Mirror Image by Trish Moran
Trish Moran has conceived a tantalising plot and from it woven an exciting story for teenagers. Rich celebrities have donated…
The Refugees: A Tale of Two Continents, by Arthur Conan Doyle
Two exciting stories in one book. Conan Doyle has diligently researched events and conditions both in Versailles and in French-Canadian North America, and…
Is God Really Legit? Making Sense of Faith and Science, by Neil Laing
This book discusses many aspects of the common tension between scientists and believers, with some vivid illustrations but no hard…
Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult
This is a lengthy, complex, but very human book about relationships between normal, dysfunctional people. We discover how the two…
The Knight and the Serpent by John Richard Gabourel
This retelling of a legend of medieval Normandy intrigued me from the start, because a major scenario centres on my home…
The French Peasantry in the Seventeenth Century by Pierre Goubert
This book contains a wealth of otherwise hard-to-find facts about the often poverty-stricken and mostly unnoticed country folk in the diverse…
Penhaligon’s Pride by Terri Nixon
Even better than Book 1! It’s great to find Freya tidying up the old bookshop again, struggling to overcome her…
Das Buch der Mitte von Vishal Mangalwadi
Das Buch der Mitte: Wie wir wurden, was wir sind: Die Bibel als Herzstück der westlichen Kultur, von Vishal Mangalwadi,…
The Book that Made Your World by Vishal Mangalwadi
The Book that Made Your World: How the Bible Created the Soul of Western Civilization, by Vishal Mangalwadi is a…
Fenny by Lettice Cooper
Ellen Fenwick, commonly known as Fenny or Elena, a burnt-out, single English teacher, jumps at the chance to become a…
Lion, by Saroo Brierley
An almost incredible but true story, told in a rather unemotional, matter-of-fact manner. Hardly old enough to know who he…
What Friends Are For, by J.B. Reynolds
Tracy is worn out from caring for her young daughter Hayley, the fruit of a drunken teenage binge. She’s also…