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by Philip Spires - 2008-07-18
The Hired Hand by Melvyn Bragg is the story of John Tallentire, his wife, Emily, and their families. The novel is set in Cumbria in the north-west of England, starting in the 1890s and following the ...
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by Philip Spires - 2008-07-18
After recently re-reading John Braine's Room at the Top, I went On Chesil Beach, courtesy of Ian McEwan. Without doubt the latter is a masterpiece, whereas the former seems to be a little too reliant...
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by Philip Spires - 2008-07-18
Double Vision by Pat Barker is a novel that defies description. Within its pages there is war, crime, murder, rape, love, hate, sex, artistry, creativity, duplicity, anger, tenderness, inspiration: a...
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by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2008-07-18
Conqueror and I remained at our vantage point in the foothills until the weather exhausted itself. With the floods beginning to melt into the countryside, and with no signs of my enemies from the ...
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by Dirk Wittenborn - 2008-07-24
I was born because a man came to kill my father. If he hadn't showed up with a gun in his pocket and bad thoughts in his head, I wouldn't exist, much less have a story to tell. This tragic footnote t...
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by Edward Chupack - 2008-07-25
What do Somalia, Long John Silver and the U.N. have in common? The answer, unfortunately, is confusion.Somalia is a regime without a central government. The country would be an Abbott and Costello rou...
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by Edward Chupack - 2008-07-25
I have been surprised since writing my novel, "SILVER -- My Own Tale As Told By Me With A Goodly Amount Of Murder", by a particular question that readers have asked and the frequency with which it has...
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by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2008-07-29
At that exact moment, a young couple from the village was coincidently walking down the path with some food they had prepared for me. When they saw me emerge from the cave with this creature fro...
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by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2008-07-31
I was quiet for a moment so that the man, so self-assured and strong willed and not accustomed to acknowledging the need for help, could reflect on his admissions. I then said, "There are so...
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by E. RAYMOND ROCK - 2008-08-02
As the man slowly walked away, I faced my own future as well, and I entered the subdued and inviting cave; I had a lot of work to do. I was already adept at the Four Material Calms of - applied...
