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Philip’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Philip’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Philip Spires
Goodreads Author
Born
in Wakefield, The United Kingdom
Website
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Genre
Influences
life, the universe and everything
Member Since
August 2008
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/philipspires
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A Fool's Knot
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2011
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Voyagers
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2010
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Mission
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2007
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A Search For Donald Cottee
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2012
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One On One
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Eileen McHugh - a life remade
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Dayglow Man: From Invisible Boy to Dayglow Man
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Eileem Mchugh : una vida rehecha
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One-On-One
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Everything turns out in the end - Turandot in Valencia with Semenchuk, Kunde and López Moreno - Sir Mark Elder conducts, Alex Ollé directs
Turandot is an operatic masterpiece. But it’s staging remains highly problematic. The two main characters, Calaf and Turandot, who does not even sing in the first act, have tour de force roles. If they cannot sing, then any production is a disaster. But the roles are very demanding and asking them to act as well is probably beyond most humans. Turandot’s character is perhaps uniquely static in
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| In Meditations on a Hobby Horse, E H Gomberg presents a series of lectures, reviews, and occasional pieces examining the psychology and analysis of art. In the opening piece, he addresses an image of a hobby horse. The object in question is a broomst ...more | |
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| Caravaggio – A Life by Helen Langdon is a monumental piece of scholarship. It reads like a history of its time, which is basically 1550 to 1610. Here we have listed the many intrigues and manoeuvrings of the powerful families of Italy in their quest ...more | |
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| The Burning Wheel was its author’s first published poetry. Aldous Huxley was just 22 years old when the slim volume went to press and, to be frank, for this reader, it’s smacked of a young man, obviously academic, showing off his learning via classic ...more | |
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| The edition of Stories Of Symphonic Music by Lawrence Gilman that I read was published in 1918. The work bears a copyright of 1907. The difference between the publication date and the copyright is important because a lot happened musically around the ...more | |
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| Pieter Bruegel, the Elder: a study of his paintings by Virgil Barker was published in 1926. It is barely a monograph, certainly not a comprehensive description of the content of the artist work as might be inferred from the title. There are several r ...more | |
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| Aubrey Beardsley: the clown, the harlequin, the pierrot of his age by Haldane McFall was published in 1927, almost thirty years after the subject’s death from tuberculosis at the age of twenty-five. In his short life, the artist had become suddenly f ...more | |
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I'm surprised you invite me, thank you. I recive your request on June 18, it's your b'day, isn't it? So .. Happy b'day for you, wish U always in happiness ..Best wishes ..
Nice to meet you PhilipThanks for the request!!
Thanks for the friend invite Philip.Such a modest men from Britain, you look so wise with that beard.
Very nice to know you father.
What a great experiences, nobler y.
Peace!
Thanks for the friends invite, Philip. Best for your books. Have a great week.Ed
Hi Philip.Your books look fascinating and I will definitely be checking a few out. I spent a bit of time in the Middle East myself (Egypt, Tunisia, Bahrain) but never Africa south of the Sahara - yet!
Thanks for the "add" as they say on Myspace and talk soon.
Roger
Hi Philip,Thanks for befriending this mystery author!
Thanks for being my goodreads buddy, Philip! My new romantic suspense, The Twist is a Bookstrand #1 Bestseller! A story of mind-bending control and unnerving metamorphosis, The Twist unravels the tale of a hotshot consultant as he struggles to foil a plot to steal $12 million and to rescue the feisty, female scientist who has stolen his heart.
READ AN EXCERPT FROM THE TWIST
Lee
Lee Silver
"Romance With a Twist"
THE TWIST, BookStrand #1 Bestseller
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Hello Philip,How are you? Thank you for being my friend.
Please visit these groups when you have a chance: “Happy & Brainy Group” and “To the Glory of Man”.
Have a wonderful day. Best regards.
Thanks for the friend invite! More books for me to read and learn from. So many books, so little time...
Hey there,PhilipThank you for add me as your friend.
It`s my honor to be in your friends list.
Best regards
Maria
Hello there young man! Wow Phillip, what an interesting bio. I'd love for you to visit my web site, jeanniebarber.com. I'm a novice writer so feel free to make any kind of suggestions, ideas or thoughts to correct it. I’m co-authoring a novel with Patty Wiseman, another friend on Goodreads. We’ve known each other for over 30 years. While you're there, please sign the guestbook, too! There’s also a link to our book you can click on…clairkelley@synthasite.com. This site is brand new and in the editing stage as is our story. Please visit it as well. We’re both very green, but we’ve met so many people on this site willing to reach out and offer advice or a guiding hand.Blessings,
Jeannie
Hey, Philip...thanks for the invite into your circle of friends...Congrats on your novels...wish you much success with your future writings...looking forward to sharing chats, reviews and any/all recommendations...have a blessed weekend...Happy Reading & Writing :-)
