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Barbra Streisand to publish her first memoir | Books
Barbra Streisand will publish her first memoir later this year, her publisher has announced.My Name is Barbra will cover the life and six-decade-long...
This Other Eden by Paul Harding review – a novel that impresses time and again | Fiction
Halfway through Paul Harding’s new novel, This Other Eden, a reporter, a photographer, two doctors and three local councillors visit an isolated island...
Audiobook review of The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man
In the 1980s, Paul Newman began working with screenwriter Stewart Stern to compose an oral history about the actor’s life, from his difficult...
History Keeps Me Awake at Night by Christy Edwall review – Roberto Bolaño-inspired debut | Fiction
On 26 September 2014, 43 male students were abducted in southwestern Mexico. The trainee teachers had commandeered several buses to travel to Mexico...
Black history, well told
STARRED REVIEW February 4, 2023 Black history, well told Four sweeping, novelistic nonfiction books illuminate important moments in American history. Share this Article:...
Kenneth Fowler obituary | History
My friend and teacher Kenneth Fowler, who has died aged 88, was an eminent historian of the hundred years war, and a leading...
Interview with Dr. Yvonne Kason MD, Author of Soul Lessons from the Light
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Soul Lessons from the Light?
A dramatic Near-Death Experience in a medevac plane...
In brief: The Meaning of Geese; Two Sherpas; The Second Cut – review | Books
Nick AchesonChelsea Green, £18.99, pp240During lockdown, many turned to the wonders of the natural world for solace. None more so than renowned Norfolk...
Book review of Holding Fire by Bryce Andrews
“We’re getting it wrong in this beautiful, ravaged place,” writes author Bryce Andrews (Down From the Mountain) in Holding Fire: A Reckoning With...
