Book Reviews April 2010

God's philosophers James Hannam Icon books, 2009 ISBN: 9781848310704 The middle ages are often seen in a negative light - a time of superstition and stagnation which only ended with the coming of the Renaissance. James Hannam doesn't buy this. In God's philosophers: how the medieval world laid the foundations of modern science he argues that this period was in fact a one of considerable advancement. Continued..

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The Light Fantastic Terry Pratchett Corgi Books, 1986 ISBN: 9780552152594 The Light Fantastic is the second in the series of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels. In it we hear more of the adventures of Twoflower the tourist and the wizard Rincewind. Continued..

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Family Happiness Leo Tolstoy Harperperennial, 2009 ISBN: 9780061773730 This book is a collection of three of Leo Tolstoy's short stories, the main one being the title story Family Happiness. If you want to get into reading Tolstoy's work, but find War and Peace somewhat intimidating then this seems like a good place to start. Continued..

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The Story of English Robert McCrum ,Robert MacNeil and William Cran Faber & Faber, 1986 ISBN: 0571210775 English is spoken by a significant proportion of the world's population. How did one language become so dominant and how does the English spoken in one place differ from that spoken in another? If you're interested in such questions then you might like to take a look at The Story of English by Robert McCrum ,Robert MacNeil and William Cran. Continued..

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