by Nil There is something almost unsettling about the fact that Charles Spencer’s most intimate book about Diana begins, in effect, with a question of possession: who knew her best? His mother,
Since Simple Simon is a semi-autobiography, the reader needs to ask this question at the end. We know what his passions are.
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Following excerpts adapted from the author’s recent book, The Liar: How a Double Agent in the CIA Became the Cold War’s Last Honest Man, published by Hachette Book Group Heroes don’t exist,
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Following excerpts adapted from the author’s most recent book, Poverty, by America, published by Crown We imagine that their sufferings are one thing and our life another.—Leo Tolstoy Why is there so
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“It’s better to be a “misfit” than a “one-size-fits-all”! Mandy Hale “ The Monarchy, always, at all costs, had to be protected’ Prince Harry, Spare (p.351) I have just finished reading the book Spare by Prince Harry,
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Following excerpts adapted from the author’s most recent book, Your Consent Is Not Required, published by BenBella Books, Inc. Upon retiring to the sunny Okanagan Valley in British Columbia in 1997, my
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Following excerpts adapted from the author’s latest book, The Hermit King: The Dangerous Game of Kim Jong Un, published by Macmillan During Kim Jong Il’s reign, North Korea’s primary aim was gangseong
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Following excerpts adapted from the author’s latest book, Manhunters: How We Took Down Pablo Escobar, published by Macmillan “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called Children of God.” — Matthew
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Following excerpts adapted from the author’s most recent book, A Hidden History of the Cuban Revolution: How the Working Class Shaped the Guerrilla Victory published by Monthly Review Press With the overthrow
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The following article is based on the excerpts adapted from the author’s maiden book, Palestine 1936 published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Palestinians, despairing over their thwarted national hopes, wage acts
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by Our Defence Correspondent ‘We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. For he, today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother.’ – William Shakespeare The process of
More Following excerpts are adapted from the author’s new book, Spare, published by Penguin Random House. Days Later I Was In Botswana, with Chels. We went to stay with Teej and Mike. Adi was
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Following excerpts adapted from the author’s new book, “India Is Broken: A People Betrayed, Independence to Today,” published by Stanford University Press, Stanford, California By the rules of the Indian National Congress
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In Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu’s sweeping, moving autobiography, one of the most formidable and insightful leaders of our time tells the story of his family, his path to leadership, and his unceasing commitment
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Sri Lanka Guardian has sent a media query to Shehan Karunathilake but he is yet to respond. However, on behalf of the Sri Lankan origins booker prize winner, someone named “SK” has
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“ By cruel hands the sapling drops, in dust dishonour’d laid; so fell the pride of all my hopes, my age’s future shade”. ~ Robert Burns Denis Nowell Pritt, a British barrister,
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