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191.Forgotten Voices of the Somme: The Most Devastating Battle of the Great War in the Words of Those Who Survived by: Joshua Levine October 02, 2008
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192.Hadrian: Empire and Conflict by: Thorsten Opper July 07, 2008
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I attended this exhibition at the British Museum and it was FABULOUS! Very well done, and the book that goes along with the exhibition is quite informative. I really enjoyed both the exhibition and the book. Unfortunately, I purchased the book at the Museum and paid GBP 40 for it! I wish I had realized that it could be purchased on Amazon for a much lower price. Buy it!

193.Abandoned: The True Story of a Little Girl Who Didn't Belong by: Anya Peters November 05, 2007
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This book was very emotional book to read and hard to put down once reading. When I read books like anya`s i want to shout just walk away but for a child who is being abused like this they are just trying to be loved by anyone of the family but in the end every one let anya down. Well worth a read!

194.How Good is That?: The Story of a Reluctant Heroine by: Jane Tomlinson, Mike Tomlinson September 01, 2008
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This book was very emotional book to read and hard to put down once reading. When I read books like anya`s i want to shout just walk away but for a child who is being abused like this they are just trying to be loved by anyone of the family but in the end every one let anya down. Well worth a read!

195.After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400-2000 by: John Darwin March 06, 2008
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John Darwin's canvas is a broad one but he controls his subject so well that the overall perspective never gets lost. It is all too easy to see the history of the world from an European viewpoint. This book helps us to see it from a global viewpoint and to understand the world the way it is now. The fact that the book is so elegantly written is a considerable bonus!

196.The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Penguin Modern Classics) by: Malcolm X, Alex Haley March 01, 2001
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A line towards the end of the book where Malcolm is in his car and another car pulls up besdies him an a white man peers out saying do you mind shaking hands with a white man and his reply is i'll shake hands with any human being. If this was only the case even in our present time!!! The world might have over clouded the race issue but it still exists out there. Such a shame.

197.Infidel by: Ayaan Hirsi Ali March 03, 2008
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It's rare to find autobiography as absorbing as this. Not only because of the author's unusual path from the desert of Somalia to the USA via the Netherlands, but also on account of the absorbing writing style. Clear and descriptive, the narrative of her eventful life had a profound impact on this reader. Born and raised in Somalia, Ayaan spent part of her youth in neighboring countries like Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia and Kenya, recounting what it was like to live there through the eyes of a child. She gives a lively account of the history of Somalia under the dictatorship of Siad Barre, explaining the clan system and comparing the relaxed Muslim practice in that country with the rigidy of Saudi Arabia and the hypocrisy and racism that go along ... Read More:

198.Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by: Barack Obama June 03, 2007
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This is a truly remarkable book. And I deeply hope that this thoughtful man becomes the president. This book, which is not ghosted, was written when he was 33 years old long before he had any thoughts of a political career. In it he explores what is means to have a black Afrcan father that he never knew and a whilte American mother and seemingly to belong no-where. As he grows up he has to discover what it means to be black while being raised by white parents and, while doing so gives the reader a gentle and loving education into the issues of race. As a white 'middle class' girl these are not issues that I have ever had to consider. It's easy for me to say 'I don't see colour, I only see people' as I have never had to see ... Read More:

199.The Pursuit of Glory: Europe 1648-1815 by: Tim Blanning February 28, 2008
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This was a really well written and entertaining book. However, the author presupposes a lot of prior knowledge which I sadly lacked, making some of the material a bit challenging - probably not the best choice of read for the inexperienced but I have learned a great deal from reading it. There is a good chance that I'll do so again. I was a bit disappointed by the balance of the content. I felt there is a disproportionate ammount of text devoted to the social history of the period and too little on the meaty political and military events, e.g the wars of the French revolution. I also thought that given that the book does not flow in strict chronological order then it would have really benefited from the inclusion of a simple summary chapter or timeline - something ... Read More:

200.The Forever War: Dispatches from the War on Terror by: Dexter Filkins September 04, 2008
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Comparisons between this book and Michael Herr's 'Dispatches' are inevitable as they both share the same snapshot story format. The word 'dispatches' also features in 'The Forever War's' subtitle - which I suspect is no coincidence. As I considered Herr's book to be one of finest books on war ever written and I was keen to read this 21st century version. 'The Forever War' is mostly about Afghanistan and Iraq after the American lead invasions, but there are sections prior to that. It's written in a very unbiased manner leaving the reader to draw there own conclusions from the stories involving US troops, insurgents, civilians, politicians and war profiteers. The style of writing is very matter of fact, but rarely dry or dull and never it romanticises war in the way that Herr's ... Read More:

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