Great Reads
Book Reviews
Books: Thrillers, Classics, Autobiographies, Biographies, Novels and more
Police, Crime & 999
By John Donoghue
Crime Novels
Ever wondered what really happens behind the scenes in the police? What bizarre 999 calls are made to the emergency services? This book will make you laugh out loud. It is an Access to All Areas pass to discover what goes on in the world of a front line officer. It would make a fantastic Christmas present for those men you never know what to buy for.
The Jeeves Omnibus No.1.
Sir P G Wodehouse
Novels
Luckily for us, Bertie Wooster manages to retain Jeeves’s services through all the vicissitudes of purple socks and policemen’s helmets. Gathered together for the first time, is an omnibus of Jeeves novels and stories.
The Help
By Kathryn Stockett
Novels
Enter a vanished and unjust world: Jackson, A Mississippi, 1962. Where black maids raise white children, but aren't trusted not to steal the silver...
The Camel Club
By David Baldacci
Thrillers
We meet an enigmatic figure, Oliver Stone, a man with no past. His occupation appears to be permanent protestor outside the White House, member of a cabal of believers in all available conspiracy theories, who are, collectively, The Camel Club.
Mandela's Way
by Richard Stengel
Biographies
If we are to accomplish anything in this world, it will in equal measure be due to the work and achievements of others. Richard Stengel is one of those people who readily grasps this idea ... He has shown remarkable insight into the many complex leadership challenges still facing the world today and all the individuals in it. Everyone can learn from it.' --Nelson Mandela
A Short History of Nearly Everything
By Bill Bryson
Special Interest
This inquisitive, much-travelled writer realised, while flying over the Pacific, that he was entirely ignorant of the processes that created, populated and continue to maintain the vast body of water beneath him.
The Bones of Avalon
by Phil Richman
Thrillers
It is 1560, and Elizabeth Tudor has been on the throne for a year. Dr John Dee, at 32 already acclaimed throughout Europe, is her astrologer and consultant in the hidden arts...a controversial appointment in these days of superstition and religious strife.
iPad for the Older and Wiser
Sean McManus
Special Interest
This heavily illustrated, approachable guide for the anyone over 50 provides a solid resource for learning how to use the iPad in everyday situations.
One Flew into the Cuckoo's Egg
By Bill Oddie
Autobiographies
Britain's best known birdwatcher has a poignant and incredible story to tell in "One Flew into the Cuckoo's Egg". He performed in the Cambridge Footlights with some of the greatest comic talents of his generation, including John Cleese, Jonathan Miller and fellow Goodies. He has had a fascinating and varied life and he writes about it with wit and candour.
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
By John Boyne
Novels
Bruno is nine years old, and the Nazis’ horrific Final Solution to the ‘Jewish Problem’ means nothing to him. He's completely unaware of the barbarity of Germany under Hitler but then he meets a boy called Shmuel who lives a very different life from him.
