The International Writer's Magazine: July 2014 Welcome

Destinations: Travel stories

Opinion: Politics & Comment

Lifestyles How we live

Moving to the Philippines? Fred C Wilson 111 There are many advantages to living in the economically thriving Philippines. The Living Desert Experience I was invited to join what’s known as a ‘Living Desert Experience’ with Charly’s Desert Tours, a Swakopmund-based tour company that specialise in desert adventures All the Tea in China Tom Clifford For hours our small bus had been buffeted by nature’s wrath, exposed on Guizhou’s mountain passes and only the dexterity and skill of our driver kept us this side of paradise. The Glacier Express is the most famous railway in the world. From St Moritz to Zermatt it travels through 91 tunnels, and across 291 bridges... Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space Open Call for Performance Artists 2015

The Age of Political Inertia James Campion + Readers Responses or How A Humanitarian Crisis Sheds Greater Light on Washington Dysfunction - Everything has now become so political that it has crippled the government to work together to solve even an obviously open/shut case. British Liberalism Tom Kilcourse I wonder how J S Mill, and Dickens, would regard the society that they originally inspired. Would Mill approve of what today passes for liberalism? The Art of Dissent Madhura Shetty ... freaking out about placements? How much are they paying you? ... King Felipe V1 James Skinner Spain in the throes of major change Civil Rights Act at 50 James Campion Thirteen years before the United States of America was plunged into a bloody Civil War from which over 600,000 would be slaughtered ... Fredrick Douglas poured from his heart the core of patriotism Ebola Virus: How Prepared Is Nigeria? - Odimegwu Onwumere Disease claims 660+ lives in Africa so far this year

Issues about Community Tom Kilcourse It appears now that some people have had second thoughts on multiculturism. ‘We were wrong : all cultures are not equal’ The Hidden Life of the African Feminist Abigail George The African feminist is the feminine intellectual who in the final analysis is the square peg who does not fit into the round hole Brooklyn Monk Takes on Four Fighters in One Night Greg Isaacson Not quite kumite, but a spiritual victory for author-warrior Life! No less than a struggle Shubhi S Battles between countries can be won or lost easily, life battles are tougher A Visit to the Sphinx Walli F. Leff Reflecting on the now dismantled Kara Walker’s art exhibit, one of the most provocative shows in New York City this season Bohemian Rhapsody John M. Edwards JME takes the waters in the Czech Republic’s so-called West Bohemian Spa Triangle in order to spy out the local talent and bathe in the buff. . . .

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MAGENTA new from Sam North A mysterious, tragic tale from the wilds of the Lincolnshire coast – a haunting story about father and daughter Learning from Genocide Abigail George She is old before her time. They all say that whoever they might be. From the archives: If You Want Peace, Prepare for War Willam Better The Hero is one of the people in the filling station’s convenience store. He wears snug black jeans that disappear into tall black riding boots like cavalrymen wore when tilting towards each other in green fields, heroes all

The Horrible Boss Martin Green I’ve always liked stories that had a truly bad villain, someone whom you could hate and rejoice in his (or her) comeuppance, because in stories the villain always gets it in the end I Unfriend You Diane Malk I threw her a life preserver, only to snatch it back in again Bear Mountain Man Oswaldo Jimenez Bear Mountain was not a particularly uncommon mountain. Like other mountains in the vicinity, Bear Mountain was green in spring, brown in autumn, and white in winter...

The Reset Button by Jeff Hunt Ist Part of the Digital Natives Series An America plunged into darkness and illiteracy in a post-apocalypic world by a teenage despot - A Kindle book Shimmer by Paula Weston Indigo (July 2014) Sam Hawksmoor review Leading on from Shadows and Haze, we have the third book by Paula Weston in what looks to be a saga of angels and demons. Life As Art - Ai WeiWei Walli F. Leff at Brooklyn Museum Art-loving tourists from all over the world fan out through the Upper East Side, Chelsea, and Soho to visit Manhattan’s famed museums and galleries... Three Resurrected Drunkards Dan Schneider DVD review a sometimes fun and amusing comedy-absurdist drama... Ruin & Rising by Leigh Bardugo - The stunning final book in The Grisha Trilogy

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