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9 reviews
Nigel Slater

4th Estate, Limited, 2003

Brilliantly Touching and Uncannily like my childhood.
Fantastic book. Moving and entertaining. So many things reminded me of my own childhood, I couldn't put it down. I laughed and cried (literally)

Morecambe and Wise

2 reviews
McCann

4th Estate, Limited, 1999

Very informative and accessible
I was always intrigued by these two guys:little known here but huge in the uk.Having enjoyed the author's outstanding biography of the great Cary Grant (whom I later found was a fan of these two!),I picked up a copy of this.It is excellent.Although McGann writes as a Brit,he clearly knows a great deal about American comedy,and there are some illuminating comparisons and references.Also,I'd ...

Tunnel Visions

1 review
Christopher Ross

4th Estate, Limited, 2002

A beautiful, philosophical, eminently approachable book.
Christopher Ross is astute, perceptive and witty, without laying the latter on too thickly. He invites the reader into the workings of his mind, providing observations and speculations combined with a running commentary on what he witnesses daily and reflections on past experience. The end product is a beautiful, philosophical, eminently approachable book.

The Healing Land: A Kalahari Journey

6 reviews
Rupert Isaacson

4th Estate, Limited, 2001

This author knows his subject
After getting used to mystical experiences over the past 12 years in Botswana's Tsodilo Hills and in Bushmanland, in north-eastern Namibia, I can attest that this author has been there and seen a world that's magical beyond most Westerners' imaginings. Anyone who wants to know the real Southern Africa - that is, the incredibly harsh yet enigmatic environment that thrived prior to both the Bantu ...

Wings of Madness: Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight

12 reviews
Paul Hoffman

4th Estate, Limited, 2003

rkrb is crazy!!!!!!
This is an excellent book. First of all, I would probably recommend that "rkrb" read the book again. Santos Dumont is truly the "Father of Aviation", the main purpose of his discoveries was to provide a different way of transportation. Santos Dumont was focused on the advance of transportation to humans, and not to make money, he did not care about patente or anything like that. And Second, he ...

The Scottish Enlightenment: The Scots' Invention of the Modern World
Arthur Herman

4th Estate, Limited, 2003

Spix's Macaw: The Race to Find the World's Rarest Bird

1 review
Tony Juniper

4th Estate, Limited, 2003

Spix's Macaw
This book wonderfully illustrates the difficult, if not impossible, task of trying to save endangered species. It includes accurate descriptions of the birds, the landscape, the politics and the strange mix of characters that worked together to save the Spix's macaws. By the end of the book, you are waiting with bated breath to find out the fate of the Spix's Macaw. If you have an interest in ...

Soul of Indiscretion: Tom Driberg-Poet, Philanderer, Legislator, Outlaw

1 review
Francis Wheen

4th Estate, Limited, 2001

History is important
A good book for those who relish history. A bit dull at times, but all in all, a good read.

Fermat's Last Theorem: The Story of a Riddle That Confounded the World's Greatest Minds for 358 Years

251 reviews
Simon Singh

4th Estate, Limited, 1998

Really good read!
I am not a avid reader and I read for an hour 2 or 3 times a week i.e if the book is good and after I started reading this book I just couldn't drop it. In fact I used to look up every evening to the time when I can start reading it from where I left off the previous night. Its a great book if you are interested in history of math/science, the great minds, their lives, their hardships and ...

My Heart Is My Own: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots
John Guy, J. A. Guy

4th Estate, Limited, 2004

Meadowland

1 review
Alison Giles

4th Estate, Limited, 1999

A gentle, thought-provoking read
I enjoyed this book, and do hope that Alison Giles will be producing another novel in the not too distant future. It was easy to read, and yet provided plenty of food for thought - I often paused to ponder my own relationships and to look at some of them in a different light. It will be particularly enjoyed by those who love to spend time in the English countryside - for those of us who don't ...

The Goalkeepers History of Britain

2 reviews
Peter Chapman

4th Estate, Limited, 2000

"Goalkeeper's History" is a literary hat trick!
I've just finished an excellent book, worthy of high praise. A journey through post-war British history through the eyes of a goalie, a soccer fan, and a Londoner, "The Goalkeeper's History of Britain" by Peter Chapman is a fabulous piece of writing. It might seem an arcane subject for many Americans, sports fans or not, but I found "Goalkeeper's History" to be a book which made sense of many ...

1066: The Hidden History of the Bayeux Tapestry

1 review
Andrew Bridgeford

4th Estate, Limited, 2004

Author sheds light on an ancient mystery
Andrew Bridgeford's "1066, the Hidden History of the Bayeux Tapestry," brings a fresh interpretation to an amazing, mysterious piece of cloth. This strip of linen seventy meters (230 feet) long, presents an account of events leading up to William the Conqueror's successful invasion of England. The traditional interpretation is that the Tapestry was a costly trophy commissioned by a Norman baron ...

The Biography of Thomas Lang
Jonathan Buckley

4th Estate, Limited, 1998

Horse Latitudes
Jay Merrick

4th Estate, Limited, 2000

East of Acre Lane

1 review
Alex Wheatle

4th Estate, Limited, 2002

Big Up Alex!
Great book set in early 80's Brixton, London, (Acre Lane is a street in Brixton)when there was great unrest amongst the youths, which resulted in the Brixton Riots. It is so familiar in the sense that Wheatle refers to every detail of that time, including what song was playing in the background, to what clubs the characters frequented, dropping actual street names, to the latest fashion of the ...

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