Bali and the coronoavirus – what comes next?
The Bali economy is in dire straits but the hospitals are not overflowing and morgues reporting business as usual. Is it luck? Are the statistics lulling us into a false sense of security or could we actually be welcoming tourists back before the year is out?...Bruny
author: Heather Rose name: Kim average rating: 4.14 book published: rating: 5 read at: 2020/05/17 date added: 2020/05/17 shelves: review: A BRILLIANT READThe story keeps building from an innocuous beginning, tidbits of intrigue are served in carefully planned measures...The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
author: Erik Larson name: Kim average rating: 3.91 book published: 2003 rating: 5 read at: 2020/04/28 date added: 2020/04/28 shelves: review: A fascinating read – highly recommendedIt reads like a masterful novel, yet is a fact based account of the World Fair in...
My week with Malcolm and the hypocrisy of our democracy
Otto von Bismarck (in)famously said: “Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable – the art of the next best”. It is a sentiment I abhor. And Malcolm Turnbull’s tome of atonement – “A Bigger Picture” – unwittingly demonstrates with abundant...The Cockroach
author: Ian McEwan name: Kim average rating: 3.27 book published: 2019 rating: 5 read at: 2020/04/07 date added: 2020/04/10 shelves: review: Politisak satire at it’s very best!At first you cringe, then slowly it dawns in you what’s happening, from then on it’s pure...Flash for Freedom! (The Flashman Papers, #3)
author: George MacDonald Fraser name: Kim average rating: 4.38 book published: 1971 rating: 4 read at: 2020/04/05 date added: 2020/04/05 shelves: review: Flashman never fails to entertainNot the best of the series, but enjoyed it nevertheless. As always the people...The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
author: William Dalrymple name: Kim average rating: 4.37 book published: 2019 rating: 0 read at: 2020/03/25 date added: 2020/03/25 shelves:...Women, Men and the Whole Damn Thing
author: David Leser name: Kim average rating: 4.09 book published: rating: 5 read at: 2020/03/07 date added: 2020/03/25 shelves:...Agent Running in the Field
author: John Le Carré name: Kim average rating: 4.13 book published: 2019 rating: 2 read at: 2020/03/03 date added: 2020/03/03 shelves: review: A good narrative ruined by silly endingAs always, le Carré spins a good yarn about the world of spies. I really enjoyed...Get my book!
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