An underground thriller where society has been formed in a silo but for what purpose? Is it just about survival from the toxic upper world?
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Hiking Haiku by Theolonious Pasatiempo
Hiking Haiku – no mystery here; a simple book of beautifully presented poems about the joys of being outdoors and hiking
The Self-Working Trick and Other Stories by John Gaspard
Follow Eli Marks – magician, problem solver and amateur detective – in this lively book of well plotted and written short murder stories
Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith
A great thriller full of human darkness, lightened by chemistry between Robin and Cormoran
Missing 85 Days by Randy Haglund
A story of a man who finds himself adrift without knowledge of his past told alongside that of the family desperately searching for him
Songbirds by Christy Lefteri
This book is many things – a love story, a tale of family and community, a discourse on loss but, most importantly, a depiction of prejudice
Land of the Blue Mist by Susan Mallgrave
The story of Aster Sweetwater, a girl between two cultural worlds – Cherokee and Jackson’s USA – and her search for a place for her people
The Storyteller by Dave Grohl
A view of life as a rock star but through a refreshingly different lens, that of Dave Grohl, one that exudes enthusiasm and love for life
Kindergarten at 60 by Dian Seidel
A great book, describing Seidel’s experience teaching English to students in Thailand – in a kindergarten! Cultural, frank and real.
The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
A magnificent book of war and love and courage and weakness – a tour through the human experience: its emotions, its hesitancies, its losses