Autobiographical novel on Christy Brown and Snow White
A Dublin publisher reviews Christy Brown's My Left Foot and Down All the Day, praising language but noting the harsh autobiographical theme. It critiques Snow White by Sheil Lead as a delicate allegory with strong allegorical figures and a restrained, artful prose style, leaving the reader perplexed yet satisfied.
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Christy Brown
Secker & Warburg
Sheil Lead
Seeker & Warrew
Lnland Vail
Othor
Stornow
Isle of Lewis
Snow White
Doc
Rota
Adonsis
Buttons
Cato
Eglantine
Feste
The Other Man's Shoes review amid 1960s Rome social issues
A long critical appraisal of Abraham Beilberg's novel The Other Man's Shoes focusing on its integrity and journalistic precision. It follows Sanders, the Vietnam war correspondent, as he questions life, death, and the meaning of existence through present events and flashbacks. The piece analyzes themes of humanity, race, power, and the search for truth in a tumultuous era.
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Sanders
America
France
Rothberg
Publishers reshaping culture with penbooks and mass fiction
A survey argues publishers profit from best sellers and penbooks, noting fiction’s shrinking share of U S and British markets. It cites Toland on writers shifting to non fiction, the rise of paperbacks, and the transformation of books into utilitarian commodities rather than enduring culture.
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Waivernatten
Nic
Social geography of the Middle East review
Book review critiques Longrigg's Social geography of the Middle East second edition. Highlights scope from ancient to present, but finds it ambitious yet flawed. Notes errors in specifics about kibbutzim property, Jordan West Bank crossings, and a few unit names.
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Syria
Jordan
Longrige
Jon Kimche
Europa Publicattions
Middle East
North Africa
Longri
Yayman
Mid-East
Sarsel
Fing
Nursing Struggles And Nightingale Legacy In Australia
A century of nursing history in Australia unfolds in this account of Florence Nightingale’s influence through Miss Lucy Osburn and the early Sydney Hospital. It covers Osburn’s team, 1868 campaigns, Royal visits, and 1873 inquiries shaping nursing’s professional rise. The author cites letters, campaigns, and a pivotal 1873 commission vindicating Osburn’s work.
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Mins ‘Osburn
Florence Nightingne
London
Sydney
Macquare Ae
Osburn
Freda MacDonnell
Ial
Florence Migingals
Migburn
Siaher
Prince Alfred
Duke of Edigi
Clontarf Jst
Lucy Osburn
Carr
Miss Nightingale
Engliswoman
Sydney Hospital
Miss ‘Osburn
Entangled by apartheid by Joy Packer
An English arrival in Cape Town, Derek, navigates love and social caste amid South Africa's apartheid. He begins an affair with Veronica, a mixed-race woman, then marries Lindy as prejudice shadows every choice. A blackmailing hunchback and a web of insults drive the narrative through entanglements of race.
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Joy Packer
England
Cape Town
Derek
Veronica
Lindy
South Africa
South
Africa
Four Missionaries They Were Pilgrims by Marcus L. Lorne
A brief life history of four missionary figures David Brainerd Henry Martyn Robert Mumay Mecheyea Joan in Palestine and Toa Keith-Falcomer. The volume explores their piety and diaries showing devotion amid hardship.
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Marcus L. Lorne
Angus and
Roberts
David Brainerd
Maryn Wee
Henry Martyn Tains
Lucknow
Robert Mumay Mecheyea
Joan
Palestine
Ely
Toa Keith
Falcomer Soeti
Ingelie
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John Whitwell
Ting
Ussher
Abraham Beilberg
Rupert Har-Davis
Marion Halligan
Sirah Kee
Basarma
Angus & Robertson
Kat Bey
Rte
United States
Britain
Australia
John Toland
Paul Reynolds
William Morrow
Toland
Bowsers
Canberra
Bookihoyill
Hellen
Maurice Dunievy
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Ra Wski
Duckworth, Ig
Persian Gulf
Iraq
Iran
Turkey
South Yemen
Saadia
United Arab Republic
Sudan
UAR
Joach
West Bank
Israel
Bast Jordan
Ass Nightingale
Jede MacDonnell
Angus and Robertson
Austrak
Douglas Miller
Bt Vio
Cea
Virginia Gerrett
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Sportis
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