A LITTLE BIT OF READING

A list of books I've read recently with some occasional gibberish thrown in.

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

TO CATCH A SPY- Eric Ambler


 

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Tuesday, August 11, 2026

EXILE AND THE KINGDOM- Albert Camus


 

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Monday, August 3, 2026

ENGLAND, THEIR ENGLAND - A.G.MacDonell


 

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HAROUN and The Sea of Stories- Salman Rushdie


 

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  • DOWN AND OUT IN PARIS AND LONDON - George Orwell
    This quite uplifting for Orwell.  The book is series of  tales of a time he was a dishwasher in Paris restaurants and  a tramp in London...
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  • THE BIG HUEY - Greg Newbold
    "In June 1975 Greg Newbold was a young Auckland university student working towards a masters degree. By Novem...

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