Recommended Fiction

Scott Adams

Dilbert Books

There are too many Dilbert books to list them all separately here. The one thing to say is that they are all worth buying and reading until they fall apart. Some of the books are simply page after page of comic strips, whereas others are written takes on corporate life, with a few interspersed Dilbert cartoons. The link for Dilbert will take you to a page at Amazon, which lists all the Dilbert books they have, buy them all!

Matt Beaumont

	e. e is a tapestry of insincerity, backstabbing and bare-faced bitchiness - just everyday office politics. Consisting entirely of e-mails, e spends a few weeks in the company of Miller Shanks, an advertising agency embarked upon the quest to land Coca-Cola - the account they would sell their collective grandmothers in a car boot sale to acquire. This is one pitch that nobody will ever forget...

	the e. before christmas 'I want a party that our staff will talk about for years to come.' These are the prophetic words that began the quest for the perfect office bash. The e before Christmas follows a twisted trail that leads in the only direction Miller Shanks advertising seems capable of heading - downhill. The familiar cast of liars, skivers and shagoholics plays out the fiasco with predictable flair. Cameo performances are given by Vinnie Jones, Jarvis Cocker and a militant lesbian Barbie doll.

Tom Clancy

	Without Remorse It is 1970. Back in the US after serving as a Navy SEAL in Vietnam, John Kelly meets a woman who will change his life for ever. She has recently escaped from a nightmare world of unimaginable suffering, yet before they can plan a future together, the horrors of her past reach out to snatch her from him. Kelly vows to gain revenge - but finds there are others who need his deadly skills.

	Patriot Games When Jack Ryan foils an Ulster Liberation Army terrorist attack on the Prince of Wales and his family, his courageous actions not only win him the admiration of an entire nation, they also arouse the enmity and hatred of that nation's most dangerous men. Now a ULA target himself, Ryan plunges into the murky world of counter-intelligence, where he uncovers a connection between the ULA and an international underground network that places him at the forefront of the deadly battle against terrorism.

	The Hunt for Red October Silently, beneath the chill Atlantic waters, Russia's ultra-secret missile submarine, the Red October, is heading west. The Americans want her. The Russians want her back. With all-out war only seconds away, the superpowers race across the ocean on the most desperate mission of a lifetime. The most incredible chase in history is on...

	The Cardinal of the Kremlin The international arms negotiations appear to be making progress. But a US spy satellite reveals that the Soviets are building a massive laser-defense system controlled from an other-worldly array of pillars and domes in the Soviet hills at Dushanbe near the border of war-torn Afghanistan. The Americans need more information. The man to give it is Colonel Mikhail Filitov of the Soviet Union, codename Cardinal, America's highest-placed agent in the Kremlin. But Filitov's cover is about to be betrayed to the KGB.

	Clear and Present Danger Columbian drug lords, tired of being harassed by the US law enforcement agents, have assassinated the American Ambassador and the visiting head of the FBI. Their message is clear: leave us alone. But they have pushed too far. The decision is made to send undercover teams into Colombia. Back in the USA, men armed with the most sophisticated tools their country can devise prepare to take the fight to the enemy. But does anyone know who the real enemy is?

	The Sum of All Fears As those in power around the globe face up to the challenges of a new world order, in Washington CIA Deputy Director Jack Ryan is putting everything into a plan that could finally bring peace to the Middle East. But too many groups have invested too much blood to allow the plan to succeed - the terrorists have one final, desperate card to play.

	Debt of Honour Called out of retirement to serve as the new President's National Security Adviser, Jack Ryan quickly realizes that the problems of peace are fully as complex as those of war. Enemies have become friends, friends enemies, and even the form of conflict has changed. When one of those new enemies readies a strike not only at America's territory, but at the heart of her economy, it is Ryan who must somehow prepare an untested President to meet the challenge.

	Executive Orders A runaway Jumbo Jet has crashed into the Capitol Building in Washington, leaving the President dead, along with most of the Cabinet and Congress. Dazed and confused, the man who only minutes before was confirmed as the new caretaker Vice-President is told that he is now President of the United States. President John Patrick Ryan.

	Rainbow Six Newly named head of an elite multinational task force, John Clark faces the world's greatest fear: international terrorism. And following each terrifying new outbreak - the ghosts from his own past. The challenge of a new mission is just what Clark needs, but the opportunities come faster than he expected. Each incident seems separate, yet the timing disturbs Clark. Is there a connection?

	The Bear and The Dragon Being President isn't getting any easier. Not only is there trouble at home, but the Asian economy is collapsing, and now, in an already unstable Russia, someone may have tried to assassinate the chairman of the SVR (formerly the KGB) with a rocket-propelled grenade. Even more disturbing are the possible motives of the assassins - are they political, criminal or personal? Or, Ryan wonders, is something for more dangerous going on?

Wendy Northcutt

The Darwin Awards

Most of us know instinctively that the phrase "trust me, light the fuse" is a recipe for disaster. Darwin Award winners do not. Most of us have a basic common sense that eliminates the need for public service announcements such as, "WARNING: COFFEE IS HOT!" Darwin Award winners do not. The stories assembled in this book show that common sense is really not so common.

The Darwin Awards II

In the spirit of Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, The Darwin Awards II brings together a fresh collection of magnificent misadventures, honouring those who continue to improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it in a sublimely idiotic fashion.

Featuring the science and safety discussions designed to aid those vigilant enough to avoid the scythe of natural selection, and including the most inspiring dosen Darwin Awards from the last century, this new compendium of serious humour and cautionary tales - verified by the author and endorsed by website readers - shows us anew how uncommon common sense can be.