G.J. Griffiths
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So What! Stories or Whatever!
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The Mule Spinners' Daughters
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So What's Next! (SoWhat! Stories, #2)
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The Quarry Bank Runaways
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Ants In Space (Kweezy Capolza Books, #1)
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Fallen Hero
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So What Do I Do? (So What! series #3)
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Mules; Masters & Mud
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They're Recycling Aliens (Kweezy Capolza Books, #2)
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Seeking Angels
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I really enjoyed reading this book, which was full of nostalgic and poignant reminiscences about the 1940s, many of which applied to my baby boomer generation. The horrible fear for children and adults alike, of being bombed while you slept, comes th ...more | |
"There’s a saying about real life: it’s very poorly organized. In fiction, we can have our make-believe people say all the right things in all the right places, craft our villains into anything from being totally evil to fatally misunderstood, and dec"
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"While the Bombs Fell is a collection of memoirs written jointly by Robbie Cheadle and her mother, Elsie Hancy Eaton. While some of the tales might be fictionalized, everything is based on memories and history experienced by Elsie during the 1940s WWI"
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"What a lovely, poignant book! It's the only one I've read that describes what life was like for very young children growing up during World War Two. There is also quite a bit of English history included, which I found quite interesting. The wartime r"
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Broken Bones and Shattered Spears: Book Three in the Tenochtitlan Trilogy
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This is the second story by Edward Rickford that I have read about Cortes and the Mexica. It was no less interesting and exciting, despite the very many complex characters with their complicated names. Once again, after a short period of time trying, ...more | |
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Broken Bones and Shattered Spears: Book Three in the Tenochtitlan Trilogy
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This is the second story by Edward Rickford that I have read about Cortes and the Mexica. It was no less interesting and exciting, despite the very many complex characters with their complicated names. Once again, after a short period of time trying, ...more | |
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Despite the book’s very disturbing and grim subject I quite enjoyed this crime novel with its large number of different characters. The plot was complex and constantly encouraging the reader to think along various directions, trying to keep pace with ...more | |
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Having read all three of the ‘Imagining Violet’ books in Mary Hughes’ trilogy, I was looking forward to this novel about the family’s holiday exploits on a Canadian island. The island was called Canonshot originally but was later renamed Burgess Isla ...more | |
“The majority of the ruling classes did not save their blame and recriminations just for those working class people who were able to walk away from St. Peter’s Fields free of injury. Many of the wounded did not seek medical treatment for they were certain that it would invite retribution from the authorities. Rumours of such a spiteful attitude had a strong basis in fact.
Despite the pain and the temptation to swoon again into a state of unconsciousness Thomas and Jacob shook their heads, just a little, as much as the soreness would allow.
‘Oh, no, sir; our cause is just. We mun stick together an’ demand the vote an’ better workin’ conditions,’ answered Jacob.
‘While them laws as keeps the price o’ bread up too ’igh is there we gotter keep goin’, sir. Folks is starving’ while wages is pressed down by factory owners,’ added Thomas.”
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Despite the pain and the temptation to swoon again into a state of unconsciousness Thomas and Jacob shook their heads, just a little, as much as the soreness would allow.
‘Oh, no, sir; our cause is just. We mun stick together an’ demand the vote an’ better workin’ conditions,’ answered Jacob.
‘While them laws as keeps the price o’ bread up too ’igh is there we gotter keep goin’, sir. Folks is starving’ while wages is pressed down by factory owners,’ added Thomas.”
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“Parts of her that had been separated for transit were still in limbo, unwrapping, trying to find their way home to her body.
Wolf, D.C.. q-cave (p. 7). D. C. Wolf. Kindle Edition.”
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Wolf, D.C.. q-cave (p. 7). D. C. Wolf. Kindle Edition.”
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