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Survival Is Not All There Is

M. R. D. Foot T his book is both fascinating and appal- ing. It explains, in precise retrospect, what happened to its author, a young Dutch solicitor who was arrested by the......

Truth Lives Within Your House

I chuckle to think that a fish immersed In water needs to slake its thirst. Don't you see — your hearth is the house of God, Not the forests to whi,ch in vain you plod. Truth......

Solid Joys And Lasting Pleasure

Michael Hulse PRAGUE TALES by Jan Neruda translated by Michael Henry Heim Chatto and Windus, £10.99, pp.346 J an Neruda (1834-1891) was one of the foremost Czech writers of the......