Resurrecting Slavery: Racial Legacies and White Supremacy in France
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How can politicians and ordinary citizens face the racial past in a country that frames itself as...
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Stick A Flag In It: 1,000 Years Of Bizarre History From Britain And Beyond
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Awix (3310 KP) rated Quantum of Solace (2008) in Movies
Mar 1, 2018 (Updated Mar 2, 2018)
Still a very untypical Bond film, with an austere, bleak mood; likely to feature prominently in pub quizzes as the answer to the questions 'which is the shortest Bond movie?' and 'in which film do Bond and the Bond girl not actually do it?' You can see the influence of the Bourne series in the attempt to turn Bond into a more edgy, self-doubting figure, and the general distrust of security agencies as a whole; but these things are not really the stuff of a good Bond film, and nor is a plot revolving around a plan to topple the government of a country most viewers would struggle to find on a map.
Competently-staged fights and chases, particularly the final set-piece, but most of the jokes fall flat and, well, it's just not really fun enough to really work as a piece of Bond. Commendable attempt though, and not actively painful to watch.
David McK (3425 KP) rated Until the Sea Shall Give Up Her Dead in Books
Jan 30, 2019
Perhaps a large part of the reason for that is that this, I felt, does not require as much knowledge of previous events as before: although those events are referenced (particularly in relation to Captain Hayden's private life), it is never in such a way that it is absolutely essential that you know the particular ins and outs.
Also, like seems to be becoming the norm in this series, while the novel itself is not split into separate parts, there are three very distinct sections within: the first part dealing with the Themis's cruise to the Caribbean (and the events along the way), the second with cruising those waters as part of a navy squadron, and the final part with a stern chase after someone very dear to Hayden is kidnapped - I have to say, though, that the end is a bit abrupt!
The Jolly Roger Social Club: A True Story of a Killer in Paradise
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Languishing in a Panamanian prison cell, William Holbert - known as 'Wild Bill' - is waiting to be...
Broadside: How We Regained the Ashes
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The photograph was splashed all over the front pages of the newspapers: Stuart Broad's astonished...
Johnny Depp: The Illustrated Biography
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"Johnny Depp - The Illustrated Biography" is the story of one of Hollywood's biggest stars, whose...