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The Line Between Good and Evil - An Interview with Richard Holloway
The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between political parties either – but right through every human heart. ~Alexander Solzhenitsyn Following my review of Between th… more →
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The Line Between Good and Evil - An Interview with Richard Holloway
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Mary wrote 1 month ago: The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between political parties either … more →
Between the Monster and the Saint by Richard Holloway
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Mary wrote 2 months ago: I once told my dad I didn’t believe in God. The hurt and disappointment in his ‘Oh, Mary … more →
Therapy by David Lodge
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Mary wrote 5 months ago: Despite several recommendations from various sources, I never managed to read a David Lodge book bef … more →
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
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Mary wrote 5 months ago: This book was not what I expected. What I expected was a literary, introspective, harrowing question … more →
Are You Somebody? by Nuala O'Faolain
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Mary wrote 1 year ago: Before Are You Somebody? was published, Nuala O’Faolain was a minor Irish celebrity, a opinion colum … more →
Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama
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Mary wrote 1 year ago: Dreams From My Father, an early autobiography by Barack Obama, was written 13 years ago in 1995 afte … more →
Do Good Lives have to Cost the Earth? edited by Andrew Simms and Joe Smith
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Mary wrote 1 year ago: All too often, the received wisdom is that ‘going green’ is about giving things up, restricting ours … more →
The Importance of Being Honest: An Interview with Mark Lynas
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Mary wrote 1 year ago: We are delighted that Mark Lynas, author of Six Degrees, (see our review here) found time in his bus … more →
Foul Play : What’s Wrong with Sport by Joe Humphreys
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Mary wrote 1 year ago: I picked up this book because I thought it would tell me something I wanted to hear: that sport is a … more →
The Woman Who Walked into Doors by Roddy Doyle
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Mary wrote 1 year ago: It took a long time for Roddy Doyle to be accepted in his own country as a ‘serious’ writer. His fir … more →
FRANCE WEEK: L'Etranger/ The Stranger (1942) by Albert Camus
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Mary wrote 1 year ago: I nervously decided to review The Stranger for our French week – nervously because I’m not sur … more →
Children's Book Week: When We Were Cubs by the Bookfoxes
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Mary wrote 1 year ago: It will be no surprise to anyone that we bookfoxes have all been book lovers from our very earliest … more →
Everything Must Go by Elizabeth Flock
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Mary wrote 1 year ago: I am of two, very divided minds about this book. It is the story of Henry Powell who is blamed for a … more →
Thursday Soapbox: Too Much of a Good Thing?
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Mary wrote 1 year ago: The Thursday Soapbox, this time by Book Fox, Mary, arguing that there are too many books. * Thanks … more →
Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky
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Mary wrote 1 year ago: It is impossible to read Suite Française without being strongly influenced by the context in which i … more →
The Known World by Edward P Jones
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Mary wrote 1 year ago: The Known World opens in the years before the American Civil War with the death of Henry Townsend, a … more →
Sylvanus Now by Donna Morrissey
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Mary wrote 1 year ago: As part of our ‘Wilderness Week‘ series: Sylvanus Now is a fisherman, living in Newfound … more →
The Last Bear by Mandy Haggith
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Mary wrote 1 year ago: Part of Scottish Literature Week The Last Bear, Mandy Haggith’s debut novel, is set 1000 years … more →
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
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Mary wrote 1 year ago: The Time Traveler’s Wife is the debut novel of Audrey Niffenegger published in 2004 which went on to … more →
