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JULIA THOMAS unpicks the mental processes that explain why book-to-film adaptations so often disappoint
The Empire and Ukraine by Andrew Murray (Manifesto Press, £11.95)
CONRAD LANDIN thrills to the voice of 79-year-old Emmylou Harris, that is enriched rather than compromised by the gravel of experience
The debut novel by Uruguayan Eugenia Ladra, and poetry by Gerardo Diego
RICHARD MURGATROYD appreciates a study that urges us to think about water differently, as a living entity with its own logic and intelligence
New releases from Zulu Guitar Blues, Fela Kuti, and Amadou & Mariam
IAN SINCLAIR revels in the reissue of great recordings by one of the most recognisable and radical voices in British music
Recent worsening relations between Moscow and Kiev, in the shape of efforts to isolate Crimea and a subsequent termination of Russian gas supplies to its neighbour, underline the dangers to the shaky ceasefire in eastern Ukraine.
Western media asserts that blame for friction between the two former Soviet republics lies exclusively with Moscow.
Consensus has it that Russian President Vladimir Putin is intent on prising away the Donetsk and Lugansk provinces from Ukraine towards incorporation in Russia, as Crimea was.
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