“Sorrow-Free”;Nemesis) Hole investigates a bank robbery and isimplicatedin the death of a former girlfriend. Aserial killeris at work inMarekors(2003; “Pentagram”;The Devil’s Star), this time inOslo. Hole tracks a contract killer inFrelseren(2005; “Saviour”;The Redeemer) and ...
“Death in the Afternoon” “For Whom the Bell Tolls” “Green Hills of Africa” “Hills like White Elephants” “In Our Time” “Islands in the Stream” “The Fifth Column” “The Old Man and the Sea” “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” ...
Most of us, however, take life for granted. We know that one day we must die, but usually we picture that day as far in the future. When we are in buoyant health, death is all but unimaginable. We seldom think of it. The days stretch out in an endless vista. So we go about ou...
Steingruber may have felt he had good reason to be miffed. After all he had published the volume in installments at his own expense and made sure that the Margrave’s monogram (and that of Carolina Frederica, his wife) in building form appeared in the span above the roman arch on the ti...
And Finally: Matters of Life and Death by Henry Marsh is the neurosurgeon’s account of being diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer shortly after his retirement. If you have read Marsh’s first two books about his career, Do No Harm and Admissions, then you will know that he doesn’t su...
‘The Good Liar’ by Nicholas Searle tells the story of Roy Courtnay, a conman aged in his eighties living in the leafy suburbs of England who is attempting to swindle wealthy widow Betty McLeish out of her life savings after meeting her on a dating website. However, although Betty appear...
Release Yourself: Focuses on shedding unnecessary stress. Harmony and Sustainability: Promotes living in balance with oneself and nature, aiming for enduring wellness. The Joy of Little Things: Encourages savoring everyday pleasures. Being in the Here and Now: Highlights the importance of mindfulness ...
"Living I Was Your Plague, O Pope, dead, I will be your death" are the words Martin Luther wrote on the wall, in chalk, the night before he died. They were the epitaph he wanted to be remembered by. This book, by Lyndal Roper, Regius Professor of History at the University of Oxfo...
The story opens with the funeral of Adam Fletcher, a man whose death sets in motion a chain of events that unravel the tightly wound lives of those left behind. Claire Fletcher, his adopted granddaughter, is forced to choose between what her heart desires; i.e., follow the love of her ...
Celebration of Life after Death; BOOK REVIEW the Book of Football Obituaries by Ivan Ponting Know the Score Books 4sportsbooks.Co.UK Price: Pounds 11.87 Saving 34 per Cent on RrpByline: Peter SharkeyThe Birmingham Post (England)