Catherine Fox – funny, sassy, down to earth. BOOK REVIEW – “THE BENEFITS OF PASSION” BY CATHERINE FOX. Published by Marylebone House 2015. First published in 1997. ISBN 978-1-9-10674-00-0 also available as an e book. Catherine Fox has written at least five books solo and an additional autobiography (“Fight the Good Fight”) which is an…
Papadatos known for the graphic work Logicomix (2008), about a foundational quest in mathematics, along with Kawa and Di Donna (who also contributed to Logicomix), opens the tale in 490 B.C.E. with the Athenians at war with the Persian tyrant Darius. Leander (of the ancient Greek myth of Hero and Leander), a young man with a talent for…
Object Lessons is a short series of beautifully designed books about hidden lives of common things. Joanna Walsh, writer, editor, illustrator and critic, during the breakdown of her unhappy marriage, she got a job as hotel reviewer, and began to be attracted towards places designed as alternative to homes. “If I planned carefully, I…
Nick is a super smart 15 year old orphan Maths prodigy off to Cambridge University, full of beans after his mum died and workaholic stupid father lacking parental skills. He is vulnerable and shows great empathy with those less fortunate and well off, and keep on making mistakes. He is lacking a social life and…
Rochina Favela’s drugs in Rio de Janeiro is the head of the drug cartel and the king of the notorious largest slum and the most wanted criminal in Brazil. Nemesis is the story of an ordinary poor man Antonio, but they called him Nem, who was hardworking young father forced to make a decision that would…
New Zealand has banned an award-winning teen novel that includes sex and bullying, making it the first book to be removed from shelves in over two decades, with fines unto NZ$10,000 for those ignoring the order. The Film and Literature Board of Review has placed an interim restriction order on ‘Into The River’ by Auckland author Ted…
Zero to One – by Peter Thiel – “What is something you think is true but that most people disagree with?” This is one of Peter’s questions which symbolises the level of intellect which the book both produces and demands of its readers. The use of graphs as well as – towards the end –…
Over the past two centuries, the capitalism has undergone constant changes and economical cycle which lurch from boom to bust and always has emerged transformed and strengthened. Paul Mason an economic editor at Channel 4 News and Guardian columnist believes that after two decades the western capitalism which dominated the world, this economic system has…
Paul Murray describes vividly in his third novel, the role of bankers in Ireland, who are classed as new class of pariah, accused for bringing the country to the edge of bankruptcy. And Dublin is branded as post-apocalyptic ghost town, full of protesters dressed as walking the dead Royal Irish Bank (Zombies), in unfinished luxury…
This book – a follow-up to “To Kill a Mockingbird” which was found amongst the valuables of Harper Lee and published (she is now 89 and residing in Monroeville, Alabama, together with other elderly people), is causing a big stir amongst bookshops and fans of the previous book worldwide. “Go Set A Watchman” goes on…