Someone We Know
In a quiet residential neighborhood in New York, the apparent calm of the community is suddenly disrupted by the unsettling appearance of anonymous notes: “It is very difficult for me to write this letter....
Not determined
Father Ed
This book is a biography of a Jesuit priest who died in 1960.
Thanks to the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, Bill Wilson, many people have recovered from various addictions (mainly alcohol) — with...
On the Road
Jack Kerouac rocked the establishment with seminal stream-of-consciousness portrayal of 1950s underground American.
In it, he has sex with a number of girls, producing babies. Sex is not explain...
The Never Game
Escape or die trying… Three people are kidnapped across California.
Sophie is locked inside a derelict warehouse. Henry is abandoned in remote woodland. Elizabeth is trapped inside a sinking ship....
The Australian Light Horse
The Australian Light Horse was a unique force, first raised during the Boer War, and then reformed for World War I. Most of the men were from the Australian outback, had a special bond with their horses (...
Crossmatch
Crossmatch is a novel set in Colombo's medical world, winner of the prestigious Gratiaen Prize in 2020.
Plot: When a poor boy succumbs to his injuries in the ICU of a busy hospital, no one considers...
Faith Challenges Culture
In this terrific book Dubliner Fr Paul O’Callaghan, lecturer in the school of theology in the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, presents a succinct and insightful analysis of a daunting topic...
The Outermost House
The Outermost House is a classic of American nature writing. The author, Henry Beston (born as Henry Beston Shearan), lived alone in a cabin on Cape Cod in the mid 1920s for a couple of years to...
The Deep End of the Ocean
The Deep End of the Ocean imagines every mother's worst nightmare—the disappearance of a child—as it explores a family's struggle to endure, even against extraordinary odds.
There is frequent foul...
A Certain Idea of France: The Life of Charles de Gaulle
This is an excellent biography about the fascinating French army officer and statesman, General Charles de Gaulle. Reading the biography certainly leaves one with the sense of something providential about...