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From: The Hindustan Times
Date: 20070516
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London, May 16 -- The UK's Education Secretary is hoping that including books violence and sporty working-class heroes in a list of the top 160 books for teenage boys will them more interested in reading.

The list includes works of authors from the past and present such as Philip Pullman's 'Northern Lights (His Dark Materials)', Daniel Defoe's 'Robinson Crusoe', J RR Tolkien's 'The Hobbit' and E E Richardson's 'The Intruders'.

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