Top Five Self Isolation Books I Want to Read

COVID-19 has put many of us into either quarantine, or self isolation. This has afforded many of us the opportunity to catch up on our reading.

Due to my job, I haven't gone into self-isolation, and thankfully, my rather unusual immune system has kept me from getting sick and going into quarantine.  However, since it may happen at some point, I submit to you my Top Five Self Isolation Books I Want to Read.  Now please be aware that I haven't read these books- which is why I want to read them.  As such, I will be quoting the blurbs on the back of the books for them.

"Down Station" by Simon Morden.  "Instead of fire, there was water.

Mary.  One slip away from prison, fighting to build herself a future from nothing.

Dalip.  The gentle son of a warrior tradition.  A young man who must fight for independence from his family.

Stanislav.  A fierce and capable man carrying the wounds of a brutal war.

They left London in flames for a place where everything was different.  A place that can uncover your secrets.

A place haunted by a man called Crows..."

"Jack the Ripper: A Psychic Investigation" by Pamela Ball.  ""Jack the Ripper: A Psychic Investigation" is the story of the author's journey into the heart of a mystery that has haunted the popular imagination for over 100 years.  The grisly details both fascinate and repel, and the apparent lack of an understandable motive makes the story even more bewildering.

Pamela Ball uses both astrology and channelling to cast new and startling light on a puzzle that has baffled the experts ever since the gruesome murders were committed in Whitechapel back in 1888.  using these psychic tools combined with a detailed study of the political and social background of the time, she is able to shatter many of the myths and preconceptions that have built up around Jack the Ripper and points to conclusions that take us close than we have ever been to solving the riddle of who did commit the atrocious killings.

The method employed are unusual and radical and perhaps too incredible for some.  "Jack the Ripper: A Psychic Investigation" simply presents the shocking evidence and leaves the reader to decide".

"My Life" by Fidel Castro and Ignacio Ramonet.  "As leader of Cuba, Fidel |Castro outlasted nine US Presidents, and survived over 600 assassination attempts.  he still remains one of the modern era's most controversial figures.

Here Castro tells his live story in full for the first time, speaking openly about everything from his parents and earliest influences to his imprisonment, the guerrilla war and the Cuban revolution and on to the Bay of Pigs, the missile crisis and his role in global politics.  He also remembers the people he know, from Che Guevara to Ernest Hemingway.  Whatever your views on Castro are, this is an essential record of an incredible life- and even more extraordinary times."

"The Einstein File" by Fred Jerome.  "From the moment of Albert Einstein's arrival in the United States in 1933, the year of the Nazis' ascent to power in Germany, until his death in 1966, J. Edgar Hoover's FBI assisted by several other federal agencies, began feverishly collecting "derogatory information" in an effort to undermine the renowned physicist's influence and destroy his reputation.  using material newly obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, Fred Jerome tells the story in depth of that anti-Einstein campaign, why and how the campaign originated, and provides the first detailed picture of Einstein's political activism.  "The Einstein File" not only reveals a little-known aspect of Einstein's considerable social and humanitarian concerns, but underscores the dangers that can arise to the American republic and the rule of law in times of obsession with national security."

"Unravelling the Franklin Mystery: Inuit Testimony" by David C. Woodman.  "On 28 July 1845 two British exploration vessles, HMS Erebus and Terror manned by 129 intrepid officers and seaman under the command of Sir John Franklin were seen disappearing into the ice-pack in Davis Strait by a lonely whaling ship.  They had been asked to find the last small piece in the puzzle of the Northwest Passage and travel through it to Asia.  If all went well, they were expected to reappear within three years.  All Europe waited anxiously.

The Erebus and Terror were never seen by white men again."

So, there you have it- five books I want to read during self isolation.