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Vinland Saga, Volume 1

Makoto Yukimura

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FOR HONOR AND VENGEANCE As a child, Thorfinn sat at the feet of the great Leif Ericson and thrilled...

Shaft in Africa (1973)

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When private investigator and man of action John Shaft (Richard Roundtree) is hired to disrupt a...

Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

David W. Blight

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The definitive, dramatic biography of the most important African-American of the nineteenth century:...

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Parade Of The Slave Children From "Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom" (with John Williams (Film Composer)) by John Williams

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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated Homegoing in Books

Jul 24, 2017

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Yaa Gyasi | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry

9.6

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Extraordinary novel spanning seas and generations

A rather melancholic and at times bitterweet read, describing the journey of one family split into two lineages as a result of colonialism and slavery. It is rather horrific read to tales of rape and torture, but there is no way of skirting around the issue. What is more telling is the effects that eight generations of brutality has on a modern generation and how easy it is to dismiss today's problems without looking at the context.

Yaa Gyasi has really excelled in bringing the narratives together coherently. An important piece of literature worth putting as part of the school curriculum.

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David McK (3425 KP) rated Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) in Movies

Dec 31, 2019 (Updated Apr 28, 2020)

The darkest of the original Indiana Jones films, with Indy becoming caught up in recovering the Sankara Stones for an Indian village, in a film that - along with the likes of Gremlins - led to the creation of the PG-13 certificate.

Beating Hearts torn out of chests? Child slavery? Baby serpents slithering out of a dead snake? questionable depiction of Indian cuisine and the goddess Kali? A screeching (future) Mrs Spielberg as the co-star? All here.

On the other hand, there are some rather good set-pieces, such as the mine-cart escape or Indiana on the rope bridge as the cultists close in from either side …