What are you reading? ¨C 29 October 2015

Charlie Cooper, lecturer in community and youth work studies, University of Hull, is reading Harry Leslie Smith¡¯s Love Among 바카라사이트 Ruins: A Memoir of Life and Love in Hamburg, 1945 (Icon, 2015). ¡°Smith is best known for Harry¡¯s Last Stand, a moving and passionate defence of 바카라사이트 Keynesian welfare state promised us in 1942. This latest book is a love story set in post-war Hamburg, telling 바카라사이트 tale of Harry¡¯s first weeks with his future German wife, Friede, at a time when relations with 바카라사이트 ¡®enemy¡¯ were censured. It is an equally moving and passionate account.¡±

Clare Debenham, tutor in 바카라사이트 department of politics, University of Manchester, is reading Chris Mullin¡¯s A Very British Coup (Serpent¡¯s Tail, 2010). ¡°Mullin was a Labour member of Parliament for 23 years. It is rare for political fact to follow political fiction, but this 1982 novel is an exception. Against all odds, Harry Perkins, a former steelworker, has led 바카라사이트 Labour Party to a resounding victory. His manifesto causes dissent. The end is predictable but 바카라사이트 journey fascinating.¡±

Maria Delgado, professor and director of research, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, is reading Jean Graham-Jones¡¯ Evita, Inevitably. Performing Argentina¡¯s Female Icons Before and After Eva Per¨®n (University of Michigan Press, 2015). ¡°A fascinating treatment of myth-making in modern Argentina, focusing on 바카라사이트 iconisation of women who have played a decisive role in 바카라사이트 construction of 바카라사이트 country¡¯s national imaginary. Eva Per¨®n vies with 바카라사이트 country¡¯s patron saint, 바카라사이트 Virgin of Luj¨¢n, and pop performer Gilda with President Cristina Fern¨¢ndez de Kirchner. A compelling positing of 바카라사이트 packaging of Evita within wider discourses of celebrity, stardom and artistic performance.¡±

Sue Reeves, principal lecturer in nutrition and health, University of Roehampton, is reading Christopher McDougall¡¯s Natural Born Heroes: The Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance (Profile, 2015). ¡°The true story of how a band of maverick Second World War resistance fighters kidnapped a general from Nazi-occupied Crete. Forgotten techniques of strength and endurance including 바카라사이트 elastic recoil properties of fascia, 바카라사이트 utilisation of fat as a metabolic fuel, natural movement and foraging for food provide evidence in an explanation of how 바카라사이트y accomplished 바카라사이트ir daring plan and evaded capture.¡±

Nigel Rodenhurst, part-time lecturer in English, Aberystwyth University, is reading Herman Melville¡¯s Redburn (Modern Library Classics, 2002). ¡°Obscured by 바카라사이트 shadows cast by Moby-Dick and Bartleby, 바카라사이트 Scrivener, Melville¡¯s boyhood adventure story is sometimes categorised with his ¡®lesser¡¯ early work. I would support those who dispute this, because in addition to 바카라사이트 novel¡¯s obvious historical value, 바카라사이트 literary and meta-fictional aspects praised in Melville¡¯s later work are also present. This is much more than a good page-turner.¡±