alembic rated The Painted Veil: 5 stars
The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham
Set in England and Hong Kong in the 1920s, The Painted Veil is the story of the beautiful, but love-starved …
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Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
Shantaram is a 2003 novel by Gregory David Roberts, in which a convicted Australian bank robber and heroin addict escapes …
alembic rated Roman roads in Britain: 2 stars
Hugh Davies: Roman roads in Britain (2008, Shire Archaeology)
Roman roads in Britain by Hugh Davies (Shire archaeology -- 90)
alembic rated Between the Acts: 5 stars
alembic rated The codebreakers: 3 stars
The codebreakers by David Kahn
David Kahn's book is probably the best known and most thorough history of codes and ciphers, cryptography, and cryptanalysis ever …
The Celts by Dr Alice Roberts
'Informed, impeccably researched and written' Neil OliverThe Celts are one of the world's most mysterious ancient people. In this compelling …
alembic rated The children act: 5 stars
The children act by Ian McEwan
London High Court Judge Fiona Maye presides over a sensitive case involving a family of Jehovah's Witnesses who won't allow …
alembic rated Moderato Cantabile: 2 stars
alembic rated A portrait of the artist as a young man: 3 stars
A portrait of the artist as a young man by Richard Ellmann (Everyman's library ;)
Stephen Dedalus grows up in Dublin, feeling different from the other boys. His childhood and adolescence are shaped by bullying, …
alembic rated Call me by your name: 3 stars
Call me by your name by André Aciman (Farrar,Straus and Giroux)
It's the summer of 1983, and precocious 17-year-old Elio Perlman is spending the days with his family at their 17th-century …
alembic rated The most perfect thing: 3 stars
Tim Birkhead: The most perfect thing (2016)
The most perfect thing by Tim Birkhead
Renowned ornithologist Tim Birkhead uses birds' eggs as wondrous portals into natural history, enlivened by the stories of naturalists and …