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The man with the diamond tiaras

Advantages: Exhaustive, very well-researched account of Hopkins' life and work
Disadvantages: None

... Nicky Hopkins The name may not be that well known. But if you have a fair-to-middling interest in classic rock and pop from the late 1960s to the 1980s, you will almost certainly have heard Nicky Hopkins’ playing. During his career, he must have ...

JOHNV 08.04.2012 · Read full review
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Review of And on Piano...Nicky Hopkins: The extraordinary life of rock's greatest session man - Julian Dawson

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My Least Favourite Spice Girl.

Advantages: Interesting, easy to read, informative.
Disadvantages: Slightly awkward style at times.

I am not afraid to admit it – I like the Spice Girls. I liked them then and I still like them now, as they follow their individual lives and separate careers. I met Geri a few years ago and she was lovely. Victoria is always in the news, of course, ...

KarenUK 08.12.2003 · Read full review
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Review of Catch a Fire: the Autobiography - Melanie B

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tells a genuine story genuine

Advantages: Well written, Easily read
Disadvantages: repeats itselfs, sometimes feels like long monolouge

This book came for free with a magazine I bought. Since I’d just finished my last book I gave it a try. And I was caught within three pages. As the fore-word of the book reads, this is truly a book everybody should read to be warned and enlightened. Sa ...

KarinJonsson 11.07.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Forget You had a Daughter: Doing Time in a Bankok Hilton - Sandra Gregory

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To carry or not to carry

Advantages: A compelling book
Disadvantages: Too many late nights spent reading it

Can you imagine being in a foreign country thousands of miles away from home, and wanting desperately to see your family, but not having the money for the air fare. How far would you go to try and get home to see your loved ones? Sandra Gregory had h ...

Lizard_Lover 08.04.2003 · Read full review
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Review of Forget You had a Daughter: Doing Time in a Bankok Hilton - Sandra Gregory

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You won't want to put it down

Advantages: The best book i've read in a while. Honest and straight to the point
Disadvantages: None i can think of

There's not many books that can keep me reading into the early hours of the morning - especially as i have to get up for the children. But this book had me mesmerized, i was intrigued as to what would happen next, needless to say it hasn't taken me long t ...

loupylou 11.10.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Forget You had a Daughter: Doing Time in a Bankok Hilton - Sandra Gregory

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