Book Review
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Review: Rights of Man – by Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine is an important writer at an important time that bequeaths us in his ‘Rights of Man’ a fundamental shakeup of what our democratic rights as citizens should be, drawing especially on the French Revolution and also American Revolution and the fundamental rights that their new revolutionary societies produced for their citizens. Paine delivers… Continue reading
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Review: The Origins of Totalitariansm – by Hannah Arendt
This book is quite old, first published in 1951, it dates from a period when the totalitarian reality of Hitler and Stalin were very much fresh in the mind. Hannah Arendt was a German Jew and this work is both philosophical, enlightening and gives a valuable educated insight into the dark political reality of totalitarianism.… Continue reading
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Review: Zlata’s Diary – A Child’s Life in Sarajevo – by Zlata Filipović
What’s a grown 45 year old male doing reading a little Bosnian girl’s diary you might ask yourself. Well, it cropped up as a recommendation in a documentary on the war in the former Yugoslavia, a subject to which I have passionately researched from its genesis. The Balkans conflict is (to date) the worst conflict… Continue reading
Anne Frank, anti-war, Autobiography, Balkans, Balkans Conflict, Battle of Britain, Blitz, Blue Peter, bombs, bosnia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnian, Bosnian Serb, Bosnian-Croat, Children, civilian, collateral damage, conflict, crime, Croat, Croatian, diary, East End, French, french journalists, generals, London, Mariupol, Military, military history, military tactics, Mimmy, Msulim, Muslims, peace, philosophy, politicians, Politics, Russia, Sarajevo, Serb, Serbian, Serbo-Croat, Srebenica, survival, survivor, Ukraine, Ukraine War, war, war crime, World War 2, Yugoslavia, zlata, Zlata Filipović, zlata's diary -
Review: Forty Nights – by Chris Thrall
In “Forty Nights,” Chris shares his journey through addiction and struggles on the margins of society, contrasting the glamorous perceptions of drug culture. The book paints a raw picture of his life in Devon, exploring themes of mental health and societal oppression. Despite challenges, it offers a hopeful narrative of recovery and transformation. Continue reading
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Review: Red Horizons – The True Story of Nicolae & Elena Ceausescus’ Crimes, Lifestyle, and Corruption – by Lt. Gen. Ion Mihai Pacepa
I was just chatting away to Ionutz a security nurse in the local mental hospital and he’s Romanian. I passed through Bucharest a few years ago en route to Istanbul on a train journey traversing Eastern Europe. Romania seemed quite rural, poor and quite different to the Europe with which I am more acquainted. Curiosity… Continue reading
assassination, blackmail, Bucharest, Carlos the Jackal, cold war, Colonel Gadaffi, Communism, Communist, Communist dictator, corruption, crime, death, democracy, dictator, dictatorship, die, directorate, East Germany, Eastern Bloc, Eastern Europe, Elena Ceausescu, espionage, GDR, Human rights, industrial espionage, Iron Curtain, Kremlin, Lt Gen. Ion Mihai Pacepa, Marie Antoinette, middle east, NATO, Nicolae Ceausescu, Nicu Ceausescu, Oppression, PAcepa, Paranoia, Police State, Politics, pornography, President Jimmy Carter, proapaganda, Radio Free Europe, Romania, royal, Russia, secret police, Soviet Union, spy, Stasi, totalitarian, totalitarianism, tryranny, USA, USSR, Warsaw Pact, west, White House, Yasser Arafat -
Review: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich – by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Under Nikita Khrushchev, the easing of oppression allowed Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich” to emerge despite censorship. This poignant narrative reflects the grim reality of gulag life, showcasing a political prisoner’s struggle and survival amid harsh conditions, offering a lens into the human capacity for resilience and appreciation. Continue reading
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Review: The Master and Margarita – by Mikhail Bulgakov
I read a lot of Russian literature and am becoming a bit of an aficionado. This book was first recommended to me by an ex-girlfriend from Serbia and it’s taken me a while to actually get around to completing it but I finally have done so and can produce this review. Bulgakov is a twentieth… 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
Afghanistan, AMerica, army, Autobiography, blue blood, Cam, cannabis, Charity, COcaine, Commonwealth, Commonwealth Netflix, Crown, David Beckham, Dugs, Duke of Sussex, England, Eton, Family, family feud, fishbowl, Ghost, harrassment, Harryist, hereditary, illa, Iraq, Islam, islamic jihad, Jihadists, journalists, King Charles, King Charles III, Lady Diana, Latin Greek, media, Meghan Markle, militant Islam, Military, narcotics, Nazi, newspapers, People's Princess, photographers, Prince Harry, Prince of Wales, Prince William, Princess Diana, Princess of Wales, protection, queen consort, Queen Elizabeth II, royal, royal autobiography, royal blood, Royal Family, Rupert Murdoch, Spare, Spare Prince Harry, SparePrinceHarry, Suits, terrorism, terrorist, Twin Towers, UK, United Kingdom, USA, war on drugs, War on TTerror, Western, Windsors -
Review: Our Man in Havana – by Graham Greene
Graham Greene delivers here a classic espionage novel, fiction, set in Cuba around the time of the revolution, Greene writes in his knowledgeable subject area of expertise a comedy account of a chance vacuum salesman being recruited by Mi6 as their ‘Man in Havana.’ Struggling lone parent Wormold runs a little enterprising vacuum franchise and… Continue reading
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Review: War and Peace – by Leo Tolstoy
‘War and Peace’ needs no introduction. It holds its place in the minds of contemporary society as a literary classic. One cannot pick up a newspaper article on great books without a passing mention of Leo Tolstoy’s masterpiece. Like other classical works such as the Bible, I think that their obvious fame means and their… Continue reading
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