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Review Date: 3/4/2010
Excellent guide for Athens and surrounding areas. Contains lots of neighborhood maps and a large pull out map of the entire city. The small size is great for a back pack or purse.
Review Date: 12/13/2006
Helpful Score: 1
This is an interesting mystery story in an historical setting--Fort Jefferson, a lonely outpost in the Dry Tortugas National Park. If you've ever been to the Dry Tortugas, Nevada Barr's descriptions will bring back fond memeories.
Review Date: 6/11/2006
This book was also published under the title of Sea Lord.
Review Date: 6/10/2006
An excellent travel quide for Havana.
Review Date: 12/11/2012
Helpful Score: 2
This is a moving thoughtful book and is extremely well written. I have no intention of "letting this book go." It is going on my shelf of treasured books to be re-read some day.
Review Date: 6/13/2016
I and my wife both really enjoyed this little book. The author captures the dialect and speech patterns of London perfectly and the story is set in interesting periods both during WW II and immediately thereafter. The little plot twists and turns will keep you guessing right to the end and, I've got to admit, neither my wife nor I guessed how it would all come out until the author told us. I highly recommend this very interesting story.
Review Date: 1/19/2021
This book is one of the finest I've read in quite some time. From the-on line summaries I expected just another pandemic tale but this is much more. While the 1918 flu is a driving force in the story it is also a stark realistic snapshot of conditions in Dublin, Ireland in a time of grinding poverty and wide-spread illness. The descriptions of the living conditions of the people and their lack of basic knowledge of simple medical concepts is eye-opening. Since the setting for the story is a maternity ward for women with the flu the descriptions of labor and child-birth make "Call the Midwife" seem tame. Also the appalling working conditions for nurses at the time are described in sometimes gory and gritty detail. It provides a new appreciation for the dedication and compassion of health care workers both in the early 20th Century and today. Also the growing relationship between the two main characters is poignant and believable. The only reason I didn't give this a five-star rating is the author's decision to not use quotation marks when the characters are speaking. It takes a number of pages to become comfortable with this rather irritating literary affectation but eventually you adapt and don't let it get in the way of enjoying an excellent story. I highly recommend this book. In fact, I just received another of Donoghue's novels from a book club member and look forward to starting it shortly.
Review Date: 4/19/2007
Comprehensive review of the Partisan Rising in Warsaw in 1944. Examines the political and military aspects of the event in detail. Includes extensive maps and rare photos.
Review Date: 2/9/2021
After reading Donoghue's excellent novel "The Pull of the Stars" I couldn't wait to read "Room" and I certainly wasn't disappointed. The ability of the author to put herself into the mind of a 5 year old boy (used to be 4) is simply a tour de force of writing ability. She creates a world as the child would see it and thinks like a child would think. The author's task is made even harder because Jack's world has been compressed into an 11 x 11 foot room where he can only glimpse the outside world through a tiny window. The sensory overload that he experiences when he's finally exposed to the real world (not TV) is simply overwhelming and Donoghue expertly captures his confusion and amazement as he attempts to put it all together. I devoured the book and would rate it among my top 20 favorites among the thousands of books I've read over my rather long life. I can't recommend this book more highly. Get it, you won't be sorry.
Review Date: 1/6/2009
This is a highly educational novel concering Global Warming.
Review Date: 8/25/2020
I have read a number of books on the battle of Waterloo and found this one by Bernard Cornwell to be among the very best. Known primarily for his graphic and historically accurate fictional stories, Mr. Cornwell has turned his considerable writing talent to telling the tale of this historic battle. The text is accompanied by a number of photographs which help the reader more clearly imagine the topography as well as the faces of the leaders involved on all sides. It reads like a novel and is certainly far from the dry boring text that is associated with military history. I would recommend it to anyone interested in learning more about this dramatic conflict.
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