The Kindness of Strangers: The Autobiography
10 best books like The Kindness of Strangers: The Autobiography (Kate Adie): Playing the Moldovans at Tennis, The Rise of the Roman Empire, The Civil War, The Age of Alexander: Nine Greek Lives (Agesilaus, Pelopidas, Dion, Timoleon, Demosthenes, Phocion, Alexander, Demetrius, Pyrrhus), The Histories, Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage., Selected Writings, Stalin Ate My Homework, Ralph's Party, The Blair Years: Extracts from the Alastair Campbell Diaries
Playing the Moldovans at Tennis
| Author | Tony Hawks |
| ISBN | 0312305184 |
It doesn't take much - "£100 is usually sufficient" - to persuade Tony Hawks to take off on notoriously bizarre and hilarious adventures in response to a bet. And so it is, a pointless argument with a friend concludes in a bet - that Tony can't beat all eleven members of the Moldovan soccer team at tennis....
| Author | Polybius |
| ISBN | 0140443622 |
Polybius, himself a Greek and an active contemporary participant in political relations with Rome, wrote the forty books of his Universal History primarily to chronicle and account for the Roman conquest of Greece between 200 and 167 B.C. He saw that Mediterranean history, under Rome's influence,...
| Author | Gaius Julius Caesar |
| ISBN | 0140441875 |
A military leader of legendary genius, Caesar was also a great writer, recording the events of his life with incomparable immediacy and power. The Civil War is a tense and gripping depiction of his struggle with Pompey over the leadership of Republican Rome - a conflict that spanned the entire Roman...
| Author | Plutarch |
| ISBN | 0140442863 |
Spengler once wrote that Mozart would cease to be heard not when his music was no longer played, but when its meaning was no longer understood. Something of this fate is also shared by Plutarch in an age where the study of history remains distorted by positivist ideology (see some other reviews on this...
| Author | Tacitus |
| ISBN | 0140441506 |
In AD 68, Nero's suicide marked the end of the first dynasty of imperial Rome. The following year was one of drama and danger, with four emperors—Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian—emerging in succession. Based on authoritative sources, The Histories vividly recounts the details of the "long...
Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage.
Who is that hairy guy in the green Speedo?
Rob Delaney is a father, a husband, a comedian, a writer. He is the author of an endless stream of beautiful, insane jokes on Twitter. He is sober. He is sometimes brave. He speaks French. He loves women with abundant pubic hair and saggy naturals. He...
| Author | Thomas Aquinas |
| ISBN | 0140436324 |
In his reflections on Christianity, Saint Thomas Aquinas forged a unique synthesis of ancient philosophy and medieval theology.
Preoccupied with the relationship between faith and reason, he was influenced both by Aristotle's rational world view and by the powerful belief that wisdom and...
| Author | Alexei Sayle |
| ISBN | 0340919582 |
Alexei knew he was doomed to be different the day he was taken to see Sergei Eisentein's Alexander Nevsky instead of Walt Disney's Bambi. Born on the day that egg rationing came to an end, Alexei grew up with his parents and the Soviet Weekly. Each year they holidayed in Eastern Europe, where they were shown...
| Author | Lisa Jewell |
| ISBN | 0452281636 |
Meet the residents of the London brownstone on 31 Almanac Road who together weave a tangled web of romance. Ralph, a ne'er-do-well artist, suddenly realizes he's head over heels in love with his new flatmate Jem, the most fun and sensible girl he's ever encountered. Unfortunately, Ralph's best friend,...
The Blair Years: Extracts from the Alastair Campbell Diaries
| Author | Alastair Campbell |
| ISBN | 0307268314 |
A revelatory account of Tony Blair’s tumultuous leadership, The Blair Years gathers extracts from the diaries of the man who knew him best: Alastair Campbell—Blair’s spokesman from 1994 to 2003, his press secretary, strategist, and closest confidant. It is a compelling chronicle of contemporary...
| Author | Stella Duffy |
| ISBN | 0340715634 |
For some reason this book had the NZ logo on the binding which means that it is written by a NZ author, so I picked it up because what are the chances I’ll find this book anywhere else in the world? But unfortunately this book had nothing to do with New Zealand, which was slightly disappointing. Girl is unhappily...
Are We Nearly There Yet?: A Family's 8000-Mile Car Journey Around Britain
| Author | Ben Hatch |
| ISBN | 1849531552 |
The story of a madcap five-month family trip to write a travel guide—embracing the freedom of the open road with a spirit of discovery and an industrial supply of baby wipes
"Hurry up," I shout at Dinah, whilst on the overhead telly Ray Mears’ Survival is playing extraordinarily loudly...
| Author | Emma Jane Unsworth |
| ISBN | 0008334595 |
‘A DAZZLING book’ Marian Keyes
‘HEARTBREAKING and HILARIOUS … I completely and utterly adored it’ Dolly Alderton
‘Funny, arch and tender … A MUST-READ’ Jessie Burton
Funny … clever … ADULTS is incredible’ Candice Carty-Williams
Jenny...
The Roman History: The Reign of Augustus
| Author | Cassius Dio |
| ISBN | 0140444483 |
Augustus Caesar, the first emperor of Rome (27 BC-AD 14), brought peace and prosperity to his city after decades of savage civil war. This selection from Cassius Dio's Roman History gives the fullest description of that long struggle and ultimate triumph - detailing the brutal battles and political...
For readers of Joe Hill, Cormac McCarthy, and classic Anne Rice, a chilling tale of suspense and horror set deep in the Texas desert.
Travis Stillwell spends his nights searching out women in West Texas honky-tonks. What he does with them doesn’t make him proud, just quiets the demons for...
