"Why, yes, I am still upset that the Library of Alexandria burnt down"
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Velvet Templeton's hunt has led her into a dark well of lies, murder, and international …
Great finale! Wonderfully drawn and coloured as always, the imagery draws you in and maintains the mood that is matched by an excellent script. Recommended!
Great compilation with two great story arcs. Dredd is in top form!
Very funny! Well put together, worth it for a laugh
A book about going through a mid-life crisis
This delightful book is the latest in the series of Ladybird books which have been …
Very well done!
Excellent second instalment of this series. Velvet continues to kick ass as the conspiracy deepens around her. Beautifully drawn and coloured, I'm very much enjoying this.
The Red Sea Sharks (French: Coke en stock) is the nineteenth volume of The Adventures …
Excellent artwork and attention to detail as always.
In 1945 the children of the Third Reich were secretly hidden all over the world—to …
This is a book that has not aged well. I'm sorting out some old books and gave this a rerun as I'd remembered it being gripping enough twenty odd years ago. Not sure why I bothered! Story is far fetched and I found it hard to suspend my disbelief and get into the flow. There was also this odd italicising of words for emphasis, which just grated on my nerves. Persevered to the end out of sheer bloody mindedness.
More a collection of chapter-sized mini-books, this is well worth a read for the insights into the footballing world. 'Why England Lose' isn't answered so much as turned on it's head - the seem to do slightly better than they should due to population size and economic development. The chapter on the transfer market was probably the most interesting, especially the section on how managers are (not) chosen.
Overall, a good book deserving of a place on the bookshelf.
E-book exclusive extras:1) Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on They Do It with Mirrors;2) "The …
Grand reading for the holidays
Classic Deighton, but I'm not as enamoured with the 'Harry Palmer' books as most. There you go, can't win 'em all. An enjoyable read.
Mortality is a 2012, posthumously published book by Anglo-American writer Christopher Hitchens. It comprises seven …
"I have decided to take whatever my disease can throw at me, and to stay combative even while taking the measure of my inevitable decline. I repeat, this is no more than what a healthy person has to do in slower motion. It is our common fate."
An amazing book from Hitchens, well written and easily read, impossible to forget. It's a short book, yet it benefits from a slow reading. There is plenty of food for thought on the process of dying, I'd strongly recommend this book. Carol, his wife, closes out the book with an incredibly sad final chapter.
Hitchens died before the end.
Don't we all, I suppose.
"Death has this much to be said for it:
You don't have to get out of bed for it.
Wherever you happen to be
They bring it to you - free."
- Kinglsey Amis
Solid thriller.
Under the floorboards of the Store is a world of four-inch-tall nomes that humans never see. It is commonly known …
