This is one of those books that you can’t put down. Meg Henderson’s easy style of writing carries you along at a steady pace. You look forward to the next chapter. Although the families depicted here lived in slums and were prone to illnesses due to the squalid conditions and poverty, their humour shines through.
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This eBook by John Dodds will have you reading on long into the night, for just when you decide to finish a chapter, you make the mistake of glancing at the next chapter – and then the author has you hooked! A sleepless night. Mercifully, it means you finish the book in record time, because
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I wish I was reading history books like these when I was at school – I may have paid more attention. I suspect though that the graphic detail of the fierce battles described in this book may have been heavily edited before any young eyes could read it. Neil Oliver breathes life into these historical
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I must confess that I don’t like mushy love stories or stories about an almighty god – and this looked like a woman’s book too (judging by most of the reviews), but I review books that are set or partly set in Scotland and for 99 cents it was worth looking at. Right from the
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