Book Review
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Review: The FARC: The Longest Insurgency
The FARC: The Longest Insurgency by Garry Leech My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book covers a very interesting subject for what in general there is a dearth of information and that which does exist tends to be fundamentally skewed with bias. The left wing of Colombia’s forty year civil war is headed up… Continue reading
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Review: Siddhartha
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse My rating: 4 of 5 stars This short work by German / Swiss author and nobel literature prizewinner, Herman Hesse, was a cornerstone of the hippy movement which emerged during the 1960s. The book explores the journey of a young Indian man through an adventurous life, in which his main quest… 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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Review: Animal Farm
Animal Farm by George Orwell My rating: 4 of 5 stars This short book is regarded as one of Orwell’s key classics. It was written at a time when criticism of the USSR in Britain was not encouraged as they were critical wartime allies. Orwell got through the net and his revolutionary animals at ‘Animal… Continue reading
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Review: Kon-Tiki
Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl My rating: 5 of 5 stars I’ve been to Polynesia, and stood out on a deserted beach, staring out at the vastness of the Pacific, it is only natural to imagine how these people first arrived in such a remote location. Thor Heyerdahl, in living memory, in one of the greatest… Continue reading
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Review: Confessions of an Economic Hitman
Confessions of an Economic Hitman by John Perkins My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is an easy to read autobiographical account of a confessing EHM, who feels the pangs of guilt for his work in expanding America’s global empire over the past few decades, at the expense of developing countries’ poor people and environments.… Continue reading
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Review: Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford
Jack Weatherford’s “Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World” provides an insightful account of Genghis Khan’s impact on history, highlighting the Mongol Empire’s vast influence on culture, trade, and governance. The book examines his rise, legacy, and the empire’s decline due to the Great Plague, while emphasizing the need for deeper exploration of… Continue reading
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Review: Dirty Wars by Jeremy Scahill
Following on from his book on the mercenary force Blackwater, Jeremy Scahill delves into the Dirty Wars of the Bush and Obama era in the War on Terror. The main theatres covered include Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia. Scahill writes about the excesses of the Bush administration, in particular the detainee programs and he… Continue reading
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Review: No Ordinary Joe by Joe Calzaghe
I was fortunate enough to get to watch Calzaghe fight live, against Mikkel Kessler, in Cardiff Millenium Stadium. I followed him throughout his career and can honestly say he was the most amazing fighter. I believe that his record places him among the very best to have ever graced the sport. The ferocity in how… Continue reading
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Review: A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo
I studied Chinese language for a couple of years and am constantly on the lookout for books about China and its culture. When this jumped out at me from a charity shop bookshelf, at first I thought it was just another dictionary. But I read the back and thought that it would make a good… Continue reading
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