When a light aircraft crashes into the Thames at Shepperton, the young pilot who struggles to the surface minutes later seems to have come back from the dead. Within hours everything in the dormitory … [Read more...] about The Ultimate Dream Company J G Ballard
Fiction
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
The Big Sleep was the first book in the Philip Marlowe series. It introduced one of literature's finest characters to the world. This work established Chandler as the master of the 'hard-boiled' … [Read more...] about The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
Fair Warning by Michael Connelly
Veteran reporter Jack McEvoy has taken down killers before, but when an acquaintance is murdered in a particularly brutal way. McEvoy realizes he might be facing a criminal mind unlike any he's ever … [Read more...] about Fair Warning by Michael Connelly
This Thing of Darkness by Harry Thompson
Brilliant young naval officer Robert FitzRoy is given the captaincy of HMS Beagle, surveying the wilds of Tierra del Fuego. He is aged just twenty-three. He takes a passenger: a young trainee cleric … [Read more...] about This Thing of Darkness by Harry Thompson
Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett
The City Watch needs MEN! And they need all the help they can get, because someone in Ankh-Morpork has been getting dangerous ideas - about crowns and legendary swords, and destiny. And the problem … [Read more...] about Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett
Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders by J Mortimer
This is the sensational full-length Rumpole novel that at last relates the oft-mentioned but never revealed story of Rumpole’s first case, the Penge Bungalow affair. Looking back half a century … [Read more...] about Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders by J Mortimer
Stephen Hero by James Joyce
Stephen Hero is a posthumously-published autobiographical novel by James Joyce. Its published form reflects only a portion of an original manuscript, part of which was lost. It is rumoured that … [Read more...] about Stephen Hero by James Joyce
Strange Flowers by Donal Ryan
In 1973 Moll Gladney goes missing from the Tipperary hillside where she was born. Slowly her parents, Paddy and Kit, begin to accept that she’s gone forever. But she returns, changed, and with a few … [Read more...] about Strange Flowers by Donal Ryan
Red Plenty by Francis Spufford
This is a novel of an economic concept The Central Plan. The action is set in the Soviet Union of the 50's and 60's. The author uses semi-fictional characters to tell some real economic … [Read more...] about Red Plenty by Francis Spufford
Lark Rise to Candleford by Flora Thompson
Flora Thompson's immortal trilogy, containing "Lark Rise", "Over To Candleford" and "Candleford Green", is a heartwarming portrayal of country life at the close of the 19th century. This story … [Read more...] about Lark Rise to Candleford by Flora Thompson