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An Encycolpaedia of Myself by Jonathan Meades | Book Review Roundup | The Omnivore

An Encyclopaedia of Myself by Jonathan Meades

May 14th, 2014 | by The Omnivore

| Press reviews | Buy the book | Have your say | Blurb: The 1950s were not grey. In Jonathan Meades’s

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Cold Blood by Richard Kerridge | Book Review Roundup | The Omnivore

Cold Blood: Adventures with Reptiles and Amphibians by Richard Kerridge

May 14th, 2014 | by The Omnivore

| Press reviews | Buy the book | Have your say | Blurb: As a boy, Richard Kerridge loved to encounter

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Author Pitch: An English Baby Boomer by Neil Hall

May 14th, 2014 | by The Omnivore

Neil Hall describes his memoir, An English Baby Boomer, as “a personal and very energetic romp through the second half

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Eleanor Marx by Rachel Holmes | Book Review Roundup | The Omnivore

Eleanor Marx: A Life by Rachel Holmes

May 13th, 2014 | by The Omnivore

| Press reviews | Buy the book | Have your say | Blurb: Unrestrained by convention, lion-hearted and free, Eleanor Marx

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I Put a Spell on You by John Burnside

May 13th, 2014 | by The Omnivore

| Press reviews | Buy the book | Have your say | Blurb: In this exquisite, haunting book, John Burnside describes

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A Curious Career by Lynn Barber

May 13th, 2014 | by The Omnivore

| Press reviews | Buy the book | Have your say | Blurb: Lynn Barber, by her own admission, has always

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The Disinherited by Robert Sackville-West

May 1st, 2014 | by The Omnivore

| Press reviews | Buy the book | Have your say | Blurb: In the small hours of the morning of

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Updike by Adam Begley

April 30th, 2014 | by The Omnivore

| Press reviews | Buy the book | Have your say | Blurb: In this magisterial biography, Adam Begley offers an

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The Literary Churchill by Jonathan Rose | Book Review Roundup | The Omnivore

The Literary Churchill: Author, Reader, Actor by Jonathan Rose

April 30th, 2014 | by The Omnivore

| Press reviews | Buy the book | Have your say | Blurb: This strikingly original book introduces a Winston

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The Valley: A Hundred Years in the Life of a Family by Richard Benson

The Valley: A Hundred Years in the Life of a Mining Family by Richard Benson

April 29th, 2014 | by The Omnivore

| Press reviews | Buy the book | Have your say | Blurb: The close-knit villages of the Dearne Valley

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Charlie Chaplin by Peter Ackroyd

April 11th, 2014 | by The Omnivore

| Press reviews | Buy the book | Have your say | Blurb: He was the very first icon of the

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Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery by Henry Marsh

April 2nd, 2014 | by The Omnivore

| Press reviews | Buy the book | Have your say | Blurb: What is it like to be a brain

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Roy Campbell: A Well-Rounded Life by John Campbell | Book Review Roundup | The Omnivore

Roy Jenkins: A Well-Rounded Life by John Campbell

April 1st, 2014 | by The Omnivore

| Press reviews | Buy the book | Have your say | Blurb: Roy Jenkins was probably the best Prime

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Author Pitch: What Else is there for a Boy Like Me? by Patrick Moon

March 20th, 2014 | by The Omnivore

Many city lawyers fantasise about giving up their jobs to travel; few actually have the guts to do it. Patrick

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A Spy Among Friends by Ben Macintyre | Review Roundup | The Omnivore

A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal by Ben Macintyre

March 20th, 2014 | by The Omnivore

| Press reviews | Buy the book | Have your say | Blurb: Kim Philby was the most notorious British defector