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Chris rated Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited: 4 stars
Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley
In Brave New World, Aldous Huxley prophesied a capitalist civilization, which had been reconstituted through scientific and psychological engineering, …
Chris rated Stay with Me: 4 stars
Chris rated The trouble with goats and sheep: 2 stars
The trouble with goats and sheep by Joanna Cannon
Mrs Creasy is missing and The Avenue is alive with whispers. As the summer shimmers endlessly on, ten-year-olds Grace and …
Chris rated Tiny sunbirds far away: 2 stars
Tiny sunbirds far away by Christie Watson
'Everything changed after Mama found Father lying on top of another woman.' Blessing and her brother Ezikiel adore their larger-than-life …
Chris rated The Golem and the Djinni: 4 stars
Chris rated Our Man in Havana: 3 stars
Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene (Penguin Twentieth Century cClassics)
Chris rated Remains of the Day: 5 stars
Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (Penguin Reader , Level 6 (3000 words))
In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take …
Chris rated Rebecca, Jamaica Inn, Frenchman's Creek, My Cousin Rachel: 3 stars
Daphne Du Maurier: Rebecca, Jamaica Inn, Frenchman's Creek, My Cousin Rachel (Hardcover, 1980, Octopus)
Rebecca, Jamaica Inn, Frenchman's Creek, My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier
With these words, the reader is ushered into an isolated gray stone mansion on the windswept Cornish coast, as the …
Solaris by Stanisław Lem
The cult-classic by Stanislaw Lem that spawned the movie is now available for your Kindle! Until now the only English …
Chris rated CHARLOTTE BRONTE - JANE EYRE -: 4 stars
CHARLOTTE BRONTE - JANE EYRE - by Charlotte Brontë
The novel is set somewhere in the north of England. Jane's childhood at Gateshead Hall, where she is emotionally and …
Chris rated Things the Grandchildren Should Know: 4 stars
Chris rated Consider Phlebas: 4 stars
Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks (Culture, #1)
Consider Phlebas, first published in 1987, is a space opera novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks. It is the …