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Milleen (47 KP) rated Darkest Hour: How Churchill Brought England Back from the Brink in Books

Nov 14, 2018 (Updated Nov 14, 2018)

The prize-winning screen writer of the film 'The Theory of everything' has penned a wonderful insight into the life of Winston Spencer Churchill. This narrative examines his rise during one of the most crucial periods of World War II. It relives the conversations between Britain's most powerful men, revealed through their private diary excerpts. Through these intensely researched accounts of the time, McCarten skilfully conveys a very rounded and human account of Churchill. He cleverly shows how a man full of self-doubt transformed himself into the iconic figure that led the country to victory.

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Cycling Out of the Comfort Zone: Two Boys, Two Bikes, One Unforgettable Mission

Charles Guilhamon

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The author, a dynamic young Parisian, retraces his year-long cycle journey with long-time friend,...

Mageborn

Stephen Aryan

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It's been ten years since the battlemage war, where thousands died as mages sundered the earth and...

Ali (2001)

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With wit and athletic genius, with defiant rage and inner grace, Muhammad Ali forever changed the...

Wallace Shawn recommended Topsy-Turvy (1999) in Movies (curated)

Topsy-Turvy (1999)

1999 | International, Comedy, Drama

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"Well, England is to my taste a great, great film country. I don’t think any filmmakers have been greater than Hitchcock, fabulously represented in the Criterion Collection by The Lady Vanishes and a great box set, Wrong Men & Notorious Women; Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, represented by many films, including The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (one of their very best, also made during World War II); and of course Mike Leigh. Topsy-Turvy is so fascinating, because Mike Leigh celebrates precisely the approach to acting that he has driven his own actors farther and farther away from in his own films."

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