Scottish based reader. Mostly read non fiction but do make the odd exception. Have no specific area of interest, a little bit interested in everything.
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Taiwan expert Kerry Brown sums up the history of Taiwan and the danger of a Chinese takeover in this succinct …
Taiwan expert Kerry Brown sums up the history of Taiwan and the danger of a Chinese takeover in this succinct …
Taiwan expert Kerry Brown sums up the history of Taiwan and the danger of a Chinese takeover in this succinct …
In May 2016, Fort McMurray, the hub of Canada’s oil industry and America’s biggest foreign supplier, was overrun by wildfire. …
In May 2016, Fort McMurray, the hub of Canada’s oil industry and America’s biggest foreign supplier, was overrun by wildfire. …
In May 2016, Fort McMurray, the hub of Canada’s oil industry and America’s biggest foreign supplier, was overrun by wildfire. …
Content warning climate crisis, wildfire
@pdotb@wyrms.de I very much agree. I abandoned this book as after 10% we had not even mentioned the fire and spent almost all our time learning about bitumen and the Hudson's Bay company, which is not really what I was expecting.
An imaginative, feminist, and brilliantly relevant-to-today retelling of Orwell’s 1984, from the point of view of Winston Smith’s lover, Julia, …
An interesting read and rare to get a look into things from the Soviet side. However, if I did have one gripe with this book it's that it just kept pivoting back to the USA. There is scope to talk a bit about NASA's approach to colour how the Soviets did things but there are entire chapters that don't mention anything outside the USA. I would however still recommend this.
