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1) Goldeneye: where Bond was born : Ian Fleming's Jamaica

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2015.

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Explores the significant influence of Jamaica and the north-coast highland house where Ian Fleming wrote his James Bond novels on his writings, evaluating the related impact of Fleming's circle of notable friendships.

2) Panama fever: the epic story of one of the greatest human achievements of all time-- the building of the Panama Canal

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Parker, Matthew

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p2008

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The building of the Panama Canal was one of the greatest engineering feats in human history. In a tale of exploration, conquest, money, politics, and medicine, Parker charts the challenges that marked the long, labyrinthine road to the building of the canal.

3) Larceny in my blood: a memoir of heroin, handcuffs, and higher education

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Parker, Matthew

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2012

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A personal account of the author's drug-marked childhood describes how he was raised into a life of crime and served years in jail for dealing drugs before embracing a clean life and pursuing a college degree and literary career.

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Matthew Parker

1) Goldeneye: where Bond was born : Ian Fleming's Jamaica

2) Panama fever: the epic story of one of the greatest human achievements of all time-- the building of the Panama Canal

3) Larceny in my blood: a memoir of heroin, handcuffs, and higher education