"Fermat's Last Theorem is an exciting non fiction account of the competion to prove a centuries old theorem and along the way giving a brief and very interesting potted history of mathematics"
"Shogun - don't be put off by the great number of pages - Clavell keeps the action coming and maintains interest in the story set in Imperial Japan with Samurai civil war looming"
"Bill Bryson uses his wit and intellect to recount what is now known about the origins of the universe, the earth and other important matters in science and nature"
"Although written for children this is the first book in a trilogy that any adult can also enjoy - introducing the devilishly funny djinni Bartimaeus in a modern Britain ruled by Magicians"
"Diamond's persuasive account of the geographical, agricultural and technological reasons that led to the dominance of western nations - simultaneously discounting any notion of racial superiority"
