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Tag: book review

Book review — Touching Distance (James Cracknell)

Reading this book was always going to have a special meaning to me, as my wife had a stroke about … More

book review, brain injury, caregiving, reviews
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Book review – To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper LEE)

Somehow I escaped reading this essential school text, with its story of racism in 1930s American South. Living in Northern … More

book review, racism, reviews
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Book review – Paperboy (Tony MACAULAY)

Tony Macaulay is a respected professional community relations and youth worker based in Belfast. For example, he has written independently, … More

book review, Northern Ireland, peacebuilding, reviews
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Book review – Kosovo: What Everyone Needs to Know (Tim JUDAH)

I was once asked if I thought the Northern Ireland conflict was difficult to comprehend. Not really, I replied. What … More

book review, Europe, Kosovo, reviews
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Book review – The Storm (Vince CABLE)

Vince Cable is the chief economic spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats, and his lucid explanations of the credit crunch and … More

book review, economy, inspiration, politics, reviews

Book review — Eyewitness (Brendan Murphy)

I always wanted this book, Eyewitness: Four Decades of Northern Life, by Brendan Murphy, but the original cover price of … More

book review, Northern Ireland, photography
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Book review – Ordinary Lives

Book review: Ordinary Lives by Allan LEONARD for Shared Future News 8 January 2009 In recent years there has been … More

book review, Europe, Northern Ireland, peace, peacebuilding, politics, reviews

Book review – Sophie Scholl and the White Rose

Sophie Scholl and the White Rose (978-1851685363), by Annette Dumbach and Jud Newborn, is a superbly well researched and presented account of an … More

book review, Europe, Holocaust, reviews
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Book review – The Blue Cabin (Michael FAULKNER)

Michael Faulkner, son of Brian, loses his Sante Fe style furniture business and home in Scotland. Retreats to family cabin on an … More

book review, Northern Ireland, reviews, travel

Book review – A Garden of Paper Flowers (Rosa EHRENREICH)

I had the privilege of participating in a study abroad programme while enrolled at Boston University. I attended St Catherine’s College, Oxford … More

book review, Oxford, reviews, university, USA
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Book review – Born Fighting (James WEBB)

There’s no denying the fighting spirit of the Scots-Irish, particularly as James Webb describes the defence of the frontier in the Appalachian … More

book review, Ireland, Northern Ireland, reviews, USA
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Book review – My Life (Bill CLINTON) vs Himself Alone (Dean GODSON)

Did a radio piece for BBC Radio Ulster’s books programme, to review two recent biographies: Bill Clinton’s autobiography, My Life, … More

book review, Northern Ireland, politics, reviews, USA

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