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One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
By Agatha Christie. When Hercule Poirot's own dentist, Henry Morley, is found dead from a gunshot wound, the official verdict is that he has killed himself; a verdict apparently supported when it appears that he has given one of his patients a fatal overdose of anaesthetic. Poirot suspects, however, that there is more to the case than at first appears, and soon events confirm his worst suspicions. -
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
Written by Rebecca West. Talks about a journey through Yugoslavia. -
Five on a Treasure Island
Is a popular children's book, written by Enid Blyton. It is the first book in the The Famous Five series -
Put Out More Flags
Evelyn Waugh - The novel is set during the first year of the war and follows the wartime activities of the book's characters. -
Make Do and Mend
It was a pamphlet that published during the WWII. It provided the housewives with useful tips. -
See How They Run
A play by Philip King. It is set in England during the 1940s. It's World War II,and the village inhabitants are preparing themselves for the imminent threat of Nazi invasion. -
Eavan Boland
An Irish poet, author, and professor, was born. Her work deals with the Irish national identity, and the role of women in Irish history. First book of poetry published in 1967 ("New Territory") -
The Pursuit of Love
Written by Nancy Mitford. A novel about love. -
Animal Farm
Written by George Orwell. It's an allegory - animals are actually politicians. -
Loving
Written by Henry Green. Loving describes life above and below stairs in an Irish country house during the Second World War. In the absence of their employers the Tennants, the servants enact their own battles and conflict amid rumours about the war in Europe; invading one another's provinces of authority to create an anarchic environment of self-seeking behaviour, pilfering, gossip and love. -
Alamein to Zem Zem
It is a military memoir of the Western Desert campaign of World War II written by the British soldier-poet Keith Douglas shortly before his death in action in Normandy in June 1944. -
Herbert George Wells
Was an English writer. Wells is now best remembered for his science fiction novels and is called the "father of science fiction". His notable works are: "The Time Machine" (1895), "The War of the World" (1898) -
Under the Volcano
Autobiography by Malcolm Lowry. -
The Slaves of Solitude
By Patrick Hamilton. The novel follows the experiences of Miss Roach when she has to leave London during the Blitz. -
The Heat of the Day
Written by Elizabeth Bowen. The book revolves around the relationship between Stella Rodney and her lover Robert Kelway, with the interfering presence of Harrison in the tense years following the Blitz in London. -
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
It was the first book in the Chronicles of Narnia series. Written by C.S. Lewis. -
1984
It's a dystopian novel written by George Orwell. -
The Grass is Singing
Doris Lessing's first novel. Talks about racial politics in Africa.
