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| The Da Vinci Code: | Kind of a difficult book to get into, but interesting nevertheless. Read this one due to the controversy surrounding it at the time, which appears to have died down since the books release. Surrounded in controversy due to the content, the catholic church was not best pleased to see its release in the shops. Story revolves around an ordinary (if intelligent) man named Robert Langdon solving ancient mysteries and getting himself into a spot of bother. |
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| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: | A very curious book to read. The subject matter (earth blows up, man travels the universe, meets people & potters around a little) is radically different from most stories found in fiction. The method of telling the story employed by the late author (Douglas Adams), is also something to take note of. Every sentence is composed and structured in a strange yet simplified way which is a breath of fresh air in a book like this. |
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| Lords of the bow: | A book following the story of the famous warlord & Mongolian Ghengis Khan. The story within is not historically proven to have been correct, but is more the author's ideas and thoughts on how the man could have come to be. This is the one book I have read of the series of four, each of which charts a different stage in his life. |
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| Northern Lights: | A highly controvertial book which has been compared to the catholic church. Aimed at a teenage audience, the protaganist is only a young person herself. The film (heavily based on the book) was lucky to see the light of day after the astounding amount of controversy it generated even before release. |
