Tag: book reviews
group name: historyrules
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October 17, 2007 10:02 AM EDT --
I published two articles yesterday, but I flagged them myself for mature audiences because they deal with adult issues. I assure you there is nothing obscene about them. They are about violence . . .
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May 27, 2006 09:25 AM EDT --
I want to encourage all who visit or join this group to introduce themselves and share what interests they have in history.
I'm Cindy and I have always loved history. I graduated with a BA . . .
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May 29, 2006 08:42 PM EDT --
Doug had a great idea - What is everyone reading?
This is what he wrote:
What are people reading these days?
I'll begin by answering my own question. I'm a little over half way . . .
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July 26, 2006 01:09 AM EDT --
"Kristallnacht was the prelude to the destruction of a whole people, and an indication of what happens when a society falls victim to its baser instincts." Sir Martin Gilbert
On November 9, . . .
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July 27, 2006 01:48 AM EDT --
Kate Barlow grew up knowing her family was "different" but was unclear about the details. In 1948, Kate, her mother and her two sisters moved into their grandmother's home Agapemone (Greek . . .
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June 13, 2007 12:21 PM EDT --
Books
Yesterday I thought I would write a simple review about two books I have just finished reading, Low Country, by Anne Rivers Siddons, and a western, The Man from Shadow Ridge, by Brock and . . .
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June 25, 2006 11:32 PM EDT --
On July 1, 2004, the world was told that a new Coptic apocryphon had been discovered and was a copy of "the most condemned writing of antiquity: The Gospel of Judas." First described by Irenaeus . . .
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February 05, 2007 12:36 AM EST --
West of Mars (my friend Susan who is also a Gatherite) and her friend Erica are hosting a fantastic contest aptly named "Debut a Debut." You can find all the details here however the basic details . . .
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March 31, 2007 08:33 PM EDT --
Actually, the company wasn’t just good, it was excellent. This book fires on all cylinders. The characters are interesting, Sarah Dunant’s writing is wonderful, and the plot is . . .
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September 30, 2007 08:52 AM EDT --
I usually only read two types of books. Adventure books by Clive Cussler. And non-fiction books about history. I picked up a copy of A Sword for Pizarro (Hold Fast Books, 2007) because I thought the cover . . .
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July 19, 2007 09:53 PM EDT --
I have bought all of this author's books and find I am never disappointed. This book "Dark Moon Crossing" in particular is a "can't put it down" novel.
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October 23, 2006 09:01 PM EDT --
"I am someone
I never would have imagined.
A secret.
A dream…
body and soul…"
Growing up in the small village of Encaleflora, Spain, Estrella deMadrigal is aware of the Spanish Inquisition . . .
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April 06, 2008 11:29 AM EDT --
"All my life since Aeneas' death might seem a weaving torn out of the loom unfinished, a shapeless tangle of threads making nothing, but it is not so; for my mind returns as the shuttle returns . . .
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May 14, 2007 02:17 AM EDT --
Eliza Tally lives with her mother, a midwife and herbalist, in a small village several hours from London. Following the death of her husband, Eliza’s mother sees few options to ensure their . . .
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November 27, 2006 01:50 AM EST --
It is a historical fact that in 1909 Sigmund Freud paid his only visit to the U.S., after which he labeled Americans as “savages.” In Jed Rubenfeld’s debut novel, The Interpretation of . . .
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August 24, 2007 02:06 PM EDT --
Where da party at? Well friends, if you think four ne’er-do well brothers, a cranky controlling mother, a fortune lost, a house which burns down, a husband who commits suicide, and a dead child . . .
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October 19, 2008 08:47 PM EDT --
After the death of Jane Seymour, Henry VIII was convinced by his advisors to seek another wife. Edward’s health was precarious and a second son would be of great benefit to stability within England. Hoping . . .
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July 08, 2007 11:37 PM EDT --
I'm off to the cottage for a few days - relaxing with good friends and reading, my two favourite activities. I'm taking along a few "hidden treasures" to read and post for the West of . . .
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July 08, 2007 09:30 PM EDT --
I was on the fence about this book before I bought it (it was one of those books that I would pick up when shopping for a new read and then put down for something else) and it is a book I’m still . . .
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July 30, 2007 01:49 AM EDT --
A nameless young woman in 17th-century Persia lives in a modest village with her parents, who expect to see their 14-year-old daughter married in the next year. The delight of both her parents, the young . . .
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