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We\'re back already - as promised - with the third installment of pre-Christmas book recommendations for your personal wish- or shopping-lists. Roger is back with some really interesting non-fiction works, and of course Peter has one to add from his shelf. Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run The autobiography of the Boss. \"\'nuff said!\" Daniel Kahneman: Thinking, fast and slow A nobel prize winner\'s insights on how our brain works. Karen Joy Fowler: We are all completely beside ourselves A novel about a family and a mysterious disappearance. But all based on fact and a good read to think about what\'s going on in science nowadays. Alison Gopnik: The gardener and the carpenter A book about parenting, what to do and what not to. Our question to be discussed in another episode: Does this have implications for language learning?

We are back with the next batch of our Christmas book recommendations. Sylke Loew is in the studio to share her expertise on today\'s genre: Crime stories. Have a look at her recommendations: Alexander McCall Smith: The No. 1 Ladies\' Detective Agency A middle-aged lady in Botswana opens a detective agency and helps people deal with their problems. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The Hound of the Baskervilles Sherlock Holmes has to solve a mysterious case involving a gigantic dog. E.C. Diskin: The Green Line An aspiring young lawyer gets onto the wrong train and ends up in the darker parts of Chicago

This year - instead of broadcasting one long Christmas special - we decided to produce a special mini-series dealing with book recommendations that could inspire some of your Christmas shopping. In each episode we will pick out one particular genre of novels. This time we\'re looking into fantasy stories. Our guest is Christoph Klein, who brings along some good (or should we say fantastic) reads. And if you can recommend more English fantasy novels, let us all know below in a comment! Tim Burton: The Nightmare before Christmas Burton\'s famous stop-motion movie turned into a learner-friendly reader with reduced vocabulary (600 headwords) and an accompanying audio version of the book on CD. C. S. Lewis: The Chronicles of Narnia A series of seven books, loosely tied together, telling the story of several children\'s great adventures in a parallel world called Narnia. J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter We don\'t need to explain much about this modern classic, seven-book series. Go ahead and read the original, especially, if you\'ve only seen the movies so far. There\'s so much more to discover in this fantastic world. Ben Aaronovitch: Rivers of London A series of fantasy stories as well as detective novels. Peter Grant is a junior police officer in London when he realises he\'s got a special talent. And soon he finds himself with a new superior, a detective chief inspector and wizard, investigating supernatural crime in the London area and brokering treaties with river gods.