Title | Description | additonal thoughts |
Spiritus by Ismail Kadare |
Set in Socialist Albania it tells the story of a theatre production which never happens. For those among you who are interested in finding out a little more about countries whilst under the soviet influence this is an interesting read. It takes a look at the way in which spying was done within Albania.The Author has been nominated several times for a Nobel Prize |
Spiritus by Kadare |
Dude Where's my Country |
For those who enjoy Michael Moore | |
Stupid White Men, |
"and other sorry excuses for the State of the Nation" An interesting and amusing read for those of us who feel like knowing more about the US of A, quite a few people are taking the time to read this satire of modern politics, contains letters to Bush and Arafat. Judge it for yourself |
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The Clan of the Cave Bear | The first book in a series of five books. The tale of a young Homo Sapiens girl who gets separated from her own species | Some thoughts |
Valley of Horses | Ayla has grown into a young woman and no longer lives with the Clan, she must fend for herself but soon meets another of her species | Some thoughts |
Mammoth Hunters | Read about how Ayla is getting on at the moment, why not read the fascinating account of how a mammoth hunt may have taken place thousands of years ago when they were not yet extinct | Some thoughts |
Plains of Passage | Our two characters are walking towards Jondalar's home | Some thoughts |
The Shelters of Stone![]() |
Ayla and Jondalar finally make it back to the Ninth cave. The final book in this five book series sees Ayla arrive to Jondalar's people amongst which is the Ninth cave of the Zelandonii. | Some thoughts |
Black hawk Down by Mark Bowden | Read about the Operation which took place in Mogadishu, how it went wrong. Gain an global view of the events which took place. | |
Lord of the rings | Why not read the book before seeing the film, very well written and entertaining | |
A Shadow on the Glass | The first of a series of four books following the journey of Liam, a master chronicler whom is banished from his college for wanting to go to far into researching the histories | |
The Tower on the Rift | The Tower on the rift is the second of a four book series. Our familiar characters must go to the Rift where strong forces remain | |
Dark is the moon | The penultimate book in the series, yet again we find the heros and uncertainty on who to trust is very strong at the moment. | |
The Way Between the Worlds | The culmination of the four previous books, whom will be victorious, who survives, who does not. | |
Rebecca | Daphne Du Maurier's interesting book about intrigue. Later to be adapted to the screen by Alftred Hitchcock. | |
Daggerspell | Book one in a series of fantasy book by Katherine Kerr | |
The City of Joy | The Story of a priest who goes to work as a doctor in India. A read anyone would appreciate | |
Airframe | When an airframe goes wrong the company which built it must check all parts on it's aircrafts, an interesting piece of fiction detailing the process and problems within this type of work | |
Sphere | Some scientists journey to the bottom to the ocean to explore a craft there, strange occurences begin to take place, the action is very interesting although the dialogue could be improved. | |
Congo | A mission is sent to the Congo for some research. A satellite link up is set up but whilst the people are speaking sending information back a grey creature appears and starts killing the people. The link is lost... another group of people must be sent in | |
Discoluse | Within a telecommunications company in America a man is accused of having raped a woman and his entire proffesional career is in jeopardy. He must clear his name | |
Sunk Works | Written by one of the engineers who worked on the SR 71 Blackbird, the U2 Spy plane as well as the F117 Slealth Fighter | |
Sophie's World | Written by a philosophy teacher this is an interesting introduction to Philosophy. Sophie is a young girl whom keeps getting letters all the time and through these letters she begins to understand what Philosophy is. What happens as the story progresses is interesting. | |
Weaving the Web- Tim Berners Lee | How many people know that the World Wide Web which is such an important part of our lives was began by Tim Berners Lee in his free time whilst working at the European Center for Nuclear Research in Geneva Switzerland. An interesting read. | |
Away | After a shipwreck a woman is changed in her view of the world. (Short video clip about the book coming soon | |
A HandMaid's tale | A book which I found was very interesting to read. It is based in a distopia where the only purpose of women is to reproduce. |