Black German: An Afro-German Life in the Twentieth Century
Isabella Image and Eve Rosenhaft
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This is the first English translation of an important document in the history of the black presence...
The Trodden Way
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Brian Wilson was born in 1924 in Penang, then part of the Straits Settlements (now Malaysia), where...
Dauntless (The Lost Fleet, #1)
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Captain John “Black Jack” Geary’s legendary exploits are known to every schoolchild. Revered...
Our Game
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Le Carre's post-Cold War masterpiece, filled with suspense, betrayal, desire and drama The Cold War...
The Meakin Diaries - Sheffield in the Trenches
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In 1915, the newlywed Frank Meakin signed up to the new Sheffield City Battalion and joined the...
Anchor in the Storm (Waves of Freedom, #2)
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For plucky Lillian Avery, America’s entry into World War II means a chance to prove herself as a...
Around the World in Seventy-Two Days: And Other Writings
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Born Elizabeth Jane Cochran, Nellie Bly was renowned as America's first 'girl stunt reporter'. She...
David McK (3649 KP) rated King of Ithaca (Adventures of Odysseus, #1) in Books
Jan 30, 2019
The first in a planned series of books ('The Adventures of Odysseus'), this one deals with the pre Trojan-war days, with (at the start of the novel) Odysseus not yet King of Ithaca. Centring primarily on one of Odysseus companions rather than Odysseus himself, this does have plenty of intrigue and action, but I (unfortunately) found none of those to be that stirring.
Not a patch on David Gemmell's Troy series ('Lord of the Silver Bow', Shield of Thunder' and 'Fall of Kings') of books.
Blood on the Thistle
Stuart Pearson and Robert Mitchell
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Blood on the Thistle is the examination of the life and times of a remarkable Scottish family, the...
Movie Critics (823 KP) rated Kong: Skull Island (2017) in Movies
Apr 14, 2017
Original Score: 3 out of 5
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Two films in to the MonsterVerse and it’s been a mixed start — both Godzilla and Kong: Skull Island fumbling the human characters, but nailing the kaiju. There’s potential, it’s just yet to be fully realised.
Full review: http://www.empireonline.com/movies/kong-skull-island/review/