A Dark and Twisting Path
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Writer's apprentice Lena London is happily working on a new collaboration with her idol and...
Days of Wine and Roses
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Days of Wine and Roses was a 1962 black and white movie directed by Blake Edwards and starring Jack...
ClareR (5589 KP) rated How Much Of These Hills is Gold in Books
Jun 12, 2020
There are flashbacks to the life that they had prior to the death of their parents, and these really showed what a hard life gold prospecting and coal mining was - particularly if you weren’t seen as true Americans.
I loved this book - the descriptions of the landscape were stunning, the story of the difficult, uncertain lives the main characters experienced was at times heart-rending. I liked that we weren’t involved in the thought processes of their persecutors - we see everything from Lucy, Sam and their parents perspectives. We get a glimpse into the world of an immigrant family and of how little it seems to have changed with regards to attitudes.
I’d really recommend this book - it was a rewarding, if sad, read.
Death with a Dark Red Rose
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Writer's apprentice Lena London is enjoying life in Blue Lake and being newly engaged, but is soon...
The Wild One
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When 13-year-old Samantha returns home to her family′s cattle ranch in Nevada, she′s worried....
How Much Of These Hills is Gold
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'The boldest debut of the year . . . It is refreshing to discover a new author of such grand scale,...
Historical fiction The Gold Rush
Masters of Horror: A Horror Anthology
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Masters of Horror A selection of some of the finest horror writers of today were invited by Matt...
Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated The Magnificent Seven (2016) in Movies
Jun 26, 2020
The plot: Looking to mine for gold, greedy industrialist Bartholomew Bogue seizes control of the Old West town of Rose Creek. With their lives in jeopardy, Emma Cullen and other desperate residents turn to bounty hunter Sam Chisolm (Denzel Washington) for help. Chisolm recruits an eclectic group of gunslingers to take on Bogue and his ruthless henchmen. With a deadly showdown on the horizon, the seven mercenaries soon find themselves fighting for more than just money once the bullets start to fly.
Good action, good cast, horses and more, The Magnificent Seven lives up to both Seven Samurai and the 1960 verison.
The Lonely Londoners
Samuel Selvon and Nasta Susheila
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Both devastating and funny, The Lonely Londoners is an unforgettable account of immigrant experience...
Two Prospectors: The Letters of Sam Shepard and Johnny Dark
Sam Shepard, Johnny Dark and Chad Hammett
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Sam Shepard is arguably America's finest working dramatist, as well as an accomplished screenwriter,...