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 […]
By Brendan Simms. The true story, told minute by minute, of the soldiers who defeated Napoleon. Europe had been at war for over twenty years. After a short respite in exile, Napoleon had returned to France and threatened another generation of fighting […]
By Andy Weir. Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission – and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let […]
By Christopher Hibbert. I think most of us have heard of the French Revolution and perhaps some of the characters in it. Up until reading this book however, the closest I’d come was playing Assassins Creed Unity! The French Revolution was a period […]
By Dan Jones July 1346. The Hundred Years’ War has begun, and King Edward and his lords are on the march through France. But this war belongs to the men on the ground. Swept up in the bloody chaos, a tight-knit company […]
By Seirian Sumner. With endless surprises, this book might teach you about the wasps that spend their entire lives sealed inside a fig, about stinging wasps, about parasitic wasps, about wasps that turn cockroaches into living zombies, about how wasps taught us […]
By Robert Harris. ‘From what is it they flee?’He took a while to reply. By the time he spoke the men had gone inside. He said quietly, ‘They killed the King.’ 1660. Colonel Edward Whalley and his son-in-law, Colonel William Goffe, cross […]