You can learn a lot about the Russian revolution and its genesis from this book and it is easy to read.
The translation is by Max Eastman and it is a work of literature in its own right.
This book gives a chilling insight into the mind of a murderer. It also deals with the issue of internet trolls – so called because they dwell in the darkness of anonymity. Val McDermid more straightforwardly refers to them as “bawbags”.
Trolls rapidly move from insults or comments within the normal range of free speech to horrific threats couched in the vilest possible terms.
In this work of fiction the police are able to combat this new crime. In real life it will take them a while to catch up.
It is written in a unique style and the audio version, which is narrated by Saul Reichlin is also excellent.
"The struggle for socialism is necessarily international.
Right back in the period of the Paris Commune, the movement in Paris found an echo around the world and scared the pants off the capitalist class.
It is from the Paris Commune that the First International emerged. It was superceded by the Second International which developed in a period of growth of capitalism.
As a result the leaders of the International began to believe that capitalism could be reformed. As a result the largest of the Social Democratic Parties, in Germany capitulated to their own ruling class, effectively voting for the first world war.
The third international was a recognition that the Russian revolution needed to develop internationally. Again the German Social democrats betrayed the movement of the workers in Germany and stopped the Russian revolution spreading.
This facilitated the development of Stalinism in the USSR and led to the development of Trotsky's fourth international.
This work is continued by the Committee for a Workers' International."
(Nick Chaffrey at the Southern and South Eastern Regional Conference of the Socialist Party)
My
friend Google thinks that "essays on works of art or literature" should
be included in the category of non-fiction books. So this is the list
of my seven non-fiction books
Classroom Teacher Manual
Death Agony of Capitalism
Letters to Lara
Socialist Reviews
The Concept of Evil
The Role of the Hero
Xavier's Cook Book
Brevity now has a page on Facebook
"Brevity" is our best-selling audiobook. Actually, it is our only audiobook but its success has been a pleasant surprise. People may not have CD players in the home but many cars and many laptops have CD players.
Not many writers have a printing press in the shed but producing an audiobook only takes a computer, a decent mike and a program such as "Audacity" which is free and open-source.
There are professional readers available for hire but I chose to read myself because I am very cheap 
We visited the Goring Folly.
I can recommend this to anybody.
The folly itself is the fanciest garden shed in history, a very small medieval castle. The garden is home to a large number of dogs. They are made from everyday materials, nails, knitting needles etc and they do not bite.
