Annette J. Dunlea's Blog, page 579

New Title: The Postmistress

Title: The Postmistress Author:  Sarah Blake Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Penguin (6 Jan 2011) ISBN-10: 0141046619 ISBN-13: 978-0141046617 Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 2.4 cm Product Description It is 1940, and bombs fall nightly on London. In the thick of the chaos is young American radio reporter Frankie Bard. She huddles close to terrified [...]

Great Book: Michael Jackson The Life Of A Legend

Title: Michael Jackson: Life of a Legend Author: Michael Heatley Hardcover: 192 pages Publisher: Headline (17 July 2009) Language English ISBN-10: 0755360532 ISBN-13: 978-0755360536 Product Dimensions: 25.8 x 25.6 x 2.2 cm Product Description Michael Jackson was one of those rare human beings who can truly be described as a legend. As with Elvis and [...]

Book Recommendation: The Minds Eye

Title: The Mind's Eye Author:  Oliver Sacks Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Picador (5 Nov 2010) Language English ISBN-10: 033050889X ISBN-13: 978-0330508896 Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.6 x 2.8 cm Product Description In Musicophilia, Oliver Sacks explored music and the brain; now, in The Mind's Eye, he writes about the myriad ways in which we experience [...]

New Title: The Blasphemer

Title: The Blasphemer Author:  Nigel Farndale Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Black Swan (6 Jan 2011) Language English ISBN-10: 0552776173 ISBN-13: 978-0552776172 Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.7 x 3.3 cm Product Description He had always been scared of flying. Now, the fear is real. A plane crash. The water is rising over his mouth. In his [...]

Great Book: The Hanging Shed

Title: The Hanging Shed Author:  Gordon Ferris Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Corvus (1 Mar 2011) ISBN-10: 1848877684 ISBN-13: 978-1848877689 Product Description Glasgow 1946. The last time Brodie came home it was 1942 and he was a proud young man in a paratrooper's uniform. Now, the war is over but victory's wine has soured and Brodie's [...]

Book Recommendation: Cocktails For Three

Title: Cocktails For Three Author: Madeleine Wickham Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Black Swan (19 Aug 2010) Language English ISBN-10: 0552776742 ISBN-13: 978-0552776745 Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 2.2 cm Product Description Three women, smart and successful, working in the fast and furious world of magazines, meet for cocktails and gossip once a month.  Roxanne: [...]

New Title: Hothouse Flower

Title: Hothouse Flower Author:  Lucinda Riley Paperback: 592 pages Publisher: Penguin (25 Nov 2010) Language English ISBN-10: 0141049375 ISBN-13: 978-0141049373 Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 13 x 4.3 cm Product Description A heart-rending page turner which sweeps from war-torn Europe to Thailand and back again . . . As a child Julia Forrester spent many idyllic [...]

Great Book: Shadow Project

Title: The Shadow Project (Ben Hope 5) Author: Scott Mariani Paperback: 464 pages Publisher: Avon (21 Jan 2010) ISBN-10: 0007311907 ISBN-13: 978-0007311903 Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 3 cm Product Description Only one man can foil a plot set to change the course of history! The latest heart-stopping novel from the rising star of [...]

Book Recommendation: A Kind Man

Title: A Kind Man Author:  Susan Hill Hardcover: 192 pages Publisher: Chatto & Windus (6 Jan 2011) ISBN-10: 0701185910 ISBN-13: 978-0701185916 Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.6 x 2 cm Product Description Tommy Carr was a kind man; Eve had been able to tell that after half an hour of knowing him. There had never been [...]

The General Election 2011

General Election 2011 by Annette J Dunlea Published In The Carrigdhoun Newspaper 12th Feb p.9 After The Greens the coalition party withdrew their support from Fianna Fail, the Irish government collapsed. This forced Ireland to have a general election which is to be held on 11th March 2011.Political parties have set out to win over [...]