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1.		Bionicle Encyclopedia (Bionicle) from Scholastic US Price: £4.99 Customer Review: My kids (8 and 5 year old) enjoy playing with Bionicles and have seen a couple of the films on DVD. It was difficult to follow how all the various characters were connected, that is until we got the encyclopedia. Now the whole Bionicle world makes a lot more sense and the kids enjoy playing with... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

2.		On Writing from New English Library Price: £6.99 Customer Review: It's no secret that Stephen King is the world's bestselling author. How he does that, is explained by himself in this book. The first part of the book is a short, although insightful, autobiography. In this part King talks about his childhood, how he first became interested in horror and in... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

3.		"Doctor Who" Encyclopedia (Doctor Who (BBC Hardcover)) from BBC Books Price: £8.79 Customer Review: Given this as a Christmas present, I was not immediately inspired, however I did dip into it and found myself rather hooked! As a reference book it is wonderful- all those little things that you weren't sure about... all those things you were wondering... How does that work? Who... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

4.		Curiosities of Literature: A Book-lover's Anthology of Literary Erudition from Random House Books Price: £7.79 Customer Review: I always enjoy John Sutherland's writings having first come across his literary columns in The Guardian. I've already read his How to Read a Novel and The Boy Who Loved Books, so when Curiosities of Literature came out a month or two ago it was a bit of a "must have". In fact it turned out to be the... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

5.		Patrick O'Brian's Navy: The Illustrated Companion to Jack Aubrey's World from Running Press Price: £13.99 Customer Review: This book is good and the illustrations and photos are great but it really seems as if the book was written as a generic guide to the Royal navy and then they added on the Jack Aubrey stuff later on. There is no real understanding of Aubrey and Maturin and the books in the series - it's a bit... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

6.		The New Oxford Book of Literary Anecdotes (Oxford Books of Prose & Verse) from OUP Oxford Price: £6.29	Click here for more information

7.		The Oxford Companion to English Literature (Oxford Companions) from OUP Oxford Price: £19.49 Customer Review: i found this book extremely useful when I need to get a brief synopsis of some literature or writer, not only does it tell the story but it also offers a brief analysis. It is also useful if you need to quickly refresh your memory of some literature or if you need to compare some works. a bit heavy... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

8.		"Time Out" 1000 Books to Change Your Life (Time Out Guides) from Time Out Group Ltd Price: £6.49 Customer Review: This isn't a patch on 1001 books you must read before you die. In saying that it isn't trying to be. It gives an excellent list of books to read including childrens and unlike the above mentioned it is easy to hold containing 280 pages! For a beginner wishing to improve their reading this is perfect... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

9.		The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms (Oxford Paperback Reference) from OUP Oxford Price: £5.39 Customer Review: This 340 page paperbook is packed with 5000 'idioms, metaphorical phrases, similes, sayings and proverbs from the whole of the English speaking world'. All the entries are grouped under headwords which are listed alphabetically e.g. the word 'book' heads 13 sayings whereas the word 'face' heads... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

10.		The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory (Reference Books) from Penguin Price: £8.44 Customer Review: The book is detailed in places; however there are some key terms and definitions missing. After reading the reviews I was disappointed and it's certainly not a definitive book for undergraduate level. Although it is useful at times, it's not always going to be there for you. I would recommend... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

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