Deadly Rumours: Horror High (R.L. Stine)

Deadly Rumours: Horror High

R.L. Stine

Blurb: It's the stuff of nightmares.

Abbie is new at school, so she can't help but feel excited when Louis asks her out. He's tall, handsome and cooler than anyone she's ever met. She can't believe he doesn't have a girlfriend already...

Then she discovers his last girlfriend mysteriously died and everyone thinks it was down to him. Abbie wants to find out the truth ... but someone is ready to do anything to stop her.

ISBN: 9781407111520 (Paperback)

Year: 1993

Publisher: Scholastic

Pages: 172 (Fiction)

Links

1. Author's Wikipedia page

2. Look at the full series from Scholastic

3. Good reads page for the series

4. Fan page discussing the book

5. Buy from Fishpond

Where the Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)

Where the Wild Things Are

Maurice Sendak

Blurb: Max's wonderful adventure began the night he put on his wolf suit. He stepped into his private boat and sailed off through night and day, and in and out of weeks, and almost over a year to the place where the wild things are.

ISBN: 0140500316 (Paperback)

Year: 1963

Publisher: Puffin Books

Pages: 40 (Fiction)

Links

1. Wikipedia page

2. About's page for the book

3. Youtube adaption of the book

4. Article on the author and the book

5. Buy from Amazon

The Gunslinger - The Dark Tower #1 (Stephen King)

The Gunslinger - The Dark Tower #1

Stephen King

Blurb: This newly revised and expanded edition of The Gunslinger, for which Stephen King has written a special introduction and forward, is the mesmerising first book in his spectacular, epic Dark Tower series.

In The Gunslinger, Stephen King introduces readers to one of his most enigmatic heroes, Roland of Gilead, the Last Gunslinger. He is a haunting figure, a loner, on a spellbinding journey into good and evil, in a desolate world which frighteningly echoes our own.

In his first step towards the powerful and mysterious Dark Tower, Roland encounters an alluring woman named Alice, begins a friendship with Jake, a kid from New York, and faces an agonising choice between damnation and salvation as he pursues the Man in Black.

Both grippingly realistic and eerily dreamlike, The Gunslinger leaves readers eagerly awaiting the next chapter.

Set in a world of extraordinary circumstances, filled with stunning visual imagery and unforgettable characters, The Dark Tower series is Stephen King's most visionary piece of storytelling that may well be his crowning achievement.

ISBN: 9780340832233 (Paperback)

Year: 1982

Publisher: New English Library

Pages: 238 (Fiction)

Links

1. Wikipedia page for the book

2. Buy from Amazon

3. Author's official page for the series

4. Goodreads page

5. Comic book adaption of the book

The Second Assassin (Christopher Hyde)

The Second Assassin

Christopher Hyde

Blurb: The year: 1939 - and the world is readying itself for a war that is sure to come.

The conspirators: A group of powerful men who want to keep America out of the approaching conflict - at all costs.

The plan: Assassinate the King and Queen of England on American soil, destroying any hope of an alliance between Great Britain and the United States - an ensuring victory for the Nazis in World War II...

From Christopher Hyde, the master of international suspense, comes an electrifying new novel based on actual events that follows two unlikely allies in a desperate race to stop the perfect assassin. Tense, powerful, and startling authentic, The Second Assassin is the most explosive novel of World War II since Eye of the Needle.

ISBN: 0451410300 (Paperback)

Year: 2002

Publisher: Onyx Book

Pages: 394 (Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. Good reads page

3. Penguin page for the book

4. Google books page

5. Review of the book

Jonas: Beautiful Dead Book 1 (Eden Maguire)

Jonas: Beautiful Dead Book 1

Eden Maguire

Blurb: Not alive. Not dead. Somewhere in between lie the Beautiful Dead.

Something strange is happening in Ellerton High. Jonas, Arizona, Summer, Phoenix. All dead within a year.

Jonas Jonson is the first to die, in a motorcycle accident. But there are many unanswered questions, and three deaths that follow are equally mysterious.

Grief-stricken Darina can't escape her heartache or visions of her dead boyfriend, Phoenix, and the others who died. And all the while, the sound of beating wings echoes inside her head ...

Are the visions real? Or do the Beautiful Dead only exist in Darina's traumatised imagination?

ISBN: 9780340988619 (Paperback)

Year: 2009

Publisher: Hodder Children's Books

Pages: 284 (Fiction)

Links

1. Fantastic Fiction page

2. Good reads page

3. Buy from Amazon

4. Review of the book

5. Another Review of the book

The Chaser: Annual 2005 (Various)

The Chaser: Annual 2005

Various

Blurb: What they say about The Chaser Annual 2005.

'Every 3 seconds, a Chaser joke dies somewhere.' Bob Geldof

'This is my second favourite book, after the Koran.' Michelle Leslie

'I hope the Chaser keeps producing annuals every year. I'll need some good reading material.' Schapelle Corby

'I had a fabulous time pinching the authors' arses at their book launch.' John Brogden

'do u want my big cok?' Shane Warne (via SMS)

ISBN: 1920885978 (Paperback)

Year: 2005

Publisher: Text Publishing

Pages: 114 (Fiction)

Links

1. Series Wikipedia page

2. Penguin page for the book

3. Publisher's page

4. Fan forum for The Chaser

5. Official ABC page for The Chaser

Disney Pixar's Toy Story 3: Book of the film (Jasmine Jones)

Disney Pixar's Toy Story 3: Book of the film

Jasmine Jones

Blurb: The time has come that every toy dreads, the child that used to play for hours with his toys is all grown up and heading off to college.

And that time has now come for Buzz, Woody and the gang. As Andy leaves behind his home to start life as a grown up the toys face an unknown future. What will happen to them?

Find out in this complete retelling of the brand new Disney Pixar smash hit film. Featuring your favourite toys, as well as some interesting new faces, things are never bound to run smoothly as the toys embark on a new adventure without Andy.

ISBN: 9781407583891 (Paperback)

Year: 2010

Publisher: Parragon

Pages: 126 (Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. Publisher's page

3. Google books page

4. Official page for the film series

5. Wikipedia page for the film

Meet The O.C. Superstars: The Official Biography (Monica Rizzo)

Meet The O.C. Superstars: The Official Biography

Monica Rizzo

Blurb: You know you love it. Now find out how they really do it in The O.C.!

The coolest drama on TV is home to the hottest new stars on the scene. Here's the place to meet each and every one, find out about their real-life roots, 'rents, romances, stats - and behind-the-scenes secrets too.

It's all about The O.C. - & the hotties who live there!

In addition to the talented actors who star as Ryan, Seth and Marissa, you'll get to know their friends and foes on 'Planet O.C.,' including Rachel 'Summer' Bilson, Samaire 'Anna' Armstrong, Chris 'Luke Carmack and their TV parents Peter Gallagher, Kelly Rowan, Tate Donovan and Melinda Clarke.

Page after page of drool-worthy pictures - portraits, candids, action pix and more.

ISBN: 0141319062 (Paperback)

Year: 2004

Publisher: Penguin

Pages: 64 (Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. Good reads page

3. Google Books page

4. IMDB page for the TV Series

5. Wikipedia page for the TV Series

Mr. Worry (Roger Hargreaves)

Mr. Worry

Roger Hargreaves

Blurb: Poor Mr. Worry. He worries about everything.

ISBN: 0947192514 (Paperback)

Year: 1978

Publisher: Budget Books

Pages: 36 (Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. Goodreads page

3. Penguin page for the book

4. Official page for the series

5. Wikipedia page for the series

Disney's Hannah Montana: The Essential Guide (Beth Landis Hester)

Disney's Hannah Montana: The Essential Guide

Beth Landis Hester

Blurb: Welcome to my world!

Miley Stewart is leading a crazy double life - she's an ordinary schoolgirl by day and an international pop star by night!

Hang out with Miley and her best friends, Lilly and Oliver.

Meet Miley's family and learn how they keep her secret safe.

Take centre stage with Hannah Montana and find out what it's like to be a secret star.

ISBN: 9781405338967 (Hardback)

Year: 2009

Publisher: DK

Pages: 48 (Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. Goodreads page

3. Publisher's page

4. Official page for the TV series

5. Wikipedia page for Hannah Montana

Weapons of Choice - World War 2.1 (Axis of Time #1) (John Birmingham)

Weapons of Choice - World War 2.1 (Axis of Time #1)

John Birmingham

Blurb: A near-future military experiment thrusts a multinational armada back to 1942, right into the middle of the U.S. naval task force speeding towards Midway Atoll - and what was to be the most spectacular Allied triumph of World War II.

ISBN: 0330421891 (Paperback)

Year: 2004

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Pages: 673 (Fiction)

Links

1. Google books page

2. Review of the book

3. Buy from Amazon

4. Publisher's page on the author

5. Wikipedia page for the series

Grace (Morris Gleitzman)

Grace

Morris Gleitzman

Blurb: In the beginning there was me and Mum and Dad and the twins. And talk about happy families, we were bountiful.

But it came to pass and I started doing sins.

And lo, that's when all our problems began.

ISBN: 9780670073900 (Paperback)

Year: 2009

Publisher: Viking

Pages: 183 (Fiction)

Links

1. Author's official page for the book

2. Publisher's page for the book

3. Review of the book

4. Audio interview with the author

5. Another review

ALF Speaks Out! The Wit & Wisecracks of TV's Furriest Alien! (Richard J Schellbach)

ALF Speaks Out! The Wit & Wisecracks of TV's Furriest Alien!

Richard J Schellbach

Blurb: Well here it is. A true account of my life with Willie, Kate, Lynn and Brian Tanner. They keep saying that I'm the one who goofs up everything I try to do. You judge yourself. I'll let the book speak for me. By the way, thanks for shelling out the bucks to buy this. When the Tanners see it, I'm going to need traveling money pretty quick.

ISBN: 0732301998 (Paperback)

Year: 1987

Publisher: Budget Books

Pages: 64 (Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from AbeBooks

2. Wikipedia page for the TV series

3. IMDB page for the series

4. Great moments from the TV series on Youtube

5. Info on the cast and crew of the show

The Fourth Estate (Jeffrey Archer)

The Fourth Estate

Jeffrey Archer

Blurb: Jeffrey Archer's magnificent new novel tells the story of the two most extraordinary men of our time, lives to which only 'the greatest storyteller of our age' (Mail on Sunday) could do justice.

At first glance, Richard Armstrong and Keith Townsend seemed to have little in common. One was the son of an illiterate peasant, who emerged from the most backward corner of Europe ravaged by a bitter war. The other was raised in a mansion on the far side of the world while the war was just another piece of news.

One was a hustler, a thief, ready to change his story, even his identity, if it would gain him a momentary advantage. The other was the scion of a well-known family, groomed for a public role from his earliest years, a rebel who didn't care if anyone approved of what he got up to.

One craved wealth, recognition, status. The other quickly discovered that real power comes from anonymity. But they did have on thins in common. Both of them were gamblers. Both were prepared to risk everything in their battle to control the biggest newspaper empire in the world.

ISBN: 9780007848874 (Paperback)

Year: 1996

Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers

Pages: 551 (Fiction)

Links

1. Author's wikipedia page

2. Good reads page

3. Buy from Amazon

4. Review of the book

5. Buy from Booktopia

The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Alexander McCall Smith)

The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency

Alexander McCall Smith

Blurb: If you've got a problem and no one else can help you, then pay a visit to Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's only - and finest - female detective.

The traditionally built heroine of the bestselling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency novels may not rely on conventional methods, but Mma Ramotswe has warmth, wit and canny intuition on her side, as well as a host of wonderful friends. And she's going to need them all as she sets out on a trail that will lead her into a hotbed of strange situations and more than a little danger...

ISBN: 9780349120997 (Paperback)

Year: 1998

Publisher: Abacus

Pages: 250 (Fiction)

Links

1. Author's official page

2. Author's Wikipedia page

3. Publisher's page

4. Google books page

5. Review of the book

The Taking (Dean Koontz)

The Taking

Dean Koontz

Blurb: On the morning that will mark the end of the world they have known...

Molly and Neil Sloan wake to find and eerily luminous downpour drenching their small Californian mountain town. As the rain continues to fall, TV pictures relay disturbing news of extreme weather phenomena across the globe.

With the evening comes a ghostly fog. Their sense of isolation is complete when first TV and radio, then the internet and phone lines go dead. Molly and Neil gather with neighbours, sensing an awful danger approaching with the night..It's like a scary movie made real. But what is really happening? Is it science gone wrong or a technology beyond human understanding?

Or something deeper, more fundamental. Something to do with fate and purpose.

Something that won't have a Hollywood ending.

ISBN: 9780007841479 (Paperback)

Year: 2004

Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers

Pages: 410 (Fiction)

Links

1. Author's official page

2. Buy from Amazon

3. Author's Wikipedia page

4. Good reads page

5. Google books page

A Walk to Remember (Nicholas Sparks)

A Walk to Remember

Nicholas Sparks

Blurb: When I was seventeen, my life changed forever...

It's the late 1950s in the little town of Beaufort, North Carolina, and for the handsome and popular Landon Carter girlfriends have never been in short supply. But when a twist of fate finds the newly elected student president without a partner for the all-important Homecoming Dance, Landon becomes the reluctant escort of the last person in town her would ask out.

The daughter of the local Baptist minister, the shy and retiring Jamie Sullivan is an outsider who seems content to live in a world apart from other teenagers - she takes care of her widowed father, rescues hurt animals, helps out at the local orphanage and always carries a bible with her schoolbooks.

But this chance meeting would change their lives forever. Dazzled by Jamie's spirit and integrity, Landon falls hopelessly in love. Then Jamie reveals a secret...

With its timeless themes of the joy of giving, the pain of loss and the life-transforming power of love, this unforgettable story will stay in your heart forever.

ISBN: 1863252088 (Paperback)

Year: 1999

Publisher: Bantam Books

Pages: 240 (Fiction)

Links

1. Wikipedia page for the book

2. Author's official page for the book

3. Buy from Amazon

4. Good reads page

5. Trailer for the film on Youtube

The Hitler Club: The Rise and Fall of Australia's No.1 Nazi (Gary Gumpl and Richard Kleinig)

The Hitler Club: The Rise and Fall of Australia's No.1 Nazi

Gary Gumpl and Richard Kleinig

Blurb: After immigration restrictions were lifted in 1925, a numer of German nationals came to live in South Australia, the heartland of earlier German settlement. Among them was Dr Johannes Becker, who would go on to achieve infamy as Hitler's Confidential Agent, and 'Australia's No. 1 Nazi.'

A 29 year old war veteran and ship's surgeon, Becker travelled to the Barossa Valley and quickly established a thriving medical practice. Embroiled in controversy and litigation from the start he would later become the leading Nazi Party organiser for Australia. He gathered around him a small following of like-minded expatriates who were eager to see the re-emergence of Germany from the wreckage of the Great War.

Days after the Second World War broke out he and his Party comrades were interned. They were regarded by the Government as risks to national security, but newly declassified archives reveal that none of them had committed any acts which endangered Australian interests or affected the rights of any citizens. Though Becker lost favour with Nazi officials in Germany and was expelled from the Party in 1941, the Australian Authorities nevertheless interned him for seven years.

For a short time in 1947 he became a fugitive and Australia's most wanted when he disappeared whilst on parole. Following his accidental capture on board a ship headed for Panama he was deported to Germany, leaving behind his family amid a blaze of hysterical publicity. He was never allowed to return to Australia and never saw his wife and children again.

'The Hitler Club' (the name coined by Australian security operatives) tells the gripping story of Becker and the people in his life, his rise to prominence and his inevitable fall at the hands of an unsympathetic legal system. Analysis of the transcript of Becker's deportation hearing reveals that the Judge's findings were flawed and unsupported by the evidence; the hearing was litter more than a show trial.

The book highlights the irony of an innocent former Nazi being denied justice by a xenophobic Establishment that preached fair play but practised bias. This is a story that cannot be ignored in today's 'war on terror' and the internment of 'enemy aliens' without due process.

ISBN: 9781921221095 (Paperback)

Year: 2007

Publisher: Brolga Publishing

Pages: 427 (Non-Fiction)

Links

1. Google books page

2. National Library of Australia page for the book

3. Publisher's page for the book

4. Buy from Fishpond

5. Review of the book

The Trophy Taker (Lee Weeks)

The Trophy Taker

Lee Weeks

Blurb: Introducing Detective Johnny Mann.

A serial killer is on the loose. His target? Lone Western women lured to Hong Kong by the promise of easy money. As The Butcher's killing spree escalates, bags of mutilated body parts are found all over the island - and more girls are disappearing.

Taking on his first major homicide case, Detective Johnny Mann is determined to stop The Butcher's brutal reign. Haunted by the memory of his father's death by the Triads, he's the only man who can track down a killer who's paralysing the city with fear.

Georgina Johnson has left her tragic past in England to start afresh in Hong Kong. But soon her life is in peril as she is sucked into the sinister world of the city's hostess clubs.

Venturing into dark and dangerous places, Mann unearths chilling evidence about the killings. And then another body is found, one which brings the murders closer to home...

Bolt the doors, turn on the lights and pray for mercy - you'll be up all night with this disturbingly addictive debut from a writer being hailed as THE FEMALE JAMES PATTERSON.

ISBN: 9781847560780 (Paperback)

Year: 2008

Publisher: Avon

Pages: 498 (Fiction)

Links

1. Author's Official Page

2. Review of the book

3. Good reads page

4. Buy from Amazon

5. Another review

Life Expectancy (Dean Koontz)

Life Expectancy

Dean Koontz

Blurb: When the hand of fate reaches out to touch an ordinary man...

In the moments before he is born, Jimmy Tock has a strange destiny thrust upon him. His dying grandfather prophesies five dark days in his grandson's life - five dates on which Jimmy will face terror and violence, malice and perversion. A storm rages. There is a chilling significance in the old man's words. The moment his grandfather dies, Jimmy emerges squalling into the world, destined to struggle against an evil so dark and pervasive only the most extraordinary of human spirits can shine through.

What dangers await Jimmy on these five dark days? What terrifying events must he survive? At each of the crisis points a mystery unfolds that will challenge his understanding of good and evil, life and death - and everything in between.

ISBN: 9780007843770 (Paperback)

Year: 2005

Publisher: Harper

Pages: 549 (Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. Author's Official Page for the book

3. Wikipedia page for the book

4. Good reads page

5. Review of the book

Dexter By Design: Dexter #4 (Jeff Lindsay)

Dexter By Design (Dexter #4)

Jeff Lindsay

Blurb: Dexter Morgan is back.

After his surprisingly glorious honeymoon in Paris, life is almost normal for Dexter Morgan. Married life seems to agree with him: he's devoted to his bride, his stomach is full, and his homicidal hobbies seem nicely under control.

But old habits die hard - and Dexter's work as a blood spatter analyst never fails to offer new temptations that appeal to his offbeat sense of justice...and his Dark Passenger still waits to hunt with him in the moonlight.

Luckily for Dex, there's someone out there with particularly twisted tastes. Dexter may have never been a big fan of art - but the discovery of a corpse (artfully displayed as a sunbather relaxing on a beach chair) naturally piques his curiosity. Miami's finest soon realise they've got a terrifying new serial killer on the loose. And Dexter, of course, is back in business.

From the most original voice in crime fiction, DEXTER BY DESIGN is an enthralling, macabre and gruesomely entertaining thriller.

ISBN: 9780752897578 (Paperback)

Year: 2009

Publisher: Orion Books

Pages: 290 (Fiction)

Links

1. Wikipedia page

2. Good reads page

3. Buy from Amazon

4. Publisher page for the series

5. Review of the book

Delta (Kerrie Davies)

Delta

Kerrie Davies

Blurb: Delta - a name that has come to stand for courage, beauty, tenacity, talent and grace. This is a celebration of Delta Goodrem's stunning success as a singer, songwriter, actor and remarkable young woman.

ISBN: 1741145481 (Paperback)

Year: 2005

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Pages: 238 (Non-Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. Good reads page

3. Google books page

4. Delta's Official Site

5. Delta's Twitter Page

Goodbye Mickey Mouse (Len Deighton)

Goodbye Mickey Mouse

Len Deighton

Blurb: England 1944.

In Goodbye Mickey Mouse Len Deighton has written his best novel yet: a brilliant, multi-dimensional picture of what it is to be at war...and what it was to be in love in the England of 1944.

ISBN: 9780007851836 (Paperback)

Year: 1982

Publisher: Harper

Pages: 437 (Fiction)

Links

1. Wikipedia page for the book

2. Buy from Amazon

3. Good reads page

4. Other books by the same author

5. Blog on the book

The Face (Dean Koontz)

The Face

Dean Koontz

Blurb: The Face. As Hollywood's most dazzling star he has the love of millions - but the hatred of one deeply twisted soul. Just before Christmas, the star has received six messages promising a very nasty surprise.

The Face's security chief is Ethan Truman, an ex-cop with a troubled past. He's found the messenger but not the source of the threat, and he's worried. But not half as worried as he would be if he knew that Fric, the Face's ten-year-old-son, was home alone and getting calls from 'Moloch, devourer of children'. The terrified boy is planning to go into hiding in his father's vast mansion - putting himself beyond Ethan's protection.

And Ethan may be all that stands between Fric and an almost unimaginable evil...

ISBN: 9780007843763 (Paperback)

Year: 2003

Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers

Pages: 672 (Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. Author's official page for the book

3. Author's Wikipedia page

4. Good reads page

5. Google books page for the book

Once I Was A Princess (Jacqueline Pascarl)

Once I Was A Princess

Jacqueline Pascarl

Blurb: Can you imagine what it would be like to be swept off your feet by a royal prince to live a charmed life in the marble palaces of an oil-rich nation - and then to watch your fairy-tale romance turn into a nightmare of Islamic superstition, isolation, betrayal and abuse? What would you do if you managed to escape your life of torment - and then your children were kidnapped by their own father? This is what happened to Jacqueline Pascarl.

In Once I Was a Princess, Jacqueline recounts her part in this controversial, headline-grabing international drama with heart-rending honesty.

ISBN: 9781840182774 (Paperback)

Year: 1999

Publisher: Mainstream Publishing

Pages: 462 (Non-Fiction)

Links

1. Author's Wikipedia page

2. Buy from Amazon

3. Good reads page

4. Publisher's page for the book

5. Article on the author

Odd Thomas (Dean Koontz)

Odd Thomas

Dean Koontz

Blurb: He's Odd. Odd Thomas, to be precise. Genius fry-cook at the Pico Mundo Grill; boyfriend to the gorgeous Stormy Llewellyn - and possibly the only person with a chance of stopping one of the worst crimes in the bloody history of murder...

Something evil has come to the desert town that Odd and Stormy call home. It comes in the form of a mysterious man with a macabre appetite, a filing cabinet full of information on the world's worst killers, and strange, hyena-like shadows following him wherever he goes. Odd is worried. He knows things, see things - about the living, the dead and the soon to be dead. Things that he has to act on. Now he's terrified for Stormy, himself and Pico Mundo. Because he knows that on Wednesday August 15, a savage, blood-soaked whirlwind of violence and murder will devastate the town.

Today is August 14.

And Odd is far from sure he can stop the coming storm...

ISBN: 9780007849130 (Paperback)

Year: 2004

Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers

Pages: 420 (Fiction)

Links

1. Official Page for the Series

2. Wikipedia page for the book

3. Buy from Amazon

4. Good reads page for the book

5. Study guide for the book

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (Dave Stern)

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Dave Stern

Blurb: The Power... An ancient relic called the All Seeing Eye that grants the owner the ultimate power in the universe. A power so immense that those who possess it could rule the world.

The Illuminati... A secret brotherhood hell-bent on finding the All Seeing Eye and taking over the world. A sinister band of men who will stop at nothing to fulfil their diabolical plot.

The Hero... Lara Croft! The greatest tomb-raiding high-flying adventurer of all time, who just so happens to hold the key to finding the All Seeing Eye.

Through the living jungles of Cambodia to the frozen wasteland of Siberia, Lara Croft takes you on her greatest adventure.

The clock is ticking and time is running out...

ISBN: 0743424298 (Paperback)

Year: 2001

Publisher: Pocket Books

Pages: 343 (Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. Good reads page

3. IMDB for film the book is based on

4. Wikipedia page for the film

5. Rotten Tomatoes Page for the film

Ma, He Sold Me For a Few Cigarettes (Martha Long)

Ma, He Sold Me For a Few Cigarettes

Martha Long

Blurb: Born a bastard to a teenage mother in the slums of 1950s Dublin, Martha has to be a fighter from the very start.

As her mother moves from man to man, and more children follow, they live hand-to-mouth in squalid, freezing tenements, clothed in rags and forced to beg for food. But just when it seems things can't get any worse, her mother meets Jackser.

Despite her trials, Martha is a child with an irrepressible spirit and a wit beyond her years. She tells the story of her early life without an ounce of self-pity and manages to recreate a lost era in which the shadow of the Catholic Church loomed large and if you didn't work, you didn't eat.

Martha never stops believing she is worth more than the hand she has been dealt, and her remarkable voice will remain with you long after you've finished the last line.

ISBN: 9781845965433 (Paperback)

Year: 2007

Publisher: Mainstream Publishing

Pages: 479 (Non-Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. Good reads page

3. Google books page

4. Blog on the book

5. Publisher's Site

To Cut a Long Story Short (Jeffrey Archer)

To Cut a Long Story Short

Jeffrey Archer

Blurb: The latest short-story collection from the master storyteller. The fourteen - all new - stories show Jeffrey Archer's great skills with a wide variety of character, of subject and of setting, but all with that trademark twist in the tail.

Every reader will have their own favourites: the choices run from love at first sight across the train tracks to the cleverest of confidence tricks, from the quirks of the legal profession - and those who are able to manipulate both sides of the Bar - to the creative financial talents of a member of Her Majesty's diplomatic service - but for a good cause. The last story, 'The Grass is Always Greener', is possibly the best piece Archer has written, and will haunt you for the rest of your life.

ISBN: 9780007841936 (Paperback)

Year: 2000

Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers

Pages: 419 (Fiction)

Links

1. Wikipedia page for the book

2. Author's Official Site

3. Google books page

4. Buy from Amazon

5. Review of the book

Cairo Jim and the Lagoon of Tidal Magnificence (Geoffrey McSkimming)

Cairo Jim and the Lagoon of Tidal Magnificence

Geoffrey McSkimming

Blurb: High in the crater of an extinct, jungle-covered volcano in Sumatra, a legendary Ancient Palace is thought to exist...

What astounding secret does this Palace harbour? Where is the missing Turkish Women's Olympic Championship Tent Erection Team?

What has the Glamourdust Glove and Gusset Company got to do with it? Will Cairo Jim (that well-known archaeologist and little-known poet) and his friends, Doris the macaw, Brendan the Wonder Camel and Jocelyn Osgood of Valkyrian Airways, discover the amazing truth? Do you know your top button is undone?

Another action-packed, breathless romp of historical whimsy from the pen of Geoffrey McSkimming!

ISBN: 0733602959 (Paperback)

Year: 2000

Publisher: Hodder

Pages: 239 (Fiction)

Links

1. Author's Wikipedia page

2. Good reads page

3. Google books page

4. Buy Cairo Jim books from Amazon

5. Series Wikipedia page

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