Holy Machine
Holy Machine by Chris Beckett by Chris Beckett “The rising star of British Sci Fi writing – and rightly so!” This one came in under the radar and mainly noticed because his latest book – the hardback ”Dark Eden” is so incredibly good. A British Science Fiction writer who has produced a visionary work that is both bleak and beautiful. Set in a near-future environment quite literally born of nightmare. A really good, thought-provoking read and recommended for anyone happy with books that pose more disturbing questions than comforting answers. Recommended retail price: £7.99 | Our price: £6.99
The Time Traveller’s Guide to Elizabethan England
by Ian Mortimer “a colourful……if rather malodorous era.” Just as good as The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England and, if anything, even richer. Perhaps because it is closer to us in time it is even easier to slip into the mind-set of the men and women of Tudor England. An informative and thought provoking book portraying a colourful, surprisingly sophisticated, if rather malodorous, era. Highly recommended. Published price £20.00 | Our price £17.00
Jerusalem
An ambitious and astoundingly successful history of probably the holiest, and most fought over, city in the world…
Mr Brigg’s Hat
by Kate Colquhoun the story of murder on a London train… This thrilling book, which reads at times like a good Victorian novel, is the story of the murder on a London train, in 1864, of a bank clerk called Thomas Briggs. The chief suspect is identified quite early on – so it is more of a “did-he-do-it” than a “who-dunnit”. Nevertheless it is consistently surprising and evokes a fascinagting era. If you enjoy the Sherlock Holmes stories here is one for real – complete with outstanding atmosperics! Published price: £8.99 | Our price: £7.99
Cables from Kabul
by Sherard Cowper-Coles Ever wonder exactly what we are doing in Afghanistan? This fascinating book by the British Ambassador in 2007 – since fallen from grace with his political masters – succinctly sets out the view of the senior diplomat on the ground that an almost complete lack of strategic planning and absence of coherent policies makes any credible outcome an impossibility. Highly recommended. Published price:£8.99 | Our price: £7.99
Dickens’s Victorian London
As the celebrations of Charles Dickens’s bicentenary kick in this month, this new book looks at the London he lived in and so vividly described.
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