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February 10, 2010
Book Review: Reflections on a Nixon nemesis
The Washington Times, February 10, 2010 Wednesday
 Hagiography does not get a lot of attention from critics of historical literature, and that is a shame. I use the word "hagiography" in both its definitions - as a biography of a saint or undeserved p...
February 09, 2010
Book Review: Costs of presidential dissembling
The Washington Times, February 9, 2010 Tuesday
 At the outset: a cautionary note about publicity afforded this book in advance of publication. Heavy-breathing press accounts in the New York Post and elsewhere could lead one to expect a spate of rev...
February 08, 2010
Setting the Record Straight
San Jose Mercury News (California), February 8, 2010 Monday
 In the Lifestyle section Sunday, a review of "Deadlines A Novel of Murder, Conspiracy and the Media" by Paul McHugh gave the wrong name for the publisher. It is Lost Coast Press.
Book Review: A hauntingly magical story -by Mehr Tarar
Daily Times (PK), February 8, 2010 Monday
 Pakistan, Feb. 8 -- The secret of great stories is that they have no secrets. Great stories are the ones you have heard and want to hear again. The ones you can enter anywhere and inhabit comfortably....
Book Review: An eminent Victorian disinterred
The Washington Times, February 8, 2010 Monday
 "The history of England is emphatically the history of progress." That, in a nutshell, is the Whig theory of history, as articulated by the subject of this heavily researched, strongly written and som...
BOOK REVIEW.
Port Curtis Post (Gladstone, Australia), February 8, 2010
 EACH month, The Little Big Book Club selection committee chooses achildren's picture book for each age group: birth to two years, two and three years and four and five years.
February 07, 2010
Who wants to take a punt at making it pay? BOOK REVIEW; Sports
The Racing Post (London, England), February 7, 2010
 Byline: Phil Donaldson IT would be easy to be flippant when tossed a copy of 'Greyhound Racing: Make It Pay' and suggest that the easiest way of achieving that is to write such a book and then charge ...
Books | review Putting death row on trial UH law professor argues passionately that flaws in criminal justice system need to be addressed
The Houston Chronicle, February 7, 2010 Sunday
 THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN EXECUTION By David R. Dow. Twelve Publishing, 288 pp., $24.99. A University of Houston law professor who doubles as litigation director for the Texas Defender Service wants eve...
Book review: Living Dolls: The Return Of Sexism: Brutal truths about sexism
Scotland on Sunday, February 7, 2010, Sunday
 LIVING DOLLS: THE RETURN OF SEXISM Natasha Walter Virago, GBP 12.99 A new analysis of women's oppression identifies the malaise but fails to offer a plan of attack, finds Claire Black WHO could doubt ...
Book review: Mr Shivers: Horror among dust bowl hobos pulls the genre up by its bootstraps
Scotland on Sunday, February 7, 2010, Sunday
 MR SHIVERS Robert Jackson Bennett Orbit, GBP 12.99 'HORROR" has a bit of an image problem, and not just because the jacket covers tend to be crawling with eyeballs, blood, sharp things and spot-glosse...
Pakistan: NBF publishes first-ever bilingual 'Book Review'
Daily the Pak Banker, February 7, 2010 Sunday
 Islamabad, Feb. 07 -- National Book Foundation (NBF) has published the first-ever bilingual 'Book Review' covering all segments of literature and life, says a press release.It contains reviews on sign...
The Myths of Liberal Zionism – Book Review
The Palestine Chronicle, February 7, 2010
 Dr. Ludwig Watzal - Bonn Yitzhak Laor, The Myths of Liberal Zionism (London: Verso, 2010) 162 p. The book deals with the deep contradictions within Israeli society, the fact that a large majority of t...
Pakistan: NBF publishes first ever bilingual book review
Daily the Pak Banker, February 7, 2010 Sunday
 ISLAMABAD, Feb. 07 -- National Book Foundation (NBF) haspublished the first-ever bilingual and unique `Book Review' to givethe readers an insight into diversified segments of literature andlife. The b...
Who wants to take a punt at making it pay?; BOOK REVIEW
Racing Post, February 7, 2010 Sunday
  IT would be easy to be flippant when tossed a copy of 'Greyhound Racing: Make It Pay' and suggest that the easiest way of achieving that is to write such a book and then charge punters pounds 16.99 f...
February 06, 2010
Book Review: The Patience Stone: Confessions of a justified angry woman
The Scotsman, February 6, 2010, Saturday
 The Patience Stone by Atiq Rahimi Chatto & Windus, 136pp, GBP 12.99 A MAN lies on the floor. His eyes are open but he is unconscious and hasn't moved or given sign of life for days. He is attached to ...
Book review: An education by lynn barber
The Sentinel (Stoke), February 6, 2010 Saturday
 An Education by Lynn Barber RRP: £7.99 Waterstones Price: £7.99 (3 for 2)
Shrouded Eagle by Dennis Perkins (New Generation Publishing. £7.99)
The Northern Echo (Newsquest Regional Press), February 6, 2010 Saturday
 AN intriguing historical novel about a shadowy period from the past. Bonaparte has been beaten at Waterloo and exiled to St Helena; the Bourbons have been restored to the French throne and Bonapartist...
BOOK REVIEW: A few good men -by Afrah Jamal
Daily Times (PK), February 6, 2010 Saturday
 Quiet Diplomacy, Feb. 6 -- Jamsheed Marker belongs to an exceptional cadre of Foreign Service officers entrusted to keep things on an even keel on the diplomatic stage. Providence chose him to fill th...
Aberdeen Press and Journal
February 6, 2010 Saturday
 Wood by Andy Goldsworthy Published by Thames and Hudson HERE'S a coffee table book that will make you look at your coffee table in a whole new light.
Loose Leaves
The Irish Times, February 6, 2010 Saturday
 Bookers lost and found:It s got a catchy ring to it: The Lost Man Booker Prize, of which the winner will be announced in May. Sadly, half of the 22 writers on the longlist a clutch of whom are Irish...
Paperbacks
The Irish Times, February 6, 2010 Saturday
 The latest paperback releases  Alone in Berlin Hans Fallada Penguin, £9.99 When the taciturn Otto Quangel hears that his only son died fighting for the Fatherland, he and his broken-hearted wife respo...
February 05, 2010
Book reviews; Features
Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), February 5, 2010
 Lean On Pete by Willy Vlautin is published in trade paperback by Faber & Faber, priced pounds 12.99. WHEN hope is all but lost, the refreshing optimism of youth can work wonders. Lean On Pete, by auth...
Deadline looms for book review
Uttoxeter Post and Times, February 5, 2010
 Book lovers are reminded that a deadline to submit their review of a favourite book is fast approaching. Readers over the age of 16 have until next Friday to enter their work. All participants will be...
February 04, 2010
WHO model formulary 2008 (book review)
The Pharmaceutical Journal, February 4, 2010
Ideal for those doing volunteer work in developing countries 'WHO model formulary 2008'. World Health Organization. Pp x+644. Price $28. Geneva: WHO Press; 2008. ISBN 978 92 4 154765  The model list of...
Symptom management in advanced cancer (book review)
The Pharmaceutical Journal, February 4, 2010
Useful for those providing care for patients with advanced cancer 'Symptom management in advanced cancer' 4th edition, by Robert Twycross, Andrew Wilcock and Claire Stark Toller. Pp xx+447. Price £40. ...
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