Mary Gladstone and the Victorian Salon: Music, Literature, Liberalism
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The daughter of one of Britain's longest-serving Prime Ministers, Mary Gladstone was a notable...
The Hindered Hand
Sutton E. Griggs, John Cullen Gruesser and Hanna Wallinger
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Between 1899 and 1908, five long works of fiction by the Nashville-based black Baptist minister...
That Dickinson Girl (Forgotten Women #1)
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She’s going to be the greatest orator of the Civil War! Eighteen-year-old Anna Dickinson is...
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Biography: A Very Short Introduction
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Biography is one of the most popular, best-selling, and widely-read of literary genres. But why do...
Mario Vargas Llosa: A Life of Writing
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in 2010 at the age of seventy-four, Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa has...
Roth Unbound
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Philip Roth - one of the most renowned writers of his generation - hardly needs introduction. From...
On Life-Writing
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Chapter 12 of this publication is open access, available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0...
Micky Barnard (542 KP) rated Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood in Books
Oct 6, 2018
So many issues and topics were covered in this book but most of all, I’ve been educated. I grew up with apartheid being reported daily on the news, I remember the celebration at it’s demise but being a close spectator to life in Soweto and other places, beginning to understand Trevor’s position as not black and not white was truly eye-opening. All this could be such a heavy topic, but actually Trevor brings his naughtiness as a child, the funny side of things and the very tragic too.
Both my kids listened to chapters of this with me in the car and thoroughly enjoyed it. My eldest commented on it being relevant both to her politics and sociology classes, my youngest just loved the ride, especially the tale of Fufi the dog. Some of the book wouldn’t have been suitable for my youngest, but I will be buying it for him when he’s older.
Even if you’re not a biographical or non-fiction reader, give this a go. I think you’ll find yourself unable to look away.
Mary Shelley
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In the summer of 1816, aged nineteen, Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein. A pioneering work of science...
Sisters of Castle Leod
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**Finalist in the 2022 American Writing Awards** Millions are fans of Diana Gabaldon’s popular...
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