"There's no room for jugglers in my circus" tells the tale of a young man's drug-addled youth misspent in Borehamwood, where cheap gossip was rife, "friends" were just ships passing in the night, and dreams remained just that.

Given the young man's drug habit, his involvement with gangsters, violence and prison seems inevitable. Cookster dissects the psyche of personalities fuelled by drink, drugs and power, and draws colourful sketches of the different types of gangster from "the Real McCoy", a highly influential "gentleman" who practises a code of honour among thieves, to the "plastic gangster", a "wannabe" who has all the bluster but none of the power.

Despite everything, there is light at the end of the tunnel for the narrator, as he retains his hopes for the future, and keeps his aspirations alive amid the chaos.

And all the time the story is fuelled by cocaine, the devil's dandruff.

The stories start in the year 79 AD during the time of the Romans. They are mainly based around villages around Mount Vesuvius (near Rome), which until it erupted in 79 AD it was thought to be a harmless mountain.

As Flavia and her friends attempt to solve their first crime, the clues lead them around Ostia: to the harbor, the forum, the lighthouse, and the tombs of the dead. Later riddles and mysteries take them to Pompeii, Sorrento, Rome and Greece.

We were inspired to get these books from the library after watching Junior Mastermind. One of the contestants chose the books for her specialist subject and made them sound very interesting and educational, which they most certainly are. They are based on fact and fiction.

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We met this author on the Thameslink she was promoting her book herself, so I thought I would give her a helping paw as she was very nice.

Set in London this tale tells of interwoven family lives and draws on all human emotions. young love, teenage years, problems of single parenthood and the unpredictability of family relationships.

It follows the story of Nicky, unhappy at home and school and Niall, the apple of his mothers eye.

The novel presents the reader with with many twists and turns in the various relationships.

An Indian family attempt to transport themselves and their zoo animals for a new life and better business in Canada. The cargo ship sinks. A solitary lifeboat remains alone on the Pacific. The crew of the lifeboat are a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg) , a female orangutan, a 450-pound Bengal tiger and Pi - a 16-year-old Indian boy now without his family.

This is a thought provoking book. If you do find part one a little boring, please do not give up on the book as part two is great and the dialogue in part three funny.

Down and out in the NeuroTypical world Dawn Prince-Hughes finds home when she starts to share the life of Gorillas. From them she learns not just of their intelligence and emotions, but also of her own and later how connect to humans. As a person who has grown to adulthood not knowing she has Aspergers syndrome - a form of autism - she has had little understanding why she has faced the barriers a neuro typical world constructs around intelligent people like her.

This is an autobiographical glimpse into the world of an Aspie and a good read for Aspies and NTs (Neuro Typicals) alike.

This book, like Without Remorse, is centered around John Clark, an ex-Navy SEAL who is a CIA operative. Clark gets an idea to form a super secret multi-national anti-terrorism squad to be code-named "Rainbow". As the commander of this group, Clark is known as "Rainbow Six". Clark takes Ding Chavez along with operators from around the World (primarily NATO countries, however) and forms the group in Britain at the headquarters of the SAS. Almost as soon as the group is formed, three terrorist acts occur. From there, the plot begins to weave between Russia, the United States, and Australia but ends in a rain forest in Brazil.

The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father's servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption, and it is also about the power of fathers over sons—their love, their sacrifices, their lies.

This novel contains secrets that are currently changing our world. Drawing on the ancient wisdom found in a Peruvian manuscript, it tells you how to make connections between the events happening in your own life right now....and direct your steps with new energy and optimism as you head in tomorrow

This book has sister books, but it is best to read this book (An Adventure) first

This book has a habit of coming by you when you are ready for it so don't look for it..... it will look for you!

Christopher, 15, is gifted with a logical brain. He knows all the worlds capitals, every prime number up to 7,057. However, he has little understanding of human emotions. He hates being touched. He likes routine and order.

Finding his neighbor’s dog dead, he is initially blamed for the killing. Christopher decides to track down the real killer. But the investigation leads him down some unexpected paths and brings him face to face with the dissolution of his parents’ relationship.

As he tries to deal with the family crisis, we are drawn into the workings of Christopher’s mind, the mind of an Aspie*

*Aspie (a person with an Asperger's syndrome type brain. {Aspergers syndrome is said to be a high functioning form of autisum})