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named after the distinguished
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Wild World ~ Cat Stevens
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went by the name
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I've bought The Most of P.G. Wodehouse for $3.93 on kindle. There are several that say they're the complete works but they don't appear to include all his books. But this one looks like it has his best ones.
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Poor Boy ~ Split Enz
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On 8/26/2025 at 12:18 AM, briber said:
Hello,
If you like WW2 books have you read Uris's Armageddon? Interesting theme of the Berlin embargo after the war. and the main characters dealing with the occupied area. Didn't care for the final chapter but, he wrote it the way he saw it.
Delderfield, Agree, the TV series was good, but so long ago it's in the mists of time and strangely, never repeated, to my knowledge. The books, I never tire of.
Regards,
briber
I'll look that one out, thanks briber.
An author I haven't read (on my tbr list) but recommended by several people, is Frances Flaviel. She wrote Chelsea Concerto based on her experiences during the Blitz, and The Dancing Bear about her time in post-war Berlin.
I've rewatched The Horseman series on Youtube.
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On 8/26/2025 at 10:21 AM, briber said:
I obtained his complete works on Kindle for the princely sum of £099. thoroughly enjoy them.
Good news! My post must have been pre-Kindle. I'll see if I can find them.
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The Lonely Bull ~ Herb Alpert
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On 8/24/2025 at 10:04 AM, briber said:
big fan of Shute, A Town Like Alice. Round The Bend, On The Beach. Haven't come across Most Secret, must check.
I didn't finish Most Secret. There were plans to use flame throwers against the Germans. No worse than many ways people are killed in war but I started to find it too disturbing.
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On 8/24/2025 at 10:58 AM, briber said:
hello,
Most of my 10 favourite books are vintage, early fifties and earlier. Authors i particularly like are:
Thomas Costain. 'The Tontine' set in the early nineteenth century.
Thomas Armstrong's King Cotton is set in the same era up to the end of the American Civil War. His Pilling Always Pays is early 2oth Century.
Arthur Hailey, his formula is pretty much the same in every book but still good reads.
Neville Shute, extremely dry but some gems amongst them.
Frank Tilsley Champion Road and Brother Nap, are very much set in the early 20th Century up to the labour government of the 40s
R F Delderfield, A Horseman Riding By, 3 volumes is set from the Boer War up to the sixties. and his God is an Englishman is set from the 1880s to the 1960s .
His Dreaming Suburb and The Avenue Goes To War are set from the end of the first world war and beyond the second.
I'll leave it there for now.
briber
I'm another fan of vintage books, at the moment I'm hooked on Golden Age mysteries. I've become a big fan of Moray Dalton who has been republished by Dean St Press.
I have the complete set of Nevil Shute books and have read most of them. My favourite is Pied Piper and I loved Requiem For a Wren too. One of my favourite genres are WW2 based books.
Also a huge fan of Delderfield, I've read all those and the Horseman Riding By saga several times. The TV series of this was very good, I thought.
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brew in the whole
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Fire It Up ~ Modest Mouse
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or ethically sourced coffee
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The Sound of Music ~ Julie Andrews
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not someone who frequented
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You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio ~ Joni Mitchell
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where he accidentally bumped
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Let's Face The Music And Dance ~ Fred Astaire
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Dance Away ~ Roxy Music
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spent a fortune on
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you possibly know, so
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Fantastic news, Muggle! So pleased for you and great you've found a book you're really enjoying to celebrate with 💕