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Welcome Gayatri! Just to echo what Sneezy said : If you look on the main page of this site you will find an entire section devoted to Crime, Thrillers & Mystery. I'm sure you will find many titles discussed there which might be of interest to you. (Edited to show direct link to CTM)

Harold Fry is a recently retired man living in Kingsbridge, on the southern tip of England with a wife who apparently no longer loves him. Fry receives a telegram from Queenie Hennesey, an ex-coworker, stating that she is in a hospice dying of cancer at Berwick-Upon-Tweed in the far off regions...

Peder, I don't think that history will EVER remember Hitler for anything but what he was - evil incarnate, no matter who does the lying or how much they do of it. My only concern is that with the passage of time future generations will become inured to the horror he perpetrated upon the world. I...

Bitter Brew The Rise and Fall of Anheuser-Busch and America's Kings of Beer is the history of the family dynasty which owned and controlled the Anheusser-Bush brewery corporation. This book is an in-depth chronicle of the family and events which shaped one of the wealthiest and most influential...

Hitler had only one quality that was off the charts "great" in my opinion and that was his power of persuasion. Even people who did not like him were drawn over to his side after hearing him speak. He was very charismatic in the sense that he knew how to work the crowd by telling them what they...

How does one become a part of this effort? Do we just post our contributions on this thread?

I am currently experiencing a reader for the first time. A coworker lent me her Kindle in order to read a book she has on it. I must say that though this is an older model it is quite enjoyable to use. I don't know how to operate all the controls but I know enough to navigate the book I am...

Mea culpa. Mea culpa. Mea MAAAAAAAAAXIMA culpa. Yes friends, it was I who led Roxbrough to this cinematic land of perdition and I must confess it here. Confession is good for the soul, though terrible for one's reputation as a cinema critic. I must also confess that I thoroughly enjoyed The...

If you mean: 'Does [He] explain this?' within the context of the story, the answer is 'yes', but it is done metaphorically, or symbolically by comparing the behavior of the children on the island to the adult-created world from which they have come. When the story opens the children have been...

The characters of the book are kids. Only one living adult appears at the very end of the book; however, the children in the book represent the whole of humanity. They, and how they dispose themselves is a metaphorical representation of mankind in general.

Turn up the volume .... set to "full screen" ..... and watch your troubles drift away.

Many thanks SuperReaderGirlie ... most people just tell me to shut up *L*

CROSSROADS by DATo I had worked for a university for many years, and as some of you may know, campuses tend to be hectic places during a school day. But in the very early morning the campus paths are devoid of the teeming masses which later appear and despoil the mystic serenity of early...

GREETINGS !!! Pull up a chair, have some popcorn. *LOL* .... and .... WELCOME !!!

Thank you Peder. The actress in the film clip personifying Helene Hanff is, of course, Anne Bancroft. Bancroft fell in love with this book and her husband, Mel Brooks, bought the screen rights for her as a birthday present obviously with the intention of making the movie in which Anne would...

I felt I just had to share this though I'm sure that at least some of you have already read the book or seen the movie. I'm off work this week and had some stuff to drop off at the library yesterday. While I was there I checked the DVD section and to my surprise found the movie 84 Charing Cross...

Can you tell us more regarding his work and experiences?

Yes, I play chess. And I have never lost a game in my life. Of course that is probably because when I get in trouble I sneak my king off the board and hide him in my pants pocket. Here, check this out .... Again.

Actually, Hitler had a very steep climb to power according to this book, and he was never Germany's puppet ... quite the other way around. But your point is well taken. Perhaps someone else would have filled his role; but it is hard to believe that any other scenario would have resulted in the...

No. I believe we actually walked on the moon - but my dad didn't. What would have been YOUR first words on the moon if you had been in Neil Armstrong's place?