A personal review of books, the only link between them is that there is NO LINK!
by Christopher Priest ISBN: 978-0-575-12119-5 First published 1970 202 pages Cover image: Edward Parker / Alamy Cover design: Sidonie Beresford-Browne Publisher(s) : gollancz.co.uk / orionbooks.co.uk 3.5/5 Stars This is Christopher Priest's first novel. A simple story involving nuclear war, personality drugs and time travel. He focuses closely on a few main the characters, and that… Continue reading Indoctrinaire
by Dwight Jon Zimmerman ISBN: 978-0-8090-5358-2 First published 2012 148 pages Illustrated by Wayne Vansant Publisher: Hill and Wang (Farrar, Starus and Giroux) 3/5 Stars A great introduction to the lead up to the American civil war. Abraham Lincoln is well known, but not so much Frederick Douglass. This is an illustrated parallel biography of… Continue reading The Hammer and the Anvil
Sub-title: Journeys into the Wild by Peter Dombrovskis ISBN: 9-780642-279071 First published 2017 187 pages Cover photograph: Morning Light on Little Horn, Tasmania Publisher: NLA Publishing 6/5 Stars A wonderful journey into the heart of Tasmania. Carefully photographed landscapes fill the book, glorious trees, foliage, cascades, mountain-scapes and sea-scapes. Although Peter does photograph Fiji, Borneo,… Continue reading The Photography of Peter Dombrovskis
by Steven Runciman ISBN: 978-0-141-98550-3 First published 1951 270 pages Cover illustration: Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris Publisher: Penguin Random House, UK 5/5 Stars A drama and narrative that reads like fiction but is based on closely researched historical fact. Runciman brings to life the major players with detailed character analyses; Baldwin I of Boulogne, Raymond Count… Continue reading A History of The Crusades: The First Crusade
by Philip Pullman ISBN: 978-1407-153-30-8 First published 2000 522 pages Cover illustration: Unknown Publisher: Scholastic UK 5/5 Stars A book that has no end to its ambition. A children's book that deals with life, death, and the destruction of GOD. Following on from The Subtle Knife and before that the Northern Lights, each book is… Continue reading The Amber Spyglass
by Ernest Hemingway ISBN: 978-0-09-991010-7 First published 1929 293 pages Cover illustration: Unknown Publisher: Penguin Random House 5/5 Stars A part-fictionalized version of the Italian defeat at Caporetto. Part-auto-biography, part fiction, the writing is always lucid and always exact. Hemingway's prose has a sing-a-long quality, which he directly intended. The paragraphs can be long or short,… Continue reading A Farewell To Arms
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