Reviews
Book: The Books of Albion
Friday, February 05 2010
Never far from the headlines and usually in a bad way, Pete Doherty is seen as the bad boy of the current music scene. his association with Kate Moss, run-ins with the police which eventuated with him serving time in prison and several attempts a checking into clinics to dry…
Book: Mao’s Last Dancer
Friday, February 05 2010
This fascinating biography now comes with three extra chapters describing what has happened to Li since his book was first published and became a bestseller to how he was involved in making the movie of his book. It's a good movie, closely following the book with great dancing but the…
Book: Valvona and Crolla A Year at an Italian Table
Friday, February 05 2010
Beautifully produced and illustrated this is the story of an old established delicatessen in Scotland. Founded in 1934 it has provided generations of locals and Italian immigrants with the finest food and wine. This book takes you through a year of eating, traditions and seasonal activities and comes complete with…
Book: From Distant Villages - The Lives and Times of Croatian Settlers in New Zealand 1858-1958
Friday, February 05 2010
A substantial, large format illustrated book about the many families who settled in New Zealand from what used to be Yugoslavia, Dalmatia and Croatia. Fully indexed it is easy to trace names and original villages from the various stories. Whether the immigrants were involved in gum digging, wine making, forestry…
Book: The Quickening Maze
Friday, January 22 2010
Missed out on the Booker but still a book well worth reading. Mixing real characters such as mad poet John Clare and the Tennyson brothers Alfred and Septimus, Foulds describes the world of High Beach a private asylum whose inmates are looked after by Dr Matthew Allen whilst nature takes…
Book: Nine Lives
Friday, January 22 2010
Author of White Mughals recounts the lives of nine people he meets on his travels around his beloved India. From a reluctant prostitute who pledges her daughters to the same life to a nun who tests herself in the extreme it is the force of belief and religion that adds…
REVIEWS
BOOKS with Doris Mousdale
Valvona and Crolla A Year at an Italian Table
From Distant Villages - The Lives and Times of Croatian Settlers in New Zealand 1858-1958
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