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Book Reviews – Circe

Circeby Madeline Miller Madeline Miller is the author of the Orange Prize-winning The Song of Achilles. This time she turns her attention on Circe, the...

Book Reviews – A Year at Hotel Gondola

A Year at Hotel Gondolaby Nicky Pellegrino This is Nicky Pellegrino’s 10th novel and it has all the wonderful qualities of her previous books –...

Book Reviews – All the Beautiful Girls

All the Beautiful GirlsBy Elizabeth J. Church In the summer of 1968, Ruby Wilde is the toast of Las Vegas – Showgirl of the Year,...

Book Reviews – The Best of A.A. Gill

The Best of A.A. GillBy A.A. Gill For more than 20 years, people turned to A.A. Gill’s columns for his fearlessness, his perception, and the...

Book Reviews – The Earth Cries Out

The Earth Cries Outby Bonnie Etherington Also longlisted for the 2018 Ockham Acorn Fiction Prize is this debut novel from Bonnie Etherington. After the accidental...

Book Reviews – Baby

BabyBy Annaleese Jochems Cynthia is 21, bored and desperately waiting for something big to happen. Her striking boot camp instructor, Anahera, is equally stifled by...

Book Reviews – Fools and Mortals

Fools and Mortalsby Bernard Cornwell Bernard Cornwell takes a dramatic departure from his tales of Sharpe fighting in the Napoleonic Wars to delve into the...

Book Reviews – Robicheaux

Robicheaux by James Lee Burke Set against the backdrop of New Orleans, Detective Dave Robicheaux is once again fighting his personal demons to overcome his...

Book Reviews – Annie Leibovitz : Portraits 2005-2016

In this new collection, Annie Leibovitz, one of the most important photographers of our time,  has selected 150 of her portraits of the most  influential...

Book Reviews – Classic Planes

Classic Planesby Ivor Wilkins New Zealand has long held a passion for its aviation history – the bravado, ingenuity and trailblazing spirit says a lot...