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January 10, 2012

Mediterranean Cook by Paul Gayler

Filed under: Book Reviews,Cookery — The Historian @ 12:55 pm

Title: Mediterranean Cook Author: Paul Gayler Genre: Cookery Publisher: Jacqui Small Release Date: 2004 Pages: 144

British chef Paul Gayler’s latest book is like a wonderful taster menu of Mediterranean cookery. Dividing the countries around the Mediterranean Sea into four different sections – Central Mediterranean, Balkans, Eastern Mediterranean, Mahgreb and Egypt – Gayler gives a brief overview of cooking in countries ranging from France to

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How the Light Gets In by MJ Hyland

Filed under: Book Reviews,Cult,General Fiction — The DJ @ 12:55 pm

Title: How the Light Gets in Author: M. J. Hyland Genre: Australians Publisher: Walker Release Date: Jun 1 2011 Pages: 329

In many of the best books with a precocious teen protagonist, the hero/ine tries to figure out who they are and get away from where they come from. Lou Connors doesn’t have to do either – she knows very well who she is and has already succeeded in making it to the USA, at least for a summer as an exchange student. Leaving behind her sedentary

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Men without Women by Ernest Hemingway

Filed under: Book Reviews,Classics — The DJ @ 12:55 pm

Title: Men Without Women Author: Ernest Hemingway Genre: Classics Publisher: Arrow Books Release Date: 1927 Pages: 130

A second collection of short stories that once again establish Hemingway as a novelist of exceptional power. Hemingway's men are bullfighters and boxers, hired hands and hard drinkers, gangsters and gunmen. Each of their stories deals with masculine toughness, unsoftened by woman's hand. Incisive, hard edged, pared down to the bare minimum, they

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Lipstick Jungle by Candace Bushnell

Filed under: Book Reviews,General Fiction — The Techie @ 12:55 pm

Title: Lipstick Jungle Author: Candace Bushnell Genre: General Fiction Publisher: Abacus Pages: 448

For her fourth book, Candace Bushnell tries to recreate a world as compelling and fascinating as Sex and The City. Unfortunately she has not succeeded.

In Lipstick Jungle, high fashion meets the powerful women who actually wear it. Single, beautiful, creative and unconventional, Victory Ford has worked for years to create her own independent fashion

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Two Serious Ladies by Jane Bowles

Filed under: Book Reviews,Classics — The DJ @ 12:55 pm

Title: Two Serious Ladies Author: Jane Bowles Genre: Prostitution Release Date: 2010 Pages: 286

In a new series that could be called ‘lesser-spotted classics’ Peter Owens have just published various works of literature from the 20th century that, through no fault of their own, have been over-looked or were marginal successes. One such is Jane Bowles’ Two Serious Ladies. Championed in the introduction by Truman Capote, the

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