Dreams are made to be followed.
Life is meant to be lived.
Some books are meant to be read.
The Alchemist  is one of those books.

Award winning veteran of the stage and screen, this is Miriam Margolyes incredible life story.  

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This is a powerful and engrossing book demonstrating that the devastating consequences of war far outlive the actual fighting.  

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Here is some information regarding the remarkable background of Hans Fallada, born in 1893 and died in 1947.  It's a story of sadness, mental struggles, addiction and eventual success and recognition for his work.

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Berlin 1940, the city is paralysed by fear.  But one man refuses tp be scared.  This is a story of resistance, humour and hope.

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This episode is the Preface written by Andre Aciman to The Passenger (Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz), now a Number 1 Bestseller in the U.K.   It outlines how the true events unfolded for Otto Silbermann.

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Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feaney.  A great read.....chilling, full of suspense and almost impossible to put down! 

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The Serial Killer's Wife with info about Alice Hunter and the first chapter!  Great start to the book too.....

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Aged for Murder by Fiona Grace is an entertaining and easy read set in a Tuscan Vineyard.  This is a good, light hearted weekend reading novel.

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The Passenger which was written in 1938 and rediscovered in 2018.  The book has to date been translated into 20 languages.  Quite a story....within a story.....

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