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Selected Poems (Classics)
1.  Selected Poems (Classics) by Alfred Tennyson
The list author says:
  "My poetry breakthrough at school. ‘Ulysses’ seems to have fresh resonance every time I read it – a poem to grow older with (ie. from myth-obsessed schoolboy to… well, to person growing older)."
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Philip Larkin Collected Poems
2.  Philip Larkin Collected Poems by Philip Larkin
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  "My other poetry breakthrough at school. Just read ‘This Be The Verse’ and you’ll know what I mean. How a pervy old librarian managed to get this so right, I’ll never know."
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Great Expectations (Penguin Classics)
3.  Great Expectations (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
The list author says:
  "Source of two profound early-teen realisations: 1) that I wasn’t, in fact, the only deeply misunderstood non-grown-up in the world, and 2) that Dickens was (therefore) actually pretty cool."
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Catch-22
4.  Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
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  "Do I really need to explain this one?"
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Misplaced Childhood
5.  Misplaced Childhood by Marillion
The list author says:
  "My first thrilling intimation that rock music could be something other than Bryan Adams. Also my first soundtrack-to-a-broken-heart (look, I was young, okay, and naïve and, well, you know – stupid)."
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Arabian Nightmare
6.  Arabian Nightmare by Robert Irwin
The list author says:
  "My first taste of ‘The Orient’ – love at first read. Should be imbibed in conjunction with Said’s ‘Orientalism’ for a truly educational experience."
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Tigana
7.  Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
The list author says:
  "First proof for me that epic fantasy could be for grown-ups, ie. could reflect real world social and political issues, could still have magic and swords, and didn’t have to include the word ‘thou’."
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Sibelius/Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos
8.  Sibelius/Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos by Jean Sibelius
The list author says:
  "Tchaikovsky’s violin concerto – first time I experienced something like emotional obliteration. More joyful than the ‘Ode to Joy’ (though disconcertingly referred to elsewhere as ‘this old warhorse’)."
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Explorations in Cognitive Neuropsychology
9.  Explorations in Cognitive Neuropsychology by Alan Parkin
The list author says:
  "First proof, for me, that textbooks could actually be well-written, interesting, even exciting, and useful not merely as doorstops. RIP, Professor Parkin. You were an excellent teacher."
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Eddie Izzard - Definite Article [VHS]
10.  Eddie Izzard - Definite Article [VHS] VHS Eddie Izzard
The list author says:
  "Didn’t realise until I saw this Eddie-outing (live in Brighton) that I could laugh that hard in public."
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Jesus of Montreal [VHS]
11.  Jesus of Montreal [VHS] VHS Lothaire Bluteau
The list author says:
  "An unutterably beautiful film. The perfect bridge between a thoughtful atheism (à moi) and a useful Christianity. Life-changing because I didn’t imagine such a bridge could exist until I saw this."
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The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature (Penguin Press Science)
12.  The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature (Penguin Press Science) by Matt Ridley
The list author says:
  "For a while, after I read this, everything in the whole human world made perfect sense."
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King Lear (New Penguin Shakespeare)
13.  King Lear (New Penguin Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare
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  "The first play I was ever in (of two, not counting forced participation junior school nativity debacles). I played the Duke of Albany. A great tragedy, in so many, many ways…"
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The Fatal Shore: History of the Transportation of Convicts to Australia, 1787-1868 (Harvill Panther)
14.  The Fatal Shore: History of the Transportation of Convicts to Australia, 1787-1868 (Harvill Panther) by Robert Hughes
The list author says:
  "Moving to Australia – big life change. Beginning to understand Australia courtesy of Robert Hughes – ditto."
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Up the Duff
15.  Up the Duff by Kaz Cooke
The list author says:
  "Becoming a father – huge, obviously. Having a brutally honest book that explained what my wife was going through and made us both laugh about it hard enough to pee – essential."
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Tomb Raider - Platinum (PS)
16.  Tomb Raider - Platinum (PS) by Eidos
The list author says:
  "First dangerous hint that gaming was a) more than just shooting stuff, and b) a potentially life-gobbling pursuit."
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