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Short And Sweet But Not In Weight!
Best Short Stories 1987 edited by Giles Gordon and David Hughes. (Heinemann, £10.95) The Penguin Book of Modern British Short Stories edited by Malcolm Bradbury. (Viking £12.95)......
River Of Light For Monet At Giverny
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Portrait Of A Wealthy Old Lady
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Private Parts Of Japanese Culture
Japan by Peter Spry-Leverton & Peter Kornicki(Michael O'Mara Books Ltd, £12.95) THIS book, which accompanies a series of TV programmes about Japan being shown on Channel 4......
Guinness Touch Of Genius
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Hindsight's Hi En Horrors Of History
The Ghosts of Peace 1935 — 1945 by Richard Lamb (Michael Russell, £14.95) IT IS often said that the purpose of studying history is to prevent in future the mistakes of the past.......