Over the last few months I have enjoyed reading a number of books, and I would like to recommend three of them to you.
The first is ‘The Life of Pi' written Yann Martel.
ISBN1 84195 392 X.
This book was the winner of the Man Booker prize in 2002.
It is a story about the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, leaving a solitary lifeboat bobbing on the wild, blue pacific. The only survivors from the wreck, in the lifeboat are a sixteen-year-old boy named Pi, a hyena, (with a broken leg), a female Orang-Utan and a 450-pound Royal Bengal Tiger. Pi survived for 227 days. The twist at the end takes one's breath away.
The second book is ‘Spitfire Women of World War II', Giles Whittell.
ISBN 978 – 0 – 00 – 723535 -3.
This book is the truly remarkable story of the very rarely acknowledged women pilots, who flew in world war II, flying over 140 different types of aircraft, including Lysanders, Spitfires, Bombers, and jet aircraft. Some flying unfamiliar aeroplanes with only 30 minutes training. one of which was the first British women to fly a jet plane.
The Third book is 'First Light' by Geoffrey Wellum.
ISBN 9 780141-00841
Two months before the outbreak WWII, a seventeen-year-old Geoffrey Wellum leaves school to become a fighter pilot with the R.A.F. This book is the gripping memoir of his experiences as a fighter pilot. It is as if you are in the cockpit with him. His part in fighting off 150 German planes leaves you drenched in perspiration, and breathless. Un-put-down able.
If you read them, let me know what you think of them. Bob Ashwood. |
