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Driving Corpses for Money

  • March 23, 2021
  • by Brandon Christopher
The following is an excerpt from Brandon Christopher’s book ‘The Job Pirate: An Entertaining Tale of my Job-Hopping Journey in America’.
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Lara Croft of the Kabubble

  • March 15, 2021
  • by Heidi Kingstone
Larger-than-life characters and daily life as a journalist in the surreal world of Kabul, Afghanistan.
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Not In The Pink

  • July 5, 2015
  • by Tina Martel
When visual artist Tina Martel was diagnosed with Stage 2B breast cancer she decided to document everything. ‘Not in the Pink’ details her experiences.
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Too High Too Far Too Soon

  • June 28, 2015
  • by Simon Mason
An excerpt from Simon Mason’s “Too High Too Far Too Soon”, a revelatory rock ‘n’ roll memoir of a life of drugs, Britpop and spiralling drug addiction.
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