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Review: Belt and Road: A Chinese World Order – by Bruno Maçães
The Belt and Road Initiative, launched by China in 2013, is a transformative foreign policy project aimed at enhancing China’s global influence through trade routes reminiscent of the Silk Road. While it has received mixed responses, particularly from Western nations, it offers countries alternatives to Western hegemony, promoting economic development but also raising geopolitical tensions,… Continue reading
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Review: Spare – by Prince Harry
If you were a hermit living in a remote cave then I expect that even you would be well aware that Prince Harry and his wife have been in the news recently quite a lot. Initially I decided I was going to avoid the mass hysteria and not tune into the Netflix documentary and certainly… Continue reading
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Review: The Divine Spark – Psychedelics, Consciousness and the Birth of Civilisation – by Graham Hancock
This book, edited by one of my literary heroes, Graham Hancock, is a collection of stories focussed mainly on the expansion of consciousness by the use of psychedelics, especially the Amazonian, ‘Vine of the Soul’, Ayahuasca. The authors range from Hancock himself to the well-renowned Dennis McKenna, to British social celebrity Russell Brand. The essays… Continue reading
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Wez G Sessions – Episode 11
This week’s Wez G Sessions episode 11 contains a heady blend of deeper sounds, a nice variety of different flavours and some fancy beats. :::Tracklist::: # Artist name Track name 1 Vangelis Love Theme 2 Apparat Granular Bastard 3 Coldcut feat Robert Owens Walk A Mile (Henrik Schwarz Remix) 4 Way Out West Domination 5… Continue reading
Apparat, Banco de Gaia, Bladerunner, Bristol, Budhism, Caldicot, California, China, classic, classical, Coldcut, composer, Dalai Lama, De Los Andes, DeatH Rides a Horse, Domination, Elektra, Elektra Records, Ennio Morricone, Español, film, film soundtrack, Fine Young Cannibals, Fluke, folk, folk music, Granular Bastard, Greece, Greek, Henrik Schwarz, Italian, Italy, Johnny Come Home, Johnny Jones, LA Woman, LA Woman (Paul OAkenfold Remix), Las Vegas, Last Train To Lhasa, Latin America, Lhasa, Life Support, London, Love Theme, Ministry of Sound, Nortehrn Exposure, Paul Oakenfold, Perfecto, Perfecto Records, Peru Peruvian Panpipes, Peruvian Folk, Podcast, Pop, Pop Music, Porque Te Quiero, Robert Owens, Sasha & John Digweed, soundtrack, Spanish, The Doors, Tibet, USA, Vangelis, Walk A Mile, Way Out West, Western, Wez G, Wez G Sessions, Wez G Sessions Episode 11 -
Review: The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 – by Antony Beevor
The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 by Antony Beevor My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a definitive history of the Spanish Civil War. The book has been regarded by the Spanish themselves as one of the best-researched volumes on this dark period of turmoil in their country’s history. The breakdown… Continue reading
anarchists, Antony Beevor, appeasement, Britian, caudillo, civil war, Communism, communists, condor legion, franco, German, Germany, Guernica, hitler, International Brigades, Italian, meschersmitts, Mussolini, Nationalist, POUM, Republican Italy, Russian, Soviet Union, spanish civil war, Stalin, The battle for spain, Western, Wolrd War 2 -
Review: The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge – by Jeremy Narby
The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge by Jeremy Narby My rating: 4 of 5 stars I eagerly anticipated this book as I had heard it mentioned as a classic on Ayahuasca and as a good reference point in a number of other books and Ayahuasca and shamanism. The author begins in typical… Continue reading
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Review: Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick
Nothing to Envy: Real Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a well-written gripping journalistic account of North Korean defectors, describing their lives in the DPRK. I have to question whether the accounts are completely truthful and genuine as so much information which emerges from North Korea… Continue reading
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Review: When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order
When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order by Martin Jacques My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is an excellent study of China and its position in the modern world. The author explores the rise of China’s power, through history and into the… Continue reading
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