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1) Pig Island
Author
Publisher
Bantam
Language
English
Description
The remote Scottish island where investigative journalist Joe Oakes has just arrived has been divided into two clear halves. On one side lives the obscure religious community and on the other side, fenced off by high voltage electric wire, is where David Dove, the community's founder and leader, lives in total isolation.
Author
Publisher
Profile Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
In Jerusalem, what you see and what is true are two different things. The Old City has never had 'four quarters' as its maps proclaim. And beyond the crush and frenzy of its major religious sites, many of its quarters are little known to visitors, its people ignored and their stories untold. 'Nine Quarters of Jerusalem' lets the communities of the Old City speak for themselves. Ranging from ancient past to political present, it evokes the city's depth...
Author
Publisher
Chatto & Windus
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
'A profoundly moving memoir which gripped me' Mark HaddonDiscover Catherine Coldstream's evocative account of life as a nun in the 1990s, and the dramatic events which led to her flight from the monastery.**A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK**After the shock of her father's death, twenty-four-year-old Catherine was left grieving and alone. A search for meaning led her to Roman Catholicism and the nuns of Akenside Priory.Here she found a tight-knit community...
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