A personal review of books, the only link between them is that there is NO LINK!
By Stella Gibbons ISBN: 0-14-118265-2 First published 1932 233 pages Cover image: Tony Stone Images Publisher: Penguin Classics 7 / 5 Stars A beautiful, beautiful book. There are eight happy endings within it. In Flora Poste, the heroine, Stella Gibbons has created a comic character full of charm and sympathy. She rivals the greatest comic… Continue reading Cold Comfort Farm
Texte: R. Goscinny Dessins: A. Uderzo ISBN: 2-86497-121-6 First published 1952 47 pages Publisher: Les Editions Albert René Language: French 3.5 / 5 Stars Before Asterix and Obelix, before Oumpah-Pah, came Jehan Pistolet. One of the first collaborations between René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. Jehan Pistolet lives in a small seas-side village and dreams of… Continue reading Jehan Pistolet – Corsaire Prodigieux
By George S. Clason ISBN: 978-0451205360 First published 1926 196 pages Publisher: Signet / http://www.Penguin.com 5/5 Stars A very well written, financial planning book portrayed as a series of 'stories' discovered on stone tablets recovered from Ancient Babylon. The metaphor still works well, written as it was in the heyday of the 1920's boom. It… Continue reading The Richest Man in Babylon
By Michael Foss ISBN: 1-85479-674-7 First published 1997 228 pages Cover illustration: Detail from The Fall of Acre, Vie et Miracles de St. Louis Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Limited 3.5/5 Stars An interesting view of the crusades from those that took part in it. Relying on close personal accounts from that time - the author… Continue reading People of the First Crusade
by Joan Aiken ISBN: 978-0-099-45664-3 First published 1966 202 pages Cover design: Tracey Hurst Cover illustration: Paul Hess Publisher: Red Fox Books, a division of Random House / randomhousechildrens.co.uk or kidsatrandomhouse.co.uk 5/5 Stars Remarkably, Nantucket is a real place. It really exists off the Eastern seaboard of the United States. A 19th century whaling industry… Continue reading Night Birds on Nantucket
by Jean-Yves Ferri ISBN: 978-1-5101-0401-3 First published 2017 46 pages Illustrated by Didier Conrad Publisher: Orion / hachettechildrens.co.uk Translated by Adriana Hunter 3/5 Stars A new Asterix adventure that is as fun as the old ones. The slapstick comedy, the dry humor, the witticisms and the references to popular culture are all firmly in… Continue reading Asterix and the Chariot Race
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