Charles Moore get indepth into the mid 1980s glory years. Late Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher the Iron Lady confronted enemies within the UK, including the 1984-85 miners’ strike,,as she was determined to reduce the powers of the trade unions. When in March 1984 the miner’s leader Arthur Scargill called a national strike in response to the…
Hidden tax havens controls almost a tenth of the world’s financial wealth. Tax evasion by the super rich has pushed trillions of pounds out of government’s reach. This book is must read for all those interested in Future of democracy, inequality and global justice. This book provides the fascinating history of tax havens and what…
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…
Parents of teenagers are urged to learn the chat code so that they can be aware of what their children are up to in the internet. Popular teen chat acronym Codes like KPC :Keep Parents Clueless; MOOS Member Of Opposite Sex; PAW parents watching; POS/MOS Parents over shoulder/Mum over shoulder; RU18 Are you 18? 420…
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…
In a study published this week in the open access International Journal of behavioural Nutrition and physical activity, Cambridge researchers found a definite relation between hours spent in front of the television and a decline in academic performance. The study watched the sedentary time or time absence of body movement of 845 high school students…