The Taming of the Queen by Philippa Gregory
She lays her warm cheek to mine. ‘You have to live,’ she says with quiet passion. ‘Sometimes, at court, a woman had to do anything to survive. Anything. You have … Continue reading
Closed Casket by Sophie Hannah
‘Do come in Michael!’ Lady Athelinda Playford sounded as ebullient as ever. She was seventy years ols, with a voice as strong and clear as a polished bell….’Now, about my … Continue reading
The ISI of Pakistan by Hein G. Kiessling
The countries of South Asia constitute one of the most conflict-prone areas in the world. India and Pakistan, with their well-equipped military forces, face each other in a politically volatile … Continue reading
The Story of a Brief Marriage by Anuk Arudpragasam
…When the doctor arrived with one of the nurses close behind he knelt down next to the tarpaulin without. Word and studied the mangled forearm. There were no surgical … Continue reading
The House of a Hundred Stories by Mariam Karim-Ahlawat
Sometimes in distant, clouded dreams A wondrous house I still espy, And all it’s friendly memories Touch me like a happy sigh. Where as little children we learnt To love … Continue reading
Democrats And Dissenters by Ramachandra Guha
…’ I do not think that the present system is a failure,’ said Nehru to Narayan, ‘though it may fail in the future for all I know. If it fails, … Continue reading
Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
…In every phone call during the time they were apart she had reminded him of this, of her inability to stop daydreaming about the day she would leave Limbe and … Continue reading
The World According to Star Wars by Cass R. Sunstein
The human race can be divided into three kinds of people: those who love Star Wars, those who like Star Wars, and those who neither live nor like Star Wars….If … Continue reading
The Things We Keep by Sally Hepworth
The reason I remember Lisa Genova’s Still Alice is because it was the first book on Alzheimer’s that I had read and because I had cried through the book. Sally Hepworth’s The … Continue reading
An Unsafe Haven by Nada Awar Jarrar
“In the past five years, the Arab world has swelled and raged as dictators have fallen and people in their hundreds of thousands have been killed and millions of others displaced. … Continue reading
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