The Last Friend
Author: Jelloun, Tahar Ben Publisher: New Press From the winner of the 2004 Impac Prize, a classic story of friendship and betrayal “Tahar Ben Jelloun is a remarkable novelist…The writing is simple and direct. Every sentence is telling. It makes you think and feel at the same time. Read it. There is... Read More
Rogue State: A Guide to the World’s Only Superpower
Author: Blum, William Publisher: Zed Books ‘This is not a book for anyone who wishes to maintain any cosy illusions about their own liberty… we find in these pages, meticulously detailed and annotated, all the instances of assassination, covert and overt destabilisation, election-rigging, sponsorship of terrorism, secret surveillance, brainwashing and provocation that... Read More
What’s the Matter with America? The Resistible Rise of the American Right
Author: Frank, Thomas Publisher: Vintage Publication Date: 02 Feb 2006 `Brilliant’ Guardian `Eloquent and often funny’ The Times `Important and fascinating…Frank [writes] vividly and with great insight’ London Review of Books `Thomas Frank is the most witty, talented, humane and intelligent writer in America today. Ignoring this book is not an option’ Nick... Read More
Re-Living the Second Chimurenga: Review
Author: Chung, Fay Publisher: Nordic Africa Inst. Fay Chung grew up in a Chinese family in Rhodesia in the 1950s and 1960s. She studied education and literature, and became a lecturer at the University of Zambia in the early 1970s. In Zambia, she joined the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), and took... Read More
