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Bibliography RSS FeedsDreamers of Empire (Abdullah) - Dreamers of Empire (New York: F. A. Stokes, 1929), by Achmed Abdullah and Compton Pakenham, illust. by B. K. Morris (page images at Hathi Trust)...Feed Source: catalog.hathitrust.org The Gates Ajar (Phelps) - The Gates Ajar (Boston: Fields, Osgood, and Co., 1869), by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)... The Silent Partner (Phelps) - The Silent Partner (Boston: J. R. Osgood and Co.; London: Sampson and Low, 1871), by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)... The National Temperance Orator (Penney) - The National Temperance Orator (New York: National Temperance Society and Publication house, 1881), ed. by L. Penney (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)... Men, Women, and Ghosts (Phelps) - Men, Women, and Ghosts (Boston: Fields, Osgood and Co., 1869), by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (stable link)... Roosevelt, Czolgosz and Anarchy; Communism (Fox) - Roosevelt, Czolgosz and Anarchy; Communism (New York: New York Anarchists, ca. 1901), by Jay Fox and Henry Addis (multiple formats at archive.org)... The Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1901-1902 (McDanel) - The Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1901-1902 (Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science, series 46, #3; 1928), by Ralph Clipman McDanel (multiple formats at archive.org)... The Workers' (Communist) Party and American Trade Unions (Schneider) - The Workers' (Communist) Party and American Trade Unions (Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science, series 46, #2; 1928), by David M. Schneider (multiple formats at archive.org)... "I Have Listened to More Cant and Humbug.." (Geo. Buchanan, M.P.) (Maxton) - "I Have Listened to More Cant and Humbug.." (Geo. Buchanan, M.P.): Extracts From Speeches by James Maxton, George Buchanan, Campbell Stephen, William Gallacher, on the Abdication (Dec. 10th and 11th, 1936) (London: Independent Labour Party, ca. 1936), by James Maxton, George Buchanan, Campbell Stephen, and William Gallacher (multiple formats at archive.org)... How To Make Your Own Will (Bowley) - How To Make Your Own Will, by Gordon Bowley (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... The Bank Tragedy (Hatch) - The Bank Tragedy (New York: Welch, Fracker Co., 1890), by Mary R. P. Hatch (stable link)... Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects (Vasari) - Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects (10 volumes; London: Macmillan and Co. and the Medici Society, 1912-1915), by Giorgio Vasari, trans. by Gaston du C. De Vere (multiple formats at archive.org and Gutenberg)... Everybody's Magazine - Everybody's Magazine (partial serial archives)... A Bibliography of the History of the Latin-American Labor and Trade Union Movements (American Institute for Marxist Studies) - A Bibliography of the History of the Latin-American Labor and Trade Union Movements (Bibliographical series #1, originally published 1965, revised 1967), by American Institute for Marxist Studies (multiple formats at archive.org)... By-Laws and Rules of Order of Jos. A. Mower Post No. 1, Dept. of the Gulf, G.A.R., New Orleans, La. (Grand Army of the Republic Joseph. A. Mower Post No. 1) - By-Laws and Rules of Order of Jos. A. Mower Post No. 1, Dept. of the Gulf, G.A.R., New Orleans, La. (New Orleans: G. Ellis, 1884), by Grand Army of the Republic Joseph. A. Mower Post No. 1 (multiple formats at archive.org)... Lessons of the Revolution (Lenin) - Lessons of the Revolution (ca. 1917), by Vladimir Il?ich Lenin (multiple formats at archive.org)... Letters From Spain (Dallet) - Letters From Spain (New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1938), by Joe Dallet (multiple formats at archive.org)... Marx and Engels on Ireland (Hazelkorn) - Marx and Engels on Ireland: An Annotated Checklist (Bibliographical Series #15; New York: American Institute for Marxist Studies, 1981), by Ellen Hazelkorn (multiple formats at archive.org)... Memories of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) (Flynn) - Memories of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) (Occasional paper - American Institute for Marxist Studies #24; 1977), by Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (multiple formats at archive.org)... Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Encampment of the Department of Louisiana and Mississippi, Grand Army of the Republic (Grand Army of the Republic Dept. of Louisiana and Mississippi) - Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Encampment of the Department of Louisiana and Mississippi, Grand Army of the Republic (New Orleans: Patterson and Ray, 1891), by Grand Army of the Republic Dept. of Louisiana and Mississippi (multiple formats at archive.org)... Poseidon's Paradise (Birkmaier) - Poseidon's Paradise: The Romance of Atlantis (San Francisco: Clemens Pub. Co., 1892), by Elizabeth G. Birkmaier (multiple formats at archive.org)... The Complete Best Man (Bowden) - The Complete Best Man, by John Bowden (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... Making the Father of the Bride's Speech (Bowden) - Making the Father of the Bride's Speech, by John Bowden (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... Making the Bridegroom's Speech (Bowden) - Making the Bridegroom's Speech, by John Bowden (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... Making a Wedding Speech (Bowden) - Making a Wedding Speech, by John Bowden (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... The Blue-Eyed Manchu (Abdullah) - The Blue-Eyed Manchu (New York: Robert J. Shores, c1917), by Achmed Abdullah (multiple formats at Google; US access only)... The Trail of the Beast (Abdullah) - The Trail of the Beast (New York: J. A. McCann Co., 1919), by Achmed Abdullah (multiple formats at Google; US access only)... The Yellow Book - The Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly (13 volumes; 1894-1897) (full serial archives)... The Honourable Gentleman and Others (Abdullah) - The Honourable Gentleman and Others (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1919), by Achmed Abdullah (page images at Hathi Trust)... Night Drums (Abdullah) - Night Drums (London: Hutchinson and Co., ca. 1921), by Achmed Abdullah (page images at Hathi Trust)... Half a Man (Ovington) - Half a Man: The Status of the Negro in New York (New York et al.: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1911), by Mary White Ovington, contrib. by Franz Boas (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)... A Program for American Youth (Young Communist League of the U.S.) - A Program for American Youth: Manifesto and Resolutions of Seventh National Convention, Young Communist League of U.S.A. (June 22-27, 1934), by Young Communist League of the U.S. (multiple formats at archive.org)... Cromwell on Foreign Affairs; Together With Four Essays on International Matters (Payn) - Cromwell on Foreign Affairs; Together With Four Essays on International Matters (London: C. J. Clay and Sons, 1901), by F. W. Payn (stable link)... How To Be Your Own Estate Agent (Booth) - How To Be Your Own Estate Agent, by Tony Booth (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches, With Elucidations (Cromwell) - Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches, With Elucidations (third edition, enlarged, in 4 volumes; London: Chapman and Hall, 1850), by Oliver Cromwell, ed. by Thomas Carlyle (stable link)... Bébée (Ouida) - Bébée: or, Two Little Wooden Shoes (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott and co., 1874), by Ouida (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)... The Barclays of Boston (Otis) - The Barclays of Boston (Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1854), by Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)... A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistan (De Windt) - A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistan, by Harry De Windt (Gutenberg text)... The Apricot Tree - The Apricot Tree (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1851) (stable link)... Deathworld (Harrison) - Deathworld (as published in Astounding, 1960), by Harry Harrison, illust. by H. R. Van Dongen (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)... The Ethical Engineer (Harrison) - The Ethical Engineer (as published in Analog, 1963), by Harry Harrison, illust. by John Schoenherr (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)... Constitution and By-Laws of the Confederate Veteran Camp of New York (Confederate Veteran Camp of New York) - Constitution and By-Laws of the Confederate Veteran Camp of New York (New York: Press of A. Kellogg, 1903), by Confederate Veteran Camp of New York (multiple formats at archive.org)... Minutes of the 44th Annual Reunion, Georgia Division, United Confederate Veterans (United Confederate Veterans. Georgia Division) - Minutes of the 44th Annual Reunion, Georgia Division, United Confederate Veterans (1937), by United Confederate Veterans Georgia Division (multiple formats at archive.org)... Research Library Issues - Research Library Issues (including ARL: A Bimonthly Report; online 1995 to present) (partial serial archives)... Turning a Business Around (Blayney) - Turning a Business Around, by Mark Blayney (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... Buying a Business and Making it Work (Blayney) - Buying a Business and Making it Work, by Mark Blayney (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... Raising Finance for Your Business (Blayney) - Raising Finance for Your Business, by Mark Blayney (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... Selling Your Business for All It's Worth (Blayney) - Selling Your Business for All It's Worth, by Mark Blayney (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... Jim Lofton (Rodney) - Jim Lofton: American (New York: James A. McCann Co., 1920), by George Brydges Rodney and Achmed Abdullah (stable link)... Bucking the Tiger (Abdullah) - Bucking the Tiger (New York: Robert J. Shores, 1917), by Achmed Abdullah (stable link)... The Laird of Norlaw (Oliphant) - The Laird of Norlaw: A Scottish Story (New York: Harper and Bros., 1859), by Mrs. Oliphant (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)... Caleb Field (Oliphant) - Caleb Field: A Tale of the Puritans (New York: Harper and Bros., 1851), by Mrs. Oliphant (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)... The Life of Edward Irving, Minister of the National Scotch Church, London (Oliphant) - The Life of Edward Irving, Minister of the National Scotch Church, London (New York: Harper and Bros., 1862), by Mrs. Oliphant (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)... Red Russia (Reed) - Red Russia: The Triumph of the Bolsheviki (London: Workers' Socialist Federation, 1919), by John Reed (multiple formats at archive.org)... The Black Legion Rides (Morris) - The Black Legion Rides (New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1936), by George Morris (multiple formats at archive.org)... The Story of the Abraham Lincoln Battalion, Written in the Trenches of Spain - The Story of the Abraham Lincoln Battalion, Written in the Trenches of Spain (New York: Freinds of the Abraham Lincoln Battalion, ca. 1937) (multiple formats at archive.org)... We Fought Hitler (Prago) - We Fought Hitler (New York: Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, 1941), by Albert Prago (multiple formats at archive.org)... Weaving the Future (Gordon) - Weaving the Future (New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1937), by Evelyn B. Gordon (multiple formats at archive.org)... Where is the CIO Going? A Program for Militant Trade Unionism (Morris) - Where is the CIO Going? A Program for Militant Trade Unionism (New York: New Century Publishers, 1949), by George Morris (multiple formats at archive.org)... Women in Steel (Johnstone) - Women in Steel (New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1937), by Jenny Elizabeth Johnstone (multiple formats at archive.org)... Alien Souls (Abdullah) - Alien Souls (New York: James A. McCann Co., c1922), by Achmed Abdullah (multiple formats at archive.org)... The Man on Horseback (Abdullah) - The Man on Horseback (New York: James A. McCann Co., 1919), by Achmed Abdullah (multiple formats at archive.org)... Setting Up a Complementary Health Practice (Bishop) - Setting Up a Complementary Health Practice, by Patricia Bishop (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... The Ultimate CV (Bishop-Firth) - The Ultimate CV, by Rachel Bishop-Firth (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... High Powered CVs (Bishop-Firth) - High Powered CVs, by Rachel Bishop-Firth (HTML at HowTo)... "Ode on a Grecian Urn" (O'Rourke) - "Ode on a Grecian Urn": Hypercanonicity and Pedagogy (2003), ed. by James L. O'Rourke (HTML at Romantic Circles)... Romantic Libraries (Ferris) - Romantic Libraries (2004), ed. by Ina Ferris (HTML at Romantic Circles)... Romanticism and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics (Steinman) - Romanticism and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics (2003), ed. by Lisa Malinowski Steinman (HTML at Romantic Circles)... Italian Women in Industry (Odencrantz) - Italian Women in Industry: A Study of Conditions in New York City (New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1919), by Louise C. Odencrantz (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)... Ski-Running (Furse) - Ski-Running (1924), by Katharine Furse (Gutenberg text)... Pragmatism (Murray) - Pragmatism, by D. L. Murray, contrib. by F. C. S. Schiller (Gutenberg text)... With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia (Ward) - With the "Die-Hards" in Siberia (1920), by John Ward (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)... Mrs. Cliff's Yacht (Stockton) - Mrs. Cliff's Yacht (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896), by Frank Richard Stockton, illust. by A. Forestier (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)... The Garden of Eden (Brand) - The Garden of Eden (book version, first published 1963), by Max Brand (Gutenberg text)... Minneapolis Labor Review - Minneapolis Labor Review (partial serial archives)... St. Paul Union Advocate - St. Paul Union Advocate (partial serial archives)... China and the U.S.A. (Browder) - China and the U.S.A. (New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1937), by Earl Browder (multiple formats at archive.org)... Democracy or Revolution in Spain? (Matteo) - Democracy or Revolution in Spain? (London: Independent Labour Party, 1937), by Johan Matteo (multiple formats at archive.org)... Lenin and Spain (Browder) - Lenin and Spain (New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1937), by Earl Browder (multiple formats at archive.org)... Next Steps to Win the War in Spain (Browder) - Next Steps to Win the War in Spain (with Democracy's Stake in Spain; New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1938), by Earl Browder and Bill Lawrence (multiple formats at archive.org)... Religion and Communism (Browder) - Religion and Communism (New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1937), by Earl Browder (multiple formats at archive.org)... The Garden of Eden (Brand) - The Garden of Eden (original illustrated magazine serial from Argosy All-Story, 1922), by Max Brand (multiple formats at archive.org)... Bodley Booklets (Lyrienne) - Bodley Booklets: The Quest of the Gilt-Edged Girl; Some Notes of a Struggling Genius; The Headswoman; Stories Toto Told Me (bound together in one volume; London and New York: John Lane and Co., 1897-1898), by Richard De Lyrienne, G. S. Street, Kenneth Grahame, and Frederick Rolfe (multiple formats at archive.org)... The Village Street and Other Poems (Brand) - The Village Street and Other Poems, by Max Brand (multiple foramts at archive.org)... Awaken the Writer Within (Birch) - Awaken the Writer Within, by Cathy Birch (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... The Errors of Modern Infidelity, Illustrated and Refuted (Smucker) - The Errors of Modern Infidelity, Illustrated and Refuted (Philadelphia: Grigg, Elliot and Co., 1848), by Samuel M. Smucker (multiple formats at Google)... Historic Doubts Respecting Shakspeare, Illustrating Infidel Objections Against the Bible (Smucker) - Historic Doubts Respecting Shakspeare, Illustrating Infidel Objections Against the Bible (new edition of "The Errors of Modern Infidelity"; 1853), by Samuel M. Smucker (multiple formats at Google)... Memoirs of Marshal Ney, Published by His Family (Bulos) - Memoirs of Marshal Ney, Published by His Family (second edition, 2 volumes; London: Bull and Churton, 1834), by M. Bulos (stable link)... China (Garnaut) - China: The Next Twenty Years of Reform and Development (c2010), ed. by Ross Garnaut, Jane Golley, and Ligang Song (PDF with commentary at ANU E Press)... Historical Sketch of Mount Holyoke Seminary (Nutting) - Historical Sketch of Mount Holyoke Seminary (Washington: GPO, 1876), by Mary O. Nutting (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)... Letters of Horace Walpole (Walpole) - Letters of Horace Walpole (2 volumes; London: T. F. Unwin; New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1890), by Horace Walpole, ed. by Charles Duke Yonge (stable link)... Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third (Walpole) - Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third (first published 1768), by Horace Walpole (Gutenberg text)... Historic Doubts Relative to Napoleon Buonaparte (Whately) - Historic Doubts Relative to Napoleon Buonaparte (new edition; London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1865), by Richard Whately (Gutenberg text)... Structure and Functioning of the I.L.G.W.U. (International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Educational Dept.) - Structure and Functioning of the I.L.G.W.U. (1934), by International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union Educational Department (multiple formats at archive.org)... Historic Doubts as to the Execution of Marshal Ney (Weston) - Historic Doubts as to the Execution of Marshal Ney (New York: T. Whittaker, 1895), by James A. Weston (multiple formats at archive.org)... The Ten-Foot Chain (Abdullah) - The Ten-Foot Chain: or, Can Love Survive the Shackles? (New York: Reynolds Pub. Co., 1920), by Achmed Abdullah, Max Brand, E. K. Means, and Perley Poore Sheehan, illust. by Herbert Morton Stoops (stable link)... Organising a Conference (Appleby) - Organising a Conference, by Pauline Appleby (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... Turn Redundancy Into Opportunity (Alexander) - Turn Redundancy Into Opportunity (based on the third edition, ca. 2003), by Laurel Alexander (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... Tracking Down Your Ancestors (Alder) - Tracking Down Your Ancestors, by Harry Alder (HTML with commentary at HowTo)... Say it with Pictures (Alder) - Say it with Pictures, by Harry Alder (illustrated HTML with commentary at HowTo)... Summer reading for children - Julia Eccleshare suggests fiction for all agesCave Baby, by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Emily Gravett (Macmillan, £10.99). Age: 2+An exuberant, rhyming text matched by equally lively illustrations makes this a romp of a bedtime story. Having wrecked the walls of his own cave by scribbling on them, the cheeky Cave Baby is threatened by his father with being fed to the big brown bear by the hairy mammoth, so when the hairy mammoth appear... Book publishing: Scary reading | Editorial - Three-quarters of a century after Allen Lane launched its cheap paperbacks, publishing faces another disruptive technologySeventy-five years ago this week, the publisher Allen Lane launched a series of cheap paperbacks ? a read that you could pick up cheap at a railway station and not fret too much if it got left behind on the train. The rest, as they say, is an almost infinite stack of orange-spined (and not just orange) Penguins.... Booker-longlisted novel The Slap is 'most divisive in years' - Panel's chairman defends portrayal of 'curdled love' as reviews range from excitement to criticism of 'unbelievable misogyny'Christos Tsiolkas's Man Booker-longlisted novel The Slap opens with a bang when a man at a suburban barbecue hits another parent's child.But while some readers including, evidently, the Booker judges speak excitedly of the Australian author's bravery in tackling uncomfortable truth... Letters: Modern tale of the literary novel - Gabriel Josipovici's attack on modern British authors as "limited, arrogant and self-satisfied" (Report, 29 July) reminds me of BR Myers's attack on the American equivalent... Bookseller of Kabul author Åsne Seierstad: 'It's not possible to write a neutral story' - The Bookseller of Kabul propelled Åsne Seierstad to global literary renown ? and then to court. Did she exploit her subjects' privacy and trust in her portrayal of Afghan family life? And what does the case mean for journalism?In three weeks, Åsne Seierstad will give birth to her second child. Substantial rebuilding work is being done to her house in Oslo and her young son is driving her neighbours t... Projections of puppet theatre - The National Theatre is reviving the toy theatres popular in the 19th century to stage melodramas on an epic scale. Vera Rule, who adapted the old scripts, explains their historyMelodrama was first created in the 1790s. Technically, it was drama with music (melos), a novel background accompaniment that led emotion and mood as a score does in modern movies, but the name soon designated a new form of theatre, a fusion of high intentions and low entertainment into pop Romanticism.Before th... A life in writing: Jack Higgins - 'My goal was to write books that made money'Within the space of a single week in 1975 Harry Patterson's life was transformed. It had started in pretty much the same way as every previous week of the past 15 years, with Patterson supplementing his day job as a college lecturer in Leeds by writing moderately successful thrillers in his spare time; it ended with the publication of The Eagle Has Landed, about a plot to kidnap Churchill, written under the pseudonym... Rereading: Vineland by Thomas Pynchon - Far from being 'a breather between biggies' as it was described by critics when it was first published 20 years ago, Thomas Pynchon's Vineland is one of his greatest achievements, argues Andy BeckettIn 1993, when I first read Vineland, Thomas Pynchon's great novel about washed-up 60s radicals, I was living in northern California with two middle-aged hippies. A certain bohemianism and lawlessness still lingered in their creaking house in Berkeley. The cable TV service was siphoned off from a neighbouring property. O... Ten of the best dragons in literature - John Mullan on 10 of the best fire-breathing, treasure-guarding - or tattoed - dragons in literatureArgonautica, by Apollonius of Rhodes This Greek epic poem tells the tale of Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece. The fleece is guarded by an unsleeping dragon; Jason enlists the help of the sorceress Medea, who gives him a magic potion with which to spray the dragon. It falls asleep on the spot. But then our hero has to r... Folk music is hip again - Often dismissed as parochial, this music is celebrated at festivals, awards ceremonies and on TV. But where does it come from, asks Rob Young"The unconscious music of the folk has all the marks of fine art: that it is wholly free from the taint of manufacture, the canker of artificiality; that it is transparently pure and truthful, simple and direct in its utterance." So wrote Cecil Sharp in English Folk-Song: Some Conclusions, published in 1907. This powerful, often passionate tract was the first s... Rain by Don Paterson | Book review - Nicholas Lezard on words like hammer blowsPaul Muldoon is quoted on the back cover of this book: "Don Paterson is simply the most interesting mid-career poet at work in the UK." This might look, to the casual glance, like faint praise, but it isn't. And although I am not thoroughly acquainted with the work of every mid-career poet in the UK, it looks like a plausible assertion, and given the number of awards he's won for his work (Forward prize for this book, Queen's Gold medal, TS Eliot priz... Shades of Greene: One Generation of an English Family by Jeremy Lewis | Book review - Graham is famous, but what about the other Greenes? Ian Thomson investigatesGraham Greene's darkest entertainment, The Third Man, ends with a shoot-out in the sewers of Vienna and the death of the penicillin racketeer Harry Lime. A convert to Catholicism, Greene had found a suitable image for man's fallen state in the city's reeking underworld. And Lime, with his opportunist loyalties, is a familiar Greene ch... Et cetera | Book reviews - Steven Poole on science, pseudo-science and perceptionNonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk, by Massimo Pigliucci (Chicago, £13)At one end we have super-successful "hard" sciences such as quantum physics; at the other, homeopathy and astrology. Somewhere in the middle, perhaps, lie evolutionary psychology or string theory. But how do we tell where to place an area of putative expertise on this spectrum? Pigliucci, ... What Did the Baby Boomers Ever Do For Us? by Francis Beckett | Book review - Fiona Millar wonders if perhaps it's time for the 60s generation to fade from viewWhen I was in the middle of reading Francis Beckett's book, a member of my family asked what it was about. Since they all have notoriously short attention spans, unless it is for hours of sport on television, I came up with the quickest possible answer: "It's about all those politicians who grew up in the 1960s and the impact they had."That is a gross genera... Don't travel without them | Books - Sue Arnold's audiobook choiceVenice, by Jan Morris, read by Sebastian Comberti (13hrs unabridged, Naxos, £35)"I was in my 20s when I wrote this," says Morris in the introduction to her best known travel book, "and I like to think that its faults are the heady faults of youth." What faults? Fifty years on, it is still the best all-round guide to a city that, despite the ever-present hordes of tourists, remains the most magical destination on earth. Listenin... Attlee: A Life in Politics by Nicklaus Thomas-Symonds | Book review - Roy Hattersley on an old-fashioned but principled prime ministerAccording to Sir Alan Lascelles ? principal private secretary to King George VI ? Clement Attlee arrived at Buckingham Palace on 26 July 1945 "in a state of some bewilderment. The poor little man had only heard a couple of hours before that he was to be called upon immediately to fill Winston's place." In Attlee, A Life in Politics, Nicklaus Thomas-S... The Letters of Sylvia Beach edited by Keri Walsh | Book review - Kathryn Hughes delights in a stream of missives from the 'midwife of literary modernism'Sylvia Beach, sometimes called "the midwife of literary modernism", wrote the kind of letters that any of us might produce if we were running an under-capitalised cottage industry while simultaneously trying to be nice to James Joyce. In other words, the stream-of-paper communication which issued forth most days from the ... Wolf: The Lives of Jack London by James L Haley - Ian Sansom is exhausted just reading about Jack London's eventful lifeJack London, according to his latest biographer James L Haley, is one of "the most misunderstood figures in the American literary canon". Aren't they all? Though London perhaps deserves to be misunderstood more than most because his personal circumstances draw attention to one of the big challenges faced by all writers. To write for money, or to write for oneself? To risk greatness? To sacrifice reward? To sell one's birthright for a mess of potage ? or a p... C by Tom McCarthy | Book review - Christopher Tayler on the experimental art of Tom McCarthyThis book is something you don't see every day: a novel steeped in both high modernism and continental philosophy that's being rolled out as a publishing event in the UK and US. Tom McCarthy, its author, is a 41-year-old Londoner who went to Dulwich College and studied English at Oxford when the literary theory boom was at its height. After spending time in Prague and Amsterdam, he surfaced in 1999 as the general secretary of the International Nec... True Things About Me by Deborah Kay Davies | Book review - Joanna Briscoe is fascinated and repelled by a sickening storyIt is inescapably distressing to witness someone else's nervous breakdown, and fictional mental deterioration is no less uncomfortable to inhabit. When it comes to representing warped world visions, narrative ambiguity and subtlety are key. From The Bell Jar to Sarah Waters's The Little Stranger, novels that tether themselves to everyday life, with just an unsettling shimmer of distortion, are all the more chilling for a measure ... The Old Spring by Richard Francis | Book review - Maggie Gee finds much to admire in a subtle tale of life in the public barDrinkers queue up here! Richard Francis's The Old Spring is the name of his fictional pub, but the title also tells you a lot about this unusual, sweet-tempered novel. It's about the life-spring bubbling up from the dark in old age, the drive to sex and love and laughter in the public bar where an odd assortment of humans huddles for w... Inheritance by Nicholas Shakespeare | Book review - Frank Cottrell Boyce takes a rollercoaster ride with a blundering but 'lucky' manOne of the most fascinating conversations I've ever had was with a woman who worked as a counsellor for the National Lottery, advising winners on how to cope with the stress of sudden wealth. For most people, she said, the discontinuity was so enormous that it was best to think of winning as a kind of bereavement. Nicholas Shakespeare has taken that theme of discontinuity to heart in this tale of a man who accidentally inherits a fort... Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes | Book review - The Vietnam war proves rough terrain for James CampbellFor the men of Bravo Company, Fifth Marine Division, boredom and fear are almost as daunting a prospect as the guns of the North Vietnamese Army (NVA). Second Lieutenant Waino Mellas, just 19 and recently dropped in the jungle on the Laos border, finds his days "filled with nerve-racking tedium": "patrols and nighttime listening posts, the stupefying work of laying barbed wire, hacking out fields of fire wi... The new wave of literary events - In pubs and arts venues up and down the country traditional book readings are being replaced by a combination of cabaret, comedy and club nights. The results, Alex Clark discovers, are great fun'This is my Fight Club," says Todd Zuniga, the editor of American creative writing magazine Opium and the inventor of Literary Death Match, who is already confusing me with his appearance: strikingly fresh-faced, he tells me he is 35; exuding hipness, he is nonetheless... Literary events map - In this week's Guardian Review, Alex Clark takes a tour of some of the best literary events the country has to offer. But which are the ones she missed? If you'd like to recommend an event near you, add the details to our mapDaithi O CrualaoichStephen AbbottSarah Crown... First novels | Book review - Catherine Taylor's choice of first novelsGirl in Translation, by Jean Kwok (Fig Tree, £12.99)This deceptively delicate take on the immigrant experience in late 1990s New York has an almost Cinderella-like structure. Hong Kong-Chinese Kimberly Chang and her widowed mother endure years of backbreaking poverty in a cockroach-infested Brooklyn tenement. Once a talented musician, the mother now works in an illegal sweatshop to pay back endlessly inflated debts to its owner ? who happens to be her older sister. In... The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters - Week two: fanciesDr Faraday, the narrator of The Little Stranger, believes in natural explanations. He even has a ready language of "nervous" disorders to explain the gathering fears of the Ayres family about the strange occurrences in their old house. He is forever telling them they are "tired", susceptible to every fancy. The reader's uncertainty ? is this a ghost story? ? is kept taut by the narrator's refusal to believe in the supernatural. Waters's technique is to make him give us ... Second sight | Candia McWilliam | blindness - My journey back from blindness, by novelist Candia McWilliamOn a hot May day, in 2007, I very nearly burned my house to ash. As had become usual, I couldn't see that day. I was used to groping my way up and down the narrow staircase, but I still banged into things and fell frequently, especially over the piles of books. The things I loved had become a danger to me: twice I slid gratingly face first do... Lucy Mangan: I say, chaps, the queerest thing has happened? - The jolly old Famous Five are to have their language, like, updated, yeah?As the Guardian's special (albeit self-appointed) Enid Blyton correspondent, it falls to me to break the latest news. Publisher Hodder Children's Books has announced that the Famous Five adventures are to have their language "subtly" updated so it does not alienate today's children. Thus in the books being reissued next month, ... Orwell may yet survive Elton John's high-kicking pig chorus | Marina Hyde - Elton John's West End musical of Animal Farm could be the biggest thing for the dystopian satire since the CIAThere are headlines that force the reader to check the date. And then there is this week's "Elton John working on Animal Farm musical... Daily Dose for Sat, Jul 31: Ship Breaker -
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
Reviewed by Nicole from Greensboro, North Carolina.
... Daily Dose for Fri, Jul 30: The Language of Bees: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes -
The Language of Bees: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes by Laurie R. King
Reviewed by Anne from Indianapolis , Indiana.
... Daily Dose for Thu, Jul 29: In Pursuit of Silence: Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise -
In Pursuit of Silence: Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise by George Prochnik
Reviewed by Bevan from Santa Monica, CA.
... Daily Dose for Wed, Jul 28: South of Broad -
South of Broad by Pat Conroy
Reviewed by Ivy from Montclair, NJ.
... Daily Dose for Tue, Jul 27: The Human Alphabet -
The Human Alphabet by Pilobolus
Reviewed by Robyn from Hartselle, Alabama.
... Daily Dose for Mon, Jul 26: Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name -
Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name by Vendela Vida
Reviewed by Mary from Richardson, Texas.
... Daily Dose for Sun, Jul 25: Still Missing -
Still Missing by Chevy Stevens
Reviewed by Elizabeth from Austin, Texas.
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