Lyn Rafe-Lawyer 
Brief Encounters [EPUB ebook] 

The Dream of Bernat Metge is the first English translation of Lo Somni, a prose dialogue written around 1397 by the Catalan humanist Bernat Metge (?1340-1413). It stands as a noteworthy example of na …

Sarah-Jane Le Blanc grew up with no particular interest in animals. A down-to-earth mother of two with a job working with disadvantaged children, other people”s pets didn”t feature very highly in h …

I also highly recommend Anne R. Dick s The Search for Philip K. Dick for anyone interested in the life of the writer. Lavie Tidhar, Washington Post Offering an intimate perspective on the life of an …

From the legendary whistle-blower who revealed the Pentagon Papers, the first insider exposé of the dangers of America”s hidden, seventy-year-long nuclear policy. When former presidential advisor Da …

This is a classic real-life story of derring do on the high seas, complete with extreme risk, last-minute ingenuity and many near-misses. Beginning in the 1960s, this book tells of the real life adve …

For readers of Damaged and Running with Scissors, a chilling exploration of psychological control that ends with a glorious escape. Maude still remembers the sound of the gate being locked behind her …

____________________________ ”The last surviving eyewitness to the Nazi power apparatus … Her memories are remarkable given her age. Yet this book is also notable for what is not recalled … These g …

What you”ve got to understand is that here in Southall, everyone”s up to something. In 2006, Lilian Pizzichini swaps life on dry land for a narrowboat on the Paddington arm of the Grand Union Canal …

The acclaimed author of The Magnetic Girl delivers “an elegy for her dead sisters . . . a heartfelt, painful family saga, skillfully told by a survivor” (Kirkus Reviews).   When J …

When Samantha Brick’s life started to unravel – her company in liquidation, homeless, penniless and friendless, and on max-strength anti-depressants – it seemed that everything was going wrong. But a …