Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From The Twentieth Century in Books
Jan 3, 2018
Along with Burleigh and Kershaw he has exposed the monstrosities of the evil regimes ruled by Hitler, Mussolini, Lenin, Stalin, Pol Pot and other tyrants who have murdered at home and abroad. Having extensively studied both right-wing and left-wing tyrannical regimes, Snyder goes onto look at the 2016 presidential campaign and Donald Trump. "Post-truth is pre-fascism," he writes, in one of many passages that seem to cast the US as a society in a pre-fascist stage.
Snyder succinctly suggests that 20 lessons from history are invaluable if we are to avoid democracy collapsing as it did after 1918. History he agrees does not repeat but it does instruct.
In a world where truth, reality and fantasy are thrown into a huge melting pot - having a book that researched facts, presents political history and encourages the reader to make their own decisions is a liberating read.
Here We Lie
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"A complex look at the long-standing consequences of privilege and toxic masculinity.......
suspense
David McK (3533 KP) rated The Last of Us Remastered in Video Games
Feb 13, 2020
However, I knew it was by the team behind the Uncharted games, and so picked it up when it was part of the PSN free games package, and thought I would give it a whirl. Now I've finished it, I have to say: I still prefer the Uncharted games.
Detailing the trials and travails of pottie-mouthed Ellie and Joel in a post-apocalyptic (pandemic?) world, there's no denying the skill and attention to detail put into the plot"; it's just a pity I found the game to be very 'samey' after a while.
Hitler's Forgotten Children: The Shocking True Story of the Nazi Kidnapping Conspiracy
Tim Tate and Ingrid von Oelhafen
8.0
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'More than 70 years ago I was a "gift" for Adolf Hitler. I was stolen as a baby to be part of one of...
Lee KM Pallatina (951 KP) rated Spenser Confidential (2020) in Movies
Mar 16, 2020
After a stretch in prison for a violent attack on another officer, Spenser is released, that night the officer who he did time for attacking is murdered, which throws Spensers name into the fire.
When a second officer from his former precinct is murdered, Spenser teams up with his no-nonsense roommate, Hawk, to take down criminals and uncover the truth before it's too late.
A great movie-
even though the story has had very similar ones berfore it, it's a nice throwback to them whilst injecting a dose of witt to it.
A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics: A Neuroscientist on How to Make Sense of a Complex World
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A guide to critical thinking in the 'post-truth' era, from the author of Sunday Times best-seller...
The Third Man
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'Graham Greene has wit and grace and character and story and a transcendent universal compassion...
The Apprentice
10.0
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Tish Woodward is a rookie newspaper reporter covering City Hall for the Washington Post-Examiner...
David McK (3533 KP) rated Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) in Movies
Feb 17, 2019 (Updated Mar 29, 2020)
The first Post-Disney acquisition film in the Star Wars saga, this one had a lot of expectation on its shoulders: it had to appease those who felt 'sold out' by the prequels (i.e. largely those who grew up with the originals) while also had to appeal to a whole new generation. In other words, it had quite a tightrope to walk.
A tightrope which, by and large, it does so successfully.
It's not perfect: JJ Abrams sets up a lot of questions which Rian Johnson would later deem irrelevant (in The Last Jedi), while elements of the plot are, shall we say, more than a little familiar, but by and large...
Dice For Brains Podcast
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The Dice For Brains Podcast is an actual play show telling serialized stories through the course of...