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Captain of controversy (Articles/Book reviews)
- One of the most controversial figures in British history, Oliver Cromwell has been the subject of hate and veneration. Antonia Fraser’s biography helps us understand the man by balancing the opposing views in a thoroughly researched and readable story.
Abraham Lincoln - innocent hero (Articles/Book reviews)
- Abraham Lincoln is known to Britons but more as myth than history. This review of the biography by David Herbert Donald puts some flesh on the myth.
Mother Tongue (Articles/Book reviews)
- This linguistics book takes Bill Bryson's writing away from the areas in which he has become famous, but it is a thoroughly researched educational book on the English language that is also thoroughly readable
Pain - a compassionate science (Articles/Book reviews)
- Professor Wall's popularising book analyses an experience that touches us all, but which we seldom talk about. He dismisses traditional medical teachings as myth and demonstrates the complexity of the subject in a readable book that will increase awareness and understanding.
Pooh is for adults (Articles/Book reviews)
- The Winnie the Pooh stories have always been classed as a childrens' reading but, to appreciate them properly, you need an adult mind. A WRITERsite book review.
Born of a Woman? Oh Wow! (Spiritual/Book Reviews)
- Few doctrines arouse more heated debate than the 'virgin birth' and this book takes the subject head on. But is it so shocking that evangelicals can't even consider the arguments?
Suffering with joy (Spiritual/Book Reviews)
- George Fox was one of God's great adventurers. His autobiography is a compelling account of the birth of the Quaker movement during the tumultuous times of the English Civil War and the Restoration.
Grace to melt your heart (Spiritual/Book Reviews)
- Reviewing a short book about the huge and consoling subject of Grace and how it works in practical experience.
A mother's view of God's love (Spiritual/Book Reviews)
- Julian of Norwich was England's earliest published female author and a leading mystic of the mediaeval age. Her popular book - Revelations of Divine Love - provides a powerful message of comfort that still reads well in the 21st century
Reasonable faith (Spiritual/Book Reviews)
- Faith and science are not in opposition, as some allege, and faith stands up well to reasonable analysis.
The other side of Shadowlands (Spiritual/Book Reviews)
- The story of C S Lewis and Joy Davidman has been popularised in film and on stage, but the book of Shadowlands conveys greater depths. (Book Review)
Unknowing and forgetting (Spiritual/Book Reviews)
- The Cloud of Unknowing is an anonymous classic and one of the most ancient texts in the English language. But it has a lot to help modern seekers after spiritual peace and contemplation.
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