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1937: Swastika Night by Katharine Burdekin
Although this novel postulates a world in which the Nazis won WWII, it was written two years before the war started, when Hitler was an apple-cheeked Führer building Luftwaffe models in his bedroom an… more →
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A Review of Michael Mann's "Public Enemies"
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David H. Schleicher wrote 5 months ago: Depp is the man on the run from "the man" in Mann's film. Handsome Depp Gangster Flick … more →
Two True Stories
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Dr. Nayyar Hashmey wrote 7 months ago: (Left): Mafia Boss Al Capone My friend Umair Ghani has mailed me two true stories. Could be that m … more →
‘Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day’ – Winifred Watson’s Rediscovered Classic
1minutebookreviewswordpresscom wrote 1 year ago: A meek and virginal 40-year-old governess stumbles into a glamorous 1930s world of cocktails and eve … more →
Review: City Lights
wj11 wrote 1 year ago: Chick 1 says: Continuing my movie edumacation with Charlie Chaplin, Wendy & I caught the 1931 cl … more →
1931: Spacehounds Of IPC by E.E. Smith
level9lime wrote 1 year ago: A brawny space hunk and coquettish space gal become stranded on Jupiter. Despite their close quarter … more →
1933: When Worlds Collide by Edwin Balmer and Phillip Wylie
level9lime wrote 1 year ago: A planet from deep space is on a crash course with Earth (Crash Course With Earth is also the name o … more →
1936: War With The Newts by Karel Capek
level9lime wrote 1 year ago: When intelligent newts (I know it sounds like an oxymoron, but this is scifi) are discovered on the … more →
Daaa Daaahhhhh ...
sparklyjo wrote 1 year ago: Here are the first two dresses. I have started at the beginning. These are for the 1930’s. … more →
Kick off...
sparklyjo wrote 1 year ago: The first thing I do, is work in my journal. I used to think that journalling your ideas was bollo … more →
1937: Swastika Night by Katharine Burdekin
level9lime wrote 1 year ago: Although this novel postulates a world in which the Nazis won WWII, it was written two years before … more →
1938: The Sword In The Stone by T.H. White
level9lime wrote 1 year ago: Merlin the magician (as opposed to, say, Merlin the plumber) tutours a young Arthur in the skills ne … more →
1939: Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague de Camp
level9lime wrote 1 year ago: I hated math and chemistry in high school. But if Mr. Gauldie told me I might someday travel back in … more →
Remembering a One-Room School in Iowa in a New Memoir -- When Mail-Order Catalog Pages Were Toilet Paper -- Quote of the Day (Richard Willis)
1minutebookreviewswordpresscom wrote 2 years ago: Few Americans remember what it was like to learn in a one-room schoolhouse. One who does is Richard … more →
A Gallop Around the Big Top in Sara Gruen’s ‘Water for Elephants’
1minutebookreviewswordpresscom wrote 2 years ago: A resident of an assisted living facility looks back on his work for a Depression-era traveling circ … more →
A Totally Unauthorized Reading Group Guide to Sara Gruen’s ‘Water for Elephants’
1minutebookreviewswordpresscom wrote 2 years ago: 10 Discussion Questions for Book Clubs and Others Water for Elephants A Novel by Sara Gruen Source: … more →
