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99p - 500+ pages, very highly regarded by critics.
The Overstory - by Richard Powers
This ebook seems to have been recreated on a new page for 2024, for some reason ... new cover ?
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2018
... very nearly a masterpiece ... The encyclopaedic powers of Powers extend from the sciences to the literary classics. On almost every page of The Overstory you will find sentences that combine precision and vision. [An] exhilarating read. ― The Times
An extraordinary novel … an astonishing performance …He’s incredibly good at describing trees, at turning the science into poetry …The book is full of ideas … Some of what was happening to his characters passed into my conscience, like alcohol into the bloodstream, and left a feeling behind of grief or guilt, even after I put it down. Which is one test of the quality of a novel. ― Guardian
... so much research and such a jostle of intersecting ideas ... like a landbound companion to Moby-Dick’s digressional and obsessive whale tale ... One of the most thoughtful and involving novels I’ve read for years ... The propulsive style and the enthusiastic reverence of Powers’s writing about nature keep it whizzing through any amount of linked observations on literary criticism, political science and statistical analysis. It’s an extraordinary novel, alert to the large ideas and humanely generous to the small ones. ― Daily Telegraph
... the best book I’ve read in ten years. It’s a remarkable piece of literature, and the moment it speaks to is climate change. So, for me, it’s a lodestone. It’s a mind-opening fiction, and it connects us all in a very positive way to the things that we have to do if we want to regain our planet. ― New York Times
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson £0.99
500+ pages
"One of the most popular sci-fi books of all time . . . It stands as a foundational text of the cyberpunk movement."--Wired
"Stephenson's cult classic has become canon in Silicon Valley, where a host of engineers, entrepreneurs, futurists, and assorted computer geeks . . . still revere Snow Crash as a remarkably prescient vision of today's tech landscape."--Vanity Fair
First time cheap since release last year, just droppped to 99p -
How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn't - by Ian Dunt
Excellent . . . Dunt's analysis is refreshingly focused on reality, rather than academic abstraction. When he advocates change, it is because his book has shown how an existing set of incentives is ensuring failure. Read it and you will see just how deep our problems run ― NEW STATESMAN
Dunt has spent years watching Westminster and his book offers a comprehensive analysis of the problems with these institutions . . . an elegant primer for those who wish to understand how power actually operates in Britain . . . far scarier than any conspiracy theory ― THE TIMES
British politics, Dunt argues with his trademark insight and incisive wit, is broken. And it doesn't help that the way Westminster actually works is shrouded in secrecy. Here he exposes the truth behind our political systems in a rousing call to arms ― i NEWSPAPER
lacerating . . . a savage indictment of the status quo. In a series of deeply informed and carefully worked out examples, Ian Dunt takes us through the Westminster labyrinth to reveal an omnishambles ― GUARDIAN
In clear, reasonable tones Ian Dunt lays out why we should all be bloody furious at how badly British politics serves us. Parliament, parties, the media, the civil service and the law are all shatteringly exposed as rusted vehicles of inactivity, where long-term thinking is a dirty idea. How Westminster Works is both an articulate wail of lament and a rousing call to arms -- ARMANDO IANNUCCI
Ian Dunt is an acute observer of what's gone wrong with our politics and why -- ALASTAIR CAMPBELL
With typical incision, wit and flair, Ian Dunt masterfully deconstructs and skewers our corrosive political culture. An indispensable analysis of how we got into this mess -- THE SECRET BARRISTER
Trilogy in 1 volume, now 99p for the first time ever (1000+ pages!)
Green Earth - by Kim Stanley Robinson
GREEN EARTH takes the original story trilogy and combines them in a fully updated, compressed and compelling single volume.
- FORTY SIGNS OF RAIN,
- FIFTY DEGREES BELOW,
- SIXTY DAYS AND COUNTING
- "Absorbing and convincing."--Nature
- ‘A funny, convincing, intelligent book’ -- INDEPENDENT
- "One of our most visionary hard sci-fi writers is also a profoundly good nature writer."--LA Times
- "An unforgettable demonstration of what can go wrong when an ecological balance is upset .. If I had to choose one writer whose work will set the standard for science fiction in the future ...’ -- NEW YORK TIMES
- ‘A narrative that is rich in closely observed characters and a wonderfully vivid sense of place … depicts a society sleep-walking towards the abyss’ ... ‘One of the finest working novelists in any genre’ -- GUARDIAN
Been waiting for this ... first ever time cheap, now just 99p (terrible cover!) >
- 'Baddiel writes with a comic’s fluency and timing … In giving us the full, unvarnished picture, Baddiel has done his parents proud’ -- Guardian
- 'Outrageously funny…profoundly thoughtful' -- The Sunday Times
- 'A joy from beginning to end; beautifully written, deeply moving, incredible funny' -- Daily Mail
- 'Such an extraordinary, hilarious book' -- Observer
- 'A must-read, must-buy. Laugh out loud funny – and moving. The read of the summer' -- The Sunday Times
- 'Candid, playful … an entertaining, bawdy memoir' -- Independent
- ‘This word, “amazing”, pretty much sums up Baddiel’s memoir; likewise “jaw-dropping”…wincingly funny, but always pointedly fond’ -- iPaper
- 'I did not like the bad language ... 3⭐' -- amazon reviewer 😆
Posting for info -
After February 26th, you can only download books from the Kindle store to your e-reader over Wi-Fi (not directly via USB cable)
https://www.theverge.com/news/612898/amazon-removing-kindle-book-download-transfer-usb
Which is prompting discussions such as >
Plus, this might be useful >
https://www.reddit.com/r/Calibre/comments/1c2ryfz/2024_guide_to_dedrm_kindle_books/
Prequel - by Rachel Maddow (2024) 400pp - first time at 99p
A timely and fascinating book... There are many astonishing vignettes here... Rachel Maddow has written an important book. Pity that so few Republicans are likely to read or heed it. The word fascism no longer frightens half the people it should. -- Max Hastings ― Sunday Times
A ripping read. . . . The parallels to the present day are strong, even startling ― New York Times (Editor's Choice)
A chilling history lesson... vivid, urgent, smart... Maddow makes clear that the crisis we face today is not new and that this realization should give us hope - because previous generations have faced this threat and overcome it. ― Washington Post
Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies - by The Secret Barrister
2020, 400 pages, rarely cheap
- The anonymous campaigning lawyer returns with a myth-busting new book that takes on the many detractors of the law and legal profession. ― The Times
- an urgent and highly readable book. You will come away from it feeling that your mind has been purged ― The Times
- Well written, both punchy and providing concise explanations of complex laws . . . a powerful polemic that also acts as a primer about our legal rights ― Sunday Times
- exposé of agenda-driven politicians, click-hungry tabloid editors and powerful corporate interests who persuade us that the system is stacked in favour of criminals and the undeserving ― Daily Mirror
- The authority of this author is in the sheer quality of the writing ― Prospect
- I enjoyed reading this book. It is well-written and informative and the SB is right to lament the levels of public ignorance about the way the system works ― Daily Telegraph
- Fake Law is a compelling, eye-opening read and should act as a wake-up call for anyone with an interest in how the law, and, by extension, society and justice function – that is to say, every one of us ― Daily Express
