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The President's Gardens

Muhsin Al-Ramli and Luke Leafgren

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One Hundred Years of Solitude meets The Kite Runner in Saddam Hussein's Iraq. "A contemporary...

The Selected Works of H.G. Wells

H.G. Wells

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H. G. Wells is often referred to as 'the father of science fiction' and this compendium of his...

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

Michael G. Smith

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Rockets and Revolution offers a multifaceted study of the race toward space in the first half of the...

Laura Doe (1350 KP) rated The Nine in Books

Jul 9, 2021

The Nine

Gwen Strauss | 2021 | Education, History & Politics

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This book is not for the faint hearted and made me cry for the nine women and the others who they met along their way so many times.
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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Heather Cranmer (2721 KP) created a post

May 3, 2021 (Updated May 3, 2021)

On my blog today, I've got a fascinating interview between Commander Brett Colton, the main character of the science fiction novel INFINITY'S GATEWAY, and its author James S. Parker. Check it out, and enter the giveaway to win a signed copy of the book - two winners!

https://alltheupsandowns.blogspot.com/2021/05/book-blog-tour-and-giveaway-infinitys.html

**BOOK SYNOPSIS**
Every year, all across the planet, people simply vanish, completely disappear and are never seen again. Some areas of the world are well known for this phenomenon. Infinity's Gateway opens with a very famous incident that took place just after the end of World War II with the United States Navy. The story then jumps to the present day with an unexplainable event that occurs off the coast of Florida, an event that cannot be ignored by the military.

The Navy ship Eclipse and its crew are sent to investigate, but after several days come up empty. Two days before returning to port, the event reoccurs, and the Eclipse is caught up in something it cannot escape. The Eclipse and its crew suddenly find themselves completely isolated, all communication lost, surrounded by a terribly hostile environment where each day is a struggle to survive. Infinity's Gateway is an intense, action packed story of survival, self-reliance, and discovery.