Gangster Paul Grimes was a one-man crime wave with a breathtaking capacity to steal. Any villains who got in his way were made to pay - often with their blood. But when his son died of a drugs … [Read more...] about Powder Wars by Graham Johnson
Non-Fiction
The Werewolf Complex by Denis Dudos
Why are there so many serial killers in the United States? - Why is American culture permeated with violence and cruelty? - Why should Jekyll and Hyde and the werewolf myth have such appeal in … [Read more...] about The Werewolf Complex by Denis Dudos
Scott of the Antarctic by Elspeth Huxley
After Robert Peary claimed to have reached the North Pole in 1909, polar explorers looked toward the South. Robert Falcon Scott, whose 1901–1904 expedition into Antarctica's frozen shoulder had made … [Read more...] about Scott of the Antarctic by Elspeth Huxley
The Art of War – Sun – Tzu
Twenty-Five Hundred years ago, Sun Tzu wrote this classic book of military strategy based on Chinese warfare and military thought. Since that time, all levels of military have used the teaching on … [Read more...] about The Art of War – Sun – Tzu
The Villa, The Lake, The Meeting by Mark Roseman
At a villa on the shore of the Wannsee, a lake in suburban Berlin, on 20th January 1942 one of the most terrible meetings in human history convened. Chaired by Reinhard Heydrich and organised and … [Read more...] about The Villa, The Lake, The Meeting by Mark Roseman
NYPD Blue – True Blue
A unique collaboration between David Milch, the co-creator of the Emmy-winning NYPD Blue, and Bill Clark, a former New York homicide detective and now the show's creative consultant. True Blue … [Read more...] about NYPD Blue – True Blue
No Faith in the System
Paddy Hill of the Birmingham Six described Sister Sarah Clarke as "the Joan of Arc" of the prisons. This book is her story, tracing her life from childhood, to teaching art in the Bower Convent in … [Read more...] about No Faith in the System
Brightly Shone the Dawn
Brightly Shone the Dawn gives an account of those involved in the Invasion of Normandy . The authors of this account of the invasion are, Garry Johnson and Christopher Dunphie. Many books have been … [Read more...] about Brightly Shone the Dawn
Ó Bhéal an Bhab
Stories from the Kerry seanchaí, Bab Feirtéar, with dialectal notes by Roibeard Ó Cathasaigh and Bo Almqvist. This beautiful collection features a book As Gaeilge (book in Irish) and two CD's of Bab … [Read more...] about Ó Bhéal an Bhab
A Short History of Planet Earth
One of Australia's leading geologists, Ian Plimer, writes for a non-scientific audience about the history of our planet and solar system, and demonstrates how much we depend on the range of evidence … [Read more...] about A Short History of Planet Earth