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Making Haste from Babylon - Nick Bunker
At the end of 1618, a blazing green star soared across the night sky over the northern hemisphere. From the Philippines to the Arctic, the comet became a sensation and a symbol, a ... -
Magnificent Desolation_ The Lon - Buzz Aldrin; Ken Abraham
Forty years ago, Buzz Aldrin became the second human, minutes after Neil Armstrong, to set foot on a celestial body other than the Earth. The event remains one of mankind’s greates... -
Leaves of Grass - Walt Whitman
EDITORIAL REVIEW: The poet in Whitman developed late and slowly while his early writings came only from the surface of his mind. But when he was scarcely in his teens he was publis... -
Lady Chatterley's Lover - D. H. Lawrence
SUMMARY: Inspired by the long-standing affair between Frieda, Lawrence’s German wife, and an Italian peasant who eventually became her third husband,Lady Chatterley’s Loveris the s... -
Kolyma Tales - Varlam Tikhonovich Shalamov
Product DescriptionIt is estimated that some three million people died in the Soviet forced-labour camps of Kolyma, in the northeastern area of Siberia. Shalamov himself spent seve... -
Killer of Men - Christian Cameron
Review'It's an old story but Cameron gives it tremendous narrative power.' OXFORD TIMES Product DescriptionArimnestos is a farm boy when war breaks out between the cit... -
Kell's Legend_ The Clockwork Va - Andy Remic
SUMMARY: THEY CAME FROM THE NORTH AND THE CITY FELL. The land of Falanor has been invaded by an albino army, the Army of Iron. A small band of heroes led by Kell, a magnificent and... -
Junie B. Jones is Captain Field - Barbara Park; Denise Brunkus
Amazon.com ReviewJunie B. Jones's kindergarten teacher has some strange ideas about field day: "Field Day is a day to run around in the fresh air and enjoy the sunshine. We came ou... -
Jump! - Jilly Cooper
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Etta Bancroft -- sweet, kind, beautiful -- adores racing and harbours a crush on one of its stars, the handsome high-handed owner-trainer Rupert Campbell-Black. W... -
Jane Boleyn_ The True Story of - Julia Fox
In a life of extraordinary drama, Jane Boleyn was catapulted from relative obscurity to the inner circle of King Henry VIII. As powerful men and women around her became victims ...