Biographies
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Reading this book was just a series of ‘wow’ moments from start to finish, completely unexpected in a non-fiction book and a history of a publishing house at that. Literature for the People: How the Pioneering Macmillan Brothers Built a Publishing Powerhouse by Sarah Harkness is about the strange early life of the publishing behemouth.…
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As my Typead blog has dispppeared I will be republishing a few of my favourite blogs. This, from 2010, is another of my earlier reviews. I find it very hard when handling my book stock not to get caught up with reading sometimes! On this occasion the book I couldn’t put down was A Childhood in…
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As my Typead blog has dispppeared I will be republishing a few of my favourite blogs. This, from 2008, is one of my earliest reviews. The poetic and romantic relationship of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath has fascinated fans of both their work since the 1970s. The story of the smart girl from Boston, piercingly…
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