A clever mesh of contemporary and Cold-War era espionage sees a young, inexperienced but enormously talented station chief of the United States Intelligence take on forces that are remorselessly hostile, insidious, and unpredictable, in Anna Pitoniak’s edge of the seat thriller The Helsinki Affair. Amanda Cole gets a surprise and spontaneous promotion as the Station … Continue reading The helsinki affair – anna pitoniak

(Image Credit: simonandschuster.com) Frighteningly candid, refreshingly poignant, and fascinatingly alluring, In My Time of Dying is a confirmed atheist’s unrelenting search to find meaning in the mysterious workings of life and his meditations on the inevitability of death. New York Times bestselling author and winner of a Peabody Award, Sebastian Junger wrenched himself out from … Continue reading In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face With the Idea of an Afterlife – Sebastian Junger

(Image Credit: Penguin Books Australia) Mirko Czentovic, by all accounts and ruminations is the most “accidental” world chess champion in the history of the game. The son of a poor South Slavonian boatman, whose modest craft had been run down one unfortunate night by a freight steamer carrying grain, Czentovic is taken in by the … Continue reading Chess – Steafan Zweig

(Image Credit: http://www.netgalley.com) Acclaimed author Deborah Levy, in a stirring collection of essays pays tribute to the feminine in general and some of the obscure as well as famous literary and artistic women, who have served as beacons of inspiration in ger own authorial endeavours. The Position of Spoons is a powerful homage to the … Continue reading The Position of Spoons – Deborah Levy

(Image Credit - Vintage Books) In a story titled “Questions Posed by a Mad Mathematician,” Russian author Anton Chekov describes a train traveling between stations at specific times. Weaving an intricate question of Arithmetic in between the story, Chekov concludes with an abstruse question, “Who is capable of loving longer, a man or a woman?” … Continue reading Question 7 – Richard Flanagan

(Image Credit - Zaffre Books) The former SAS operative is at his blistering best in his latest edge of the seat thriller, Traitor. Chris Ryan brings to bear his extensive experience in the most dangerous of circumstances to conjure an unputdownable offering that has more twists and turns than hairpin binds on a hilly path! … Continue reading Traitor – Chris Ryan

(Image Credit: http://www.goodreads.com) Zen Buddhist teacher and bestselling Korean author, Haemin Sumin, offers tidbits of ‘Kiplingesque’ wisdom in his slim, albeit alluring book, When Things Don’t Your Way. Drawing upon personal experiences and challenges, Sumin distills the essence of life in six concise chapters. Exhorting his readers that not ‘feeling all right’ is also a … Continue reading When Things Don’t Go Your Way – Haemin Sumin