CONRAD LANDIN thrills to the voice of 79-year-old Emmylou Harris, that is enriched rather than compromised by the gravel of experience
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In-depth analysis of a Europe in disintegration
The debut novel by Uruguayan Eugenia Ladra, and poetry by Gerardo Diego
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New releases from Zulu Guitar Blues, Fela Kuti, and Amadou & Mariam
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SIMON PARSONS applauds an original, visual and movement-based take on the birth and death of a relationship
Europe's Crises
Edited by Manuel Castells et al
(Polity Press, £18.99)
ONE of the difficulties with books written by academics is that they often have a tendency to become narrowly focused within the author's specialism. Europe's Crises is not such a book.
Edited by leading academics from the fields of sociology, economics, communications science and science and technology, its 18 essays are drawn from a wide spectrum of disciplines.
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