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The Seven Mountains Of Thomas Merton By Michael Mott

In spite of all, a real vocation Peter Levi THE SEVEN MOUNTAINS OF THOMAS MERTON by Michael Mott Sheldon Press (SPCK), £19.50 The sensation of reading these 670 pages is like......

A Journalist's Odyssey By Patrick O'donovan

The nose has it Peter Hebblethwaite A JOURNALIST'S ODYSSEY by Patrick O'Donovan Esmonde Publishing, £5.95 T his is not so much a book as a memento mori. I never knew the slim......

The Silent Twins By Marjorie Wallace

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