of One’s Own’ for three reasons. Firstly, it was $10; who can say no to such prices? Secondly, Virginia Woolf possibly has one of the most … Continue reading →

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Gandhi: An Autobiography

Posted on June 26, 2010 by goldnsilver

The Story of My Experiments With Truth Author: M.K Gandhi Publisher: Penguin Date Published: 1927-1929 Pages: 454 Gandhi succeeded in uniting India in a national movement and did as much in the first half of the twentieth century as any other … Continue reading →

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Lolita

Posted on January 15, 2009 by goldnsilver

Author: Vladimir Nabokov Publisher: Penguin Dates Published: 1955 Pages: 336 ‘Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul.’ Poet and pervert, Humbert Humbert becomes obsessed by twelve-year-old Lolita and seeks to possess her, first carnally … Continue reading →

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Jamie’s Ministry Of Food

Posted on November 12, 2008 by goldnsilver

Author: Jamie Oliver Publisher: Penguin Date Published: 2008  Pages: 360 Anyone can learn to cook in 24 hours Jamie Oliver’s latest book, ‘Jamie’s Ministry Of Food’, continues his passionate goal of teaching the British public how to cook healthy, hearty … Continue reading →

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She

Posted on October 14, 2008 by goldnsilver

Author: H. Rider Haggard Publisher: Penguin Dates Published: 1886 Pages: 368 On his twenty-fifth birthday, Leo Vincey opens the silver casket that his father has left to him. It contains a letter recounting the legend of a white sorceress who … Continue reading →

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Lady Chatterley’s Lover

Posted on May 5, 2008 by goldnsilver

Author: D. H. Lawrence Publisher: Penguin Date published: 1928 Pages: 363 “Constance Chatterley feels trapped in her sexless marriage to the invalid Sir Clifford. Unable to fulfil his wife emotionally or physically, Clifford encourages her to have a liaison with … Continue reading →

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