The Emoji Code: How Smiley Faces, Love Hearts and Thumbs Up are Changing the Way We Communicate
Book
Since 2011, the use of emoji - deriving from the Japanese, meaning picture character - has become a...
French Hussars: From the 9th to the 14th Regiment, 1804-1818: Vol 3:
Andre Jouineau and Jean-Marie Mongin
Book
The First Empire is responsible for giving us the most lasting picture we have of the Hussars. This...
The Great War Illustrated 1916: Archive and Colour Photographs of WWI
Book
The third in a series of five titles, which will cover each year of the war graphically. Many...
Cars and Motorbikes
Tamara Fonteyn and Aky-Aka Creations
Book
This beautiful activity book offers children age 3 to 5, especially boys, 24 pages to colour and...
Millie Marotta's Tropical Wonderland: A Colouring Book Adventure
Book
Millie Marotta is a hugely popular illustrator and her idiosyncratic drawings of the botanical world...
Science in Print: Essays on the History of Science and the Culture of Print
Rima Apple, Gregory Downey and Stephen Vaughn
Book
Ever since the threads of seventeenth-century natural philosophy began to coalesce into an...
Full on
Book
In Full On, ex-government minister, businessman and broadcaster Ivan Yates recounts a fascinating...
This is the true story about nine young women brought together under the most heinous of situations but who, together, show the power of friendship amongst the shadow of human depravity and the light of the kindness of strangers.
The book follows each of the nine before, during and after the WWII and whilst this ensured a complete picture was formed it did jump a bit between different times, people and different places which made it difficult to follow and, I think, detracted from the flow somewhat. Despite this, I got a real sense of the personalities and characters of each of the women and it was really interesting to read about the plight of political prisoners and captured resistance fighters during this time period.
By the very nature of this book and it's subject matter, it is not an easy read however the resilience, bravery and courage of these young women deserves to be told and should be told. I also feel that, done sensitively, this could work well on the big screen which would bring this amazing story to the masses.
Thank you to Bonnier Books UK / Manilla Press and NetGalley for my copy in return for an unbiased and unedited review.
On the Edge: The State and Fate of the World's Tropical Rainforests
Claude Martin and Thomas E. Lovejoy
Book
In 1972, The Limits to Growth introduced the idea that world resources are limited. Soon after,...
Scanner - Document and Receipt Wallet
Travel and Productivity
App
Use your iPhone/iPad as a scanner! It has never been easier to scan documents without an extra...