John Lestarke-Toye was sitting upright in his chair, hands clasped and smiling as always - he was also dead. On the carpet, circled by broken furniture, was a pool of blood, yet he died of natural causes. What could the explanation be? Toby Dyke and his friend George set out to solve the mystery.
Head Trip: Adventures on the Wheel of Consciousness (Ebook)
From the Big Bang to the Theory of Everything, "Sunday Telegraph" Science Correspondent Robert Matthews takes us on a tour of twenty-five of the biggest ideas in modern science. Along the way, he explains how the theory that proved Einstein wrong might one day make teleportation possible; how the principles of mathematics could be used to broker peace treaties; and why the key to understanding some of the deepest mysteries of the universe could be linked to the barcode on our groceries.
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11526.37 | Fiction literature | 10 October 2011
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Red Sails
This novella is compelling from beginning to end; from Captain Vigoreaux's origin story, to the stranded men's discovery of native girl Sampari and her people, to the numerous fights between captives, natives and pirates in various combinations. My only complaint about Red Sails is that it should have been a novel. The story was over too quickly and could have easily held it's own over the course of a three-hundred page book with the addition of some subplots and modifications to the storyline. I really hope Erdelac finds time to revisit Vigoreaux and his crew.
"Magic stirred in me.... I closed my eyes, wanting to lose myself to it.Wanting to use magic in every way I could. But that would be bad. I hadenough magic inside me; I could burn down a city. And I didn't want to dothat...." Allie Beckstrom knows better than most that when magic's involved, youalways pay. Whether the price is migraines, amnesia, or muscle aches, she iscommitted to her work as a Hound, tracing illegal spells back to theircasters. But her job is about to get much more dangerous.
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11526.37 | Fiction literature | 8 October 2011
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Horse's Ass
Charlie Owen has captured exactly, the slightly dark, often cynical humour that exists or at least did exist in the Police Service. This book is both hysterically funny and yet deeply moving in almost equal measure. Whilst it is set in Manchester, it could I suspect, be set in almost any urban overflow in Britain and manages to cause the reader to empathise with every character, even the baddies.
