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The Ashes of London 

Author : Andrew Taylor 

Published: 2016

Synopsis extract: The aftermath of the great fire. ...

Synopsis 45 words


22 Apr '18  

22 Apr '18

fiction

In a Green Shade 

Author : Richard Mabey 

Published: 1983

Synopsis extract: Collection of previously published essays from magazines and newspapers from about 1974

Synopsis 11 words


01 Apr '18  

1 Apr '18

non-fiction

The Quality of Silence 

Author : Rosamund Lupton 

Published: 2000

Synopsis extract: Woman and 10yo deaf daughter travel across Alaska in winter on the Dalton Highway to find husband/father. ...

Synopsis 27 words


01 Apr '18  

1 Apr '18

fiction

Guns, Germs and Steel 

Author : Jared Diamond 

Published: 1997

Synopsis extract: Human history explained from a geological, ecological, anthropological, linguistic and archeological perspective

Synopsis 12 words


17 Mar '18  

17 Mar '18

non-fiction

The Moth Snowstorm 
Nature and Joy

Author : Michael McCarthy 

Published: 2015

Synopsis extract: Personal account of authors involvement and love for the world. ...

Synopsis 22 words


01 Mar '18  

1 Mar '18

non-fiction

Turtles All The Way Down 

Author : John Green 

Published: 2000

No summary or synopsis available


22 Feb '18

22 Feb '18

non-fiction

When We Were Orphans 

Author : Kazuo Ishiguro 

Published: 2000

No summary or synopsis available


04 Feb '18  

4 Feb '18

fiction

Waging Heavy Peace 

Author : Neil Young 

Published: 2012

Synopsis extract: Autobiography - or rather a collection of memories.

Synopsis 8 words


19 Jan '18  

19 Jan '18

non-fiction

The History of Bees 

Author : Maja Lunde 

Published: 2000

Synopsis extract: Three intertwined stories across time (1850, 2007, 2049) about bees and beekeeping. ...

Synopsis 24 words


14 Jan '18  

14 Jan '18

fiction

Lilac and Flag 

Author : John Berger 

Published: 2000

Synopsis extract: Peasants in the city

Synopsis 4 words


28 Dec '17  

28 Dec '17

fiction

The Left Hand of Darkness 

Author : Ursula le Guin 

Published: 2000

Synopsis extract: Sci planet Winter is visited by an emissary from a confederation of planets to invite them to join. ...

Synopsis 36 words


02 Dec '17  

2 Dec '17

fiction

A Delicate Truth 

Author : John le Carre 

Published: 2000

Synopsis extract: Post Iraq war and post new labour story about rendition and privatisation of the state.

Synopsis 15 words


09 Nov '17  

9 Nov '17

fiction

Things We Never Said 

Author : Nick Alexander 

Published: 2016

Synopsis extract: 50 something Sean's wife has just died of cancer leaving him a box of memory tapes she created whilst in terminal care revealing some truths about their 30 year relationship.

Synopsis 28 words


15 Oct '17  

15 Oct '17

fiction

A Good Man in Africa 

Author : William Boyd 

Published: 1981

Synopsis extract: Morgan is a 30 something diplomat in the British Commission in the second city of a west african ex colony. ...

Synopsis 67 words


13 Oct '17  

13 Oct '17

fiction

The Secret Pilgrim 

unlisted author

Published: 2000

Synopsis extract: Ned's reminiscences as Smiley's protege over 30 years in "The Circus" prompted by Smiley's after dinner talk to the latest bunch of recruits to spying in the new world. ...

Synopsis 45 words


11 Oct '17

11 Oct '17

fiction

The Silent Boy 

Author : Andrew Taylor 

Published: 2000

Synopsis extract: During french revolution boy witness murder of mother (a courtesan married and separated to an englishman) and is struck dumb. ...

Synopsis 36 words


08 Oct '17  

8 Oct '17

fiction

The Childrens Book 

Author : A S Byatt 

Published: 2009

Synopsis extract: Story of a group of children and their upper middle class families growing up in late 19th and early 20th century. ...

Synopsis 38 words


25 Aug '17  

25 Aug '17

fiction

The Martian 

Author : Andy Weir 

Published: 2013

Synopsis extract: Astronaut inadvertently abandoned on Mars has to survive for 2 years to be rescued with food for 2 months.

Synopsis 17 words


10 Aug '17  

10 Aug '17

fiction

Things Fall Apart 

Author : Chinua Achebe 

Published: 2000

No summary or synopsis available


09 Aug '17

9 Aug '17

fiction

Mystery Teachings from the Living Earth 
An introduction to spiritual ecology

Author : John Michael Greer 

Published: 2000

No summary or synopsis available


08 Aug '17

8 Aug '17

non-fiction

Dark Matter 

Author : Blake Crouch 

Published: 2016

Synopsis extract: Present day parallel universes science fiction

Synopsis 6 words


01 Aug '17  

1 Aug '17

fiction

Station Eleven 

Author : Emily St.John Mandel 

Published: 2000

No summary or synopsis available


01 Aug '17

1 Aug '17

fiction

Zen & The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance 

Author : Robert Pirsig 

Published: 2000

No summary or synopsis available


15 Jul '17  

15 Jul '17

non-fiction

The Fire Engine That Disappeared 

Authors : Maj Sjowall , Per Wahloo 

Published: 2000

No summary or synopsis available


01 Jul '17

1 Jul '17

fiction

The Little Red Chairs 

Author : Edna O'Brian 

Published: 2000

Synopsis extract: Slobodan Milosovic trying to evade the war crimes tribunal turns up as a healer in Ireland. ...

Synopsis 31 words


01 Jul '17  

1 Jul '17

fiction