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An entertaining account of why the English act as they do

Advantages: usually entertaining, highly perceptive and sometimes illuminating
Disadvantages: perhaps too much written about class indicators

‘Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour’ is an intriguing title, so it’s a bit of a shame that this is all it is possible to find out about the book without opening it. What I mean is that a list of (often repetitive) quotations fro ...

brokenangelkisses 28.12.2009 ·
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Review of Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour: Ahe Hidden Rules of English Behaviour - Kate Fox

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Drug Wars

Advantages: Quality of writing, interesting stories, compassion for and engagement with humans at centre
Disadvantages: Grim, ever changing situation means book will probably be out of date fast

More than 38,000 people have been killed in the last 3 years in what Ed Vulliamy argues is an unacknowledged war, on the long border (2,100 miles) between Mexico and the United States. The war is between drug trafficking gangs over control of the ...

elkiedee 18.02.2012 · Read full review
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Review of Amexica: War Along the Borderline - Ed Vulliamy

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Another good read from one of the true crime 'queens'

Advantages: Good read
Disadvantages: Bit too much detail in places

I admit I have a fascination with true crime books, and Ann Rule is definitely one of my favourites. I found this book in a charity shop at the weekend, and as with all her other books, I did enjoy the read. This book was first published in 2008. The m ...

euphie 08.06.2013 · Read full review
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Review of Mortal Danger - Ann Rule

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