The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
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On Winston Churchill's first day as prime minister, Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and...
D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II
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The dramatic, untold true story of the extraordinary women recruited by Britain's elite spy agency...
The Exercise Of Vital Powers (Legends of the Order #1)
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Some Lessons Must Be Learned The Hard Way. Since its inception, The Order has been dedicated to...
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The Man on the Roof
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Someone has been creeping in the dark while the others sleep, and they've done terrible, terrible...
A Stranger in the House
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In this neighborhood, danger lies close to home. A domestic thriller packed full of secrets, and a...
Monster: A Novel of Extreme Horror and Gore
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There are scenes of domestic abuse. But hidden underneath it all is also a chilling story. Please do...
Magna Carta: The Birth of Liberty
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The Magna Carta is revered around the world as the founding document of Western liberty. Its...
A Dangerous Breed
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Van Shaw’s past and present collide when an ingenious blackmailer pushes him to the brink in this...
ClareR (5879 KP) rated Once There Were Wolves in Books
Oct 24, 2023
The idea of reintroducing wolves to the Highlands of Scotland in order to enrich and preserve the ecosystems there, is fascinating and exciting as a reader - and as someone who doesn’t have to farm under those circumstances. The writing was sensitive to every side of the story, but as Inti was leading the project to reintroduce wild wolves, the novel leant more in her favour - and I enjoyed that.
Aggie, Inti’s twin, has had a very traumatic experience, and she has severe depression along with other mental health problems. Inti hopes that by living in the wilds of Scotland, the isolation and wild country will begin to heal her.
But when one of the townsfolk is hurt, it’s hard to know who is safe - not the wolves, that’s for sure.
There are some really deep, involved themes in this: climate change, ecology, domestic abuse, violence, relationships.
Incidentally, I went on holiday in the Cairngorms this summer. We stayed in a cottage, away from all the other cottages on the estate (we couldn’t even see them), surrounded by fields containing alpacas and deer, with the odd buzzard, peregrine and even an osprey! I half expected to see a wolf-pack!! Sadly, there aren’t any wild wolves in Scotland now, but that estate was a weeks worth of heaven for me and my family - and would have fed a wolf pack for about that long, too!
Isabel Smith (34 KP) rated Wonderful Wonderful by The Killers in Music
Jun 22, 2018
Anyways, going back to “The Man,” if you haven’t yet been struck by the contagion of the song you are missing out! The lyrics are so puffed up and arrogant, they’re simultaneously ridiculous and fun to listen to. Altogether, the song’s fast-paced, high-energy style reminds me a lot of “Move” by the band Saint Motel. It is the perfect song to listen to if and when you need to get pumped up for something.
Okay, enough about “The Man.” The 9 other tracks on The Killers’ latest album are all worth listening to as well. The second most energetic song on the album, “Run For Cover,” addresses domestic abuse; another track, “Rut” focuses on the struggles of PTSD; “Tyson vs Douglas” echoes the shock that lead vocalist Brandon Flowers felt after watching Mike Tyson get defeated for the first time in the memorable 1990 boxing match. The songs in this album are all so different from one another both message-wise and sound-wise, and that’s part of what makes Wonderful Wonderful one of the best albums The Killers have released. Fun fact: In one of the songs, “Some Kind of Love,” Flowers has his 3 sons doing backup vocals near the end…how cool is that?