| Himalaya | | Michael Palin | In this his most challenging journey, Michael Palin tackles the Himalaya, the greatest mountain range on earth, a virtually unbroken wall of rock stretching 1800 miles from the borders of Afghanistan to south-west China. High comedy indeed!
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| The Mind of a Genius | | David Snowdon | | When top British Scientist, Malcolm Prince, invented a formula that could change the world, the MI4, the CIA and the Denmark Intelligence were all very interested. The action moves from London to Copenhagen, Hong Kong and Australia. Events accelerate and explode into an electrifying climax, as the various parties painstakingly try to outclass each other. Espionage is the name of the game. |  | |
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| The kite Runner | | Khaled Hosseini | | In his debut novel, The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini accomplishes what very few contemporary novelists are able to do: provide an educational and eye-opening account of a country's political turmoil - Afghanistan - while also developing characters whose heartbreaking struggles and emotional triumphs resonate with the reader. |  | |
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| The Sound of Harris | | Cecil Johnson | School days - the best days of your life? Of course they are! - and it's probably the same for the kids, too! Enter the Wild Wood that is secondary education and see it from the side of so-called authority. Remember that teachers can be wags, too, and their sense of humour is their only hope of at least playing a draw...
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