
The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion
David Bradshaw and Ford Madox Ford
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Ford Madox Ford's extraordinary novel of passion and betrayal, The Good Soldier, is edited with an...

Breach
Olumide Popoola and Annie Holmes
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In the refugee camp known as The Jungle an illusion is being disrupted: that of a neatly ordered...

Ocana
Carlos Arribas, Adrian Bell and Antonio Cuadrado-Fernandez
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One of THE 10 MUST-READ CYCLING BOOKS OF 2014 according to the influential Peloton magazine. This is...

Baxter Dury recommended Loaded by The Velvet Underground in Music (curated)

Gun Button to Fire: A Hurricane Pilot's Dramatic Story of the Battle of Britain
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The amazing story of one of 'the Few', fighter ace Tom Neil. This is a fighter pilot's story of...

The Best of Jane Grigson
Elizabeth David and Jane Grigson
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Published to coincide with the anniversary of 25 years since her untimely death and having been out...

Wine All-in-One For Dummies
Consumer Dummies, Ed McCarthy, Mary Ewing-Mulligan and Maryann Egan
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An all-inclusive, easy-to-use primer to all things wine Want to learn about wine, but don't know...

Expecting a Baby? (One Born Every Minute): Everything You Need to Know About Pregnancy, Birth and Your Baby's First Six Weeks
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This ground-breaking book is bursting with up-to-date medical information that will guide...

Germany: Memories of a Nation
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From Neil MacGregor, the author of A History of the World in 100 Objects, this is a view of Germany...

Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2357 KP) rated City of Schemes in Books
Jan 6, 2021
If you haven’t read this series yet, I recommend you read it from the beginning. This book includes some call back to earlier adventures as well as a major spoiler for the previous book. All of that is wonderful for fans, however, as it allows the characters to grow in some great ways. I love Elizabeth, Gideon, and the rest of the regulars, so I enjoyed spending time with them again. Since this is more a caper than a traditional mystery, I enjoy watching the plot unfold in different ways, and it kept me engaged the entire time. I did have an issue with one part of the climax; if Elizabeth’s motives for her actions had been built into the story a bit more, I probably would have been okay with it. I also enjoyed the humor early in the book. Once again, author Victoria Thompson has written a book that pulled me in and only let me go when I reached the final page.