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  • Jack The Ripper and the East End synopsis, comments

    Jack The Ripper and the East End

    Various Artists & Alex Werner

    In 1888, Whitechapel at the heart of the inner East End was the most (in)famous place in the country, widely imagined as a site of the blackest and deepest horror. Its streets an...

  • The Light Beside The Reading Chair Is Weeping synopsis, comments

    The Light Beside The Reading Chair Is Weeping

    David Francis Jeffery

    I have always wanted to have a go at trying to write an epic poem. The thing is though, that I've discovered that I have neither the talent, patience or imagination to write a trul...

  • Sudden Times synopsis, comments

    Sudden Times

    Dermot Healy

    Ollie Wing is barely surviving. Back home in Sligo, he collects trolleys in a supermarket car park and lives in a rundown house with a group of art students. He can't escape wh...

  • Fool the World synopsis, comments

    Fool the World

    Josh Frank & Caryn Ganz

    It's the 1980s and the rock landscape is littered with massive hair, synthesizers, and monster riffs, but there is an alternative being born in the sleepy East of Americawe just do...

  • Sons And Daughters synopsis, comments

    Sons And Daughters

    Mary Jane Staples

    By the year 1949, life in Walworth has almost returned to normal. Sammy and Boots, now in a highly successful partnership, are rebuilding the old family firm. But an old enemy res...

  • Death Comes to the Ballets Russes synopsis, comments

    Death Comes to the Ballets Russes

    David Dickinson

    London, 1912, and the famed Ballet Russes have come to London to perform. Anticipation is high, for Diaghilev’s troupe is renowned throughout Europe. At the end of their famed pe...

  • The Forest of Thieves and the Magic Garden synopsis, comments

    The Forest of Thieves and the Magic Garden

    Phyllis Granoff

    The stories collected in this volume reflect the rich tradition of medieval Jain storytelling between the seventh and fifteenth centuries, from simple folk tales and lives of famou...

  • The Fate of Princes synopsis, comments

    The Fate of Princes

    Paul Doherty

    A bloody war. An infamous king. A legendary story. Paul Doherty explores the mystery of the Princes in the Tower in his unforgettable novel, The Fate of the Princes. Perfect for fa...

  • A Man and His Ship synopsis, comments

    A Man and His Ship

    Steven Ujifusa

    “A fascinating historical account…A snapshot of the American Dream culminating with this country’s midcentury greatness” (The Wall Street Journal) as a man endeavors to build the f...

  • ROAR synopsis, comments

    ROAR

    Bruce Wagner

    A new novel by Hollywood’s "master of satire."The myth of an epic, public lifeits triumphs and tragediesis a particularly American obsession. ROAR is a metafictional exploration of...

  • The Unfulfilled synopsis, comments

    The Unfulfilled

    David Francis Jeffery

    Mary has a history with her mother. She also has a history with Chris, the priest. Mary's mother and Chris have a history with the Bible. Julie has a history with Mary, her magazin...

  • Lonesome Dave synopsis, comments

    Lonesome Dave

    David Francis Cargo

    There is no precise way to explain the energetic life of New Mexico Governor David Cargoattorney to the downtrodden, as well as the rich and famous; a changer of legislative reappo...

  • The Best Golf Stories Ever Told synopsis, comments

    The Best Golf Stories Ever Told

    Julie Ganz & Tripp Bowden

    This book is a comprehensive collection of stories, each of which captures a different facet of the game of golf. Some of the best golfers in the history of the sport as well as th...

  • Styles of Radical Will synopsis, comments

    Styles of Radical Will

    Susan Sontag

    Styles of Radical Will, Susan Sontag's second collection of essays, extends the investigations she undertook in Against Interpretation with essays on film, literature, politics, an...

  • Sir Francis Drake synopsis, comments

    Sir Francis Drake

    Dr John Sugden

    How well do you know the life of one of Britain’s great maritime heroes? Discover the truth behind a man who remains a legendary figure of history more than four hundred years afte...

  • Francis A. Paruolo v. David Cohen Et Al. synopsis, comments

    Francis A. Paruolo v. David Cohen Et Al.

    Supreme Court of New York

    [167 A.D.2d 454 Page 455] The plaintiff, Francis Paruolo, commenced this action against the New York State Association for the Help of Retarded Children, Inc. (hereinafte...

  • Coen Brothers - Virgin Film synopsis, comments

    Coen Brothers - Virgin Film

    Eddie Robson

    Joel and Ethan Coen make up one of the most original and unconventional moviemaking partnerships to come out of America at the end of the 20th century. From their debut tour de for...

  • The Everything Guide to Understanding Philosophy synopsis, comments

    The Everything Guide to Understanding Philosophy

    Kenneth Shouler

    Complex ideas explained in everyday language!Is there life after death? Are euthanasia, suicide, or stem cell research ethical acts? Does the use of performance enhancers in sports...

  • The Anti Book synopsis, comments

    The Anti Book

    David Francis Jeffery

    I'm not really sure of a long description here, as I've really set it out in the short one. Suffice to say, I was sick to death of reading all the bt that goes with manuscripts th...

  • National Populism synopsis, comments

    National Populism

    Roger Eatwell & Matthew Goodwin

    A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA crucial new guide to one of the most urgent political phenomena of our time: the rise of national populismAcross the West, there is a rising tide o...

  • My Love Affair with Modern Art synopsis, comments

    My Love Affair with Modern Art

    Katharine Kuh & Avis Berman

    One of America’s leading curators, “a woman of resilience and vision, a writer of clarity and ardor” (Chicago Tribune), takes you on a personal tour of the world of modern art. In ...

  • A Numbing Wind synopsis, comments

    A Numbing Wind

    David Francis Jeffery

    For anyone familiar with my work, you may have noticed a pattern emerging; the shortening of my prose. This then, is something of a logical conclusion but with my poetry. Most of t...

  • Breakfast with Lucian synopsis, comments

    Breakfast with Lucian

    Geordie Greig

    An insider's accountthe first of its kindof the thoroughly unconventional life of one of the twentieth century's most shockingly original paintersLucian Freud's paintings are insta...

  • Days of Reading synopsis, comments

    Days of Reading

    Marcel Proust & John Sturrock

    In these inspiring essays about why we read, Proust explores all the pleasures and trials that we take from books, as well as explaining the beauty of Ruskin and his work, and the ...

  • The Major Works synopsis, comments

    The Major Works

    C. Patrides & Thomas Brown

    Sir Thomas Browne (160582) was a writer of breathtaking range and learning, whose works demonstrate a warm and humorous view of human nature. Religio Medici is a fascinating, witty...

  • Francis Drake synopsis, comments

    Francis Drake

    David Salomoni

    La fascinante historia del corsario Francis Drake nos lleva por la génesis de la ambición occidental por dominar el mundo.Este libro narra la épica historia de Francis Drake, el in...

  • The Man In The Floating House synopsis, comments

    The Man In The Floating House

    David Francis Jeffery

    Number three in the Particlism Novel series. Mostly short chapters but a couple of oldfashioned, long form chapters in there as well. A man leaves his wife and family to live alone...

  • A Brief Guide to Spiritual Classics synopsis, comments

    A Brief Guide to Spiritual Classics

    James M. Russell

    This very readable brief guide examines a wide range of spiritual writing that can be read for enjoyment or inspiration, including some books that come from beyond any religious tr...

  • Narrowing the Field synopsis, comments

    Narrowing the Field

    A.P. McCoy

    MURDER, RIVALRY AND REVENGE...'Fast paced and unbeatable.' The LadyEverything seems to be going right for brilliant young jockey Duncan Claymore. A career on the up, a beautiful wi...

  • 50 Haiku synopsis, comments

    50 Haiku

    David Francis Jeffery

    I've always loved Haiku and have attempted to write them before but always got stuck on the traditional, locked in 575 syllable count. My dad gave me Jack Keourac's book of Haiku f...

  • Language Myths synopsis, comments

    Language Myths

    Laurie Bauer & Peter Trudgill

    A unique collection of original essays by 21 of the world's leading linguists. The topics discussed focus on some of the most popular myths about language: The Media Are Ruining En...

  • The Host synopsis, comments

    The Host

    David Francis Jeffery

    A long experiment that felt much longer. Quite a few years ago, when I was working mostly nights, I arranged to have a few nights off, so I could experiment with an idea I had. Tha...

  • Capital synopsis, comments

    Capital

    Karl Marx & David Fernbach

    The "forgotten" second volume of Capital, Marx's worldshaking analysis of economics, politics, and history, contains the vital discussion of commodity, the cornerstone to Marx's th...

  • Lourdes synopsis, comments

    Lourdes

    Ruth Harris

    Lourdes was at the very centre of nineteenth century debates on religion, science and medicine. Both the Church and secularists championed the 'miracle' town as crucial in shapin...

  • The 12th Of April synopsis, comments

    The 12th Of April

    David Francis Jeffery

    Something of an exercise in collaboration. I've always loved the Necks but know that there is no way that I'd ever be able to play with them so, for me, this is the next best thing...

  • Bookmarked synopsis, comments

    Bookmarked

    Wendy W. Fairey

    Wendy Fairey grew up among books. As the shy and studious daughter of famed Hollywood columnist Sheilah GrahamF. Scott Fitzgerald’s lover during the last years of his lifeshe began...

  • Reporting From The Bombsite synopsis, comments

    Reporting From The Bombsite

    David Francis Jeffery

    A bunch of poems that I wrote over many years. There used to be a bunch more but, in a fit of pique one year, I threw away all my writing and began again. These (including my other...

  • Falling Houses On A Tightrope Journey synopsis, comments

    Falling Houses On A Tightrope Journey

    David Francis Jeffery

    All new poems written in 2014, although a couple were written late 2013. Various themes, sizes, rhymes and language; though nothing foreign this time. As mentioned, a couple were w...

  • Letters to the Sunday Age synopsis, comments

    Letters to the Sunday Age

    David Francis Jeffery

    Letters to the editor of the Sunday Age that I have written over the period 2007 2015. Covering a wide range of interests, it gives a snap shot of Australia and, sometimes, the wi...

  • The Decadent Society synopsis, comments

    The Decadent Society

    Ross Douthat

    From the New York Times columnist and bestselling author of Bad Religion, a powerful portrait of how our wealthy, successful society has passed into an age of gridlock, stalemate, ...

  • Another 50 Haiku synopsis, comments

    Another 50 Haiku

    David Francis Jeffery

    If you have read my previous book 50 Haiku then these will be familiar to you. If not, then these are not the standard Japanese haiku, rather, they are an invention of my own. Th...

  • Blood and Politics synopsis, comments

    Blood and Politics

    Leonard Zeskind

    More than fifteen years in the making, Blood and Politics is the most comprehensive history to date of the white supremacist movement as it has evolved over the past threeplus deca...

  • The American Experiment synopsis, comments

    The American Experiment

    David M. Rubenstein

    THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLERThe capstone book in a trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of How to Lead and The American Story and hos...

  • Bore synopsis, comments

    Bore

    David Francis Jeffery

    Are you a busy person? What a stupid question, of course you are. But, are you a busy person that still needs mental stimulation, i.e. reading? However, who has time to sit down an...

  • In Re Disciplinary Proceeding Against David Francis Johnson synopsis, comments

    In Re Disciplinary Proceeding Against David Francis Johnson

    Supreme Court of Washington

    Respondent David F. Johnson, an attorney admitted to the Washington bar, converted $21,051.16 of client trust funds for his personal use. This court on November 3, 1989, ordered Re...