This cd is such a treat. All of us have all the songs before. What makes this cd special is the bantering Barbra had with…
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Day: October 30, 2019
Pre-World War 2 – Empire Made Me: An Englishman Adrift in Shanghai
This is the story of Richard Maurice Tinkler an ordinary Englishman who after fighting for his country in World war one found that his country…
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The Soong Sisters – Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China
The US is called mei guo – the Beautiful Country — by the Chinese long before the current trade war and the hostile relationship arising…
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Interesting – Moral Combat: A History of World War II
This book could be better. The author obviously knows a lot and has done a lot of research. Unfortunately, the editing left much to be…
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Tolstoy’s last year – The Last Station
A 2009 movie based on Tolstoy’s final year; The Last Station is based on a novel by Jay Parini published in 1993. Unfortunately, this movie…
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A difficult read – Trials of the Diaspora: A History of Anti-Semitism in England
I bought this book mainly to see Julius’ analysis of The Merchant of Venice in particular and William Shakespeare in general. I have always been…
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