Category: Book Review: Non-Fiction
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Educated
“My life was narrated for me by others. Their voices were forceful, emphatic, absolute. It had never occurred to me that my voice might be as strong as theirs.”
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Intimations
“What was once necessary appears inessential; what was taken for granted, unappreciated and abused now reveals itself to be central to our existence. Strange inversions proliferate. People find themselves applauding a national health service that their own government criminally underfunded and neglected these past ten years. People thank God for ‘essential’ workers they once considered…
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The Towering World of Jimmy Choo: Power, Profits and the Pursuit of the Perfect Shoe
A business and fashion book that unpacks the success story that is the Jimmy Choo brand.
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Welsh Saints On The Mormon Trail
Historical fiction of the Welsh Saints who made their way to Salt Lake City in the 1800s.
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Whose Story Is This?
“We are, as a culture, moving to a future with more people and more voices and more possibilities. Some people are being left behind, not because the future is intolerant of them but because they are intolerant of this future.”
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I Feel Bad About My Neck
“Oh, how I regret not having worn a bikini for the entire year I was twenty-six. If anyone young is reading this, go, right this minute, put on a bikini, and don’t take it off until you’re thirty-four.”
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What If There Were No Whites In South Africa?
“When black fury meets white denial, you have the combustible and fundamentally changed race relations we live in today.”
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The Wildlife Photographer of the Year
By Megan Thomas This absolute highlight of an exhibition is on at the Natural History Museum and I highly recommend everyone in London (or close enough) go visit. If you can’t, then these portfolios are a great way to see all the photographs from the various years. This is a copy of 2019’s award, and…
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