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Book Review: The Glass Room by Simon Mawer

The Glass Room is the tale of a wealthy couple living in Eastern Europe just before the outbreak of the second world war. Depicting the Halcyon years with glittering images…

May 26, 2010No CommentRead More

Book Review: “My Happiness Bears No Relation to Happiness” by Adina Hoffman

“My Happiness Bears No Relation to Happiness” follows the life of Taha Muhammad Ali and the now destroyed village where he grew up. Taha is a poet from Palestine and…

May 24, 2010No CommentRead More

Afghanistan: Taleban Offered to Hand Over Osama bin Laden before 2001 Invasion

The Taleban administration in Afghanistan negotiated with the American embassy in Islamabad in 2001 to hand over Osama bin Laden to a specially appointed court, but suggestions of using a…

March 21, 20101 CommentRead More

Herta Müller Wins 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature

Herta Müller has won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature after the announcement was made at 1pm CET on 8th October 2009. Herta Müller is best known for her poetry,…

October 8, 2009No CommentRead More

Book Review: Kate Atkinson – When Will There Be Good News?

The first chapters of this book bear an eerie resemblance to the case of Josie Russell, who survived an attack in which her sister and mother died. The details are…

May 17, 2009No CommentRead More