Posted on 21 Nov 2012 in Fiction, Non-Fiction, SFF |
This book of essays and stories adds new perspective to Stephenson’s interests and plot devices. Reviewing a collection of essays is a tricky task at the best of...
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Posted on 12 Nov 2012 in Non-Fiction |
This memoir is a passionate account of a conductor’s lifetime enthusiasm for music. Give Me Excess of It is an immensely enjoyable book. Richard Gill and I are...
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Posted on 7 Nov 2012 in Non-Fiction |
According to Germaine Greer, the revolution for women’s equality hasn’t even begun. Whether you agree with Greer or not, The Unfinished Revolution: Voices from the...
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Posted on 30 Oct 2012 in Non-Fiction |
In this memoir, Lucy Neville finds love in a city of kidnappers. Mexico City has a population of almost nine million people and boasts the second highest rate of...
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Posted on 24 Oct 2012 in Non-Fiction |
The champion who won our hearts – and every race she entered. Black Caviar. Even the name is special, isn’t it? It rolls around your tongue, like caviar itself – rich,...
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Posted on 17 Oct 2012 in Non-Fiction |
The Tudors are endlessly fascinating. This new history examines the effects of one small family on a nation’s identity. Tudors, Volume II in Peter Ackroyd’s...
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