July Book Bag
You know how this works by now. Here's the deal: you get a free book and you write a short review (a couple of paragraphs) after this posting. All you have to do to claim your book is e-mail your name and address (I won't share your details with anyone else) and agree to write a short comment on this blog telling me what you thought of the book. One book per person only; though you might suggest a second choice in case your first choice has already been taken. Send your e-mails to: william.crawley@bbc.co.uk with the subject heading "July Book Bag". Please don't try to claim a book by leaving your details in a comment here. I'm going to limit my give-aways to three books, so get your bid in quick.
Alf McCreary, NOBODY'S FOOL -- Alf's biography of Robin Eames, whose chairmanship of the commission which produced the Windsor Report has made him one of the best-known leaders of Anglicanism.
Rob Vance, THE MAGIC OF PAGAN IRELAND -- Having made some TV programmes on similar themes, I now get sent all manner of books about paganism. I've interviewed Rob Vance: he's an excellent broadcaster with RTE and this little book is pitched at tourists with a short attention span.
April Ashley, THE FIRST LADY -- she was my guest recently on the Not the Nolan Show; one of the most famous transgendered people in the world, she had one of the first sex-change operations (in the early 60s). She's never dull.
I'd say that's an eclectic list, wouldn't you? Something for everybody ...
Comments
I'm interested in Nick Sharp's comments on my book about Robin Eames.If he reads it again more carefully he might find that, like many of the Primate's addresses there is much to be read between the lines, and as I have mentioned before, one has to study what Robin Eames sometimes has chosen deliberately NOT say. Mr Sharp, however, has raised an important question for all biographers-do we ever REALLY get to the hidden depths of our subjects, or even to ourselves as human beings?- Cheers AMcC
Re. NickSharp's comments on my book, I recommend a closer reading to find out more about the subject. As in many of the Archbishop's public statements, there is much between the lines, and it is often important to note what he does NOT say. However Mr Sharp raises a good point- as humans do we ever really get to the deeply-guarded privacy of others, or even of ourselves ? Cheers AMcC