Recommendations of books old and new
As a rule, I am wary of Hollywood’s depictions of historical events. They often tinker with the truth, change timelines and the order of events, misrepresent characters and create drama where there was none. Apollo 13 sticks surprisingly close to the truth. The script did change a few details, but they were relatively minor changes. …
This is an account of the Apollo missions, all the way from the disaster of Apollo 1 to Apollo 17, when the last man to walk on the moon, Gene Cernan, got back in the lunar module with Harrison Schmitt, his lunar module pilot and the first scientist ever to be a member of an …
The Oxford English Dictionary has been the ultimate authority on the history and the usage of words and expressions in English for almost a century. It has been called, with justice, the greatest enterprise of its kind in history. What makes the OED unique is that it is a historical dictionary, and its purpose is …
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Based on the book, Playing the Enemy by Jon Carlin. Note: This review will make more sense if you've read the review of the book in my previous post. … This is an excellent film and well worth watching. It is more sport than politics, unlike the book, which is a blend of both. That …
This is the story of the ending of apartheid and the making of a new South Africa. It has plenty of the pain and violence that usually attends the birth of a new nation. But it is also a story that has a fable like quality to it. People who were a part of this …
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