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Post by magena on Oct 2, 2016 16:18:25 GMT
No Picnic on Mount Kenya by Felice Benuzzi. A rediscovered mountaineering classic and the extraordinary true story about a daring escape up Mount Kenya by three prisoners of war. When the clouds covering Mount Kenya part one morning to reveal its towering peaks for the first time, prisoner of war Felice Benuzzi is transfixed. The tedium in camp life is broken by the beginnings of a sudden idea; an outrageous, dangerous and brilliant idea. There aren't many people who would break out of a P.O.W. camp, trek for days across perilous terrain before climbing the north face of Mount Kenya with improvised equipment, meagre rations and with a picture of the mountain on a tin of beef among their more accurate guides. There are probably fewer still who would break back in to the camp on their return. But this is the remarkable story about three such men. No Picnic on Mount Kenya is a powerful testament to the human spirit for revolt and adventure in the darkest of places.
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Post by badboy on Oct 2, 2016 18:04:52 GMT
Nutshell by Ian McEwan.
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Post by gaynor on Oct 4, 2016 15:14:35 GMT
The Secret of Nightingale Wood by Lucy Strange. It is the summer in 1919 when Henrietta Abott (Henry for short) and her family: Mama, Father, Nanny Jane and her baby sister who everyone calls Piglet, move to Hope House. Tragic events have left the family fragile, hoping this new house will bring with it the fresh start they all so desperately need. But Mama is ill and when Henry’s father takes a job abroad the family is left under the care of Doctor Hardy, a man Henry doesn't trust. As Doctor Hardy exerts more control over the family, Henry finds herself drawn-in by the house: its secret stairways, hidden doors, unexplained sounds and shadows in the candle's guttering flame. Then there is the mysterious firelight which glows in the distant trees beyond the garden, in the close-knit darkness of Nightingale Wood. What Henry finds there will change her whole world forever.
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Post by malumgirl on Oct 27, 2016 17:47:42 GMT
Library of Souls: The Third Novel of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs. This novel opens as Jacob and Emma Bloom, together with talking dog Addison, try to fend off the terrifying hollows and wights that have uncovered Miss Wren’s secret refuge for peculiars. Under Caul’s command, the wights and hollows kidnap the peculiar children, as well as many ymbrynes, and protectors and guides of the peculiar world including Miss Peregrine.
In their bid to save their friends, Jacob, Emma and Addison cross a rubble-strewn, bombed-out London of the 1940s and then deep into Peculiar London. Along the way they realise they must protect the legendary Library of Souls. Thought to be myth, but in fact all too real, This Library contains souls for all the most significant peculiars; this also houses immense powers which three protagonists must prevent from being unleashed by the insidious Caul. The whole peculiar world is poised on the edge of destruction.
Full of dazzling clashes and all the phantasmagorical wonder for the previous two instalments, Library of Souls is the final reckoning; Jacob must discover if is he is, after all, the great hero the peculiar children believe him to be.
Fans will easily lose themselves in this most peculiar tale of all.
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Post by genre on Nov 7, 2016 16:32:42 GMT
The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman. This boat washes up on the shore of a remote lighthouse keeper's island. It holds a dead man and a crying baby. The only two islanders, Tom and his wife Izzy, are about to make a devastating decision. They break the rules and follow their hearts. What happens next will break yours.
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Post by scallywag on Aug 13, 2020 19:48:31 GMT
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo: follows the lives and struggles for twelve very different characters. Mostly women, black and British, they tell the stories about their families, friends and lovers, across the country and through the years.
Joyfully polyphonic and vibrantly contemporary; this is a gloriously new kind of history, a novel of our times: celebratory, ever-dynamic and utterly irresistible.
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Post by idwal on Aug 17, 2020 15:14:19 GMT
We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker: A blistering story about murder, revenge and retribution, set under the Californian sun. As nuanced as intense, we Begin at the End is a thriller for exceptional psychological flair. Filled with characters who will get under your skin and might never leave.
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Post by sabola on Aug 19, 2020 15:56:10 GMT
Sweet Sorrow by David Nicholls: David has this sublime talent for illuminating the murky causeway, which most have to navigate between darkness and light.
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Post by ianna on Nov 8, 2021 9:32:31 GMT
Snow by John Banville.
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Post by bard on Nov 12, 2021 19:29:51 GMT
The Good Bear by Sarah Lean.
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Post by red on Nov 18, 2021 20:07:06 GMT
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman.
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Post by heeled on Nov 20, 2021 9:49:40 GMT
The Promise by Damon Galgut.
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Post by powell on Nov 20, 2021 18:58:30 GMT
Windswept & Interesting: My Autobiography by Billy Connolly.
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Post by ace on Nov 25, 2021 19:48:50 GMT
The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present by Paul McCartney.
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Post by rubens on Dec 2, 2021 11:32:32 GMT
Gangsta Granny Strikes Again by David Walliams.
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