I still think it is a unique and refreshing book however it needed to be about 50 pages longer, a lot happens at the end and there is no conclusion to explain the fall out of these events and after a book this long and involved there really should be. Dispatches from Pluto by Richar...
This is a book for anyone who has felt uncomfortable at the number of novels and movies about the Holocaust aimed at a popular audience which, while sad, completely gloss over the horror of what happened. Read expert recommendations Buy now Listen now The Story of Russia by Orlando Figes...
Originally printed in 1984 to accompany a newly purchased Macintosh computer, this little gem of a book began, “You’re about to learn a new way to use a computer. If this is your first experience with a computer, you’re starting at a great time.” While the format, which is as el...
Clear and reliable information about linings is greatly needed. As Miller (2010, p. 100) rightly points out, ‘linings can sometimes be extremely damaging’. With that in mind, the starting point for my research was the well-known article by Conroy, ‘The Movement of the Book Spine’ (198...
When talking about her art and the “breadth” or ”span” of the spreads and their “flow” — as she did at the London Book Fair in 2013 and the British Library in 2020 — Douglas gestures in ways that evoke those words of Heidegger, Miller and Diconson. When experiencingThe Pond at...
I have enjoyed reading several novels by Moss over the years which often deal with food and illness, and her latest memoir is a complex account about these themes and also addresses control, memory and unreliable narrators. She writes about her emotionally neglectful childhood in Manchester and ...
Why You Should Read: Check this series out if you love excellent urban fantasy series about the Faerie World and changelings. In short, it is an action-packed series with good world-building and a slow-build romance that takes place over several books. So, don’t expect a romance in ...
Franklin-Wallis probes a lot of uncomfortable truths about recycling and greenwashing on his travels around the world starting at a recycling centre in Essex and followed by a mega-landfill site in India, a textile market in Ghana, a processing plant in California where defunct tech is recycled...
AI Is About to Turn Book Publishing Upside-Down2 June 2023 (Publishers Weekly)“ChatGPT will become the patron saint of the slush pile. Its abilities to evaluate grammar and logical expression allow it to make a once-over assessment of whether a book is (reasonably) well written…” US ebo...
“true adult job” but she has no idea what she wants to do with her life. She’s about to turn 26 and be kicked off her parents’ insurance, and she’s watching her friends “grow up” at a faster rate, feeling left behind. I really felt for her and wanted her to find that ...