An old man is found wandering disoriented in the Arizona desert. He is miles from any human habitation and has no memory of how he got to be there, or who he is. The only clue to his identity is the plan of a medieval monastery in his pocket. So begins the mystery that will catapult a group of young scientists back to the Middle Ages.
From the author of HEARTBEAT, JEWELS and THE GHOST, a novel set in 1902, featuring a motherless young girl who arrives in Russia and becomes a great ballerina who is welcomed into the heart of the Imperial family. However, war, revolution and illness upset her life, and force her to make a heartbreaking choice.
Tully is a tough young girl, with a life marked by tragedy. As she and her two close friends live through the seventies and eighties, Tully seems to get her life under control, until things start to go wrong again
It recounts the life and death of a simple yet dignified old man, Eddie. After dying in a freak accident, Eddie finds himself in heaven where he encounters five people who have significantly affected his life, whether he realized it at the time or not. Each imparts a divine piece of wisdom unto him, instilling a deeper comprehension regarding the most intimate facets of life.
Tells a story of four characters who live in a maze and look for cheese to nourish them. Cheese is a metaphor for what you want to have in your life - whether it is a good job, a loving relationship, money or a possession. And the maze is where you look for what you want - the organization you work for in, or the family or community you live in.
Set at the height of the McCarthy period, this is the story of a radio star, Iron Rinn, and how betrayal, cruelty and humiliation shattered his life. After finishing the war determined to make the world a better place, Rinn is instead denounced and blacklisted.
Moore's truly hilarious account of his valiant attempt to cycle the route of the 2000 }Tour de France{, and the physical exhaustion, calorific excess and intimate discomforts thereof. Moore intertwines his relentlessly self- deprecating travelogue with snippets of }le tour{'s long and colourful history to create one of the funniest travel books of recent years
Agnostic theologian Bernard Walsh has a professional interest in heaven. But when he travels to Hawaii with his father, Jack, it is not in quest of a vacation paradise; it is to visit Jack's dying, estranged sister. The hand of fate and family tensions frustrate the planned reunion, however.
Based on the true story of the 1839 mutiny on board the Spanish slave ship, Amistad, this tale describes the frightening sequence of events that lead to 53 young men and women - and one nation - to seek freedom and justice for all people.
Book Exchange Review
By T from Marseille Feb 09
Mice and men by Steinbeck for me an age old classic that is still a good read today with the pungeant somewhat sad but very intricate friendship between two men and their shared goal to make it!! Each sharing and profiting from one anothers strenghts and differences whether for good or bad or even just circumstances!! Makes you wonder where you would be if you came from a different social background who would be your friends?
After losing her parents and being shipped from India to the Yorkshire Moors, Mary Lennox is terribly lonely living in her uncle's gloomy mansion. But one day, she learns of a secret garden in the grounds and uncovers an old key which leads her to the hidden door. Slowly, she turns the key and enters a world she could never have imagined.
Since his father died, Charlie Bone has lived with his mother and her mother, in the house of his other grandmother, Grandma Bone. Looking at a picture of a couple with a baby and a cat, he suddenly discovers he can hear their voices. Although he tries to hide his new gift, Grandma Bone and her scary sisters soon find out.
An analysis of United States foreign policy and strategies argues that continued United States military occupation in Iraq is an act of political dominance and not conducive to democracy or independence.
Madelene is married to Burden, an ambitious zoologist, comfortably off and a chronic alcoholic. The ape is Erasmus, who comes ashore in London from a sailing boat called "The Ark". Burden aims to use the ape as the means to fulfil his ambition to direct the London Zoo. Erasmus and Madelene elope.
Viktor, with only his pet penguin for company, composes obituaries for the local newspaper, even though their subjects cling to life. When he sees his work in print for the first time, his pride turns to terror. He and Misha are drawn into a trap from which there appears to be no escape. A black satire on the fall of communism in the former Soviet Union, set in Kiev.
Jody Tiflin has the urge for rebellion, but he also wants to be loved. First, he is given a red pony, and is later promised the colt of a bay mare. Yet both gifts bring tragedy as well as joy, and Jody is taught not only about the harsh lessons of life, but also about the fallibility of adults.
An intricately woven fantasy set in Italy and then Sicily. Because of his magnificent voice, Alfredo is selected to be trained as a choirboy. On his name day, he receives a mysterious gift, a gold charm of a salamander on a chain, from his father's estranged brother. Thus starts this complicated tale that relies on folklore related to salamanders as the spirit of fire and the power of music.
Though more than half a century has passed since the Spanish Civil War began in 1936, it is still the subject of controversy. This title presents an objective analysis of conflict - where fascism and democracy, communism and Christianity, centralism and regionalism were at stake - and which was a much an international civil war as a Spanish one.
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This title tells you everything you need to know about the how the great and the good put one over on us. It should be read by anyone who has ever wondered why politicians and big business were lying to us and wanted to know how they got away with it.
The Emperor Hadrian writes a valedictory letter to Marcus Aurelius, his future successor. The Emperor meditates on his past, describing his accession, military triumphs, love of poetry and music, and the philosophy that informed his powerful and far-flung rule. This work recreates the life and death of one of the great rulers of the ancient world
BOOK EXCHANGE REVIEW
BY THIERRY Feb 09
A "CARD" is a kind of man who looks like a lucky man, but in fact he always plays with coincidence. I let you read how the main caracter "DENRY MACHIN" is used to taking his chance whatever the circumstances... Be dishonest or getting a false identity ; that's the way he chooses to create situations so that he will make favourable impressions on his targets ! And finnaly that's also the reason why DENRY is able to shine in the high society, to earn a lot of money and to be loved. Is it moral ? Not at all !!! That's why this book is interesting !
BOOK EXCHANGE REVIEW
By Gisèle Feb 09
This is the story of BLACK BEAUTY. The specificity of the book is that the story is told by the horse himself (he is represented as a person !!) The action takes place in GB. BLACK BEAUTY is sold to different owners ; he meets other horses et goes in different places. His quality of life changes from one owner to another. The personality of each horse depends on the personality of the owner. I enjoyed reading this book.
This is the story of BLACK BEAUTY. The specificity of the book is that the story is told by the horse himself (he is represented as a person !!) The action takes place in GB. BLACK BEAUTY is sold to different owners ; he meets other horses et goes in different places. His quality of life changes from one owner to another. The personality of each horse depends on the personality of the owner. I enjoyed reading this book.
Scotland Yard detective Frank Pagan returns in this spy thriller by the author of "Jig". Pagan's relatively unimportant job as an escort to a Soviet official becomes a nightmare when the official is assassinated in Edinburgh and Pagan is enmeshed in a plot involving the KGB.
Telling of the relationship between the daughter of a mill owner and Joss Greenwood, this book is set against a background of class struggle. Romantic fiction from one of the most prolific writers of the genre
Set in Lancashire in the 19th century, this is the story of a woman whose life becomes a search for revenge against the rich landowner who helped ruin her childhood.
Beautiful, spoilt, bored Olivia outrages society in the tiny, suffocating Indian town where her husband is a civil servant, by eloping with an native prince. 50 years later her step-granddaughter travels there to investigate the scandal. This novel won the Booker Prize
Originally self-published by the author in Paris, this hilarious satire of the French is finally made available to the masses in England. Stephen Clarke moved to France to set up some 'English' tea rooms in Paris. He gives an hysterical account of the pleasures and perils of being a Brit in France, as well as tips on how to make the perfect vinaigrette and how not to buy a house in the French countryside. A truly delightful read.
Raymond Marks is a normal boy, from a normal family, in a northern town. Until, on the banks of the Rochdale Canal, the flytrapping craze begins and, for Raymond, nothing is ever quite so normal again.
1941 and a young Italian officer is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia as part of the occupying force. Although he is initially ostracised by the locals in time he wins them over with his humour, civility and, more especially, his music. Pelagia, the daughter of the doctor who Corelli is billeted to, is engaged to a fisherman who can call up dolphins, but when her fiance joins the resistance and cannot be reached, an eternal triangle seems unavoidable. "An emotional, funny, stunning novel which swings with wide smoothness between joy and bleakness...it is lyrical and angry, satirical and earnest"
The Darwin Awards is the legendary web site which commemorates the remains of people who have improved our gene pool by killing themselves in really stupid ways!
Based on the true story of the 1839 mutiny on board the Spanish slave ship, Amistad, this tale describes the frightening sequence of events that lead to 53 young men and women - and one nation - to seek freedom and justice for all people.
In the wake of September 11, Changez, a Pakistani man in Manhattan, finds his position in the city he loves suddenly overturned, and his budding relationship with Erica eclipsed by the reawakened ghosts of her past. Changez's own identity is in seismic shift as well, unearthing allegiances more fundamental than money, power, and perhaps even love.
This powerful and original novel explores timely themes through a moving love story with a heart-stopping ending. It follows a young Pakistani man settled in New York who finds himself caught between his roots and his new life - a potent exploration of the personal and international consequences of the friction between East & West.
This powerful and original novel explores timely themes through a moving love story with a heart-stopping ending. It follows a young Pakistani man settled in New York who finds himself caught between his roots and his new life - a potent exploration of the personal and international consequences of the friction between East & West.
This work brings together events, encounters, personalities and theories to form a definitive reference work on mankind's encounters with aliens. Entries are cross-referenced and include illustrations and photographs.
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By Mireille Feb 09
The death of Karen Silkwood by Joyce Hannam
Karen SILKWOOD worked in a laboratory's nuclear factory in OKLAHOMA from 1972 to 1974. With special white clothes, her job consisted in putting hands with gloves inside the box’s holes to put uranium into the fuel rods. It was very dangerous. The safety was getting worse. Karen wanted to improve it and was the first woman to join the new factory's Union Committee. They decided to write to the Union leaders in Washington for help. Karen had to bring more proof and meet a New York Times Journalist. But the manager of the factory doesn't care about the danger, only about the money!!!....For reading
