books: death of kings

books: death of kings

books:

Death of kings

Eric Ives

Wiley-Blackwell, 2005

Indispensable
Anne Boleyn was undoubtedly one history's most fascinating woman. She was not conventionally beautiful, she had a sharp-tongued, acidic personality, and she engendered both obsessive love and implacable hatred in the people around her. She also was caught in the middle ...

The Death of Kings (Emperor, Book 2)

Conn Iggulden

Dell, 2005

Well written
Well written in an easy, flowing style. High historical accuracy without fluffing things up by adding in unneeded extra drama. Good solid read.

Death of an Outsider (Hamish Macbeth Mysteries, No. 3)

M. C. Beaton

Grand Central Publishing, 2005

Death of an Outsider is wonderful romp.
M.C. Beaton's stories are absolutely excellent and the best examples of cozies you'll find anywhere. I am almost disappointed with myself because I read her Agatha Raisin series before the Hamish Macbeth series. As much as I enjoy Agatha, Hamish is pure delight! In ...

The Green Mile : The Complete Serial Novel

Stephen King

Scribner, 2000

The memorable story of Paul Edgecombe and John Coffey
A wonderful story; beautifully presented and well told. I think that this is my favorite Stephen King story (although 'The Dark Tower' series comes close as well). This is a tale of a prison guard (Paul Edgecombe) and convicted child murderer (John Coffey) and the ...

Shadowland (The Mediator, Book 1)

Meg Cabot

HarperTeen, 2005

Great Read
Suze Simon is a 16-year-old girl who can see, touch, and talk to ghosts. The story begins with Suze Simon moving from New York to northern California to live with her mother, stepfather, and three stepbrothers. Suze intends to live a different life from the one she ...

Reunion in Death

J. D. Robb

Berkley, 2002

Great hardcover!
The "in Death" books were published in paperback here until recently... I was able to find a seller in England who provided me with many of the older books in the series in hardcover, and was excited to find this one. Great Eve Dallas book - I have almost all of ...

Mistress of the Art of Death

Ariana Franklin

Berkley Trade, 2008

Compelling!
I was enthralled by this book. I pretty much sat down and read it within a day. I found the medieval setting fascinating, the characters sympathetic, complicated and interesting and...best of all...the author managed to surprise me several times! (It is wonderful ...

Survivor In Death

J.D. Robb

Berkley, 2005

Survivor in Death
J.D. Robb has Eve Dallas down to a fine art. Anyone that has followed her will certainly like this new adventure.

April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Death and How It Changed America

Michael Eric Dyson

Basic Civitas Books, 2008

Excellent Book on the Legacy of 4/4/68
I remember, as a child, visiting my great-aunt and uncle in their mansion (they were millionaires) and seeing a magaizine whose cover depicted a watercolor of a burning city. Asking what was the reason for this, I was told that people had rioted after the murder of ...

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

Dave Eggers

Vintage, 2001

Hyperboles Aside; Read It and See...
"Well they say its kind of frightening how this younger generation swings, You know its more than just some new sensation... At an early age he hits the streets, wind up tied with who he meets / You know its more than just an aggravation." --David Lee Roth, from Van ...

A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries)

Charles Finch

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2007

A Great Victorian Yarn
I loved this book! The mystery was tricky and interesting, but what separated it from the usual run of mystery novels I read was the great, individualistic characters and the beautifully evoked setting of winter in London. I hope it's a series.

Ivan's War: Life and Death in the Red Army, 1939-1945

Catherine Merridale

Metropolitan Books, 2006

Here they come again
What a story! Catherine Merridale has done an excellent job of telling the story of the Russian foot soldier on the eastern front, the main battleground of WWII. The immense size of the campaigns is beyond imagination with all of the carnage and cruelty justly ...

The Murder of Tutankhamen

Bob Brier

Berkley Trade, 2005

Good Book
Lots of good info, but a bit outdated. It gives a lot of information without being overly scholarly. A good read though.

Death and the King's Horseman (Norton Critical Editions)

Wole Soyinka

W. W. Norton, 2002

One Great Writer
At a university seminar in the US recently, Prof. Soyinka was asked to respond to charges by certain critics that his writing wasn't 'African' enough. He responded, saying "The people who say these things, I refer to as neo-Tarzanists, people whose Africa is the ...