Stephen Dau's The Book of Jonas is a marvelous, lyrical debut that examines the effects of war on everyone involved. Dau weaves together the stories...
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A great, gossipy biography of a subject who has been addressed over and over again. I couldn't help drawing parallels to Princess Di. Antoinette was a powerless person who made herself an icon but didn't see the shifts in popular opinion, or perhaps didn't care. Presents an interesting angle.
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What starts out as a romp with a 14 yr old girl with a bad heart and an eccentric family ends as an attempted totalitarian take-over that happens as quickly and unexpectedly as an airplane stuck in a tower. It starts out charming you and ends haunting you.
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krickcrak, January 19, 2012
Funny, yet informative.Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution by Caroline Weber
krickcrak, November 13, 2006
A great, gossipy biography of a subject who has been addressed over and over again. I couldn't help drawing parallels to Princess Di. Antoinette was a powerless person who made herself an icon but didn't see the shifts in popular opinion, or perhaps didn't care. Presents an interesting angle.(5 of 8 readers found this comment helpful)
Margherita Dolce Vita by Stefano Benni
krickcrak, November 13, 2006
What starts out as a romp with a 14 yr old girl with a bad heart and an eccentric family ends as an attempted totalitarian take-over that happens as quickly and unexpectedly as an airplane stuck in a tower. It starts out charming you and ends haunting you.(1 of 2 readers found this comment helpful)