By Ben Aaronovitch. My name is Peter Grant, and I used to be a probationary constable in that mighty army for justice known to all right-thinking people as the Metropolitan Police Service, and to everyone else as the Filth. My story really […]
By Roger Crowley. The fall of Constantinople in 1453 signaled a shift in history and the end of the Byzantium Empire. Roger Crowley’s readable and comprehensive account of the battle between Mehmet II, sultan of the Ottoman Empire, and Constantine XI, the […]
By Terry Pratchett. The Discworld is in danger, heading towards a seemingly inevitable collision with a malevolent red star, its magic fading. It needs a hero, and fast. What it doesn’t need is Rincewind, an inept and cowardly wizard who is still […]
By Terry Pratchett. Somewhere between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a magical world not totally unlike our own. Except for the fact that it travels through space on the shoulders of four giant elephants who in turn stand on the shell […]
by William Goldman. Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father; prepare to die! Beautiful, flaxen-haired Buttercup has fallen for Westley, the farm boy. When he departs to make his fortune, she vows never to love another. But when she […]
By Christoper Buehlman. he year is 1348. Thomas, a disgraced knight, has found a young girl alone in a dead Norman village. An orphan of the Black Death, and an almost unnerving picture of innocence, she tells Thomas that plague is only […]
By James Cain Frank Chambers is a young drifter who comes into the lives of a couple who run a diner. The couple are a Greek man, Nick, and his beautiful wife, Cora. Frank and Cora begin an affair and resolve to […]
By Leo Tolstoy A carefree Russian official has what seems to be a trivial accident… My second Russian literature book. It tells the story of Ivan, the second born son and his career in the Russian legal system. We see him go […]
By Feodor Dostoyevsky A poignant tale of love and loneliness from Russia’s foremost writer. In short a story of unrequited love. A young man in St Petersburg, Russia out for an evening stroll around the city he loves, yet suffering from lonliness […]
By Franz Kafka. One morning, Gregor Samsa awakens to find himself transformed into a monstrous insect, thrusting him into a nightmarish reality that challenges the very fabric of his existence. As he struggles to adapt to his new form, Gregor faces the […]