Brief Candle. Bryson on top form in this brief "bio" of the Bard. The book illustrates for the uninitiated (like me) what a dearth of knowledge there actually IS about Shakespeare but still ...
Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens. The book is delightful and I enjoyed it immensely, the only downside of this paperback edition being that pages fall out as you turn them over and read them...
Great memoir. L have never read a Ballard book,but found this auto-biography very enjoyable.His narrative is simple and direct,yet it delivers with vigour and zest.This is really two books.T...
Alan Fletcher's The Art of Looking Sideways is an absolutely extraordinary and inexhaustible "guide to visual awareness", a virtually indescribable concoction of anecdotes, quotes,...
A useful and lovely gift for plant lovers. A5 sized and a week to view, there's just enough space to jot down those important events and things to do, or in my case make a note of the day to...
A wonderful book to enhance your Discworld experience. As a fairly long - term fan of the Discworld series, I found this book entrancing. I enjoy reading books on folklore and traditions, so...
No Description Available. Have your say on Stepping Stones: Interviews with Seamus Heaney (Dennis O'Driscoll). Love it or loathe it, please tell us!...
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A very witty masterpiece . In my quest to read more work by Irish literary greats this year, I recently purchased a newly repackaged Penguin Popular Classic version of Oscar Wilde's 1895 pla...
