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• [566] Princess Elizabeth’s Spy – Susan Elia MacNeal

  
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  “You grew up in America, after all—exactly what do you know about British aristocracy?” “Not much beyond the historical, I’m afraid,” Maggie said. “All right, impromptu quiz—what do you say when you meet the King and Queen?” Maggie gave David a wry look. Frain had forgotten about royal etiquette ...
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• [564] The Château – William Maxwell

  
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  ” Paris seemed to be withdrawing piecemeal from the world. At first it didn’t matter, except that it made the streets look shabby. But then suddenly it did matter. There were certain shops they had come to know and to enjoy using. And they could not leave Harold’s flannel trousers at the cleaners, though it was ...
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• [562] Mr. Churchill’s Secretary – Susan Elia MacNeal

  
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  ” As the days turned to weeks, everyone in London learned to live with it. The learned to live with the dread an the fear . . . But they could go on. They had to. They all went to work, ate their meals, spoke to one another in the shops, went on as though they were people in one of those classic British ...
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• Salmon Fishing in the Yemen

  
  GonnaWatchIt.com — Authority: 130
  “You see, there is no difference between Islam and fishing.” “You’re ruining the quote.” I watched this because it was nominated for a Golden Globe for “Best Comedy or Musical.”  Kudos to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for recognizing that comedies are a different kind of animal than dramas, ...
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• Book review: And The Soft Wind Blows by Lance Umenhofer

  
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  Sometimes, just sometimes, you open up a book and start reading, and youre utterly hooked because you just have absolutely no idea where the story will go. In And The Soft Wind Blows , everything is where its supposed to be, but theres an unpredictability over-riding everything. And its the business. read more
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• The Perks of Being A Wallflower

  
  GonnaWatchIt.com — Authority: 130
    The thing I love about “The Perks of Being A Wallflower” is that it takes the darkness of its teenagers seriously. Logan Lerman leads a great cast as Charlie, a freshman in high school who has just gotten out of the hospital after a nervous breakdown brought on by the suicide of his best friend.  But he ...
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• [558] Mrs Queen Takes the Train – William Kuhn

  
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  ” She had been used to following the rules since she was a little girl. She always did what she was told. She’s been taught that it was her job as a constitutional monarch always to stick to the program, to follow the Government’s advice, to adhere to the timetable, to act according to precedent. For most of her ...
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