Book Reviews
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Stephen Kearney – Book Review – March 2021 – Looking for America
Looking for America by Ian Mutch (first published 2001) review by Stephen Kearney The Independent newspaper, in its obituary on Lord Denning, a one time powerful legal progressive who later went to seed in the mindless bog of English nationalism, mourned of his...
Barry Goddard – Book Review- February – Human Kind
HUMAN KIND: A PRONOID MANIFESTO The subtitle is mine. But, it seems, they really are out to be nice to you! We have been raised with the idea that civilisation is only a veneer, and that without the forces of law and order we would quickly revert to barbarism. Witness...
Stephen Kearney – Book Review – Jan 2021 – Singapore Burning
Singapore Burning Heroism and Surrender in World War II By Colin Smith Published by Penguin Viking 2005 Review by Stephen Kearney 2013 (reviewed 2020) Historical Background Singapore is a small island roughly 22 X 14 miles located at the southern tip of the...
Stephen Kearney – Book Review – December 2020 – The Railway Man
The Railway Man by Eric Lomax review by Stephen Kearney One of the things that gives life its magic is the accidental, the freak, the one off, the random, the whole process of being in the right place at the right time or, alternately, the wrong place at the wrong...
Stephen Kearney -Book review – November 2020 – George Orwell – Coming up for air
Review by: Stephen Kearney It’s funny how you can get introduced to an author. Just like meeting new people, it is, outside of a formalised learning environment, mainly a random occurrence. It is one of life’s endless “ifs and buts” – “if I hadn’t stayed for another...
Stephen Kearney -Book Review for October 2020 – Nervous States
Have you ever wondered why people vote for or support something diametrically opposed to their own best interests? Why did so many Germans vote for Hitler? Look what it brought them! Why do so many Americans support Trump? Look what it’s doing to...
Paul Pickering – Book review for September 2020 – Seeds of Doubt
You will probably not have heard of Pamela Vass. She lives in Devon and wrote this novel based very much on true facts. On the evening of August 15th 1952 the worst floods to ever hit the West of England destroyed the beautiful coastal village of...
Stephen Kearney – Book review for August 2020 – Hard Work
What do you remember of the books you’ve read? Some you forget almost as soon as you’ve turned the last page; it’s not that they were badly written or uninteresting (I’ve long abandoned those categories) it’s just that something in them does not stick. The vital glue...
Review by Stephen Kearney – July 2020 -Poverty Safari by Darren McGarvey
Poverty Safari: Understanding the Anger of Britain’s Underclass By Darren McGarvey Review by Stephen Kearney Few people get a worse start in life than Darren McGarvey, author of Poverty Safari. Born to a violent, alcoholic mother on a sink estate near Glasgow, he grew...
Review By Mike Farrell – June 2020 – Stephen King- The stand
His book The Stand is 1,300 pages plus, but each of those pages will enthrall you. This book was written in 1978 and is considered by very many to be his finest work although each and Stephen king is a story teller of exquisite skill. every one of his books which are...
