While I’m getting used to my new job I’m going to post my reviews in a single blog post. They will probably be quite short, a summary of the content or plot, followed by my opinion and reasons for that opinion.
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Category Archives: Non-fiction
I really shouldn’t have bothered with this book
Review: ‘Talk yourself slim with Dr. Rocket’s self-chatter diet. Behaviour Focused Weight-loss Success’ by John Richardson
Troubadour Publishing Ltd
28th June 2013
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Review: ‘Comradely Greetings’
The Prison Letters of Nadya and Slavoj
By Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Slavoj Zizek
Translated by Ian Dreiblatt
Introduced by Michel Eltchaninoff
Review: Fashioning Fat by Amanda Czerniawski
NYU Press
23rd January 2015
ISBN:9780814789186
Price:24.00 USD
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Review: All Muck and Mullets
Review: ‘The Gospel According to Monty Python’ by Julian Doyle
Political Meme of the Day: Where do Wars come from?
“Where do wars come from?”
“A group of people own the banks that control the governments and mainstream media. They create public approval by stimulating fear and anger toward the “enemy” via use of propaganda and staged violence. They profit off these wars while the people pay in taxes and lives. Haven’t you seen 1984?”
Reproductive Justice: Anarchism, Abortion and the Limits of ‘Pro-Choice’
August Reviews: part 2
And I returneth with a small number of book reviews. I hadn’t planned to post this set of reviews yet but I managed to read two fairly long books yesterday and thought it would be sensible to post them rather than waiting ten days.
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Constipated advertising
Right, strange thought occurs. Why are adverts for constipation medications aimed at women?Continue reading “Constipated advertising”
Everything Is Better With Dragons 