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In The PTSD Workbook, Second Edition, psychologists and trauma experts Mary Beth Williams and Soili Poijula offer the most effective tools available for treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In this fully revised and updated edition, readers will learn how to determine the type of trauma they have experienced, identify their symptoms, and learn the most effective strategies they can use to overcome these symptoms. This new edition features chapters focusing on veterans with PTSD, the link between cortisol and adrenaline and its role in PTSD and overall mental health, and the mind-body component of PTSD. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an extremely debilitating anxiety condition that can occur after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal. Although many know that this mental health issue affects veterans of war, many may not know that it also affects victims of domestic violence, sexual violence, natural disasters, crime, car accidents and accidents in the workplace. No matter the cause of their illness, people with PTSD will often relive their traumatic experience in the form of flashbacks, memories, nightmares, and frightening thoughts. This is especially true when they are exposed to events or objects that remind them of their trauma. Left untreated, PTSD can lead to emotional numbness, insomnia, addiction, anxiety, depression, and even suicide.In 'The PTSD Workbook, Second Edition', psychologists and trauma experts Mary Beth Williams and Soili Poijula outline techniques and interventions used by PTSD experts from around the world to offer trauma survivors the most effective tools available to conquer their most distressing trauma-related symptoms, whether they are a veteran, a rape survivor, or a crime victim. Based in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), the book is extremely accessible and easy-to-use, offering evidence-based therapy at a low cost. This new edition features chapters focusing on veterans with PTSD, the link between cortisol and adrenaline and its role in PTSD and overall mental health, and the mind-body component of PTSD.This book is designed to arm PTSD survivors with the emotional resilience they need to get their lives back together after a traumatic event.
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Title: The PTSD workbook
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Publisher: Oakland, CA :, New Harbinger Publications, Inc.,, [2013]
Edition: Second edition
Characteristics: 349 pages ;,26 cm
Statement of Responsibility: Mary Beth Williams, PhD, LCSW, CTS, and Soili Poijula, PhD
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This year's Big Band theme is a "Tribute to the Swing Era." We're excited about the hard swinging yet melodic music that was composed during this fertile period and performed by the bands of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Cab Calloway, Woody Herman, the Dorsey Brothers and others. Scott Mullett, director of the Keene Jazz Orchestra is an expert in the music of this era; he will be helping the VJC to develop our repertoire and perform it idiomatically so that it matches stylistically with the performance practices from this time period. He will also serve as soloist on clarinet and saxophone. For this concert we also welcome vocalists Rebecca Holtz and Rob Fletcher, two genuine swing aficionados who love to authentically reinterpret the parts of singers like Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Cab Calloway. Be sure to polish your dancing shoes; gents - suit up; ladies - let those sequins shine!
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Trinity Industries to Construct Tank Barges for Kirby
Kirby Corporation has signed a contract with Trinity Industries, Inc. for the construction of 16 double-hull, 30,000 barrel capacity, inland black oil tank barges. Kirby plans to take delivery of seven of the tank barges in 2003 and nine in the first half of 2004. The total purchase price of the 16 barges is approximately $29 million, with an estimated $12.6 million to be expended in 2003 and $16.4 million in 2004. Under the terms of the contract
Florida Marine Adds Trinity Barge
Florida Marine Transporters has added tank barge FMT 3008 to its fleet. The barge, the second of several being built by Trinity Marine Products, Inc., reflects an ongoing commitment by Florida Marine to shift to double-skin tank barge equipment. "Double-skin" tank barges, designed with an interior cargo shell and a secondary exterior hull, are primarily used for transport of petrochemical products over the nation's waterways
The ATB:A History of the State-of-the-Art
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Tank Barge Industry Leads the Way in Double Hull Conversions
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S.P. Inter Marine Expands Cargo Handling
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Barge Salvage Operations Continue
The Coast Guard has reported that response crews are anchoring the barge and plugging ballast tank vents to prevent water from leaking into the cargo tanks. Salvage opperations will continue throughout the night. An underwater survey operations revealed that oil continues to leak from the barge's damaged cargo tank. An over flight this morning revealed a sheen and black patches of oil extending three miles southwest of the barge.
Tug Company Honored
Island Tug and Barge Ltd. of Vancouver, B.C., received an award from the Washington Department of Ecology for excellence in marine safety and environmental stewardship. The Exceptional Compliance Program (Ecopro) Award was presented at the Odyssey Maritime Discovery Center on Pier 66, 2205 Alaska Way, in Seattle. Tank-barge companies receive the Ecopro Award only if they meet or exceed all 26 of Ecology's marine-safety standards for tank barges
AFT-Chemoil's New Barge Christened
AFT-Chemoil's newest barge, the Amalia, was named in Rotterdam on December 9th.The Amalia will immediately go into operation alongside the Maxima which started service in 2003. Both barges are jointly owned by AFT-Chemoil and Rotterdam barge operator FTS-Hofftrans. The Amalia has a capacity of 4,200 mts while the Maxima's capacity is 6,745mts. In combination the two barges provide AFT-Chemoil a significant strength in the Rotterdam bunker market
GCSG Launches Tank Barge for FMT
Gulf Coast Shipyard Group (GCSG) announced the launch of FMT 6000, the first of Florida Marine Transportation's (FMT) new 6000 series 6.4 PSI–30,000 barrel environmentally friendly tank barges. The new series continues Florida Marine Transportation's tradition of having the latest design and most environmentally-friendly equipment operating on America's waterways. Utilizing proprietary engineering developed for FMT by the engineering group of Guarino & Cox
JK Fabrication Wins Emergency Tow Reel Order
JK Fabrication (Nordic Machine) wins emergency tow reel order from Olympic Tug and Barge Olympic Tug and Barge, a Harley Marine Services Company, has selected four JK Fabrication emergency tow storage reels for new barges being built at Zidell Shipyard in Portland (the first two) and Vigor
Sea Trucks Bags Another Installation Contract
C has been awarded a second installation contract for a development in Nigeria to West African Ventures, Sea Trucks' principle Nigerian business. The newest contract is further to Sea Trucks' announcement made last week whichdeclared a contract from Afren for subsea installation of
Lynden to Provide Barge Service for Tulsequah Mine Project
Lynden Logistics, LLC signed a letter of intent with Chieftain Metals Corp. to provide barge services in support of the construction and production of the Tulsequah Mine in British Columbia. The services will include the barging of materials and supplies up the Taku River to the mine site and
DNV GL, N-KOM to Partner on LNG Initiatives
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed today between DNV GL and Qatar's premier shipyard Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM) to promote liquefied natural gas (LNG) as fuel within the maritime and offshore industry. The signing ceremony took place during DNV GL's
Great Lakes Shipyard to Build Two Tugs for NYPA
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AMS Presents 2014 Safety Awards
Nonprofit maritime trade association American Maritime Safety (AMS) held its 25th Annual Membership Meeting at The Yale Club of New York City on Thursday, October 23, honoring five member companies with Maritime Safety Awards in recognition of their dedication to promoting safe vessel navigation
Bouchard Wins Industry Safety Award
Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc., an independently-owned oceangoing petroleum barge company, received the 2014 AMS Tug & Barge Safety Award from the American Maritime Safety, Inc. (AMS) on Thursday, October 23. The award, accepted by Morty Bouchard IV
Kirby Corp. Announces Record 3Q Results
Record 2014 third quarter earnings per share of $1.34 compared with $1.21 in the 2013 third quarter, which included a $0.08 benefit due to the reduction of the United earnout liability. Kirby Corporation announced record net earnings attributable to Kirby for the third quarter ended September 30
Petrobras P-66 Platform Module to Boost Production
The P-66 platform's first modules, built at the Tomé Ferrostaal Consortium's Module Plant located at the Port of Maceió, Alagoas, are now ready and loaded on the São Tomé barge. The oil processing module (M08) and the oil processing and produced
New Abu Dhabi Ship Repair Yards Operational
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Antwerp Port Looks For LNG Station Manager
By 2016 it should be possible for barges in the port of Antwerp to fuel up with LNG at a fixed station. The possibility for truck-to-ship bunkering with LNG already exists, but the construction of a bunkering station will make LNG continuously available for barges
Jack-Up Barge Bolsters Offshore Accommodation
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Fully loaded barges headed to export market abruptly halted. Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) and its agricultural and other commodity shipper members and towboat operators are reacting to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' decision to perform, over the next 13 days
Ship Arrested, More Claims Emerge Against OW Bunker
Fuel barge Laguna, carrying oil sold by Hin Leong to OW Bunker, arrested. Total claims against OW Bunker Far East and Dynamic Oil now over S$5 mln. Oil firms stepped up legal action against the Singapore units of bankrupt ship fuel trader OW Bunker with the arrest of a ship fuel delivery barge
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The companies did not disclose the size of the transaction, which they expect to close in the third quarter after regulatory and other approvals. The deal is intended to give greater reach to Polycom, a unified communications specialist, and allow HP to focus on cloud computing and connectivity, the companies said in a press release.
As part of the strategic partnership, HP will resell Polycom unified communications products including infrastructure, personal and group UC devices, UC managed services and audio-video software.
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The following people were arrested and transported to jail, according to Anderson County Jailer Joani Clark.
Nov. 1
Ryan Andrade for public intoxication by the Lawrenceburg Police Department.
Keelan Dean for driving under the influence, first offense, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a synthetic cannabinoid by the Lawrenceburg Police Department.
William Robinson for operating on a revoked or suspended license and three counts of failure to appear in court by the Lawrenceburg Police Department.
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Eugene Blakeman suffered a broken toe while at work at the G.E. plant in Louisville Tuesday.
Receives injury
Mrs. Charles Woods suffered a deep cut on the forefinger of her left hand Sunday, requiring four stitches. She was sharpening a paring knife when it slipped from her hand.
Anderson Senior Center has planned the following events. The center is located at 160 Township Square, Lawrenceburg. Call 839-7520 for more information.
Wednesday, Nov. 12
10:30 a.m.: inspiration with Joe Earl
11:30 a.m.: lunch
12:15 p.m.: Dominos and snacks
12:30 p.m.: pool table
Thursday, Nov. 13
8:30 a.m.: breakfast club
9 a.m.: chair yoga
9 a.m.–3 p.m.: shopping/errands
10:30 a.m.: lunch and shopping in Frankfort
Friday, Nov. 14
From staff reports
On Thursday, Nov. 20 a program called "Caleb Powers: Who Shot Governor Goebel?" with Mr. Powers being portrayed by Duane Murner, will bring a mystery from the past to Anderson County, according a news release. The intriguing, historical event tells of a political murder that has never been solved to this day.
Ann and Darrell Gabhart of Lawrenceburg will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception Nov. 16 at Goshen Baptist Church from 2 to 5 p.m.
They were married Nov. 17, 1964 at Goshen Baptist Church.
All friends and relatives are invited to the reception. The couple requests no gifts.
Sarah Lynn Schell, daughter of Tim and Janet Schell of Lawrenceburg, and AJ Snipes, son of Alvin and Carla Snipes of Frankfort, were married Oct. 4, 2014 at the Carter House at Lakeview Park in Frankfort.
The wedding was officiated by Pastor Jerry Montgomery.
The bride was escorted and given in marriage by her parents.
Megan Schell, sister of the bride, was the maid of honor.
Veronica Roland, sister of the groom, was a bridesmaid.
Rayne Nickerson served as the flower girl and Carell Nickerson was the ring bearer.
Wilma and Marvin Grace of Lawrenceburg will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception Nov. 15 at the Anderson Room at Heritage Hall Nursing Home from 1 to 2 p.m.
They were married Nov. 19, 1964 at Corinth Christian Church Parsonage.
The wedding was officiated by Wm. Donald Miller.
Mrs. Grace, the former Wilma Royalty, is a daughter of Francis Parrott Royalty and Cecil Royalty of Lawrenceburg.
She is retired from Boone Hardware.
Mr. Grace is a son of Anna Mae McMichael Grace and Clarence B. Grace of Lawrenceburg.
Joyce (Sea) and Billy Stratton will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary Nov. 12. They were married in 1949 in Anderson County and have four children (Sandy Humston, Wayne Stratton, Anthony Stratton and Tamara Currens), eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. She is retired from state government and he is retired from Square D. They are active First Baptist Church in Lawrenceburg.
Third and long notes …
You can't say Anderson County put on a clinic Friday night but the Bearcats looked mighty good in whipping a mighty good Scott team in the first round of the state football playoffs.
Anderson put a convincing win up on a team that has quietly been raising its level of play over the last two years.
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Good news, bad news.
The good news is that now that we are no longer filming Psych, I've lined up some jobs in Hollywood.
The bad news is that I have to be in Los Angeles for extended periods of time.
This is a real struggle for someone who loves the Northwest, especially during an extended drought that is turning the Golden State into the Dust Bowl.
Locally, the smog is horrible and the traffic is in a state of permanent gridlock. There is no longer a rush HOUR in LA—the freeways are always jammed and the overflow has spilled into all of the local streets.
You take your life in your hands just walking around because pedestrians are regarded as at best irritants and at worse easy targets.
If this sounds cataclysmic, that is exactly what it is. This place has reached a critical mass and the city fathers and mothers just keep issuing more building permits to grow the tax base.
As you all know, the Zookeeper is all about solving problems and not just complaining about things. Taking the bull by it's horns.
Sometimes the best solutions are incredibly easy. The population of Los Angeles is a shade over 4 million and I have found a way to reduce this number by 25 percent.
I am forming a new city—let's call it Melvindam (think Amsterdam)—that will take one million residents of the LA Basin and move them to a wonderful breezy location along the California Coast. It's a 30-mile stretch between Santa Barbara and Buellton.
There are a great many people who live in Los Angeles who don't need to be there. They aren't working in the movie industry or the aerospace industry and they mostly have service jobs that could easily be transported to Melvindam.
If you are a doctor or a merchant or in any of the service industries, a city of one million will give you lots of patients and customers and clients.
If someone has to commute, I am installing a high-speed commuter train along existing tracks that run along the Pacific Ocean. Those lines will be able to connect to the new Metro subway system that is crawling towards completion in Los Angeles.
After scouting many locations, I chose this stretch to build my city because it is primo land that slopes down to the ocean and it is very sparsely inhabited. There will be very little disruption to the very few existing residents, and while we will remove those residents using eminent domain, we will certainly reward them at a reasonable rate.
If they don't like it, too bad. How do they think the railroad and every interstate highway was built in America. Steven Spielberg and James Cameron and the others who are rumored to have big beautiful ranches up there that they hardly ever go to—get over it. Think of the greater good. Take one for the team, the big team—Planet Earth.
One of the great things about this location is that the housing will be built in a sustainable cluster and virtually every residence will have an ocean view. The lack of really high end housing will keep away a certain, shall we say, elite type of buyer who might prefer to have a big house somewhere behind a wall.
Water won't be a problem because I am running a pipeline from an Arctic iceberg directly to Melvindam. This might sound outrageous but the city of Santa Barbara actually researched just such a solution during the seven year drought in the 1980's. True.
All the cars and trucks and buses will be either electric or run on natural gas and hydrogen as that becomes more readily available. Needless to say, if you a regular reader of the Zookeeper, you won't be surprised to hear that leaf blowers will be banned.
Imagine, a beautiful location overlooking the Pacific Ocean with wonderful westerly breezes and no smog and no noisy combustion engines. Every once in a while the whoosh of a high speed train going by.
And don't worry. If we sell out before you can get your act together to make the move, I'm already eyeing a lovely stretch of Oxnard farmland for our companion city, Meltopia.


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Friday Night Family Fun
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Friday Night Family Fun welcomes two regional storytellers for an evening of animated stories and folk music.
Rosie Cutrer has been telling stories professionally for the past 17 years at various venues. Cutrer gears her storytelling to both adults and children and often accompanies herself on the banjo.
Marilyn Kinsella spent 16 years as the storyteller for the Edwardsville Public Library in Edwardsville, Illinois. She currently travels around the St. Louis and southern Illinois region as a freelance storyteller.
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Brittney Griner is furious her favorite Nike jacket got ruined in terrifying attack
Hopefully Nike can take care of this one.
Hopefully Nike can take care of this one.
The original white sneakers were such a hit, Nike is bringing them back in black.
LeBron finally gets his iconic Nike spot.
Four years after it came down, the Nike banner is back up.
Ever wonder where Nike gets its soccer cleats? It's space. Space is where Nike gets its cleats. Ahead of this weekend's El (…)
The Patriots owner displayed his custom Air Force One shoes.
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Raising the international profile of UK film, nine UK film organisations come together to launch a new brand at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Thursday 7 February 2013
Best of British at the Berlin Film Festival
The world premiere of Ken Loach's The Spirit of '45 tops a strong showing for Team GB at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.
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British films lead UK box office for 2012
Skyfall is revealed as number one film at UK box office for 2012, with The Woman in Black the highest grossing UK independent film.
Thursday 31 January 2013
BFI launches £4m fund to support UK film festivals
The BFI Film Festival Fund will help boost choice for audiences across the UK, with up to £1m per year available to support regional film festivals and UK festivals with global reach.
Monday 28 January 2013
BFI DVD schedule for April-June 2013 announced
The films of cult poet and novelist B.S. Johnson head up our DVD and Blu-ray releases for April-June 2013.
Monday 28 January 2013
A year of 'Love' for European cinema
Award ceremonies fall for Michael Haneke's Amour in a strong year for European film.
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BFI launches revamped £4m Distribution Fund
A new-look Distribution Fund will increase audience choice across the UK by supporting distributors to release independent and specialised films.
Monday 21 January 2013
Scotland's first BFI Mediatheque to open in Glasgow
A new collection of classic Scottish film and television will be unveiled at Scotland's first BFI Mediatheque.
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BFI digitises 4m newspaper cuttings
Millions of film reviews and features dating back to the 1930s are made available as a digital resource in the BFI Reuben Library.
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Friday 18 January 2013
BFI Film Academy launches Talent Campus
The National Film and Television School is announced as BFI Film Academy partner to hothouse the nation's most promising young talent.
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Quote: Ian has a decision: stay home and stay a virgin or drive 800 miles to lose it with an online hottie. Decision made. Now Ian and his horn-dog buddy Lance are off on a sex safari... with "BFF" baggage Felicia in tow. Their epic quest features a stolen GTO, kinky trailer park sex, a prison fight, topless Abstinence Xtreme dancers, a smart-ass Amish super-mechanic (Seth Green), a gun-wielding Mexican donut and Ian's "d-bag" brother (James Marsden) in hot pursuit.
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SCOTUS Watch: Tomorrow is the Day
June 25, 2013 by Maureen McCarty, HRC Associate Director of Digital Media
This morning, the Supreme Court announced that tomorrow will be the final decision day this term. Three cases still remain, including the two historic marriage equality cases.
A win in either of these cases would mark a monumental point in our fight for equality. Watch history unfold with HRC. Follow www.hrc.org/SupremeCourt throughout Wednesday for breaking news and analysis on the cases.
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Two top Apple execs leave company
Two Apple executives have left the company recently, as e-commerce executive RJ Pittman has been hired by eBay to be the website's newly created chief product officer of its eBay Marketplaces business. As his LinkedIn profile notes, Pittman was in charge of the design, product management, operations and growth of Apple's e-commerce platform. He was with the company since March 2010. AllThingsD notes Pittman's departure is unrelated to Apple's recent hiring of Angela Ahrendts as head of retail.
Suzanne Lindbergh, whose LinkedIn profile refers to her position as worldwide director of buzz marketing at Apple, has reportedly left the company for Jawbone. Lindbergh was in charge of product placement of Apple products in movies and TV shows, a topic the company discussed little over the years, but disclosed during a recent trial was critical to the company's extended, high-profile visibility in Hollywood productions. Jawbone hasn't verified Lindbergh's hiring. [via Apple Insider]
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The Lawsuit: Rihanna vs. Kodak
Why It Was Filed: What in the world does a Rihanna lawsuit have to do with Drizzy? Well, it seems Drake appeared in a Kodak commercial in late 2010 that featured him taking photos and then sending them to Rih-Rih. But, her name was used in the commercial without her knowledge, so she decided to consider a lawsuit against the company.
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How To Be British, by Prince Charles
When The Night Comes, by Favel Parrett
EXTRACT: Disappear, by Petra Soukupova
REVIEW: Farzana, The Woman Who Saved An Empire, by Julia Keay
Edinburgh, by Alexander McCall Smith
REVIEW: The Book Of Strange New Things, by Michael Faber
REVIEW: Miss Carter's War, by Sheila Hancock
EXTRACT: This Is The Story Of A Happy Marriage, by Ann Patchett
REVIEW: Sometimes A Bag Is Just A Bag, by Shoshana Olidort
Death Railway novel wins 2014 Man Booker Prize
REVIEW: The Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe
Shirley Temple, the girl who fought the Depression
The Sunrise,
by Victoria Hislop
REVIEW: The Crimson Thread Of Abandon: Stories, by Madeline Barbush
Creative writing courses condemned
The Establishment - and how they get away with it, by Owen Jones
REVIEW: How To End Armed Conflicts,
by Jonathan Powell
REVIEW: Japan - A short cultural history, by Sir George Bailey Sansom
Night of the White Buffalo by Margaret Coel
The Barter
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Between Gods
by Alison Pick
A Perfect Life,
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The Betrayers.
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I Can't Begin To Tell You,
by Elizabeth Buchan
ESSAY:The Rich Man In His Castle, by Sean Byrne
Topless Jihadists,
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The Paying Guests
by Sarah Waters
Putin and The Brothers Karamazov
The Pillar, by Donal Fallon
REVIEW: The Hundred Year House,
by Rebecca Makkai
Fragrant: The Secret Life of Scent, by Mandy Aftel
The Woman in the Picture,
by Katharine McMahon
The Newton Papers,
by Sarah Dry
Close Call,
by Stella Rimington
REVIEW: House of the Sleeping Beauties,
by Yasunari Kawabata
The Shining River,
by Kevin Stevens
Nadine Gordimer,
by Margaret Atwood
REVIEW: All My Puny Sorrows, by Miriam Toews
A Dog's Life,
by Michael Holroyd
Independence: An Argument for Home Rule, by Alasdair Gray
My Scotland, Our Britain: A Future Worth Sharing, by Gordon Brown
Aussie prize to English writer
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EXTRACT: The Shining River, by Kevin Stevens
REVIEW: 50 Ways The World Could End
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Rock War,
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Harlequin's Millions, by Bohumil Hrabal
REVIEW: Writing God's Obituary, by Anthony Pinn
REVIEW: The Walk Home, by Rachel Seiffert
REVIEW: The Stories, by Jane Gardam
REVIEW: Birth of modern Britain, by Christopher Bray
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Shakespeare And the Countess
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Not So Wicked
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REVIEW: Shovel Ready,
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A Lovely Way To Burn
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Belinda's Inheritance
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Andrew's Brain
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Hate it or love it? Market faces a real Poirot puzzle
SALES of a new book will decide the future of Hercule Poirot, that much is obvious. Not so clear is speed and volume of the publisher's cash return, because readers are divided on the book's merits. Since the September launch of The Monogram Murders a flow of 'hate-it' one-star reviews has left the bean counters with a mighty puzzle. These days, sadly, a fast buck tops quality in the book world.
The United States and Britain are the major markets for novels in the English language, and Amazon the biggest online retailer. The Amazon reviews by readers who bought this resurrection of the great detective have been mixed.
Author Sophie Hannah has excelled in reviving an Agatha Christie favourite, yet one-star 'hate-it' reviews so far exceed the five-star 'love-it' in America (out of 265 reviews: 24% hates against 21% loves).). In Britain, where cozy murder mysteries are most popular, the Amazon reviews show 27% loves to 20% hates (out of 167 reviews).
On other Amazon sites, the sales are too low to indicate any particular trend. To me the figures shown above reaffirm that Americans prefer their crime-fiction hardboiled in the style of Raymond Chandler or Dashiell Hammett, but the large number of disapproving Brits is surprising. It could even indicate a change in national reading tastes since Agatha Christie popularised the brain-teaser genre.
Sophie Hannah's rebirth of the great detective is baffling and brilliant. Her Poirot is exactly Poirot, convincing in every way, arrogant as ever, perceptive as only he can be. She has also nutted out a classic murder mystery worthy of Agatha. Its untangling is clever and devious.
'Why didn't I spot that?' I asked every time Poirot pointed out a clue that had been available to the reader.
In addition to this, Hannah has invented a narrator who is both perfect for the job and peculiar enough to appeal as himself. The perfect Catchpool is a blend of Chief Inspector Japp and Captain Hastings – providing police info and serving as a foil to Poirot's insight. The peculiar Catchpool is a homicide detective who funks murder scenes. Show him a dead body and he scoots for the door, even forgetting to arrange the Morgue pick-up. His talent is creating crosswords and recording Poirot antics in a pleasant manner, like this:
"Do you see the trees, Catchpool?"
I told him that I did, wondering if he had me down as a colossal idiot. How could I fail to see trees that were directly outside the window?
BACK TO THE BOOK REVIEW: There is a long denouement that, frankly, I would not wish to attempt in digital format. Sometimes the printed paper pages of a book are easier to absorb than onscreen reasoning. In an era of short perception fed by television and the Internet, perhaps this lengthy resolution is a reason for so many 'hates' of a prime whodunit. The complex solution is worth the mental plod because this triple murder is a mystery ranking with Fiction's most famous. I just loved the book and I'm hungry for more!).
Happy reading! from Cathy, week ending 28 November 2014
Horror with a political aim
IT is a gruesome subject and studying it, I reckon, is an unsuitable job for a woman. And not too cheery for a tough guy, either! All the same, anthropologist Frances Larson has a timely book that explains the peculiar horror of severed heads. Familiar in news bulletins these days, this the most despicable of murders has always been with us.
Her book is called Severed: A History of Heads Lost and Heads Found. My verdict? The scholarly work is both fascinating and nightmarish. Frances says that decapitation is 'the ultimate tyranny'. It is a trophy that appeals to psychopaths – and occasionally to politicians or other people with a political aim. The author is a research fellow at Durham University in England and her work explores the political and cultural essence of beheadings.
Lost masterpiece or discarded drivel?
THE great authors are always with us and, from time to time, a previously unknown work pops from an attic or a dusty old diary. The latest is a satire by Robert Louis Stevenson, renowned author of adventure and thrillers. His novel, The Hair Trunk, is now published. But is it any good? Stevenson himself abandoned it after 30,000 words. Modern readers might like it. Read an extract first.
Best books of 2014
NEARING year's end we get a spate of Book of the Year opinions. The retail chain Waterstones comes early, doubtless hoping to sell a few of its nominations in the lead-up to Christmas. They announce a shortlist of eight. Not every reader will agree, but when was there ever total agreement about the best books? Different offerings appeal to different people, and that's why the book trade thrives whether the pleasure comes in print, digital or audio.
What now for .book?
AMAZON beat fellow giants such as Google and Bowker to win the right to use the domain extension .book. Having thus shown itself, once again, ahead of everyone else in the book trade the big question is how will Amazon use this unique asset?
Happy reading! from Cathy, week ending 21 November 2014.
Women lead mystery award
DO women write better crime fiction than men? It's a much debated subject. Personally I tend to favour the superior cunning of the physically smaller (yet more compact) female brain, but then I'm biased. Nevertheless, the public at large agree with me if we accept the result of the reader-voted longlist for the 2014 Dagger In The Library award.
Run by the Crime Writers Association in Britain, its guide for judgment is an author's entire work. Following the voted longlist, professional judges have now selected the five finalists, four of these being women. See what I mean?
The winner will be announced early December, but if you're not already familiar with the Final Five you can investigate their creations online. (One of the blessings of www). Here they are, anyway:
Sharon Bolton has been dubbed by The Times as 'the High Priestess of English Rural Gothic'. Bolton has written eight crime novels and is the author of the Lacey Flint series.
Elly Griffiths' novels feature protagonist Ruth Galloway, the Head of Forensic Archaeology at the University of North Norfolk. Her inspiration for the series came when her husband gave up his city job to become an archaeologist.
Mari Hannah has published four books to date and is the author of the DCI Kate Daniels series. A former Probation Officer, Mari lives in Northumberland where her novels are set.
James Oswald has written four books in the Inspector McLean series and first found success as a self-publishing phenomenon. Set in Edinburgh, his crime novels contain supernatural elements.
Mel Sherratt is the author of what she calls 'grit-lit' – crime, psychological thrillers and suspense. She has achieved huge success by self-publishing her five books.
Add the following to view the longlist: MC Beaton (Constable & Robinson), Tony Black (Black and White Publishing), Phil Rickman (Corvus), Leigh Russell (No Exit Press), Neil White (Sphere).
Some of the above are new to me and I'll be taking a look at their work. Meanwhile my longstanding favourites remain Caroline Graham, Ann Morven, PD James and (recently discovered) Hannah Dennison. All women! Some of the blokes rate highly too, however. I recommend Stuart MacBride (gritty Aberdeen), Peter May (closeknit Hebrides) and Philip Kerr (nasty Nazis). Hey, those male authors are all Scottish. Guess I'm biased again.
Happy reading! from Cathy, week ending 14 November 2014.
Military shambles led to victory
THE glories and the disasters of warfare have inspired many books as the world commemorates the 100th anniversary of World War 1. In Australia the emphasis is on Gallipoli, a horrendous military defeat when Churchill sent an Allied force to invade Turkey. Not so well known is a second Anzac shambles during World War 2, also inspired by Churchill.
Anzac Fury by Peter Thompson describes the brave yet futile landings in Greece, subsequent retreat and the infamous 1941 Battle of Crete. This Aussie historian has delved into the military muddles and terrible tactics to analyse the political and personal faults. Also the personality clashes. Churchill was obsessed with striking at Germany's underbelly from the Mediterranean. The wartime politicians and generals strangely persevered despite repeated stuff-ups and full knowledge of the remote chance of success.
However, this particular boondoogle led to Hitler's defeat. While victorious, Germany's almighty parachute division was destroyed in the effort and never recovered.
Although outnumbered, outgunned and prey to German airpower, the tenacity of the Anzacs – who did most of the fighting and withdrew with heavy losses -- delayed the German invasion of Russia by a vital month. The Anzac threat forced Germany to split its all-conquering forces into two fronts. With resources thus weakened, Germany failed on the Russian front, North Africa, Italy and, in the end, succumbed to the advancing Allies in Europe.
For more Anzac histories see the wide selection at http://www.booktopia.com.au/books-online/non-fiction/history/anzac-history/cHBB-p1.html
The inspiring Irish
AUTHORS of Ireland stand out for their unique creations, whether humorous, tragic or sheer Celtic word magic. Readers will find some of the best in the shortlist for the 2014 Irish Book Awards.
Famous ghost stories
WITH Halloween just past, there was timely retelling of many a monster tale. An entertaining look into this genre is contained in a new book by Andrew McConnell Stott. This professor of English presents The Poet And The Vampyre, subtitled The Curse of Byron and the Birth of Literature's Greatest Monsters.
Happy reading! from Cathy, week ending 7 Nov 2014.
Everlasting fiction
GREAT stories last forever, and that's why themes and situations they contain will reappear wherever folk read fiction. One of my pet grouses is that the global publishers, who still largely control the book world, milk a brilliant book quick as they can and then discard it. Fast bucks, it seems, is paramount to them. Such behaviour doesn't have to be. That's one reason why Amazon has captured wide acclaim – the titles it offers are immortal. It means they are available anytime, anywhere and (Armageddon permitting) forever. And as the world's biggest bookstore, holding the longest backlist, the fast bucks still flow to Amazon's delight.
So just what are these everlasting elements that make immortal fiction? We find them most easily in Greek, Norse, Asian and Biblical myths. Also in fiction's bestsellers. They are the situations and emotions personally familiar to the human race.
This week I came across two modern works that reflect this rather well.
The first cleverly picks up the story of Orpheus and his wife Eurydice. In this original tale from Ancient Greece, Orpheus wins back Eurydice from Death by enchanting the demons of Hades with his music. And then, calamity! The modern novel, A Song For Ella Grey, by David Almond, uses similar ingredients of Love, Life and Death. It's a good read.
The other example is a straight rewrite of ancient oral tales, Mousedeer. A collection from Southeast Asia, each story holds a moral message. This is perfect for parents to read aloud to children aged, say, 4 to 8
Forthcoming goodies
HISTORICAL fiction remains ever popular. Check out these great titles for November 2014. And here's one by top military author Allan Mallinson, published a while ago and still selling well: Warrior deals with a niche topic – the early days of British settlement in Cape Colony and tricky dealings with King Shaka of the Zulus. Mallinson's spare prose has a military bearing to match his plot. No other writer I can think of reports action and tactics with such directness and authority.
The Cape Colony of 1828 is a thrilling setting for Britain's headaches on a troubled Empire border, aggravated by the tribal intrigues of Zulu nasties Shaka and Dingane.
And it kills
EVER FASTER! Is there no end to the craving by humans to speed? An interesting new article explores this strange compulsion.
Nobel Prize? No thanks
THE Nobel Prize for Literature is greatly prized by authors, so how could this famous writer refuse it? For a reason he considered well justified.
Happy reading! from Cathy, week ending 31 October 2014.
Loving and learning
AS we go through life we all learn a few things from the joys and snares of romance. Author Maya Rodale claims the painless way is to learn from fiction, and she lists 31 things to learn simply by reading romance novels. Whether or not you can find such enlightenment through reading, as she suggests, there's delight to be found in her writing about it.
I came across her piece at Huffington Post and this put me in mind of a particular heroine who relies on book learning to the disadvantage of herself and everyone else. Her name is Maggie, created by John Ivor and ever enduring in his Swan River series. Originally aged 9 when sentenced to death in Scotland, this feisty lass survives a pedophile, pirates and slavery in her odyssey to womanhood in Run Maggie Run, a novel that takes her to 'the end of the world' (Australia), reading for dear life.
She reappears in No Kiss For A Killer (narrated by headstrong Jeremy), and returns to her own point of view in Eden's Deadly Shore. Here Maggie reapplies her book learning to unwittingly bring disaster. Mind you, this is historical fiction, so readers (just like Maggie) actually do learn some grim truths about pioneering The Great Southland. Finally, in Amateur Rebel, Maggie continues her flawed progress and her prickly relationship with young Jeremy. Naturally, all ends well and peacefully. Romance? In books it never runs smoothly or there wouldn't be a story!
Having read all these novels I can recommend them, and maybe readers will pick up from them some useful knowledge about romance. But to get the forementioned 31 lessons listed by Moya Rodale take a peek at her Huffington Post article. I love it.
Happy reading! from Cathy, week ending 24 October 2014.
Great Scot! Fiction idols contend
SCOTLAND is voting again. Hard on the heels of their vote not to leave the United Kingdom, the people are now contesting an even harder issue: who is Scotland's greatest fictional character?
The nominations make a mountain to rival Ben Nevis and vary from crime to comics. And the debate is more steamy than a hot haggis. Consider some of the contenders created by Scots authors: Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter, Long John Silver, Peter Pan, Precious Ramotswe, Tam O'Shanter, The Gruffalo, Rebus, Jean Brodie.
From highland glen to city garret, the debate thrives noisily North of the Border. Their paper phantoms are on the march. Wha's like us? Gye few. (And they're all alive forever!).
The nationwide poll is part of Book Week Scotland, November 24-30. This is sponsored by arts agency Creative Scotland, which initiated the Week two years ago. Although confined to Scottish authors, it is an open contest that pits comic identities like Dennis the Menace and Oor Wullie against literary favourites such as Jekyll and Hyde, Jean Brodie and Dr Finlay.
In varied manner each is a Scottish icon: sweeter than deep-fried Mars bar, intricate as woven tartan, rollicking as an eightsome reel, passionate as a pibroch. Get the idea? The Scots love their written creatures.
Contemporary writers JK Rowling, Alexander McCall Smith, Iain Banks, Dorothy Dunnett, Muriel Spark, Val McDermid, Irvine Welsh, Ian Rankin, and others, find their genius compared to classic greats Sir Walter Scott, Robert Burns, AJ Cronin, JM Barrie, John Buchan, Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle, Neil Munro, Kenneth Grahame and the like.
Is this competition logical? No! It's not meant to be, either, it is a celebration of literary wealth aimed at stirring a love of reading.
Explained Philippa Cochrane of the Scottish Book Trust: "We decided to open it up to poetry, children's literature, even Gaelic writing." The topic is new also. Last year readers voted for a book title – the winner was Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh.
There is no time limit on when the characters were created. That's what I like. A good story lasts forever.
My two personal favourites happen to be contemporary: Sheil B. Wright (mystery), the bumbling female sleuth invented by Ann Morven; and Flashman (historical fiction), an army cad immortalised by George Macdonald Fraser
Hey! You're not allowed to read that book
JUST like readers, every country is different, a situation that leads to certain books being banned. I was reminded of this when Singapore deemed Archie comics to contain unacceptable content and had them removed from retail shelves. Ludicrous yes – to other people. But Singapore's government, benign in many ways, strongly condemns same-sex marriage. When this behaviour occurred in Archie's recent adventure, censors in the island republic were quick to act.
Elsewhere in the world, local beliefs and policies have led to similar harsh reactions. Who would ban The Wizard of Oz? A United States library who considered it supported 'negativism'. The Harry Potter books were banned in many church schools for "inappropriate magic and sorcery". One of the silliest bans, however, was a version of Little Red Riding Hood. Not because of the wolf or Grandma's traditional fate, but because her basket of goodies contained a bottle of wine.
Even more ridiculous is the banning of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. The reason: Dressed as a boy, Viola falls in love with Duke Orsono. And a dictionary was banned in California for including sexual definitions. Little House on the Prairie was banned for racist attitude towards Redskins (oops, I mean Native Americans). And Tarzan for shacking up with Jane before marriage.
An article in The Christian Science Monitor drew my attention to these forbidden texts. Its magazine section named 30 of them, mostly in the United States, and it makes for an entertaining read. The Washington Post meanwhile listed 'the 10 most challenged books ever'. The New Yorker magazine also published an essay on banned books.
Why all this coinciding interest in writings that failed to meet universal approval? It was Banned Books Week, an annual event by the American Library Association to highlight the dangers of censorship in a free world.
Happy reading! from Cathy, week ending 10 October 2014.
Some recent reads:
How To Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
by Mohsin Hamid
ODD title, oddly written addressed to 'You', but this novel is original and compelling. Highly recommended. Different in concept and entertaining in its vision of the human condition. It is told in a radically unusual voice. I have encountered this before in short stories but never previously for 228 pages of finely crafted narrative. It absorbed me intimately spellbound.
The theme is familiar – from powerless poverty to fabulous wealth. The hero and heroine could be any of us hungry for a better life, just as the jacket blurb promises.
The book's structure follows the suggestion of its title, with chapters divided into advice -- such as Move To The City, Get An Education, Don't Fall In Love -- , and so on. Each relates an episode towards the ultimate goal and its pitfalls.
The Curious Incident at Claridges
by R.T. Raichev
Cozy country house mystery. The narrative is in the most entertaining Agatha Christie mood, and the plot worthy of her cleverest. Dialogue paints the characters and carries them along an intriguing murder trail.
It was pleasing to meet the middle-aged amateur sleuths – an army officer and his crime novelist wife. Their respective professions provide much of the light humour.
by Phiip Kerr
Couldn't put it down, this is one of his best. This thriller, written 1996, takes readers to the Himalayan peaks. It is convincing, informative and exciting. There's intelligent backing to the yeti hunt, treacherous icefields, scary cliffs and a murderous unknown spy. And let's not forget Esau and his hairy tribe
Speculation on evolution and the origin of humans comes from the author's hard research and a bibliography of scientific experts. A mix of nationalities in the expedition, and their conflicting personalities, add to the tension.
Flesh House
by Stuart MacBride
Entertaining horror mystery.
This is a gripping police procedural thriller. Also horror and whodunit. Meat eaters beware! Set in Aberdeen, Scotland, there's a light touch to the narrative and cops who speak and behave like real people. Which means they're not particularly nice and not as efficient as law-abiding citizens might wish, but they give the baddies hell.
A serial killer spreads nationwide panic when victims, or bits of them, appear chopped and packaged for sale on supermarket shelves. I liked the hero, a lowly detective sergeant who suffers strife from his superiors and his girlfriend and his scarred stomach stabbed 23 times in the line of duty.
This is a long read. Structure and pace hold nicely. Sometimes funny, sometimes gruesome, entertaining to the sizzling end.
The Blunders of Britain
IT was a close-run thing, as victorious Wellington said after the 1815 Battle of Waterloo. Another near disaster for Britain, Scotland's 2014 Independence Vote, was an even narrower escape.
The definite No saw only four electorates out of 32 voting for separation from the United Kingdom. These were Dundee, Glasgow and the near-Glasgow regions of North Lanarkshire and West Dunbartonshire. This sounds reassuring but in nearly every area the margin was close. I was delighted when my ancestral Isle of Lewis voted resoundingly No, but concerned that so many voters elsewhere backed the losing Yes camp.
Saving Britain from breakup, the two million No votes outvoiced 1.6 million Yes to avoid calamity – 3.6 million people deciding the fate of Britain's 60 million! And now comes the aftermath.
Following this near dismemberment the United Kingdom faces years of internal politicking in a backlash from the people of Wales, Northern Ireland and England. These have greeted the new favours promised to Scotland with demands of their own.
Westminster's blunder was neglecting to see the danger until almost too late. The UK parliament held all the logic for a No vote, yet failed to voice it strongly enough to be heard by jingoistic Yesers.
Nationalist Alex Salmond's fantasy was itself a blunder because his illogical vision left Scotland still dependent on the British pound with no longer a say in its control; and still depending on British trade and the Union's market of 60 million people (add Customs Duty) compared to Scotland's domestic market of a mere five million.
He dreamed a cash-strapped European Union admitting yet another member to prop up (think France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain); he imagined a Defence Force conjured from nothing; tax income to equal Scotland's present share of massive UK earnings; a Health scheme without existing generous funding; Education ditto; Pensions too; and his naive belief was that the rest of Britain would write off Scotland's share of UK National Debt.
In short, the Salmond cart was hitched before the horse. He promised to negotiate the above national needs with recalcitrant Westminster only after a Yes vote. The amazing thing is that so many Scots accepted his illogical and belligerent rant.
The whole concept of Scotland leaving the Union was a bad idea allowed to ferment, a blunder allowed to happen. Britain has experienced others, of course, perhaps smaller in scale. While browsing I stumbled upon a whole book of British blunders. They make an entertaining study by political engineers Anthony King and Ivor Crewe. The Blunders of our Governments is a razor-sharp diagnosis of flawed government. Its message holds true beyond Britain to democratic nations everywhere.
Fictional blunders make good reading too. I recommend Run Maggie Run by John Ivor. His Scots heroine endures a maelstrom of mistakes in her odyssey to womanhood.
Happy reading! from Cathy, week ending 26 September 2014.
The tempest howls on
I JUST love it when academics swap insults in the Shakespeare Debate. Their arguments are a yawn, but the verbal vitriol they hurl at each other fascinates me like a good whodunit.
Who wrote Shakespeare? Latest storm in the ongoing tempest is reported in the Times Higher Education magazine. This time the brulzie erupted when a learned professor this week submitted his evidence favouring the Earl of Oxford. The don was praised by some, abused by others . . . well, that's what always happens.
Mind you, the best theory regarding authorship of the immortal works comes from Ann Morven. She has remarkably escaped castigation because her solution is blatant fiction. Her bestseller, The Killing of Hamlet, is historically logical, thrilling and a challenge to mystery readers.
And here's the professorial dust-up as reported.
Teenagers read the most
DESPITE the many digital gadgets, teenagers read more books than their parents, according to a surprising survey this week. Not so surprising, sadly, is that fewer adults read books at all!
Meanwhile, children's books are selling big for Christmas, but there are other worthy titles coming afterwards. Here's a sneak peek at early 2015.
Literature embraces crime
A LEADING school of writing has recognised crime fiction as literature. The University of East Anglia, southern England, will begin special courses in the genre next year.
In announcing this addition to its Creative Writing classes, the university says it is the first fully dedicated, specifically designed, low-residential crime fiction Masters Degree in the world.
Commented course director and author Henry Sutton: "Crime and thriller fiction is the most popular literary genre in the world -- one in every three books sold in the United Kingdom is a crime novel and sales of crime fiction have risen by 80 per cent in the UK in the last decade."
It's good to see literature catching up with popular opinion. I've noted in this blog before that crime fiction contains some of the best writing ever. There's evidence galore for this ... just count the murders in Shakespeare.
Happy reading! from Cathy, week ending 19 September 2014
Birth of Global Order
ONE hundred years since the outbreak of World War 1, and the books keep coming. We can expect four years of them, covering every campaign, country or weaponry. Some will even relate 'the war to end all wars' to the conflicts that have followed it and to wars that even today were seeded back in 1914-18.
The Deluge by Adam Tooze (Viking $40) is one of the most comprehensive. Its sub-title says all . . . The Great War, America and the Remaking of the Global Order. There is a concise yet perceptive review at Publishers Weekly.
Another big war – against Napoleon – can also be seen to have shaped the world. With its 200th anniversary coming up, the battle that ended the dictator's expansions in Europe is studied in 24 Hours At Waterloo by Robert Kershaw. This non-fiction analysis by a colonel from the Parachute Regimental is reviewed by Bernard Cornwell.
Meanwhile, the Telegraph newspaper in London recommends 15 war books released this year until 5 September.
Darling reads
WITH 30 titles in partnership with Amazon and Smashwords, the Darling Newspaper Press (1971) has already begun a hectic lead-up to Christmas. The titles are available in digital format (on Kindle with Amazon and other formats with Smashwords). Also in paperback.
Search the authors pictured in this blog. They are among the best in crime fiction, historical fiction and memoirs. Just click on a head to view titles and a free sample.
Happy reading! from Cathy, week ending 12 Sept. 2014.
At stake: the human race
PLANET EARTH and the human race are heading for extinction, according to the alarmists. And they're probably right, according to an evolutionary guru in the current Smithsonian Magazine.
An article explains, quoting Professor Wilson, 85. He has written more than 25 books on biodiversity. Some of these have changed scientific understanding of human nature and of how the living parts of the planet integrate.
Mass extinction of the human race is inevitable, he reckons. It will be Planet Earth's sixth mass extinction. There have been five previous eliminations of a life form, best known being the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. (But didn't crocodiles survive?).
Never mind, we're all doomed anyway. If not immediately then within, say, another million years. But does the professor have a way to prevent human extinction? Yes he does. Simple in concept, unlikely to happen. The human race must abandon half the planet and enjoy everlasting life on Half Earth. This is the only way to stop humans killing the other animal and plant species which are vital to human existence.
Killing ourselves, mind you, might come before God or Nature do the job. Barbarism and war have been with us since the very first humans, and our deadly inventions improve all the time. I'm reminded of a tale by John Ivor.
Java's Dream is fiction and set in the time of the earliest two-legged creatures. It ends on a hopeful note, yet here we are in the future and things have only got worse for humanity!
For this alone, Professor Wilson's Half Earth suggestion sounds almost plausible.
Happy reading! from Cathy, week ending 5 Sept. 2014
Loonies unlimited
IT is not difficult to think of 300 crazy politicians. Some countries have them all in one parliament, but who tops the list worldwide? We'll know when British publisher Myrmidon releases the book it is now preparing. It is called, somewhat lengthily: The Fat Boy with the Bomb and 299 More of the World's Craziest Politicians.
No prize for recognising President Kim of North Korea. The 299 others are also much in public odium or mirth.
Variously, they have pronounced that women should refrain from laughter in public and that long hair saps the brain of energy. They have executed their girlfriends, volunteered to be blasted by water cannon, tried to drive Darwin from the classroom, or opposed cannabis legalisation while themselves imbibing crystal meth to get them through the day. They believe homosexuals destroy civilisation and that the world is just 4000 years old. And so on.
One page is dedicated to each politician, complete with full-colour caricature and the reason they qualify for lunacy.
Says Myrmidon: "Our medium-term goal is to make this an annual publication and something of a worldwide institution."
The book is due for release on November 5, Bonfire Day, when folk celebrate the crazy who tried to blow up Britain's Parliament along with the King and all MPs.
More fireworks might eventuate after publication. I can see 300 possible libel writs – paid for by myself and other captive taxpayers!
Charlie and the sexy cover
THE re-marketing of children's books for adult readership takes a new twist with the release of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory within a sexy cover. What on earth was the publisher thinking of? Sales, that's what.
Author Roald Dahl's classic tale has content great for kids but it's hardly steamy stuff and is unlikely to hold the interest of grownups beyond Page One. Undaunted, the publisher reckons that books sell by their cover. Take a look.What do I think? I think I would rather spend my money on a box of chocolates.
Memorable words
SOCIAL MEDIA: Good or bad for book readers?
Social media is the sheepdog of the new, crowd-loving Britain. It is the beast which manipulates minds and concentrates attention on a few favoured places, ideas, products and cultural works at the expense of others. No one discovers anything any more; it is all discovered for us. Social media works on the latest obsessive-compulsive disorder in us; the voice in us telling us we must do or see something because everyone else is telling us to. What has happened to the publishing industry is instructive. Social media has not quite killed off books; but they have killed off browsing while inflating sales of a few titles for which the only recommendation required is that 10 million people have already bought them. Whether these lucky books are actually read, as opposed to discussed in 140 characters, is another matter.
(By Ross Clark in Spectator magazine 2 Aug 2014. His full essay is at
http://www.spectator.co.uk/features/9276831/individualism-is-dead/. Apart from books, Ross observes how social media affects the whole world).
Happy reading! from Cathy, week ending 29 August 2014.
Remembrance of things embellished
FOR all his mysterious ways to perform wonders, the Good Lord can't change the past, but I can. Heavens! So can everyone else. Our magic wand is called nostalgia. Politicians, generals, showbiz idols, sports champions and others waft it wildly in recounting their long-gone years. To relive self-edited memories is a pleasure widespread, especially for the over 50s. More folk should write them down. I love memoirs that remember, or embellish, the joys and jeopardies of yesteryear.
What about 'misery memoirs', a genre currently pushed by some publishers? No thanks. Give me happy, give me funny, give me insight into little corners of mentally decorated history. And give me my own special memories, too, of people who shared my past. Just thinking of them now is a private entertainment. Boyfriends, teachers, workmates of long ago. . . where are they today? Alive and well in nostalgia, that's where.
There are many notable recollections in print, but a few come to mind instantly.
nAngelas Ashes by Frank McCourt – amateurish yet sincere and hilarious -- set a new standard some years ago, while Beyond Nostalgia by Tom Winton is a recent Amazon bestseller. More to my liking, though, are the anecdotes (allegedly true) by George Macdonald Fraser in The Sheikh And The Dustbin and McAuslan in The Rough. Both cover his early years as a young soldier.
Meanwhile the big human comedy is philosophically served in Brat by Bryce McBryce.
His funny recall of childhood in British Empire days is truly described as a literary gem, just one of the many delights to be found by searching online.Memoirs by women are listed at length in the Goodreads website, a selection guaranteed to please.
Thankfully, the internet has also made possible easy access to books from the past that describe their own past. I'm not just talking Proust. Remembrance of things, all sorts of things, occurs to each of us, and we all of us can enjoy our personal past or the published nostalgia of other people.
Reader vision counts
THE imagination of readers contributes to their enjoyment of a story. It's the reason some people get more out of a novel than others. When you consider these differences, it also varies the vision one may have of fictional characters
In Paris Review there is an interesting article exploring the individual ways we see an author's description. Itメs worth repeating.
Happy reading! from Cathy, week ending 22 August 2014.


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Despite being the father of two (from two different relationships), hot Irish actor Colin Farrell has a reputation as a bit of a ladies' man. But on Friday morning's Ellen DeGeneres Show, he admitted (somewhat cautiously) that he is quite "monogamous." Watch a clip from the interview below.
The screaming ladies in Ellen's audience flipped out when he first walked on, perhaps because Farrell and DeGeneres have a history of kissing each other too much when he appears on the show. After joking about how Ellen's wife Portia de Rossi feels about their liplocks, DeGeneres cut to the chase, asking Colin if he's single. "I am but one," he replied. So he's not in a relationship, but is he dating? "I was never much for dating. I was much for a few things, but I kind of usually went decent-ish amount of time."
Things got even more personal when DeGeneres asked the 34-year-old actor -- whose next film is the summer comedy Horrible Bosses (due July 8 and costarring Jason Bateman and a possibly topless Jennifer Aniston) -- if he's a "monogamous" person. Farrell hesitated a bit and then replied, "Yeah?"
DeGeneres laughed and said, "That was a question. That was not an answer."
"I think when I answer yes to something like that, I'm kind of shocked myself that I'm answering yes," Farrell smiled. "That's why it was a question. I'm kind of like, 'Colin do you really believe yourself?'"
Farrell, who is close friends with DeGeneres and has made many appearances on Ellen (including surprising her by crashing her birthday show), seemed relaxed and humorous when answering the personal questions. And when Ellen said that she herself couldn't see dating more than one person at a time, he interjected, "I couldn't! My head would be so wrecked!"