Book Reviews
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Khaki Shorts - Various
Khaki Shorts' is worth its salt as far as independent comics go Read more »| 16 May 2006 -
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Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon - Daniel C Dennett
A history of belief that combines humour and argument and would entertain even the casual reader. Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
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Lions, Donkeys and Dinosaurs - Lewis Page
For years guns and tanks have been designed for use in Europe and are therefore unsuitable for use in, say, the desert. Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
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Love My Rifle More Than You: Young and Female in the US Army - Kayla Williams
HOW TO PREPARE FOR DEPLOYMENT IN IRAQ…9. Ask two hundred people you don't know and don't necessarily like to live with you for a month. Make sure there ar... Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
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Seo Otters Gamboling in the Wild, Wild Surf - John Bennett
So this is a story about a statue. Not any old statue, but a plastic statuette "depicting a fat, semi-naked, bald man rear-ending an oversized, pink, glitter... Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
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The Blast - Alexander Berkman
Anarchism usually stays well off the radar in mainstream political debate these days. When there's a periodic dose in the media (alongside reports from the W... Read more »| 16 Apr 2006
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Vampire Nation - Arlene Russo
If your imagination is captured by the insert to 'Vampire Nation', with its promise to reveal the history and secrets of the UK's thriving vampire scene, don... Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
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5 is the Perfect Number - Igort
As atmospheric as the best film noir, filled with shadows, rain drenched alleyways, religious imagery and desperate men dwarfed by post-impressionist Toulouse-Lautrec style billboards. Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
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Black Hole - Charles Burns
A beautiful mix of fantasy and truth. Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
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Blankets - Craig Thompson
A small story, so beautifully told. Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
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Justina Robson - Living Next Door to the God of Love
In a multi-dimensional future, the fate of human kind and the universe is up for grabs in a showdown between the schismatic, shape-changing Jalaeka and the o... Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
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Ismail Kadare - The Successor
An atmospheric, gripping mystery, infused with awareness of the place and its people. Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
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One City - Alexander McCall Smith, Ian Rankin, Irvine Welsh
The proceeds from this thin volume, featuring Edinburgh's most popular contemporary authors, will go to the One City Trust, which aims to tackle social injus... Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
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Cormac McCarthy - No Country For Old Men
The plot twists in unexpected ways, pushing back against conventions of justice or happy endings Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
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Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman
God is dead. Meet the Kids. Read more »| 03 Oct 2005