King Lear
"King Lear" is one of the greatest and important tragedies by the Bard of Avon. King Lear, tormented by old age and greed, decides to divide his kingdom into three amongst his daughters. He does this...
Literature
Treasure and Dirt
In the desolate outback town of Finnigans Gap, police try to maintain law and order. Theives pillage opal mines, religious fanatics recruit vulnerable young people and billionaires do as their please....
Memories from beyond
François-René de Chateaubriand's main work, written from 1809 under the title Mémoires de ma vie (Memoirs of my life) until 1841. Jean d'Ormesson describes it as an “absolute masterpiece”.
Although...
Killer Intent
When an attempted assination sparks a chain of explosive events across London, Britain elite security forces seem powerless to stop the chaos overwhelm the goverment. As the dark and deadly conspiracy...
No Time to Cry
Returning to their base of operations, an anonymous office in a shabby neighbourhood, she finds the bloodied boss, and friend, DI Pete Coopertwaite. He been shot in head.
In the aftermath it seems...
Enemy at the Gates
Mitch Rapp has worked for several presidents over his career. Anthony Cook is unlike any he has encounted before. Cunning and autoratic, he feels no loyalty to America's institutions.
H.M.S. Surprise
Jack Aubrey, a captain in the British Navy, wishes to marry Sophie, but her family objects because of the social difference between them. Jack has only his salary and several debts. In command of the...
The Tatooist of Auschwitz
In 1942, Lale arrived in Auschwitz, He was given the job of tatooing the prisoner marked for survival.
Waiting in line terrified and shaking, was a young girl. And he was determined, not only to...
A Very Short History of the World
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The story of the world's people during the last four million years. It begins before human beings moved out of Africa to explore and settle the other continents. It is a story of the...
The Gunpowder Plot
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With a narrative that grips the reader like a detective story, Antonia Fraser brings the characters and events of the Gunpowder Plot to life. Dramatically recreating the conditions and...