Tiger Head, Snake Tails: China Today, How it Got There and Why it Has to Change
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This is a comprehensively updated account of where China stands today, covering the generational...
A Will to Believe: Shakespeare and Religion
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On 19 December 1601, John Croke, then Speaker of the House of Commons, addressed his colleagues: "If...
Hazel (2934 KP) rated The Child Who Lived in Books
Aug 13, 2023
The book starts in the divorce courts in 1946 where Lore's husband is filing for divorce due to her 'unacceptable behaviour'. There, she tells the story of her remarkable life before and during the war.
Lore was a political prisoner initially interred in Ravensbrück but sent to Mauthausen with another group of women there to service the needs of the men. Lore and the other women soon become like family; looking out for and supporting each other whilst trying to survive the brutal regime inflicted by the SS. Against all the odds and rules, Lore finds love and unexpectedly becomes pregnant ... a death sentence for both mother and baby. How is she going to survive and save the life of her unborn child?
This is a story of bravery, strength, love and survival and although a work of fiction and therefore there is some 'artistic licence' and a suspension of reality at times, it is a story that hits all the emotions and the characters stay with you long after you finish.
Recommended to those who enjoy reading historical fiction from this era and thank you to the author, Bookouture and NetGalley for enabling me to read and share my thoughts of The Child Who Lived.
David McK (3687 KP) rated Raising Steam: (Discworld Novel 40) in Books
Jan 28, 2019
This one is to do with the introduction of the railway to the Discworld, and also offers many a reference to previous characters and situations in the series as a whole: indeed, at times, it almost feels as if Pratchett is trying to squeeze as many in as possible.
Unfortunately, it's also not his best: I have to admit, in general, I've found most of his Industrial Revolution novels to not be as good as, say, those based around either The City Watch or those based around The Witches. Like the locomotive on which it is based, I found this one to take a fair bit of time to gather steam, and to feel a wee bit ponderous and unwieldy - this, I have to say, is not a novel I would use to introduce somebody new to the delights of the Discworld. :-(
Making Trade Missions Work: A Best Practice Guide to International Business and Commercial Diplomacy
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Trade missions are one of the best-known export promotion instruments initiated and organized by...
Four-Leaf Clovers: How to Sow and Grow Value in Our Organizations
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Responsible businesses are economic institutions which are committed to the values of our society....
Business in a Changing Climate: Explaining Industry Support for Carbon Pricing
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Climate change skeptics and business pundits alike are convinced that any public policy instruments...
The Basic Beliefs of Judaism: A Twenty-first-Century Guide To a Timeless Tradition
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One of the oldest monotheistic religions known to humankind, Judaism has withstood the tests of...
The Sacraments: Historical Foundations and Liturgical Theology
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"The heart of this book is about the ways in which the liturgy of the sacraments has been celebrated...
National Historic Preservation Act: Past, Present, and Future
Kimball M. Banks and Anne M. Scott
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Assessing fifty years of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), passed in 1966, this volume...