Opening Sentence:Empire was Arnold’s lodestar. Synopsis:Arnold Wienolt – MP, lion hunter and intelligence agent – was a larger-than-life action hero whose eccentricities were legendary. He once hired a circus tent when campaigning for parliament and offered to box all-comers in… Read More ›
biography
A Fortunate Life by A. B. Facey
Opening Sentence:I was born in the year 1894 at Maidstone in Victoria. Synopsis:This is the extraordinary life of an ordinary man. It is the story of Albert Facey, who lived with simple honesty, compassion and courage. A parentless boy who… Read More ›
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
Opening Sentence:It was summer I remember. Synopsis:From Amazon.com A son struggles to come to terms with the horrific story of his parents and their experiences during the Holocaust and in postwar America, in an omnibus edition of Spiegelman’s two-part, Pulitzer… Read More ›
One Red Paperclip: How a Small Piece of Stationery Turned into a Great Big Adventure by Kyle Macdonald
Opening Sentence:Dom and I round the corner. Synopsis:Kyle McDonald was meant to be looking for a job. He was at that point in his life where he wanted his own house. But how could he get a house if he… Read More ›