Archive for the ‘Books’ Category
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Library corner: Futuristic mayhem – The Outer Spheres by Andrew Wallace
03 Jan 2018The Library Corner reviews The Outer Spheres. 24th century princess Charity Freestone is fighting for her life against the massed…
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Can you defend yourself from verbal attack? Review: Verbal Aikido Green & Orange Belt by Luke A Archer
19 Dec 2017It may surprise you that a verbal attack can be much trickier and more difficult to deal with than a…
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Bookstore rage: How I came close to losing my temper with an indie bookshop manager
29 Nov 2017Yesterday I came close to inflicting serious verbal damage on an indie bookshop manager. I’d very much like to know…
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What book blurbs really mean
03 Nov 2017When the Man Booker shortlist was announced earlier this year, Andrew Holgate of the Sunday Times noted how the judges…
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Review – Sex and law In The Matter of Isabel – Paul A Mendelson
10 Oct 2017What is it about sex and law that gets our pulses racing? A famously dry and dusty profession, somehow the…
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Want to get ahead? Get good habits – Review: Daily Rituals
06 Oct 2017If you want to improve at something, you can’t do better than studying the habits of people who’ve already done…
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Review – What Makes You Not a Buddhist by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse
02 Aug 2017I’ve read many books on Buddhism, but this, by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, stands out as very special. In just a…
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Review: As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning
07 Jul 2017As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning by Laurie Lee My rating: 5 of 5 stars I don’t know anyone…
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The Breaking of Liam Glass – tabloid truth in fiction
28 Jun 2017I’ve just added a special new gift to go with the launch of my new novel The Breaking of Liam…
