The Recovering: Intoxication and its Aftermath
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Addiction is seemingly inexplicable. From the outside, it can look like wilful, arrogant...
The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol
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Collected here are Gogol's finest tales - from the demon-haunted 'St John's Eve' to the strange...
Lion of Rora
Christos Gage, Jackie Lewis and Ruth Gage
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"A great perspective on a historical event few Americans know anything about." - Booklist "The Lion...
Agincourt 1415: Field of Blood
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On 25 October 1415, a trapped and vastly-outnumbered force of exhausted and demoralised English...
Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) in Movies
Oct 3, 2019
The Plot: Science fiction adventure about a group of people who attempt to contact alien intelligence. Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) witnesses an unidentified flying object, and even has a "sunburn" from its bright lights to prove it. Roy refuses to accept an explanation for what he saw and is prepared to give up his life to pursue the truth about UFOs.
This is a must watch and must see film.
Iron Sky: The Coming Race (2019)
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Twenty years after the events of Iron Sky, the former Nazi Moonbase has become the last refuge of...
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Boy From Berlin
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Berlin, April 1938. One night, eight-year-old Käfer Avigdor uses his specialty toilet-paper roll...
World War 2 Children Middle Grade Hitler Historical Fiction History
Legend of the Tragik
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Not all fires are welcoming. After decades of war, this had never been more true for the...
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Lalji's Nairobi
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British Gujarat, 1905. Despairing of the social injustices and crippling taxes under the British...
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Nicole Hadley (380 KP) rated The Lost History of Stars in Books
Jun 16, 2018
The main character, Lettie, who is a thirteen year old Dutch-Africkaner girl comes from a poor farming family. She endures the loss of her home with her mother and two younger siblings when the scorched earth policy employed by the British during the Boer War burns their farm and forces them to leave in a wagon. Their African maid, Bina, tries to stay with the family, but is given no choice by the soldiers but to return to her people.
Lettie and her family are sent to a concentration camp where the conditions are awful. Her father, older brother, uncles, and grandfather are sent to fight the British with guerrilla tactics. Lettie worries and wonders about Bina and her family. Often Lettie remembers the songs and wisdom Bina shared during her childhood and the history of stars that Grandpa shared with her at night under the sparkling sky.
The story is told from Lettie's point of view. The reader learns of her experience in the concentration camp. Lettie attempt to find the good in small moments. Her more treasured possession is her English dictionary, which she reads for comfort to pass time.
The story switches between the present and past. This allows the reader to understand life before the war and during the war. It give the reader background information to understand the family dynamics.