A personal review of books, the only link between them is that there is NO LINK!
This book will give the reader an understanding of the tragedy of the French Revolution. A Revolution that failed to feed the population, a Revolution that failed to protect the population from outside invaders, and a Revolution that failed to protect the population from corruption and tyranny. A failure on all accounts.
by Paul Lawrence ISBN: 978-0-7459-5532-2 First published: 2012 173 pages Publisher: http://www.lionhudson.com Cover image: Noam Armonn / Spaces Images / Corbis 5/5 Stars A wonderful, well illustrated, well written, well structured and narratively cohesive exploration of the geography of the Christian bible. The maps are well drawn, colourful and easy to digest. However, there are… Continue reading The Lion Concise Atlas of Biblical History
by Mark Kurlansky ISBN: 978-0-099-28413-0 First published 1999 359 pages Publisher: vintage-books.co.uk Cover illustration by Nikolai Punin 5 / 5 Stars The story of a people that has never had its own nation-state and yet has thousands of years of history. They sailed the Atlantis, not only the Bay of Biscay. They could have found… Continue reading The Basque History of the World
A really interesting introduction to the history of the Cathar movement.
by Steven Runciman ISBN: 978-1-107-60474-2 First published 1958 356 pages Publisher: Cambridge University Press Cover image by Savushkin Cover design by Andrew Ward 4/5 Stars Easter 1282 a rebellion broke out on the island of Sicily against the rules of the French overlords. Within a short period all the French on the island of Sicily… Continue reading The Sicilian Vespers
12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson ISBN: 978-0-241-35164-2 First published 2018 368 pages Publisher: Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books Cover design by Lisa Jager 3/5 Stars 2 / 5 Stars downgraded upon review 1 / 5 Stars downgraded upon sequel release. A interesting read, spanning religion and mythology and psychology and… Continue reading 12 Rules for Life
By Zane Grey ISBN: 978-0-340-92287-3 First published 1913 298 pages Publisher: http://www.hodder.co.uk 3.5/5 Stars Slip into the world of cattle rustlers, mormons, cowboys and riders. The scene is breathtaking, beneath the mountains and valleys, plateaus, rivers, creeks and gorges of Utah. A tough existence is brought to life by Zane Grey. The most memorable chapter… Continue reading Riders of the Purple Sage
How religion poisons everything By Christopher Hitchens ISBN: 978-1-74175-572-5 First published 2007 341 pages Publisher: http://www.allenandunwin.com 3.5/5 Stars An interesting read.
By Thomas F. Madden ISBN: 978-0-14-750980-2 First published 2012 427 pages Publisher: Penguin.org Cover photograph: Josef Hoflechner 5/5 Stars A super history of a once great city-state. Madden reveals how Venice was formed by refugees of the fallen Western Roman Empire, and was nurtured for most of its long life by the Eastern Roman Empire.… Continue reading Venice – A New History
By Toby Ralph ISBN: 978-0-14-357058-5 First published 2012 135 pages Publisher: Penguin Specials 3/5 Stars An interesting short read into how to run an election in a war zone. Slightly tarnished by Ralph's own pontificating "...typically I'm engaged to manipulate truth for electoral gain", and "... I could still earn four times as much ..."… Continue reading Ballots, Bullets & Kabulshit
The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521-1580 by Roger Crowley ISBN: 978-0-571-23231-4 First published 2008 301 pages Cover image: The Naval Battle of Lepanto by Antonio de Brugada Cover design: Gavin Morris Publisher: Faber.co.uk 5/5 Stars The great empires of the 16th century, the Ottomans versus the Hapsburgs, the Spanish versus the Turk, Christendom versus… Continue reading Empires of the Sea
Life and teachings of Jesus supplementary to the New Testament Edited and compiled by Tim Newton ISBN: 978-11-84529-656-8 First published 2009 179 pages Cover image: Unknown Publisher: Constable & Robinson Ltd. 5/5 Stars A well-written, well-researched and well-thought out description of the beginnings of the canon of the New Testament and the passages, verses and… Continue reading The Forgotten Gospels
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