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But Argentina Did Cry For Her
Evita! A Legend for the Seventies by W. A. Harbinson Star Books, £1.95) When Rudolph Valentino died in 1926, some 50,000 mourners turned out to pay tribute to him. Such scenes......
A Place Among The Greats
The Fantastic An of Frank Frazetta, Book Two, edited by Betty Ballentine (Pan Books £2.95.) it is not often that a book illustrator achieves a reputation on an international......
Inadequate Science
, A Guide for the Perplexed by E. F. Schumacher (Jonathan Cape, L3.95) I had expected A Guide for the Perplexed to be an extension of Dr Schumacher's wellknown book "Small is......
More Medal
Father Andrew Greeley has been named the winner of the 24th Thomas More Medal "for the most distinguished contribution to Catholic literature" in 1977. He was specifically cited......
Mary O'hara Concert
Mary O'Hara will play a solo concert at the Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday, February 8, marking her second major solo concert in London in three months. On November 5 she played......
New Biography Of St John Of God
A new biography of St John of God, the founder of the Order of Hospitallers, has just been published by the CTS at 25p, "gt John of God". written by Fr Walter Cross, the......
Winifred Mary Stanford Prize
The first award of the Winifred Mary Stanford Prize will he made next Easter. The award of f 1,000 is open to any book published in the United Kingdom which has been inspired by......
Rare Plaque
A hitherto unknown Carolingian ivory plaque, possibly produced in me of the monasteries patronised by Charlemagne, has been auction. ed by Sotherhy's fur £225,000, It depicts St......
Simon B Olivar's
concept of glory Bolivar ht J. L. Salcedolloatardo (Richmond Publishing Compare Le 7'5) When Simon Bolivar was 12 years old his uncle had been his appointed guardian since the......
Anthology Of East Anglians
Writers of East Anglia edited by Angus Wilson (Seeker and Warburg £4.50) This is an interesting assortment of prose and poetry edited by Angus Wilson under the auspices of the......