Bread and books: Karma Bread, Hampstead, London

May 20, 2017 in Bookshelf, Bookshop Bargain, News & views, The lighter side

Where to have coffee and buy books in Hampstead, London.

5 free and low-cost ebook websites

August 15, 2016 in Bookshelf, Bookshop Bargain, Handy hints

If you have an ebook reader or app, especially the Kindle, then you're in luck. Here are 5 free and low-cost services from which you can obtain new books every day!

What I'm reading: Write Tight

June 01, 2016 in Handy hints, Reviews, Bookshop Bargain

Thumbnail sketch of a very useful book I came across recently. If you want to tighten up your prose, this is the book for you.

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Nonfiction notebook: 6 types of book review

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I love books, and I love reviewing them. However, I’ve decided that a one-size fits all approach to reviewing books (or anything else, come to that), just won’t do. So I’ve categorised my reviews into 6 types.

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Review: The Newsmongers -- two reviews in one!

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was intrigued to discover that a popular news magazine of the sixties had been anticipated by Defoe.

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Review: The Shortest History of Music

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The Music Programme of Study requires students to have an understanding of the music that they perform and to which they listen, and its history, and an appreciation of different musical styles.

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Review: How to think like a poet (two reviews in one!)

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In all, twenty three poets are considered, and they constitute a wide variety: alongside the usual ones like Milton and Chaucer, we find Sappho and Basho. Each chapter is a mixture of biography and quotations.

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