One of the many refreshing things about Barack Obama is his self-deprecating sense of humour. Responding to the unrealistic expectations for his presidency, Obama said 'I've been sent by my ...
Editorial Reviews Amazon.com Barack Obama's first book, Dreams from My Father, was a compelling and moving memoir focusing on personal issues of race, identity, and communit...
This is how we got to where we are; so, how do we get out of here?. Niall Ferguson again here brings us a history that is informative, entertaining and sobering. Being published in the midst...
Not quite........ Sadly,i found this book to be very episodic and padded out to the enth degree.There was never an opportunity to engage with the characters or to feel any kind of emotion fo...
Audio version. Bought this as a christmas present, so unable to comment on content, (sure it is very good!), but audio book is abridged, which wasn't clear from the description and might be ...
A truly compelling history of science in the Enlightenment. I'm not a scientist. I have only a passing interest in the history of science. However, I'm c250 pages in and I am gripped. Holmes...
Not quite........ Sadly,i found this book to be very episodic and padded out to the enth degree.There was never an opportunity to engage with the characters or to feel any kind of emotion fo...
Not very funny.
I almost gave up reading this book after 50 pages because of the appalling attempts at humour. However, I persevered, and it is a good summary of British history, and in th...
Last But Not Least. I bought this book for my Mum who was born in Barrow and lived there during the war.Nella writes with the pen of an ordinary woman in extraordinary times.Her writing is w...
Disappointing. Disappointing. Patch's own words are fine, especially for a man of his age, but the ghost-writer (Richard van Emden) is too intrusive and spoils the flow of the narrative....
