Cheddar George
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ArDee
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The Murder of Napoleon - Ben Weider & David Hapgood
I had to empty our loft before some work was being done and found a box of books I hadn't seen for many years so am engaged in re-reading most of them and the best one is Executioner: Peirrepoint, the autobiography of one of the last of Britain's hangmen. It's a very informative book and Pierrepoint himself states in the foreword that none of the hundreds of hangings he carried out acted as a deterrent against murder. He writes that capital punishment achieved nothing except revenge,
Yellow Fang
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You can read Treasure Islands by Nicholas Shaxon if you want to feel outraged about gangsters, banksters and the corrupt ruling elite who fleece the world and don't pay their taxes.
I have just started a book called Alone in the Universe by John Gribben, who argues that there probably isn't another planet with intelligent life, in this galaxy at least. I am only part way through chapter one at the moment and, so far, it is like the beginning of fictional electronic book, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which starts by saying that the universe is really, really big. You might think it's a long way to the shops, but that's peanuts to space, etc, etc.
I have just started a book called Alone in the Universe by John Gribben, who argues that there probably isn't another planet with intelligent life, in this galaxy at least. I am only part way through chapter one at the moment and, so far, it is like the beginning of fictional electronic book, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which starts by saying that the universe is really, really big. You might think it's a long way to the shops, but that's peanuts to space, etc, etc.
swee'pea99
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[QUOTE 2026058, member: 259"]It's just superb, isn't it. Did you manage to understand the Spanish bits?[/quote]
Yes. And yes & no. I have the barest smattering of Spanish, enough French to help guess a bit more, and overall I think I get about 80% of the gist about 80% of the time. More would obviously be better, but it doesn't detract from the experience...at least not that much.
Yes. And yes & no. I have the barest smattering of Spanish, enough French to help guess a bit more, and overall I think I get about 80% of the gist about 80% of the time. More would obviously be better, but it doesn't detract from the experience...at least not that much.
