* Title: The Deserter * Author: Nelson DeMille & Alex DeMille * Publisher: Simon & Schuster * ISBN: 9781501101762 (mass market) | ISBN 9781501101779 (ebook) * First Published: October 2019 I’ve just finished reading this thriller, The Deserter, by Nelson DeMille. I’ve read a few of his books, mainly the John Corey series, and
Claude Forthomme Senior Editor mpakter.com Book Reviews: The End of October by Lawrence Wright, published April 28, 2020, by Knopf (400 pages) ; The Cover Up by Oscar Sparrow, published September 19, 2019, by Gallo Romano Media (107 pages, free on coronavirus lockdown) These pandemic novels are unexpected for two
Fighting Temeraire * Title: Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea * Author: Robert K. Massie * First Published: 2003 * Pages: 880 (Kindle Edition) This book by the American historian Robert K Massie is the story of the War at Sea during WW1. It is the
Some time ago I bought two books, both of which were part of the British Government’s Mass Observation Project. One was “The Diaries of Nella Last, Writing in War and Peace“. The second was Kathleen Hey’s “The View from the Corner Shop – The Diary of a Yorkshire Shop
Francis Forde Title: The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity Author: Douglas Murray Published: 2019 Pages: 288 Douglas Murray’s book The Madness of Crowds is a much-needed social commentary in this time of great unreason. Bearing the subtitle ‘gender, race, and identity’ his book undertakes some very heavy
Fighting Temeraire * Title A Game of Birds and Wolves The Secret Game that Revolutionised the War * Author Simon Parkin * Published 2019 * Pages 320 This is the story of WATU, the Western Approaches Tactical Unit. Led by a Captain RN who had been invalided out of the Navy with tuberculosis, and
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Kokila * Title: The [Un]documented Don’t Say You Weren’t Warned * Author: Mark Steyn * Published 2014 If you would like to submit a book review for publication send it to books@thebfd.co.nz Mark Steyn is a political analyst, notably for the UK Daily Telegraph and Spectator. He
Grant * Title: The Tattooist of Auschwitz * Author: Heather Morris * Published: 2018 * Pages: 252 If you would like to submit a book review for publication send it to books@thebfd.co.nz The Author is Heather Morris who resides in Melbourne and is a native of New Zealand. She was introduced
Christchurch writer and illustrator John Stringer has a new book out published by “Maiden NZ” and IngramSpark (USA). It is a 2019 art historical review of Tintin parodies, pastiches and lampoons. It has 180 pages and more than 120 colour plates of new Tintins. It is available on Amazon or
Christie Aschwanden undark.org When she was 24, Susannah Cahalan developed a sudden psychosis. She grew paranoid — convinced her apartment was infested with bedbugs, that people were spying on her, that her boyfriend was cheating. She started to believe she could age people with her mind. As she recounted in
Craig Batty University of Technology Sydney Sarah Krasnostein’s The Trauma Cleaner has won many awards since it was published in 2017, including the Victorian Prize for Literature and the Australian Book Industry Award General Non-Fiction Book of the Year. While the title may speak of a provocative premise – what
Dr David Cumin IINZ The United Nations spends a disproportionate amount of time condemning Israel. So the Israeli representative to the international body has a lot of work to do and many speeches to give – inside and outside the hallowed halls. From 2011 to 2015, that representative was Ron Prosor
Ben Shapiro really needs no introduction, given that he is now one of the most recognized individuals on the American political/journalism scene. In any case, he is an American lawyer, writer, journalist and political commentator. He has written ten books, the latest of which is The Right Side of
I’ve recently finished reading a book about a historical event, which, until I stumbled upon the book, I had never heard of. I’m sure many BFD readers have heard of it, but for those who may not have, I decided to write this post which started out as
