Shoot Out The Lights [SACD] - Richard & Linda Thompson

The Cross And St. George

Advantages: Great songs, must-have in serious record collections
Disadvantages: Some might not listen to it thinking it's "too folky"

For a quiet, unassuming man guitarist and singer Richard Thompson has quite a number of claims to fame. For one he was instrumental (and vocal) in bringing about the great revival, or invention, of British folk-rock through his association with Fairport Convention. His refusal to be pigeonholed led to his departure from the band and then he hooked up with Linda Thompson artistically and emotionally to create some fine albums before both things went pear-shaped. He is also one of Britain’s best-known Muslims, although unlike another well-known Muslim former singer/songwriter he does not proselytise or preach or advertise his faith. Apart from this, he has led a roller-coaster of an emotional life clinically, sometimes cruelly, documented through his music. And yet he can boogie with the best of them when he’s in the mood ...

JoePoirot 13.06.2005 · Read full review
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River out of Eden - Richard Dawkins

Advantages: Accessible and easy to read
Disadvantages: Short and adds nothing to his earlier works

A River out of Eden - Richard Dawkins ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Professo r Richard Dawkins is one of the worlds leading authorities on evolution and gene theory and a staunch anti-creationist thinker. He first came to public attention with his critically acclaimed 1976 book 'The Selfish Gene', a fairly controversial book in that it espouses the gene as the ultimate currency of life and consigned everything else as merely vehicles to be used for their ongoing survival. In later books such as 'The Blind Watchmaker' and 'The Extended Phenotype' he revisited these themes and expanded the arguments, often confronting earlier challenges to his work as well as long held religious and social beliefs. Although you are likely to find these books in the Popular Science sections of bookshops they are equally ...

brereton66 05.04.2007 · Read full review
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Out of the dark and into the depths of despair....

Advantages: An excellent read, hard to put down!
Disadvantages: I have some concerns - see the review.

spending £20 each (and that's second-hand) on at this time. Then there's fiction books, and autobiographies specifically about self-harm. Ask me about any of these books and I'll tell you if they're worth reading or not. After these books there's the autobiographies where self-injury is a theme, but isn't the main theme. Books in this category include Elizabeth Wurtzel's "Prozac Nation", and Nick Johnstone's "A Head Full of Blue". These books don't sit on my self-injury bookshelf (yes, I have a dedicated self-injury book shelf), and Linda Cain's "Out of the Dark" will join them on my main bookshelf. I am specifically publishing this review today as tomorrow (1st March) is SIAD (Self-Injury Awareness Day). The Story I was really eager to get started reading this book. As with any autobiography with pictures I went ...

marymoose99 29.02.2008 · Read full review
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