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I am halfway through “Wicked”
Which the broadway musical is loosely based on. THEY ARE NOTHING ALIKE, not really.
So, if you are a fan of the musical thinking “WOW, the book should be AWESOME.” No.
Ok you have all seen the TV series now read the books
Game of thrones, its a great read though long seven novels of 800 + pages, it tells a more complete story than the TV series ands is difficult to put down. If you like medieval dramas with some sex violence and magic thrown in check them out. There is the usual knights, goodies baddies and a whole gamut of characters all well developed and fleshed out.
Seriously if you liked the TV series you LOVE the books
Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad
by William CraigStalingrad, the bloodiest battle in the history of warfare, cost the lives of nearly two million men and women. It signaled the beginning of the end for the Third Reich of Adolf Hitler; it foretold the Russian juggernaut that would destroy Berlin and make the Soviet Union a superpower. As Winston Churchill characterized the result of the conflict at Stalingrad: ” the hinge of fate had turned.”
William Craig, author and historian, has painstakingly recreated the details of this great battle: from the hot summer of August 1942, when the German armies smashed their way across southern Russia toward the Volga River, through the struggle for Stalingrad-a city Hitler had never meant to capture and Stalin never meant to defend-on to the destruction of the supposedly invincible German Sixth Army and the terror of the Russian prison camps in frozen Siberia. Craig has interviewed hundreds of survivors of the battle-both Russian and German soldiers and civilians-and has woven their incredible experiences into the fabric of hitherto unknown documents. The resulting mosaic is epic in scope, and the human tragedy that unfolds is awesome.
This is a great read, told from both German and Russian Eye witness accounts. the book reads more like a novel than a history book and even people who don't like war stories will find this hard to put down.
SO I found this years ago and it might be worth a look.
its project Gutenberg…many of the classics are here in digital format completely free!
happy reading..
kisses
I just read the first Chapter of SUNSTONE A graphic novel about modern love with a BDSM back ground. So far so good. Great artwork, and the characters are interesting, honestly they are near reflections of people I know, hmm….
I suggest at least a quick peek if just for the imagery.
http://orig01.deviantart.net/b068/f/2012/254/f/7/sunstone1_by_shiniez-d5edg7n.pdf
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knowledge is always inspirational
So Sunstone volume 2 showed up today on my doorstep. I got some reading lined up. Yayyyy
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