| off the shelf |

b inspiredSnippets of beautifully-crafted wordsmithery
from between the covers of books that
impel response, in whatever form

There is a torrent of publishing output today: we have so much from which to choose and not enough time to find everything that speaks to us. Updated sporadically, | off the shelf | has a growing collection of classics, personal old favourites and new writing, and little about their authors. Perhaps you will find something here that speaks to you.

You can read extracts by post date, most recent first, or by author / title, listed below.

Author

Title
b-clarke-ac-mini Arthur C
Clarke 		The Star
b-conroy-p-mini Pat
Conroy 		The Prince of Tides
b-downey-k-mini Kirstin
Downey 		The Woman Behind the New Deal
b-duncan-g-mini Glen
Duncan 		I, Lucifer: Finally,
the Other Side of the Story
b-dworkin-a-mini Andrea
Dworkin 		Letters from a War Zone
b-haddon-m-mini Mark
Haddon 		The Curious Incident of
the Dog in the Night-time
b-hewett-d-mini Dorothy
Hewett 		Bobbin’ Up
b-huxley-a-mini Aldous
Huxley 		Doors Of Perception &
Heaven And Hell
b-kidd-monk-s-mini Sue Monk
Kidd 		The Secret Life of Bees
b-wells-hg-mini H G
Wells 		A Vision of Judgement
b-wesley-m-mini Mary
Wesley 		An Imaginative Experience