http://www.transitionelement.com/ en-us 2010-04-14T12:47:11+00:00 http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2010/04/book_the_girl_w_2.html [ US | UK ] The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest by Stieg Larsson Rating: ★★★★☆ Synopsis: Salander is plotting her revenge - against the man who tried to kill her, and against the government institutions that very... culture Peter 2010-04-14T12:47:11+00:00 http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2010/04/book_the_almond.html [ US | UK ] The Almond Blossom Appreciation Society by Chris Stewart Rating: ★★★★☆ Synopsis: The Good Life goes on at El Valero. Find yourself laughing out loud as Chris is instructed by his daughter on local teenage... culture Peter 2010-04-11T12:45:01+00:00 http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2010/04/book_a_parrot_i.html [ US | UK ] A Parrot in the Pepper Tree by Chris Stewart Rating: ★★★★☆ Synopsis: A Parrot in the Pepper Tree, the sequel to Driving over Lemons, follows the lives of Chris, Ana and their daughter, Chloë,... culture Peter 2010-04-05T12:40:32+00:00 http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2010/03/book_a_web_of_a.html [ US | UK ] A Web of Air (Mortal Engines) by Philip Reeve Rating: ★★★☆☆ Synopsis: Two years ago, Fever Crumb escaped the war-torn city of London in a travelling theatre. Now she arrives in the extraordinary craer... culture Peter 2010-03-30T13:03:54+00:00 http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2010/03/book_this_is_wh.html [ US | UK ] This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper Rating: ★★★☆☆ Synopsis: Poor Judd Foxman returns home early to find his wife in bed with his boss - in the act. He now faces... culture Peter 2010-03-23T12:34:01+00:00 http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2010/03/book_the_girl_w_1.html [ US | UK ] The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson Rating: ★★★★☆ Synopsis: Lisbeth Salander is a wanted woman. Two Millennium journalists about to expose the truth about sex trafficking in Sweden are murdered, and... culture Peter 2010-03-17T12:30:06+00:00 http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2010/03/book_the_girl_w.html [ US | UK ] The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson Rating: ★★★★☆ Synopsis: Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her... culture Peter 2010-03-07T12:25:30+00:00 http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2010/02/book_gone_tomor.html [ US | UK ] Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child Rating: ★★★☆☆ Synopsis: In the latest outing for Jack Reacher, Gone Tomorrow, Child’s resourceful hero is travelling in New York City, observing his fellow passengers on the subway. He’s... culture Peter 2010-02-16T08:35:19+00:00 http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2010/02/book_three_men.html [ US | UK ] Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome Rating: ★★★★★ Synopsis: Martyrs to hypochondria and general seediness, J. and his friends George and Harris decide that a jaunt up the Thames would suit... culture Peter 2010-02-06T21:56:30+00:00 http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2010/01/book_longitude.html [ US | UK ] Longitude by Dava Sobel Rating: ★★★★☆ Synopsis: The thorniest scientific problem of the eighteenth century was how to determine longitude. Many thousands of lives had been lost at sea over the centuries due to... culture Peter 2010-01-17T12:16:18+00:00 http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2010/01/book_people_of.html [ US | UK ] People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks Rating: ★★★★☆ Synopsis: In 1996, Hanna Heath, an Australian rare-book expert, is offered the job of a lifetime: analysis and conservation of the famed Sarajevo Haggadah, which... culture Peter 2010-01-07T21:54:20+00:00 http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2009/12/book_nine_drago.html [ US | UK ] Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly Rating: ★★★★☆ Synopsis: In Los Angeles, a Chinese liquor store owner is killed in what appears to be a shakedown for the triads (the retailer, Mr Li, was under... culture Peter 2009-12-18T21:51:56+00:00 http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2009/12/book_the_lost_s.html culture Peter 2009-12-16T21:48:38+00:00 http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2009/12/book_catching_f.html culture Peter 2009-12-05T21:45:54+00:00 http://www.transitionelement.com/archives/2009/11/book_the_suspic.html [ US | UK ] The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher or the Murder at Road Hill House by Kate Summerscale Rating: ★★★★☆ Synopsis: It is a summer’s night in 1860. In an elegant detached Georgian house in the village... culture Peter 2009-11-25T21:43:48+00:00