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...Norton & Company $30.49, December 20, 2022 In the 100 years since TS Eliot penned his famous poem, it has taken on a life of its own....
...Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventureby Dennis Duncan, Allen Lane £20/WW Norton $30 Duncan’s fascinating, esoteric history explores the subtle power of an overlooked element of publishing: the index...
...Underland: A Deep Time Journey, by Robert Macfarlane, Hamish Hamilton, RRP£20/WW Norton, RRP$27.95 The nature writer ventures into the depths of the earth in this absorbing meditation on the layers of history...
...Alongside Brian and Terry are sidekicks Danny the driller (David Hayman), Carl the muscle (Geoff Bell), Kenny (Alex Norton) who’s “JTFD” — just the driver — and the mysterious Basil, “if that is your name...
...In My Mind’s Eye: A Thought Diary, by Jan Morris, Faber, RRP£14.99/ WW Norton & Co, RRP$24.95 Morris’s collection of daily musings, written between 2017 and early 2018, records brief observations or memories...
...Carl Rogberg, 52, a former UK finance director at Tesco, was one of three former executives at the chain to face a criminal trial for their alleged role in the accounting scandal....
...Cleared at trial Carl Rogberg, former UK finance director Carl Rogberg, 52, was Tesco’s former UK finance director and was the only defendant to testify in the first trial....
...Mr Rogberg’s lawyer, Neil O’May of law firm Norton Rose Fulbright, said his client was “extremely disappointed”....
...If you were getting a plane you could be hanging around Brize Norton for two days so you had those things with you for personal comfort....
...Neil O’May, partner at Norton Rose Fulbright who represents Mr Rogberg, said on Tuesday that his client was “devastated at the news that the trial has been aborted”....
...To the German thinker, Carl Schmitt, the philosopher of xenophobia, the answer is easy: philoxenia and modern politics don’t mix....
...Carl Tobias, a University of Richmond law professor, said: “He’s the kind of nominee a Republican president might even consider.”...
...Carl Wilkinson Poetry Measures of Expatriation, by Vahni Capildeo, Carcanet Press, RRP£9.99/$15.99 “Language is my home,” writes Vahni Capildeo — born in Trinidad, resident in the UK, possessor of an...
...Economics Rules, by Dani Rodrik, OUP, RRP£16.99/WW Norton, RRP$27.95 After the financial crisis, economics is in the doghouse....
...His character and his latest book, Misbehaving (Allen Lane/WW Norton), were forged in the University of Chicago....
...Yet, at his best, Norton tells engaging stories in a very readable manner; who knew that Hollywood actress Hedy Lamarr contributed to torpedo guidance systems? Review by Carl Wilkinson...
...Literary Non-Fiction by Carl Wilkinson The Iceberg: A Memoir, by Marion Coutts, Atlantic Books, RRP£14.99 Coutts’ husband, the art critic Tom Lubbock, died in 2011 from a brain tumour....
...Carl Wilkinson ——————————————- TRAVEL The Cairngorms: A Secret History, by Patrick Baker, Birlinn, RRP£9.99 The Cairngorms are often referred to as “Britain’s last wilderness”, a windswept mountain range...
...Selections by Carl Wilkinson ——————————————- Letter in response to this article: Are we ready for an early Hanks? Yes! / From Mr Richard Walker...
...Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time, by Ira Katznelson, WW Norton, RRP£22, 720 pages In a saturated academic field, Katznelson’s book stands out as the most original work on the New Deal...
...pages On The State of Egypt: What Caused the Revolution, by Alaa Al Aswany, Canongate e-book, RRP£9.99 The Inevitable: Contemporary Writers Confront Death, edited by David Shields and Bradford Morrow, WW Norton...
...Carl Wilkinson...
...She, along with pop star Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas, joined comedian Graham Norton on stage to present prizes in the Mobile Entertainment category....
...Scat By Carl Hiaasen Orion, £9.99 Essentially one of Hiaasen’s Florida-set crime comedies slanted towards teenage readers. A schoolchild is falsely accused of starting a wildfire in the Everglades....
...Norton clearly distinguishes between terrorism as a tactic, and resistance....
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