Extracts
Extract: Countdown by James Patterson and Brendan DuBois
16 October 2023
The CIA's highly classified Special Activities Division is in the business of tracking people down and keeping secrets hidden. Then a botched field operation reveals some dark dealings between an officer's superiors and an informant, including a plot that could kill thousands of Americans. Knowing that her leadership is corrupt to the core...
Extract: The Night House by Jo Nesbo
05 October 2023
In the wake of his parents' tragic deaths fourteen-year-old Richard Elauved has been sent to live with his aunt and uncle in the remote town of Ballantyne. Richard quickly earns a reputation as an outcast, and when a classmate named Tom goes missing, everyone suspects the new, angry boy is responsible. No one believes him when he says the...
Extract: The Burnout by Sophie Kinsella
05 October 2023
Sasha is well and truly over it all: work (all-consuming), friendships (on the back burner), sex-life (non-existent). Sasha has hit a brick wall. Armed with good intentions to drink kale smoothies, try yoga and find solitude, she heads to the Devon resort she loved as a child. But it's off-season, the hotel is falling apart and now she has to...
Extract: How to Hide Inside a Three by Jane van der Riet
25 August 2023
It’s 2017 in Cape Town. The dams are empty. There’s a gangster in charge of the country. Leigh-Anne may look like she’s keeping it together in her Southern suburbs world, but really she’s unravelling. How is a woman supposed to cope? With chocolate and wine, of course, and by making plenty of lists (things feel much more...
Extract: The Art of War by Sun Tzu
23 August 2023
In the words of Sun Tzu, "To win without fighting is best." This is the most prestigious and influential book on strategy and dealing with conflict, beautifully translated for clear, accessible reading.
I: LAYING PLANS
Sun Tzu said:
The art of war is of vital importance to the state. It is a matter of life...
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