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Reviews, Books - Jack Ruby's Kitchen Sink by Tom Miller Reviewed by Steve Rudd
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I have long longed to visit the South-Western states of the USA, and the beautifully majestic Arizona in particular.
In this fascinating and factual book, Tom - who himself lives in Tucson, Arizona - recounts
all sorts of weird and wonderful tales from the region, and also presents tall tales from
California
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Reviews, Books - The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger Reviewed By Cathy Walker
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thisisUll.com readers may have seen The Time Traveller's Wife featured
as part of Richard and Judy's Bookclub.
If you're not a fan of the teatime TV couple do not be deterred; this is likely to
be one of the most unusual and original pieces of fiction
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Reviews, Books -One For New York by John A Williams Reviewed By Steve Rudd
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A remarkable novel in every respect, this is a classic piece of literature from an
incredibly gifted writer who expressed exactly how it felt to be a black man
growing up in the United States early on in the last Century.
This book focuses on his
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Reviews, Books - Dr. Sax by Jack Kerouac Reviewed by Steve Rudd
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Even hardcore fans of this legendary author might be in two minds about how much they
like this novel of his.
Jack is best-known for his travel-trained adventures back and forth across the
USA (in On The Road, Big Sur and The Dharma Bums for example), and further
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Reviews, Books - Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear Reviewed By Cathy Walker
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Can you name a female private detective? Your answer might be Miss Marple or
Mma Ramotswe of the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency, but thanks to
Jacqueline Winspear, Maisie Dobbs is another name to add to that list.
Initially it seems that
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Reviews, Books - Strange Angels by Andy Bull Reviewed by Steve Rudd
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Books come no more riveting than this mini-masterpiece that reads both as an eye-opening
travelogue and close analysis of the lives - and deaths - of four all-American icons.
Marilyn Monroe. Elvis Presley. James Dean. JFK.
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Reviews, Books - Blackpool Highflyer by Andrew Martin (Faber and Faber Ltd.) Reviewed By Cathy Walker
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A novel about a Yorkshireman who is nuts about the railways and his adventures as an engine driver...
Admittedly this sounds like something that might appeal just to trainspotters, but in the
Blackpool Highflyer:, Andrew Martin:
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Reviews, Books - The Pastures of Heaven by John Steinbeck Reviewed by Steve Rudd
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After the bare requisites to living and reproducing, man wants most to leave some
record of himself, a proof, perhaps, that he has really existed.
He leaves his proof on wood, on stone or on the lives of other people.
This deep desire exists in everyone, from the boy
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Reviews, Theatre - 15th February 05 - The Woman in White at the Palace Theatre, London By Steve Rudd
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The Woman in White is the latest box-office-busting musical extravaganza from
Andrew Lloyd Webber,
based on the famous Victorian novel of the same name that was published way, way back in
1860 by the distinguished and understandably
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Reviews, Theatre - GO WEST, to the South of the Thames and see National Anthems! By Steve Rudd
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The West End of London city centre is a magical place, packed with cinemas and theatres.
There are always some amazing shows to be seen in such theatres, whether they are full-blown
musicals or pure drama-driven plays, and I guess the most frustrating thing about taking
a trip to
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Reviews, Films - Meet The Fockers By DJ Chris Plant
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Having given permission to male nurse Greg Focker (Stiller) to wed his daughter (Polo),
ex-CIA man Jack Byrnes (De Niro) and his wife (Danner) travel to Detroit to meet the
parents, who this time around are Mr. and Mrs. Focker (Hoffman and Streisand),
who
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Reviews, Books - The Butterfly Effect by Pernille Rygg Reviewed by Steve Rudd
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Death is nothing to young girls, except as part of the adventure, an exciting secret
whispered by a dark lover, not something you meet one evening when you're going home to your movie or father.
Such a notion is all about to change
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Reviews, Events - Comedy in Hull - A Ringside Seat - Thursday 2nd February 05 By Jim Higo
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While we all sit around moaning about the lack of decent live entertainment in
Hull; Buzz Comedy Club have been doing something about it.
While we get in from work, moan again about the lack of decent live entertainment in
Hull,
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Reviews, Books - The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans Reviewed By Steve Rudd
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It was in America that horses first roamed.
A million years before the birth of man, they grazed the vast plains of wiry grass
and crossed to other continents over bridges of rock soon severed by retreating ice.
They first knew man as the hunted knows the hunter
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Reviews, Books - Eleanor Rigby by Douglas Coupland Reviewed by Steve Rudd
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I realise that by deciding not to do things, I've lost millions of threads of chance
and opportunity to have new experiences, to meet new people - to be alive, really.
So now I'm going to start doing things I'm bad at again. Heck, I'm going to do things
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