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The Holographic Universe
Michael Talbot
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1996
A Life-Changing Book
I am now reading the book for the third time and it is just as amazing as the first. It is full of scientific facts and a few personal stories. Talbot remains blessedly neutral presenting information on almost any area of the human experience you can imagine. As a ...
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The Long Ships
Frans Gunnar Bengtsson
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1984
A-Viking You Should Go
English literature began with a Viking story, "Beowulf," but have you ever tried reading it? My own "Beowulf" experience led me to believe Viking literature is right down there with Viking cuisine in terms of digestibility. Imagine my surprise when I discovered a novel ...
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The Light's on at Signpost
George MacDonald Fraser
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2003
A Real Breath of Fresh Air
Mr, Fraser has written a really good book, which makes a lot sense and was fun to read. One gets tired of hearing from the P.C. and the "Caring Brigade", so when I started reading this text it really was a joy to these tired old eyes.
Not that I don't agree with ...
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Seventy-Two Virgins
Boris Johnson
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2005
A Grand Morning Out
Boris Johnson's "Seventy Two Virgins" is Mr. Johnson's first novel and really is a grand morning out. The story is a comedy of errors revolving around a plot to set a bomb off in Westminster during an American President's speech. His humor and political insight are ...
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A Killing Kindness (Dalziel & Pascoe Novel)
Reginald Hill
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1987
A Killing Kindness
To teh readers familiar with the Pascoe/DAnziel series, A Killing Kindness will not be a surprise--it is as good as most of the other novels in the series. Pascoe and Danziel are trying to catch a serial killer, who stnragnels young girls. Only there are a couple of ...
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Churchill's Hour
Michael Dobbs
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2005
Gritty Determination in the Face of Adversity
This is the third book in the Churchill series.
The Battle of Britain has just about brought Britain to its knees and the bombing of major British cities has begun to an extent to demoralise the British people and further problems occur when Japan is set to begin ...
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Winston's War
Michael Dobbs
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2003
A great work
I picked this book up in Bangkok as I was browsing through a second hand book store, and didn't expect much until I read that this was a novel by the guy who wrote House of Cards, To Play the King and The Final Cut.
As mentioned above, this covers the events leading ...
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The Wise Woman
Philippa Gregory
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2002
"All magic is in the question... what would happen if?"
Woken from a deep sleep, Sister Ann is terrified by the crackling of fire and the shouts of men who have set her convent alight. Under Henry VIII, the Church as been cast out of England for failing to honor Henry's request for an annulment of his marriage to Catherine ...
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The Little House
Philippa Gregory
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1998
Perfect Example Of A Top Notch Psychological Thriller
The Little House is a remarkable gem of a psychological thriller. It makes even the most normal, everyday events seem sinister and riveting. The plot focuses on Ruth who is talked into starting a family by her husband and living down the road from his upper class ...
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The Monsters and the Critics
J.R.R. Tolkien
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1997
The man from Middle Earth
At times, Tolkien expressed regret that he had become famous as a novelist rather than a scholar of language and culture--but these essays reveal that "Lord of the Rings" and his Anglo-Saxon Dictionary were two products of the same mental universe... and what a ...
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Tree and Leaf
J.R.R. Tolkien
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2001
insight in this creation
This is a beautiful book. Reading through it, the intentions of Tolkien are revealed. It makes all of the stories of middle earth more real, tangable, comforting. It can be read and reread; each time more layers, more connections are made. Tolkien confronts reality ...
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The Last Battle ("The Chronicles of Narnia")
C. S. Lewis
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2005
Fighting For Freedom
'The Last Battle', by C.S. Lewis is the final book in the chronicles of Narnia. In this book, an ape named Shift decides he should be in charge of Narnia. He starts things he isn't able to stop, and amid the confusion, a neighbouring country is trying to take over ...
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Tatiana's Table: Tatiana and Alexander's Life of Food and Love
Paullina Simons
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2007
Beautiful coda to The Bronze Horseman Trilogy
Fans of The Bronze Horseman Trilogy will "eat up" this book. Full of delicious and somewhat easily prepared recipes of the foods cooked by Tatiana throughout her life and marriage, the very best, and most anticipated, parts are the stories that precede each recipe. ...
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The Reverse of the Medal
Patrick O'Brian
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1997
Excellent addition to an excellent series.
This series is an absolute treasure, and I can't recommend it highly enough. I do, however, caution you on a couple of things. O'Brian is difficult to read. Well, that's not quite fair, it's not difficult, it's slow to read. Paragraphs can go on for a page and a half ...
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Four Days in June
Iain Gale
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2007
"Killer Angels" treatment of Battle of Waterloo
Iain Gale's first effort is magnificent!
Using the Michael Sharra technique from "Killer Angels", Gale gets inside the heads of the leading protagonists at the Battle of Waterloo over the course of four bloody and tiring days. The result is very readable, believable ...
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