Book Review – March 2018 – Sallie Eden
The Birth of the RAF 1918 by Richard Overy – Published by Allen Lane, 1 March 2018 Published to mark the centenary of the founding of the RAF, the publisher describes this book...
Category: Book Reviews – Sallie Eden
Book Review – March 2018 – Sallie Eden
The Maths Behind by Colin Beveridge (Discover the mathematics of everyday events) – Published by Octopusbooks 2017 I admit I was excited to receive this book from the publisher. But even if you aren’t,...
Book Review – February 2018 – Sallie Eden
Girls Can’t Hit by TS Easton – Published by Hot Key Books, 2017 This book has been on my radar for a while, but I put off reading it for two slightly conflicting...
Book Review – February 2018 – Sallie Eden
News from Namuwongo by Christine Spinney – Published 2017 Based on the author’s weekly blog, written over several years, during her many visits to Uganda, this book is part personal account, part social,...
Book Review – January 2018 – Sallie Eden
A Maigret Christmas And Other Stories by Georges Simenon – A new translation by David Coward – Published in hardback by Penguin, November 2017 Comprising three (long) short stories: ‘A Maigret Christmas’, ‘Seven Small...
Book Review – December 2017 – Sallie Eden
The Rainbow Player by David Kerby-Kendall – Published by Whiteley Publishing, 2014 Sammy Hatchington is an England footballer, the Rainbow Player of the title. He’s the only child of an uncaring father and...
Book Review – December 2017 – Sallie Eden
Murderabilia by Craig Robertson – Published by Simon and Schuster, March 2017 [Also available as an audiobook, read by David Monteath, an outstanding narrator and audiobook genius] Anyone who’s seen my previous reviews...
Book Review – November 2017 – Sallie Eden
What has the EU ever done for us? By David Charter – Published by Biteback Publishing, 2017 Written by the Times’ Berlin correspondent, this book sets out how the EU has affected the...
Book Review – November 2017 – Sallie Eden
The Gritterman by Orlando Weeks – Published by Particular Books, September 2017 Written and illustrated by a member of the sadly defunct indie band, The Maccabees, this is the story of the Gritterman, driver...
Book Review – October 2017 – Sallie Eden
Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker – Published by Allen Lane, 3 October 2017 Matthew Walker is currently Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology and Director of the Sleep and Neuroimaging Laboratory at the...