Inspiring Older Readers
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The Secret Agent posted on 18 Jan 2019
In 1894 a bomb exploded in Greenwich Park, killing (accidentally) the person carrying it.
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The Old Man and the Sea posted on 16 Jan 2019
Hemingway’s short novella – just about 120 pages – is often thought to have been the book that re-established his reputation.
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A Time of Gifts posted on 14 Jan 2019
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads a book that has become a legend in travel-writing circles, Patrich Leigh Fermor's, "A Time Of Gifts"
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The Merry Wives of Windsor posted on 11 Jan 2019
I probably don’t need to tell you that the fascination of this book isn’t the Shakespeare play itself but the illustrations
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The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah posted on 10 Jan 2019
This poet is well known for his charismatic personality and for a long time he has even been included on TV programmes...
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Books Beyond Words, Dorchester posted on 09 Jan 2019
The way a shop front looks plays such an important part in enticing customers and this one is splendid.
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The Oxford Hysteria of English Poetry posted on 09 Jan 2019
Poetry collections don’t sell in anything like the numbers fiction achieves but it wasn’t always so.
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Snow Country posted on 07 Jan 2019
Guest Reviewer, Alun Severn struggles to reconcile the poetry of Kawabata's prose with the "strangely inert characters"
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My Years at The Gotham Book Mart with Frances Steloff, Proprietor posted on 06 Jan 2019
The mid-town Manhattan bookstore, The Gotham Book Mart, which was in business from 1920 – 2007, was one of those venues that transcended its role as a shop
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Paint Me A Book posted on 03 Jan 2019
It’s funny how books can invade all the little spaces of your life.