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Following On The Edge now with her professional licence follwing Jan through new horses, owners and starts to build up her reputation to a new high but family troubles take over with a GP demanding her time and a jockey loosing his winning touch and life spirals out of control (50 words)

Based on a womans dream to persue gaining her horse training licence, after loosing her husband and moving home this book follws Jan Hardy (based on authors own life) through her financial and family stuggle to fulfill her ambitions. If you like horses all the btter, a good read. (49 words)

Continuing the story on from "A Year in the Merde" Pol West is setting up his tea shop in Paris while pursuing as much female company as possible. Not as good as the first book but still laugh out loud funny in places. A real change from the usual travelogues. (50 words)

A truly interesting book. Not words usually applied to economics but this is not your normal economics tome. Levitt applies his unique critical thinking to everything from why the US crime rate dropped in the 90s to how a typical drug dealer's gang is like a corporation. (47 words)

A good introduction for some new (to me) writers who cover everything from hiring new developers to a real world description of the two phase commit. The writing is always good, even if I disagree with some of the points. A lot can be learnt by techies from this book. (50 words)

Any fears that this type of "challenge comedy" story pioneered by Dave Gorman is getting old are washed away. Danny Wallace has a simple challenge, say Yes to everything. It takes him around the world and is laugh out loud funny throughout. His winning streak after "Join Me" continues. (49 words)

The final volume of the Baroque Cycle brings together the numerous strands of the previous books and ties them together perfectly. Less swashbuckling and more political intrigue might not sound appealing but Stephenson has such command of plot and characters that we have a fitting end to a great story. (50 words)

The second in the Baroque Cycle trilogy continues to follow Daniel Waterhouse, Eliza and Jack Shaftoe on their respective journeys around the world in the 17th century. Like Quicksilver the depth of detail is astounding but this time there's more swashbuckling and intrigue. Can't wait for the final instalment. (49 words)

After cycling the route of the Tour de France Moore moves on to walking the Camino de Santiago pilgrim route... with a donkey. He has out-Brysoned the trailblazer of the witty travelogue and doesn't disappoint with this new offering. Another book that you'll need to be carefu reading in public. (50 words)

Baseball/Cricket comparative study by Kent/England Cricketer. Enjoyable, and Smith clearly has the journalistic hopes of many a county pro, but I think you need to know not much about baseball to get anything out of this book. Kept me busy for a few hours, but not hugely insightful. (48 words)