Archive for July, 2008

Didn’t ring true

July 26, 2008
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Didn’t ring true

Bones to Ashes, by Kathy Reichs (Random House, $36.99): I’m a wee bit on the slow side sometimes when it comes to getting hooked on television programmes. Bones, a TV series about forensic anthropologist Temperance “Bones” Brennan — which was written by and based on the life of real-life forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs —...

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Perfect blend of history and drama

July 19, 2008
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Perfect blend of history and drama

The Judas Strain, by James Rollins (Orion, $36.99): The elite Sigma Force is back in action in James Rollins’ latest novel, The Judas Strain. Sigma Force is made up of brilliant scientists, who are called on to save the world from time to time. This time around, a mysterious algae leads to an even...

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Disturbing world uncovered

July 18, 2008
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Disturbing world uncovered

The Crazy School, by Cornelia Read (Allen & Unwin,  RRP $35): After moving to the Berkshire Mountains in Massachusetts with her husband Dean, Madeline Dare takes on a job as a teacher at an academy for troubled teens with wealthy families. At the academy, she discovers a disturbing world where the founder’s manipulative ways...

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More to Guevara than that image

July 12, 2008
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More to Guevara than that image

The Young Che:  Memories of Che Guevara, by Ernesto Guevara Lynch (Random House, $29.99): Everyone knows that famous image of Che Guevara that adorns T-shirts and posters, that of a young revolutionary looking all wind-swept and interesting in his flash beret. Unfortunately, that photograph, taken by Cuban photographer Alberto Korda, may be all that some...

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