This book provides the fundamental rules of cricket and some remarkable history behind it. It's easy to read and simple to understand, plus a few funny illustrations to reduce the boredom of reading a technical book. Probably I had self-taught myself in learning this sport which made me easier to…
Tim narrated the story as an adult, recalling his childhood time with his twin sister Abigail, where both are obsessed with photographs of ghostly apparitions. They spend their evenings in the attic discussing hauntings, supernatural, macabre and unexplained. They are excited but horrified at the same time by the discoveries…
The first book sets in a small fishing village located in Yeongdo, Busan, from 1910 to 1933. It begins with the story of a fisherman and his wife that has three sons, but only the eldest and weakest survived. Hoonie was born with a cleft palate and a twisted foot…
Billy Hayes was arrested at the airport in Istanbul trying to board a plane while carrying four pounds of hashish. The story begins with the airport scene and leads up to his arrest by the Turkish soldiers. I liked how the story starts with no-nonsense about his childhood or life…
Vic Trenton sends his car to Joe Camber's Garage on the outskirts of Castle Rock in Maine. While waiting for Joe to come out from his barn, Vic's family is horrified when they see a large Saint Bernard. Joe's son Brett ensures them that Cujo is a good dog and…
Chris Emmett served with the Hong Kong police until his retirement as a senior superintendent in 1998. He witnessed the city's transformation from a British colony to a special administrative region within the People's Republic of China. In this book, he shares his experiences as a police officer across a…
It's not the first time that Selena watches her husband Graham has a sexual relationship with her nanny, Geneva, through the laptop's webcam. She's not sure since her love for her husband has faded, but the feeling of anger, hurt and betrayed definitely boiling inside her. She leaves the office…
"Modern times are dominated by Satan and will be more so in the future. The conflict with Hell cannot be engaged by men, even the most clever. The Immaculata alone has from God the promise of victory over Satan."This is a short biography of St. Maximilian Kolbe, beginning from…
Jack and Grace host a dinner party to welcome Rufus and Esther, who just moved to their area. Adam is also Jack's colleague and his wife, Diane, are invited to the dinner as well. Throughout the entire dinner, Grace seems obsessive to have everything to be in perfection to impress…
I have to take a momentary break for every few pages that I’ve read. This is a heartwrenching story of Sachiko recounting her memories during the Nagasaki bombing when she was six years old. Sachiko and her sister Misa were among the 134 children that survived within 0.6…