Month: February 2019
In Graceland, Bethan Roberts’s fictionalised recreation of the early life of Elvis Presley, and his close relationship with his mother Gladys. At 22, 1957, Elvis already a huge star is called up for his military service, the novel looks into the performer’s chaotic childhood with several chapters filled with grownup dilemas concerning show business,…
In Nine Crises, William Keegan examines a series of turning points , starting with the devaluation crisis of 1967 and ending with post Brexit turmoil fifty years later. This book explains how key participants viewed each crisis as it unfolded and what they hoped to achieve. The British economic policy and its policymakers have…
Merchant of Truth breaks the ultimate news story of our times. What happens when Jill Abramson was fired from the executive editorship of The New York Times in May 2014, she thought she had enough freedom to figure out what she wanted to do. And wanted to start a long-form journalism site which failed. Instead…
US car sales could strink from more than 17m last year to just 11.5m by 2025, about the same level seen in 2008-09 which caused GM and Chrysler to go Bankrupt and Ford to suffer a £11.2bn ($14.6bn) loss. GM after celebrating the world’s largest carmaker for the 76th straight year in 2007 on £19.25bn…