A darkness at Sethanon is the third and final book in the heroic fantasy series the Riftwar Saga, written by Raymond E. Feist. The series begins with Magician (easily the best of the three), which is a more self-contained adventure than its sequels. The second in the series, Silverthorn, suffered from an unfortunate case Second-Book [...]
August 22, 2008
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Year 9 Book Club visit the EYC as part of Book Week celebrations.
CBC’s Book Week – August 16th-22nd
The Winners !!!!!!
This years theme is ‘Fuel your mind’. The Xavier College Libraries will be celebrating during this week with various events at all campuses. Watch out for colorful displays. The shortlisted Books and the winners will be on [...]
August 15, 2008
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This book is one of the few I have read and related well with, purely because it relates to Indian history and the Sikhs. Set in India and Canada it is the story of three women linked and destroyed by the political turmoil that sweeps through the Punjab during partition in 1947 and then in [...]
August 15, 2008
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This is a story about boy (based on Derek Hansen himself) who is growing up in Post War, New Zealand. His world revolves around his mates, Richmond Road School, the Church Army, the shop his mum owns and his family. He likes to ride his bike, go fishing, go to Games night at the Church [...]
August 14, 2008
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This novel is set in a future world – a world where there is no silence, a world where there are no women. When the settlers came to the New World they were exposed to a disease called ‘the noise germ” which killed all the women and whilst, not killing the men, made their thoughts [...]
August 14, 2008
Categories: New Books, New Fiction, Reviews . . Author: francisX . Comments: Leave a Comment