Brendan Connell
Lives of Notorious Cooks
Editors' choice
On first look, this little book doesn’t give much away. I had read the blurb which told me, in part,…
The Life of Polycrates and Other Stories for Antiquated Children
Eleven tales are collected in The Life of Polycrates and other Stories for Antiquated Children, ranging in period from ancient…
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