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Murtagh – Christopher Paolini
Murtagh by Christopher Paolini, is a book in the World of Eragon series. By all accounts it’s book 5 of The Inheritance Cycle Series. However, not having read the first four had no negative...
Li Wo: They Stood By To Die – Nick Tucker #Preview #Medals
Nick’s books are published through the Orders and Medals Research Society.
Poppie – Elsa Joubert
Poppie – Elsa Joubert Some time ago I read Cul-de-sac by Elsa Joubert, her last book, and in the process discovered Poppie, first published in 1978 in Afrikaans and then in English in 1980....
Why Africa? – Melvin E Page #Preview #Memoir
About Mel Mel Page studied for his PhD at Michigan State University. Within a year of his arrival in Malawi as a Fulbright lecturer, he began a career of historical research focusing on the...
Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Einstein’s Daughter – Tim Symonds
Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Einstein’s Daughter – Tim Symonds Mention Einstein and one generally thinks of a grey-haired man and/or E=MC2. I can’t say I ever thought of him being married, let...
On this day – 20 July
20 July On this day… 1969 – people walked on the Moon – read about it on Nasa’s website. Craig Carter never lands on the moon but he does seem to enjoy space encounters....
An Uncomfortable Narrative – Joseph Mahoney
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Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Moby Dick – Herman Melville It appears that I am one of a minority who have worked through Moby Dick by Herman Melville – that is the unabridged version. I say ‘worked through’ as...
The Kingdom of Egypt – Owain Raw-Rees
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Digby Reflects on a Return to Rhodesia – Matopos
RETURN TO RHODESIA: 1. MATOPOS Anne and I returned to Rhodesia in 1978 at the climax of the war for independence. We hadn’t realised how much the situation had deteriorated, though this was wilful...
The Furies (2022) by John Connolly
The Furies (2022) by John Connolly[spacer height=”25px”] A very good friend is a huge fan of John Connolly and it is through her that I got to hear of him. She’s mentioned him so...
A Gothic Read – The Monk
The Monk by Matthew Lewis is probably the oldest novel I’ve read. It was written around 1794 and likely published soon after as reference to the second edition notes that he had expunged various...
Kitchener: The man not the myth – Anne Samson (Helion reprint) #Preview #History #Biography
For more information and to purchase the book, click on the relevant image below In contrast to the existing biographies which treat Kitchener as British, the author of Kitchener: The Man, considers him an...
Rhodesian Despatches Quarterly 3 – Gerry van Tonder #Preview #History #Africa #Military
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Rajeshwar Prasad #Reviewed – #plays #scripts #drama #absurd #philosophy
Read what others think of Rajeshwar Prasad’s literary output: Theatre of the Absurd in India and Rajeshwar Prasad’s Plays in IJRE by Dr. Ramsurat (2025) https://www.englishjournal.net/archives/2025/vol7issue2/PartA/7-1-172-135.pdf Theatre of the Absurd: East and West in...
Seeking Cooperation – Abdolhai Shammasi #Preview #Drama #Philosophy
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Rhodesian Despatches Quarterly 2 – Gerry van Tonder #Preview #History #Africa #Military
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A Memoir of Early British South Africa Police Days – Bernard Hugh Seymour-Hall #Preview #History #Africa
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On Butterfly Wings – Doreen Russell Smith #Preview #Poetry
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