The War of the Worlds: BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Full Cast and H.G. Wells
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A brand new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of HG Wells' famous story of the brutal Martian...
Rockets and Revolution: A Cultural History of Early Spaceflight
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Rockets and Revolution offers a multifaceted study of the race toward space in the first half of the...
We follow nine women as they escape from a death march and their journey to try and get to safety. Throughout the recount of the escape, their own stories of who they were before and how they came to be at the concentration camp were told.
The resilience of these nine women throughout everything they enjoyed was inspiring and that they retained their hope and kindness after the disgusting treatment that they endured is nothing short of a miracle.
The story is harrowing, but also one that I feel everyone must know. I thought I knew enough about what happened in those concentration camps in World War II but after reading this I have found that I only knew the tiniest amount of what they endured.
Although I know this is a true story, sometimes I had to remind myself that it was not fiction as some of the passages were so horrific in their descriptions that it is almost unbelievable that a human being can treat another human being like that.
This book will stay with me for a long time, which I am glad of. Thank you to Gwen Strauss and Pigeonhole for allowing me to read this incredible book.
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May 3, 2021 (Updated May 3, 2021)
Barbary Station
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Two engineers hijack a spaceship to join some space pirates—only to discover the pirates are...
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The Dream Weavers
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Mercia, 788 AD In the grand Saxon halls of Mercia, King Offa rules with cold ambition. His youngest...
Historical fiction Anglo-Saxons King Offa Offa’s Dyke
Manhattan Transfer
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A modernist masterwork that has more in common with films than traditional novels, John Dos Passos'...
Mating Dance (Alien Blood Wars #5)
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What lurks in the dark is not always a monster. Sometimes it’s your deepest desire. Trey...
Science Fiction Romance M_M Erotic
ClareR (5674 KP) rated The Dictator’s Muse in Books
Jan 10, 2023
Hitler is in power, and one of his most respected film makers, Leni Riefenstahl, has been tasked with filming the Berlin Olympics. She has to tread a fine line between the film-making she wants to create and that of the Nazi propaganda machine.
Meanwhile, back in England, Kit is training for the olympics whilst holding down a full time job and trying to impress his upper class girlfriend. He discovers he can get sponsorship through Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists, even though he isn’t by any means a fascist.
Alun is a Welsh Communist, who has been tasked with infiltrating the Blackshirts.
Leni seems to be in a state of permanent dread, because even those who are staunch Nazis aren’t safe from being taken down by the SS.
There’s a lot going on in this book, and it sounds like it should be confusing. But it’s really not. It wasn’t fact, unputdownable.
There’s a great mystery threaded through this, introduced by a modern day character, an academic called Sigrun Meier.
Historical fiction AND a mystery - what’s not to like?!
The Book of Last Letters
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Inspired by an incredible true story, a young nurse captures the final letters of injured soldiers...
World War II Historical Fiction Literary Saga