Blessed Art Thou a Monk Swimming

Dunne, Miriam

Review

Summertime

Literature & Fiction

Barker, Raffaella

Contemporary

In a house overlooking Dublin Bay, Mimi and her daughter Grace are disturbed by the unexpected arrival of Grace's daughter Polly, and her new boyfriend. The events of the next few days will lead both of them to reassess the shape of their lives.

Two moons

Jennifer Johnston

The Alchemist's Apprentice

Jeremy Dronfield

Bombay's story, told through the lives, often desperately near the edge, of some of the people who live there. The complex texture of these extraordinary tales is threaded together by Suketu Mehta's own history of growing up in Bombay and returning to live there after a 21-year absence. Hitmen, dancing girls, cops, movie stars, poets, beggars and politicians - Suketu looked at the city through their eyes, and in looking found the city within himself.

Maximum City : Bombay Lost and Found

Travel

Suketu Mehta

Asia

The Catastrophist

The catastrophist

Bennett, Ronan

George Hudson - the eponymous "Railway King" - started his career with a stroke of luck, inheriting #27,000 (a fortune in 1827) from a distant relative. He invested succesfully in the North Midland Railway, then formed his own Midland Railway, raising #5 million and bribing MP's along the way. But from his glory in 1845 he fell into disgrace, admitting corruption and selling land he did not own. He was eventually imprisoned in York Castle and died a broken man in 1871. His story provides an insight into 19th century politics and industrial progress, full of moral dilemmas and a testimony to the growth of the railways in Britain - a timely subject.

The Railway King

Beaumont, R.

Biographies & Memoirs

Where did the universe come from? Is time travel possible? Is it morally acceptable to design babies genetically? If you have ever asked yourself such questions, then you have already begun to think philosophically. This book is for those who want to take the next step. Stephen Law poses some of the most important philosophical questions of today - and of yesterday. Light-hearted questions about whether a pickled sheep is really art rub shoulders with more profound and time-honoured fears about whether God exists. He illustrates the problem with a story then lets both sides of the argument battle it out in clear, easily digestible and intelligent prose. And by separating each issue into a distinct section, it is possible to dip in and out in any order and at any time you like.

The Philosophy Gym

Politics & Social Sciences

Law, Stephen. Postgate, Daniel (illustrator)

Philosophy

Where did the universe come from? Is time travel possible? Are genetically designed babies morally acceptable? If you have ever asked yourself such questions, then you have already begun to think philosophically. This book is for those who want to take the next step. Stephen Law poses questions about some of the most important philosophical issues of today - and of yesterday. Light-hearted questions about whether a pickled sheep is really art rub shoulders with more profound and time-honoured fears about whether God exists. In this radically new way of looking at philosophy, Stephen Law illustrates the problem with a story then lets both sides of the argument battle it out in clear, easily digestible and intelligent prose. And, by separating each issue into a distinct section, it is possible to dip in and out of in any order and at any time you like!

The Philosophy Gym : 25 Short Adventures in Thinking

Stephen Law

Queen Elisabeth I dies, son of Mary Queen of Scots raced to London to claim his throne as James I, resurgence of plague killed nearly 40,000 people, the first shipment of pepper arrived from the East Indies on the new spice route, Othello was just written, etc.

1603

Lee,Christopher

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