The Cruel Sea

Nicholas Monsarrat

The highly acclaimed 'Cruel Sea' is one of the all-time great naval and war thrillers. The film was a smash hit when released and both it and the book continue to enjoy undiminished popularity. It covers not just the details of the battle of the Atlantic, but deals with the people who fought it - their ...

Iron John

Robert Bly

Robert Bly writes that it is clear to men that the images of adult manhood given by popular culture are worn out, that a man can no longer depend on them. Iron John searches for a new vision of what a man is or could be, drawing on psychology, anthropology, mythology, folklore and legend. Robert Bly loo...

Lost World, The

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The notorious Professor Challenger claims that dinosaurs still walk the earth. When the press and the scientific community ridicule him, Challenger vows to show them proof. And so he sets off for South America, accompanied by a big game hunter, a scientist and a young reporter eager to impress the woman...

Otis Redding: An Unfinished Life

Jonathan Gould

tival. Otis Redding remains an immortal presence in the canon of American music on the strength of such classic hits as o(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay,o oI've Been Loving You Too Long,o oTry a Little Tenderness,o and oRespect,o a song he wrote and recorded before Aretha Franklin made it her own. As t...