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Stephen Hawking, “My Brief History”

( Stephen Hawking’s memoir A Brief History is a slim volume, expensively produced, lavishly illustrated and a pure delight to read. Based upon this was the Oscar-winning
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An anthology of writings on the Ganga: Goddess and River in History, Culture and Society

26 05 , 2015 No Comments

At a time when a law is expected to punish the polluters of river Ganga, an anthology of writings about the river is timely. An Anthology
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Press Release: SIMON & SCHUSTER UK TO PUBLISH STAN LEE GRAPHIC MEMOIR

22 05 , 2015 No Comments

SIMON & SCHUSTER UK TO PUBLISH STAN LEE GRAPHIC MEMOIR May 21, 2015—POW! Entertainment’s Stan Lee, the legendary creator who helped spawn some of the
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“Mr Mojo: A biography of Jim Morrison” by Dylan Jones

21 05 , 2015 No Comments

Morrison was the sexiest bookworm to ever pick up a microphone, he was an inspired lyricist and one of the most celebrated pop icons of
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Jon Ronson, “So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed”

17 05 , 2015 No Comments

‘I’m writing a book about public shaming,’ I told Clive. ‘With citizen justice we’re bringing public shame back in a big way. …’ If ever
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James Wood and Tim Parks, two critics, two books

15 05 , 2015 No Comments

Two prominent literary commentators and critics — James Wood and Tim Parks— have release books within months of each other. Both the books are compilations
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Vikas Khanna – two books

11 05 , 2015 No Comments

In the past few months I have received two books related to Vikas Khanna, an award winning Michelin starred Indian chef. One is a picture
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Marcos Giralt Torrente, “Paris”

08 05 , 2015 No Comments

No word can change the past, and no word is the right word if you say it when what it describes as the past and
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Anuradha Roy, “Sleeping on Jupiter”

07 05 , 2015 No Comments

After I had finished reading Anuradha Roy’s third novel, Sleeping on Jupiter, I wrote her an email. With the author’s permission I am publishing an extract from
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On travel writing and translations

06 05 , 2015 No Comments

In recent months I have read two books of travel writing translated from Urdu and Bengali respectively. They were first written a century apart but the
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