The Weeping Time: Memory and the Largest Slave Auction in American History
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In 1859, at the largest recorded slave auction in American history, over 400 men, women, and...
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Thucydides: The War of the Peloponnesians and the Athenians
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Thucydides' classic work is a foundational text in the history of Western political thought. His...
History of Rome
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The classical scholar and historian Theodor Mommsen (1817–1903) published his monumental History...
Experimental Music: Cage and Beyond
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Michael Nyman's book is a first-hand account of experimental music from 1950 to 1970. First...
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One choice. Two possible timelines. And a world hanging in the balance. It’s the summer of 1986...
The Kindness of Women
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The fascinating, and largely autobiographical, sequel to J G Ballard’s prize-winning ‘Empire of...
ClareR (5996 KP) rated And He Shall Appear in Books
Oct 1, 2025
The unnamed main character is a northern, state-educated boy, who gets a place to study Music at Cambridge University - and he’s determined to reinvent himself. He falls in with the cool crowd, and becomes obsessed with the wealthy Bryn Cavendish.
This is a really haunting novel. I was never quite sure if a ghost or someone from his university past was going to pop up when the narrator returns years later for a function.
The narrator comes across as lost, completely out of his depth, living and acting on the periphery of his new group of ‘friends’. He’s so determined to fit in, that he pushes nicer people away. His new friends really are NOT nice - there’s even the suspicion that Bryns skills as a magician are something more sinister.
This book really gave me the chills. Recommended.
The Future Royal Family: William, Kate and the Modern Royals
Robert Jobson and Arthur Edwards
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They have been dubbed 'the modern royals' by the world's media, and have not only won the hearts and...
Music and Soviet Power, 1917-1932
Marina Frolova-Walker and Jonathan Walker
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The October Revolution of 1917 tore the fabric of Russian musical life: institutions collapsed, and...
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2434 KP) rated The Final Tap (Living History Museum, #2) in Books
Mar 9, 2018
I was delighted to slip back into the world of this series. The setting is fantastic, and the characters are strong. Not all the returning characters get a lot of page time, but the ones that do get a good deal of development. The suspects are also strong, and the varying suspects and motives kept me guessing until the end.
NOTE: I received an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2016/05/book-review-final-tap-by-amanda-flower.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.