Travel related books
Bo Macreery, the author of the novel "Why We Don't Kill Spiders," is one of those rare writers who can pull a long forgotten period of history off a dusty book shelf and breathe fresh, new life into it; turning it into a rich and vibrant tale that resonates with the world we live in today. "Why W
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It seemed very far fetched to me that a country or a person would try to subvert an entire religion. It seemed even less possible to me that anyone could hate the thought that a God exists, so much that he would devote his entire life to subverting the Catholic Church. Surely this book must be a
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The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith is a historical yet very intense and exciting novel. Another masterpiece Tom Rob Smith was published since Child 44. The setting of the story is on Soviet Grounds in 1956. During this war era between the government and the civilians, everyone had seen the terror
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In the Northern part of Walachia, close to first capital of the country, Curtea de Arges town (Arges Court), there is an ancient and solitaire fortress that guards for centuries this entrance in Walachia, over Arges River Valley. Here is the well known Poienari Fortress! This was first built in t
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What drove the Nazis to embark on one of the cruelest mass murder sprees in history, the Holocaust? Also, what caused even the most brilliant of the Germans, some of the country's most renowned intellects, and many people in it upper classes - the German elite - to go along with Hitler's mad plans
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Today's African nations were greatly shaped by the the post-colonial experience of the African continent. Even fifty years after independence, complex issues and overriding themes of afro-marxism, independence, nationalism, and big man rule remain prevalent and pervasive. The Fate of Africa: A Hi
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The summer of 1947, I was coming back on a Production flight mid-afternoon and was happy. I had a good bird with only a few minor problems. When I called Tower for clearance into the pattern, the controller said I had a guest, south of Milford off Pond Point, waiting to meet me. That was odd. I'd
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We sure hear a lot of condemnation of the United States from the World Media, Al Jazeera, and in all the nations which own their own media; state-sponsored media that is. Generally, any nation that is less than stellar with human rights, enjoys America Bashing. Indeed, many believe this is because
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The Last Citadel by David L Robbins, is a fictional book based on historical events surrounding the epic tank battle at Kursk Russia in 1943 during World War 2. The German forces were bogged down by the Russian winter, the Russian victory at Stalingrad and then the subsequent spring rain and mud.
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On October 13, 1917 in Fatima, Portugal the Sun literally danced in the sky. Many of the seventy thousand who came to witness the event that had been announced to occur by the Queen of Heaven on that day were cured of their maladies as the sun appeared to fall from the sky and incredibly in an ins
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