Forrest Gump (Winston Groom)

Forrest Gump

Winston Groom

Blurb: Laugh, cry, stand up and cheer: Forrest Gump is everyman's story, everyman's dream. A wonderfully warm, savagely barbed, and hilariously funny 'tale told by an idiot', from the razor-sharp pen of a contemporary wizard.

No one is spared and everyone is included. If you've ever felt lacking, left out, put upon - or just wanted to have a rollicking good time - this book is for you. At 6'6'', 240 pounds, Forrest Gump is a difficult man to ignore, so follow Forrest from the football dynasties of Bear Bryant to the Vietnam War, from encounters with Presidents Johnson and Nixon to powwows with Chairman Mao. Go with Forrest to Harvard University, to a Hollywood movie set, on a professional wrestling tour, and into space on the oddest NASA mission ever. 

Forrest Gump lives! Thank heavens!

ISBN: 0552996092 (Paperback)

Year: 1986

Publisher: Black Swan

Pages: 239 (Fiction)

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Stickybeak (Hazel Edwards; Illustrated by Rosemary Wilson)

Stickybeak

Hazel Edwards; Illustrated by Rosemary Wilson

Blurb: Stickybeak is an unforgettable school pet. He gets up to all sorts of mischief. Others think he's an ugly, noisy duckling. He thinks he's a person. We love him, but... when it was my turn to take him home, it was disaster plus!

ISBN: 9780734309860 (Paperback)

Year: 1986

Publisher: Puffin

Pages: 32 (Fiction)

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Animalia (Graeme Base)

Animalia

Graeme Base

Blurb: Within the pages of this book

You may discover, if you look

Beyond the spell of written words,

A hidden land of beasts and birds.

For many things are 'of a kind',

And those with keenest eyes will find 

A thousand things, or maybe more -

It's up to you to keep the score...

ISBN: 9780734309815 (Paperback)

Year: 1986

Publisher: Puffin

Pages: 32 (Fiction)

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Eclipse Interpretation Manual (Rose Lineman)

Eclipse Interpretation Manual

Rose Lineman

Blurb: A valuable book for the serious astrologer, the Eclipse Interpretation manual explains it all. The eclipse is viewed as part of a sequence. Its initial influence is described along with the meanings of the solar and lunar eclipses in the signs and houses and their aspects to the planets. The author covers the meaning of the Moon's Nodes and the importance of the eclipses when falling on any of the four angles. Her delineation techniques are clearly explained. This is a welcome companion book to her already popular Eclipses: Astrological Guideposts.

ISBN: 08669030118 (Paperback)

Year: 1986

Publisher: American Federation of Astrologers 

Pages: 147 (Non-Fiction)

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The Penguin Henry Lawson Short Stories (Henry Lawson edited by John Barnes)

The Penguin Henry Lawson Short Stories

Henry Lawson edited by John Barnes

Blurb: Henry Lawson is too often regarded as a legend rather than a writer to be enjoyed. 

In this selection John Barnes reveals Lawson not only as a writer who has delighted past generations.

His short stories, some humorous, some wry, some moving are, above all, enjoyable.

ISBN: 0140092153 (Paperback)

Year: 1986 / 1892-1902

Publisher: Penguin

Pages: 229 (Fiction)

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Blood Test - Alex Delaware #2 (Jonathan Kellerman)

Blood Test (Alex Delaware #2)

Jonathan Kellerman

Blurb: Family ties can bind you too tight.

Doctors believe that they can successfully treat five-year old cancer patient Woody Swope. But Woody's parents, members of a cult called 'The Touchers', are not only refusing the treatment, they're also threatening to remove him from the hospital.

Psychologist Alex Delaware is called in to talk the parents round. But before he can, the Swopes are gone and so is Woody. All that remains is a savagely ransacked and bloodied motel room, their promiscuous teenage daughter, Nona, and an increasingly dark and bizarre case for Alex to solve.

ISBN: 9780755357260 (Paperback)

Year: 1986

Publisher: Headline

Pages: 340 (Fiction)

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