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1	1984 more books like this by George Orwell This volume is part of a new series of novels, plays and stories at GCSE/Key Stage 4 level, designed to meet the needs of the National Curriculum syllabus. Each text includes an introduction, pre-reading activities, notes and coursework activities. Also provided is a section on the process of writing, often compiled by the author.;Big Brother is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town more books like this by John Grisham In his first work of nonfiction, #1 "New York Times" bestselling author John Grisham pens an exploration of small-town justice gone terribly awry, in a book that reads like one of his fictional, page-turning legal thrillers. A gritty, harrowing true-crime story.--"Time." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	No Country for Old Men more books like this by Cormac McCarthy In Cormac McCarthy's ninth novel, his first in seven years, Llewellyn Moss, a hunter in McCarthy's Texas border country, happens upon $2 million in cash and a small fortune in heroin (as well as a heap of dead bodies), takes the money and drugs, and goes into hiding. This sets in motion a chain of events revolving around Sheriff Bell, the book's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star more books like this by Nikki Sixx In one of the most unique memoirs of addiction ever published, Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx shares mesmerizing diary entries from the year he spiraled out of control in a haze of heroin and cocaine, presented alongside riveting commentary from people who were there at the time, and from Nikki himself. When Motley Crue was at the height of its fame, ... see all copies from $11.52! new only from $11.52! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	She's Come Undone more books like this by Wally Lamb ""Mine is a story of craving: an unreliable account of lusts and troubles that began, somehow, in 1956 on the day our free television was delivered...."" Meet Dolores Price. She's 13, wise-mouthed but wounded, having bid her childhood goodbye. Beached like a whale in front of her bedroom TV, she spends the next few years nourishing herself with ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Midwives more books like this by Chris A Bohjalian Sybil Danforth, an uncertified lay midwife in rural Vermont, gets into trouble when she performs an emergency Caesarian on a minister's wife. Sybil's daughter, Connie, looks back to 1981 to tell the story of the murder trial. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	What Just Happened?: Bitter Hollywood Tales from the Front Line more books like this by Art Linson The director of THE FIGHT CLUB and THE UNTOUCHABLES offers behind-the-scenes insight on the difficulties of movie making. see all copies from $4.95! new only from $8.40! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Septembers of Shiraz more books like this by Dalia Sofer Set in Tehran during the aftermath of the 1979 revolution, this understated, beautifully told literary debut follows the Amin family as they cope with their fathers false imprisonment for spying. see all copies from $3.22! new only from $7.80! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History more books like this by George Crile "Charlie Wilson's War" tells the story of what became the largest covert operation in history--costing over $1 billion a year. Moving from the back rooms of the Capitol, to secret chambers at Langley, to arms-dealer conventions, to the Khyber Pass, this is a compulsively readable account of the inside workings of the CIA. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.23! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Age of Reagan: A History, 1974-2008 more books like this by Sean Wilentz In his political persona, as well as his policies, Reagan embodied a new fusion of deeply right-leaning politics with some of the rhetoric and even the spirit of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal and of John F. Kennedy's New Frontier. In American political history, there have been a few figures, most of them presidents, who for better or worse ... see all copies from $12.99! new only from $14.00! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Line of Beauty more books like this by Alan Hollinghurst In the summer of 1983, 20-year-old Nick Guest moves into an attic room in the Notting Hill home of the Feddens: Tory MP Gerald, his wealthy wife Rachel, and their two children, Toby - whom Nick had idolized at Oxford - and Catherine, always standing at a critical angle to the family and its assumptions and ambitions. As the Thatcher boom-years ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.44! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	An Absolute Scandal more books like this by Penny Vincenzi Set during the boom-and-bust years of the 1980s, "An Absolute Scandal" follows the lives of a group of people drawn together by their mutual monetary woes when the great financial institution Lloyd's undergoes a devastating downturn. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of How the Wildest Man in Congress and a Rogue CIA Agent Changed the History of Our Times more books like this by George Crile A bestseller in hardcover, "Charlie Wilsons War" tells what became of the largest covert operation in history. Moving from the back rooms of the Capitol to arms-dealer conventions to the Khyber Pass, this is a compulsively readable account of the inside workings of the CIA. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Nightingale's Song more books like this by Robert Timberg Robert Timberg weaves together the lives of Annapolis graduates John McCain, James Webb, Oliver North, Robert McFarlane, and John Poindexter to reveal how the Vietnam War continues to haunt America. Casting all five men as metaphors for a legion of well-meaning if ill-starred warriors, Timberg probes the fault line between those who fought the war ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.40! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Field of Blood more books like this by Denise Mina When Brian Willcox is found brutally battered to death next to a suburban railway line in Glasgow, it is assumed that the toddler is the victim of a vicious sexual predator. Instead the police are led to the doors of two eleven-year-old boys. Fresh from school, Paddy Meehan has just started work on the Scottish Daily News. Determined to emulate ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.93! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Green River, Running Red: The Real Story of the Green River Killer--America's Deadliest Serial Murderer more books like this by Ann Rule Ex-Seattle police officer and critically acclaimed bestselling true crime author Ann Rule covers a hometown case: the hunt for the notorious Green River killer. Gary Ridgway killed dozens of young women in the Seattle area in the early eighties, and remained at large for nearly 20 years before DNA evidence definitively identified him and led to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Second Chance: Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpower more books like this by Zbigniew Brzezinski From the most highly respected analyst of foreign policy writing today, this book presents a story of wasted opportunity and squandered prestige - the history of the last three U.S. presidents' foreign policy. The most distinguished commentator on foreign policy, former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, offers a reasoned but unsparing ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Girlfriend in a Coma more books like this by Douglas Coupland The Seattle Times called him "A fresh writing voice with a proven ability to write scenes of great poignancy. Coupland is a writer of imagination and a master of ironic juxtaposition". Now, in this profoundly moving, darkly comic, and eerily precise novel, Coupland gives readers his most mature and complex work to date. Girlfriend in a Coma is a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil more books like this by John Berendt The best non-fiction novel since "In Cold Blood" is a true story of intrigue, murder, forgery and eccentricity set in the steamy, surreal atmosphere of Savannah, Georgia. The unpredictable twists and turns of a murder case are skilfully interwoven with a hugely entertaining first-person account of life in this isolated remnant of the Old South. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Goldmine Price Guide to 45 RPM Records more books like this by Tim Neely The undisputed champion of collectible vinyl is thoroughly covered in this updated and expanded edition of the most comprehensive reference on 45 RPM records on the market. Collectors and music enthusiasts of all ages will find details about more than 75,000 American records, picture sleeves and extended play singles in Goldmine[trademark] Price ... see all copies from $2.94! new only from $5.79! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Veronica more books like this by Mary Gaitskill In this finalist for the 2005 National Book Award, an ex-model, now an aging office-cleaner struggling with poor health, looks back upon her rocky life and her friendship with an unusual woman. As Alison Owen transforms herself from teenage runaway to runway walker, her success as a beauty can never efface her feeling of inner ugliness. When her ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater more books like this by Marc Acito Set in 1983, this is a deliciously funny romp of a novel about one overly theatrical and sexually confused New Jersey teenager's larcenous quest for his acting school tuition. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Friendship Test more books like this by Elizabeth Noble Freddie, Tamsin, Reagan, and Sarah met in college in the heady days of the '80s: four women with little in common but an eagerness to live life to its fullest. Over romantic crises, long gossipy nights, and too many bottles of wine, they swore they'd always be there for each other. Twenty years later, that promise is put to the test. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The Bad Guys Won: A Season of Brawling, Boozing, Bimbo Chasing, and Championship Baseball with Straw, Doc, Mookie, Nails, the Kid, and the Rest of the 1986 Mets, the Rowdiest Team Ever to Put on a more books like this by Jeff Pearlman Baseball's last great wild bunch--the world champion 1986 Mets--is immortalized in this rollicking story of the arrogant, insane, rock-and-roll, party-all-night team. see all copies from $2.86! new only from $2.86! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	A World Transformed more books like this by George H W Bush, Professor Brent Scowcroft The international events that occurred in the time of the Bush administration seen from President Bush's own unique perspective and based primarily on daily entries from his own diary. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.49! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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