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Piano and keyboard guide part 2: recommended piano books
Recommended books for pianists
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Book review: Club Kids by Raven Smith
A good nightclub needs its freaks. And this history of clubland eccentrics suggests they're back in droves, says Paul Mardles
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Mark Braund: John McCain and Barack Obama should read John Stewart's latest political thriller
If the US presidential rivals need ideas they should try John Stewart's latest political thriller
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Benjamin Zephaniah: CLR was my hero, an intellectual giant who even convinced me to like cricket
Benjamin Zephaniah: Black History Month: My hero was one of the intellectual giants of the 20th century, who taught me to think as I read. And he lived in Brixton
The Guardian  –  Oct 11, 2008 12:21 PM [GMT]  –  comment?

The Booker Prize: Our London Cabbie's Review
Who needs the Booker Prize committee when we have our own Will Grozier? The London cabbie reviews the short list of books ahead of Tuesday's announcement of the Man Booker prizewinner.
NPR.org  –  Oct 11, 2008 12:00 PM [GMT]  –  comment?

Memoir Lives Life As A Widow
Anne Roiphe was so dependent on her husband she literally didn't know how to open the front door without him. In her memoir of widowhood, she also remembers how he told her, years before he died, that he felt their marriage had been so strong, she would be able to find happiness again.
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Review: Talking Myself Home by Ian McMillan
Audiobook review: Talking Myself Home by Ian McMillanIt's impossible not to like McMillan
The Guardian  –  Oct 11, 2008 01:21 AM [GMT]  –  comment?

Review: The Duck that Won the Lottery by Julian Baggini
Scepticism is the order of the day here, in an entertaining collection of a hundred styles of "bad argument".
The Guardian  –  Oct 11, 2008 01:21 AM [GMT]  –  comment?

Review: Accordionist's Son by Bernardo Atxaga
Review: Accordionist's Son by Bernardo AtxagaThe writerly accretions merely have the effect of turning the narrative into a lethargic crawl says Alfred Hickling
The Guardian  –  Oct 11, 2008 12:21 AM [GMT]  –  comment?

Review: Shakespeare, The Sonnets by William Shakepeare
Audiobook review: Shakespeare, The Sonnets by William ShakespeareExtraordinary reading of my all-time favourite collection
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