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Book review: Wild by Cheryl Strayed

Healing while walking Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found by Cheryl Strayed is not a fresh- off-the- press book. Wild released in 2012 and has been successfully made into a movie; the author has now branched out as a podcasting star with a `Dear Sugar` show online and of course,  dealing with the multiple…

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Book review: To the Ends of the Earth by Ranulph Fiennes

Ranulph Fiennes and his amazingly intrepid team became, in 1982, the first to navigate the globe in circumpolar fashion, passing through both ends of the polar axis over land. The book is a fascinating account of this labour of seven years. Funnily enough, the best passage I found was not written by Fiennes himself. It…

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Book review: The Treasure of Kafur by Aroon Raman

More than just a treasure hunt One helping of history, one helping of fantasy and a spicy mix of adventure make for a thrilling read. In the author’s note, Aroon Raman states that he has not hesitated to play fast and loose with historical facts. This is a disarming confession, and one that has the…

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