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• Include a brief summary of the book, including its main arguments and overall structure; tell readers not just about the ‘what?’ but also about the ‘so what?’ factor of the book.
• Outline the text’s strengths and provide a reflective and thoughtful critique and evaluation of it, assessing any major shortcomings or weaknesses in a constructively critical manner.
• Provide an analysis of the book’s contribution to its relevant field(s) and indicate the main audience(s) to which it will appeal
• Comment on the extent to which the author succeeds in her/his intentions for the text.
• (For an edited collection) Provide an overview of the volume and illustrate your commentary with examples from a limited number of chapters; identify which chapters are particularly valuable, and why.
• Keep any quotations from the book brief; cite page numbers in parenthesis next to the quotation, not in footnotes.

• Title of book [in bold],
• Author/s name/s (or state ‘Edited by’ followed by Editor/s name/s),
• Place of Publication,
• Publisher,
• Date of Publication,
• Number of pages in book,
• Price of book in GBP,
• Paperback or Hardback,
• ISBN Number.

•  MS Word file, typed double-spaced in 12-point Times New Roman font with 1-inch margins.

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