fiction
fiction
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by Philip Spires - 2007-09-07
In offering a review of a novel by William Boyd I could certainly be accused of bias. I would proudly plead guilty, since I regard him as one of just four or five British writers who are capable...
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by Philip Spires - 2007-08-29
The title of Mission's first chapter is Michael. Here is how it starts ...Enter Michael, dishevelled and panting. His movements are hurried, agitated and anxious. The kitchen door creaks on its ...
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by Philip Spires - 2007-09-07
It is not often that a novel comes to hand that has been prized, praised and pre-inflated. Half of a Yellow Sun was in that category when I opened it and began to read. And I was captivated imme...
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by Philip Spires - 2007-09-07
George Edalji (that's Ay-dal-ji, by the way, since Parsee names are always stressed on the first syllable) is the son of a Staffordshire vicar of Indian origin and his Scottish wife. George is t...
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by Linore Rose Burkard - 2007-09-21
A landmark study published this past July purports to prove that obesity is catching--to a degree.Apparently, how your friends behave in the eating "arena" has more of an impact on you than fami...
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by Mike Scantlebury - 2007-10-01
Working in the community can be hard work. Doing good isn't all that easy, especially when there's very little money and hardly any support to go round. Inevitably, a lot of time is spent trying to ra...
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by Philip Spires - 2007-10-02
I don't read a lot of history, contemporary or otherwise, and when I do, it is usually in the area of political economy. In recent years, for instance, I have delighted at the scholarship and in...
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by Jacob Marshal - 2007-10-22
The more you share, the more you know! Involving one's self into an exciting book is no less than an interesting errand. Saluting the deep impact that knowledge can exert on us, writers and play...
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by Jacob Marshal - 2007-10-22
Bell Hooks once stated "Life transforming ideas have always come to me through books." There is no better rejuvenation than reading a book for anyone who has picked it up as a hobby. Books indee...
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by Philip Spires - 2007-10-19
I have visited Turkey, but not Istanbul. It's one of those iconic places that keeps cropping up in travel plans, but then gets overlooked, possibly because its name fits so easily into my though...
