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Category Archives: Journalism
Sex and the City – Candace Bushnell
(originally published 1997) I read this while at my parents’ house and so don’t have a copy to refresh my memory. This is a collection of Bushnell’s newspaper columns, originally written in the New York Observer from 1994, and detailed … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 New Reads, Fiction, Filmed adaptations, Journalism, Reviews
Tagged anthropology, Candace Bushnell, collection, dating, discussion, New York, relationships, sex, trust, TV series
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McMafia: Seriously Organised Crime – Misha Glenny
Glenny is known as a journalist and foreign correspondent, particularly for eastern Europe, and has previously written about the Balkans and the fall of Yugoslavia. McMafia is a fascinating study of the way organised crime has spread throughout the world, … Continue reading
Posted in 2010 New Reads, Journalism, Non-fiction, Reviews
Tagged black market economies, consumers, counterfeit goods, crime, criminals, drugs, fraud, investigation, prostitution
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The Shadow of the Sun – Ryszard Kapuscinski
This is a book about Africa, in all its variety and puzzling contradictions. For a European, Ryszard Kapuscinski manages to get into the African mindset very easily, and he writes with great compassion and understanding. The book is a series … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Non-fiction, Reviews, Travel
Tagged africa, colonisation, current affairs, dictatorship, legacy, rebellion, Scramble for Africa
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