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Chryssie (13 KP) rated The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century in Books

May 10, 2019  
The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
Ian Mortimer | 2008 | History & Politics
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9.0 (5 Ratings)
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It answers a lot of questions historical fiction would not (0 more)
Sometimes I wanted more! (0 more)
A funny and informative read
As an avid reader of historical fiction, specifically medieval times, I have so many questions. How did the people live, work and travel? What did a village or town look like? Did people have toilet paper and what did they all wear?

This book answers all these questions, and much more!

If you ever want to know more about how people lived back then, this book is for you!
  
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David McK (3632 KP) rated The Bone Collector (Lincoln Rhyme, #1) in Books

Jan 28, 2019  
The Bone Collector (Lincoln Rhyme, #1)
The Bone Collector (Lincoln Rhyme, #1)
Jeffery Deaver | 1997 | Fiction & Poetry
2
6.8 (5 Ratings)
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I remember when I was at university, I had an English tutor who stated that he though crime fiction was the best kind of fiction there is. At the time I didn't agree with him. I still don't.

Indeed, I think that if he had read this book he would have changed his own tune: this is needlessly graphic, uncomfortable and plodding, with crime scene forensics being the main 'draw' (if I can even use such a word about this) to any potential reader.

In short: one to avoid.
  
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Yoko Ono recommended Every Man Dies Alone: A Novel in Books (curated)

 
Every Man Dies Alone: A Novel
Every Man Dies Alone: A Novel
Hans Fallada | 2019 | History & Politics, Humor & Comedy, Romance
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"This is fiction, but it impressed the hell out of me even though I very rarely have time to read fiction these days. It is the New York Times book review “Notable Book of The Year,” as well. It gives the account of Germans who fought Nazism and were killed or put in jail for life by Nazis for it. A German citizen is killed just for dropping cards all over the city writing his objection of Hitler’s policies. His wife was also sentenced to death, and was in jail indefinitely"

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