http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/books/?service=Rss http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/books/molotovs-magic-lantern-by-rachel-polonsky-14730878.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/books/molotovs-magic-lantern-by-rachel-polonsky-14730878.html?r=RSS <p> The genesis of this intriguingly entitled book is the writer's discovery, as an academic expatriate living in Moscow, that the flat directly above hers had been occupied for many years by the disgraced Soviet foreign minister, Vyacheslav Molotov. </p> Books Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:44:04 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/books/61-hours-by-lee-child-14730876.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/books/61-hours-by-lee-child-14730876.html?r=RSS <p> Is Jack Reacher dead or alive? I only ask. He's had a good run. He is 13 novels old. 61 Hours is his 14th outing in Lee Child's series. </p> Books Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:41:35 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/books/the-arsenic-century-by-james-c-whorton-14730875.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/books/the-arsenic-century-by-james-c-whorton-14730875.html?r=RSS <p> The next time you're having a bad day, pause for a moment to be grateful: that you weren't born in the Victorian age and consequently are not likely to be in danger of being poisoned by arsenic. </p> Books Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:40:13 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/books/a-bright-and-guilty-place-by-richard-rayner-14730874.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/books/a-bright-and-guilty-place-by-richard-rayner-14730874.html?r=RSS <p> One of the many paradoxes of ageing is that the past seems ever more recent the older you get. </p> Books Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:39:09 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/books/an-edible-history-of-humanity-by-tom-standage-14730873.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/books/an-edible-history-of-humanity-by-tom-standage-14730873.html?r=RSS <p> Did you know that carrots were white or purple until the familiar variety was created by 16th century Dutch growers as a tribute to William I, Prince of Orange? </p> Books Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:38:04 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/books/nazi-propaganda-for-the-arab-world-by-jeffrey-herf-14718606.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/books/nazi-propaganda-for-the-arab-world-by-jeffrey-herf-14718606.html?r=RSS <p> Although Jeffrey Herf's book mostly chronicles German radio broadcasts to the Arab world during the Second World War, it also covers German propaganda directed at Turkey and Iran, as well as Italian propaganda to the Arabs. </p> Books Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:58:27 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/books/books-burn-badly-by-manuel-rivas-trans-jonathan-dunne-14718600.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/books/books-burn-badly-by-manuel-rivas-trans-jonathan-dunne-14718600.html?r=RSS <p> This is an exceptional book by an exceptional writer. Even among the near-industrial quantity of books now published on the Spanish Civil War, it is unusual. </p> Books Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:56:53 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/books/brooklyn-by-colm-tibiacuten-14718596.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/books/brooklyn-by-colm-tibiacuten-14718596.html?r=RSS <p> Eilis Lacey, the biddable heroine at the heart of Colm Tóib&iacute;n's prize-winning novel, is a young girl with seemingly few prospects. </p> Books Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:53:03 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/books/this-bleeding-city-by-alex-preston-14709270.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/books/this-bleeding-city-by-alex-preston-14709270.html?r=RSS <p> In recent months a high, teetering pile of factual books about the financial crisis has accumulated, poised for a resounding crash of its own down upon the heads of unwary readers. </p> Books Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:31:30 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/books/adventures-on-the-high-teas-by-stuart-maconie-14709266.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/books/adventures-on-the-high-teas-by-stuart-maconie-14709266.html?r=RSS <p> This book by an admirable fixture at Radio 2 explores a milieu notable for &quot;loft conversions, CCTV cameras, white-towelling hen parties in health spas, trampolines in suburban gardens...&quot; In other words, Middle England. </p> Books Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:28:16 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/books/the-lives-of-ants-by-laurent-keller-amp-elisabeth-gordon-14709264.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/books/the-lives-of-ants-by-laurent-keller-amp-elisabeth-gordon-14709264.html?r=RSS <p> Pretty much everything is astonishing about ants. Though they prefer a bit of heat, they are also found in Finland and the Alps. They are more of them than any other animal. </p> Books Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:26:28 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/books/celebrity-by-marina-hyde-14709261.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/books/celebrity-by-marina-hyde-14709261.html?r=RSS <p> The phenomena explored here include: Jude Law's personal mission in 2007 to bring peace to Afghanistan (&quot;Obviously the situation was too complicated for us to sit down with the Taliban&quot;) </p> Books Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:25:03 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/books/the-unnamed-by-joshua-ferris-14700895.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/books/the-unnamed-by-joshua-ferris-14700895.html?r=RSS <p> Joshua Ferris's debut novel was written in the first-person plural. The narrative voice in his second, in contrast, could hardly be more singular. </p> Books Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:39:34 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/books/after-lives-a-guide-to-heaven-hell-and-purgatory-by-john-casey-14700893.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/books/after-lives-a-guide-to-heaven-hell-and-purgatory-by-john-casey-14700893.html?r=RSS <p> The after-life is a pretty well-explored destination, both in the sense that, if most of the world's great faiths are to be believed, all of us end up there, and in that it has been the subject of some of the most enduring works of literature known to humankind. </p> Books Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:37:49 +0000 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/books/a-life-apart-by-neel-mukherjee-14700890.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/books/a-life-apart-by-neel-mukherjee-14700890.html?r=RSS <p> As the title to Neel Mukherjee's first novel suggests, this is a story about never quite being a part of the worlds one inhabits. </p> Books Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:36:20 +0000