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Nick Pengelley cites many influences on his writing. Readers of "Ryder" will not be surprised that authors like H. Rider Haggard, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, John Buchan and Peter O'Donnell figure prominently. He is a fan of the ripping yarns of the inter-war years - by writers such as Sapper, Dornford Yates, Edgar Wallace and Leslie Charteris. His more modern favourites include Umberto Eco (particularly "The Name of the Rose"), Alan Furst, Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman and Elizabeth Kostova ("The Historian"). Nicholas reads a "book or so" a week (and is horrified to think that, if he lives to be 200, he may only get to read 10,000). These days, although he still reads fiction, he is mainly interested in modern European and Middle ...more

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	Ryder (Ayesha Ryder #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 128 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ryder: American Treasure (Ayesha Ryder #2) 3.94 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ryder: Bird Of Prey (Ayesha Ryder #3) 4.14 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1)

by Robert Galbraith

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Taste: My Life Through Food

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Unfeeling Sky

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Nick Pengelley rated a book it was amazing The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream by Charles Spencer (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Highly readable and entertaining. It filled in a number of gaps in my knowledge. I look forward to reading more by Charles Spencer.
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Highly readable and entertaining. It filled in a number of gaps in my knowledge. I look forward to reading more by Charles Spencer.
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Nick Pengelley rated a book it was amazing Inside Europe (War Edition) by John Gunther	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Anything and everything you ever wanted to know about Europe in the 1930s, in the run up to World War II. Superbly recounted by one of the leading foreign correspondents of the day (see the brilliant "Last Call at the Hotel Imperial by Deborah Cohen) ...more
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Nick Pengelley rated a book it was amazing Round the World in Seven Days by Herbert Strang	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A ripping yarn! Impossible to believe now that a plane not far removed from the Wright Flyer could get round the world in seven days, but they seemed to believe it not beyond the bounds of possibility back in 1910 (although one really has to suspend ...more
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Nick Pengelley rated a book it was amazing The Dagger in the Desk (Lockwood & Co., #1.5) by Jonathan Stroud (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Nick Pengelley rated a book it was amazing The Empty Grave (Lockwood & Co., #5) by Jonathan Stroud (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Nick Pengelley rated a book it was amazing Last Call at the Hotel Imperial: The Reporters Who Took On a World at War by Deborah Cohen (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I've nothing useful to add that hasn't already been said by the many reviewers of this wonderful book. Ms. Cohen has provided a superbly brilliant coverage of a fascinating period and the amazing journalists who brought it to life. Read it with a goo ...more
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