Reviews by Ann Skea, Allen Gaborro, Charlie Dickinson, Harriet Klausner
A Boy & His Uncle
"If
you like magical realism and a sharp, dry humour, then this could be a book for you."
Anne
Kennedy
Germaine Greer,
Untamed Shrew
"Christine Wallace’s
book paints a vivid picture of a flamboyant personality and it gives a fair analysis of Greer’s
contribution to feminist debate."
Christine Wallace
Isaac Newton: The Last
Sorceror
"Far from showing Isaac
Newton to be "the last sorcerer" of the subtitle, this book adds little to what is
already well known about him."
Michael White
Mrs. Chippy's Last
Expedition: 1914-1915
"Caroline
Alexander's restoration of Mrs Chippy's journal gives us a unique record of a remarkable
expedition. The stranded men were eventually rescued after Shackleton and five others sailed
for sixteen days, 800 miles across open sea..."
Caroline Alexander
Phone Me at Nine Just to
Say You Are Alive
"Linda Hart
writes well and her sense of humour keeps a fine balance in this book between pain and
laughter."
Linda Hart
Jesus and Buddha: The Parallel
Sayings
"Jesus and Buddha: The
Parallel Sayings ... runs against that scholarly tendency as it de-emphasizes the
distinctions between Christianity and Buddhism and discerns a remarkable similitude in their
teachings."
Marcus Borg
The Redneck Manifesto
"The
Redneck Manifesto is no joke. Many otherwise educated, socially tolerant Americans might
laugh at this book's title. That is precisely Jim Goad's point..."
Jim
Goad
Blind Descent
"The
lyrical writing that makes up Blind Descent turns the brilliant mystery into a lyrical
work of art that will endure..."
Nevada Barr
Brunswick Gardens
"The
eighteenth Thomas Pitt, late Victorian mystery is a fascinating novel that will be thoroughly
enjoyed by fans of the series as well most historical fiction readers."
Anne
Perry
Evidence of Blood
"This
reprint of a 1991 release has not lost any of its emotional power or mental punch in the
exceeding years. "
Thomas H. Cook
Foolproof
"The
fourth Thorne mystery, Foolproof is filled with interesting characters"
Dianne
Pugh
The Hunt Club
"Though
the villains occasionally provide Shakespearean soliloquies that seem out of place here, Mr.
Lott provides the audience with a top rate suspense novel that is worth reading. "
Bret
Lott
Kalimamtaan
"Kalimamtaan
is an interesting work of historical fiction based on a real event from the early days of
Queen Victoria's reign."
C. S. Godshalk
The Last Best Hope
"Ed
McBain, recognized as one of the all time greats, has written is best novel in several
years..."
Ed McBain
The Silent Cradle
"The
Silent Cradle is an intriguing medical thriller whose characters need CPR to turn them
from caricatures to people."
Margaret Cuthbert
The Stalking Horse
"The
background scenes of Lincoln's presidential ascendancy comes out of the pages of the history
books and adds a genuine wallop to a tremendous thriller."
Miriam Grace
Manfredo
Vampire Bytes
"Linda
Grant has scribed a very intriguing Catherine Sayler mystery that will have fans wanting more
tales starring the intrepid sleuth. "
Linda Grant
What's a Woman
Gotta Do
"Evelyn Coleman has
captured the essence of a black woman's soul with her first adult novel..."
Evelyn
Coleman
