A friend of mine read a novel in the late 60s or early 70s and can't remember the name. The plot is roughy this: two men agree to switch places. The first man is sick and pays the 2nd man to care for...
Does anybody know of any history books that give an account of the North Africa campaign during World War 2 from a German perspective similar in style and depth to Alan Clark's "Barbarossa." With...
hello there, Happy New Year. I recently (in the last six months) read an obituary of a really interesting man who had done some great exploring and who had written a book about exploring bogs and...
Does anyone remember the name of a childrens book where a painter has a scruffy paintpot that paints things grey and the the next day they are all in beautiful colours and he gets the princess as a...
I picked this book up at 7.20p.m. and have just finished it at 8.50p.m. Admittedley it is very thin but wow!!! It has got to be one of the most beautiful books I have ever read. I can reccommend it to...
I borrowed a children's book a few years ago with beautiful illustrations in that were basically pictures of angels that had been embroidered. It was a story book, not a manual of how to sew or...