In Confidence
Subtitled 'talking frankly about fame' this is a compilation of a series of interviews on Sky Arts that constitutes a reflection on the nature of…… Read More »
Book Reviews
Animal Wisdom
Endorsed by Jane Goodall, who writes about the benefit we get from close relationship with animals and the way in which they can enrich us…… Read More »
Apprenticeship
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: General
I recently had the pleasure of being in Italy at Spineto Abbey where the letter-cutter Lida Kindersley was awarded one of the annual human ecology…… Read More »
Full of Hope and Fear
Subtitled 'the Great War Letters of an Oxford Family', these letters were found in a trunk and convey a vivid impression of the impact of…… Read More »
Veiled Warriors
This brilliant and highly informative book describes the conditions of Allied nurses during the First World War both sequentially and on the different fronts, including…… Read More »
Graceful Passages
This is the most beautiful resource for death and dying, but also for realising the value of life. The book and accompanying CDs are an…… Read More »
Oxford Guide to Effective Argument & Critical Thinking
Oddly enough, this brilliantly informative book contains no information about the author, but one guesses that he must be a professional philosopher. I know of…… Read More »
Words in Time and Place
David Crystal is well known as the foremost scholar in language, and has produced yet another extraordinary book exploring the English language through the historical…… Read More »
It's Been Said Before
A very informative and entertaining book for anyone interested in the nature and development of language, making one reflect on the nature and context of…… Read More »
Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Education
This is the eighth edition of the book first published in 1941 and which of course is now online. At £30, it is excellent value…… Read More »