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Read “Killers of a Certain Age” a couple of days ago
Interesting but not really “good” in sense that some mysteries like the early Elizabeth George or Debora Crombie novels
Would make a movie that would give 4 older actresses and 6 younger ones some nice film time since it tells how 4 young women as recruited by an organization like “Kingsman” and then how that organization tries to assassinate them when they go on their retirement cruise…so lot of flashbacks into their pasts and current scenes of thwarting their own deaths
Going to blog about what I read in that Crypto Assets book;
The dreams book looks good too, going to be interesting;
Got both books today for Christmas from my family;
I read Sugar Changed the World with interest, since I am a history buff. I did find it readable, enjoyable and informative. The book leaves more than a few unanswered questions. First, the discussion about Hawaii does not mention one of the most important and damning facts; that sugar growers toppled the formerly independent monarchy and replaced it with the bogus Republic of Hawaii. The latter "invited" annexation.See Hawaiian Pre-1893 Was Royal Kingdom - Abigail Kawananakoa, Hawaiian princess, dies at 96.
Another is a question for academic debate. Weren't the people from the slave source countries in Africa and India pretty miserable already? After all, there has been no widespread kidnapping of U.S. citizens for slave purposes.
This is more of a fact-checking issue. The book stated that India was the first breakaway from Britain since the U.S. had gained independence. That omits Canada, Australia, Ireland and I believe New Zealand. Granted, Canada my have been more "exclaved", to coin a word, that broken away on its own, since Britain had no wish to be embroiled in the U.S. Civil War. These are quibbles, but do somewhat detract from the book for serious, informed readers.
I read Sugar Changed the World with interest, since I am a history buff. I did find it readable, enjoyable and informative. The book leaves more than a few unanswered questions. First, the discussion about Hawaii does not mention one of the most important and damning facts; that sugar growers toppled the formerly independent monarchy and replaced it with the bogus Republic of Hawaii. The latter "invited" annexation.See Hawaiian Pre-1893 Was Royal Kingdom - Abigail Kawananakoa, Hawaiian princess, dies at 96.
Another is a question for academic debate. Weren't the people from the slave source countries in Africa and India pretty miserable already? After all, there has been no widespread kidnapping of U.S. citizens for slave purposes.
This is more of a fact-checking issue. The book stated that India was the first breakaway from Britain since the U.S. had gained independence. That omits Canada, Australia, Ireland and I believe New Zealand. Granted, Canada my have been more "exclaved", to coin a word, that broken away on its own, since Britain had no wish to be embroiled in the U.S. Civil War. These are quibbles, but do somewhat detract from the book for serious, informed readers.
I read positives reviews about that book but not the book itself—but I can see your POV
The history of British expansionism around the globe (Hong Kong was theirs and Singapore had many connections the Britain…and Palestine was a British “protectorant” after WW2 until it became independent
I can’t argue with your call about annexing Hawaii
I first learned of the theft of Hawaii from its native people reading the novel “Hawaii” by Michener—
A sad story of greed and exploitation cloaked in the sounds of “patriotism” and “Manifest Destiny”
Those same lies were used to take over California and Texas and put them under the control of American government
And the sugar interests taking over the islands had much to do with its policies of immigration of Chinese and Japanese for what were basically slave labor—
The US Navy wanted its location to defend America from enemies in Asia
Why take Hawaii and not the Philippines? Or Puerto Rico?
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She started in porn movies at age 19, then wrote scripts for porn movies at 20YO, and then became a Director of porn movies and even ran for Senator in Louisiana.
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I read positives reviews about that book but not the book itself—but I can see your POV
The history of British expansionism around the globe (Hong Kong was theirs and Singapore had many connections the Britain…and Palestine was a British “protectorant” after WW2 until it became independent
I can’t argue with your call about annexing Hawaii
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The US Navy wanted its location to defend America from enemies in Asia
Why take Hawaii and not the Philippines? Or Puerto Rico?
The US did intervene in the Civil War in the Philippines (& also in Cuba) - & we facilitated the return of Philippine leadership, & then cut them out of the negotiations & essentially took over the Spanish domination of the country. Then we fought a three-year war to suppress our former allies there.
We also took Puerto Rico, although annexation as a state & incorporation into the US polity wasn't in the cards. I think the differences in religion, culture, language, government were (felt to be) too great in the case of Cuba & Puerto Rico (as compared to the US). The Philippines was probably too diverse, especially in the tribal & Islamic areas & populations. But we did want the naval facilities ...
I read Sugar Changed the World with interest, since I am a history buff. I did find it readable, enjoyable and informative. The book leaves more than a few unanswered questions. First, the discussion about Hawaii does not mention one of the most important and damning facts; that sugar growers toppled the formerly independent monarchy and replaced it with the bogus Republic of Hawaii. The latter "invited" annexation.See Hawaiian Pre-1893 Was Royal Kingdom - Abigail Kawananakoa, Hawaiian princess, dies at 96.
Another is a question for academic debate. Weren't the people from the slave source countries in Africa and India pretty miserable already? After all, there has been no widespread kidnapping of U.S. citizens for slave purposes.
This is more of a fact-checking issue. The book stated that India was the first breakaway from Britain since the U.S. had gained independence. That omits Canada, Australia, Ireland and I believe New Zealand. Granted, Canada my have been more "exclaved", to coin a word, that broken away on its own, since Britain had no wish to be embroiled in the U.S. Civil War. These are quibbles, but do somewhat detract from the book for serious, informed readers.
I thought this book was a good, but brief, history of sugar cultivation.
What I found interesting is how the co-authors both tied their personal family histories to the sugar industry. It's not a very in-depth history book, but it was unique because of how both authors personalized the subject matter..
I thought this book was a good, but brief, history of sugar cultivation.
What I found interesting is how the co-authors both tied their personal family histories to the sugar industry. It's not a very in-depth history book, but it was unique because of how both authors personalized the subject matter..
That part is true. But when there are glaring errors in a work of non-fiction, it does undermine the credibility of the remainder of the book. It is elementary that Britain freed many colonies between 1783, when the U.S. actually won independence, and 1947, when India obtained independence. What most people don't know is that both India and Pakistan had "dominion" or constitutional monarchy status for brief intervals after 1947. I actually think the U.S. was about the only one, prior to Kenya, that went straight to republic status.
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Reading a book I have home from the library titled Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nasrat. I'd say it's more a book about cooking than a cookbook as it's not only recipes but about how to select/use the four title elements in your cooking to improve your finished dishes. Only 30-40 pages in and hooked, I'm likely going to buy a copy as I've seen it on Amazon for ~$16 and I think it'll be a good reference to have in the kitchen.
In the process of reading Stephen King’s, Fairy Tale. Seventeen year old Charlie Reade meets and befriends elderly Howard Bowditch and his dog Radar. Charlie learns the shed in Howard’s backyard hides a portal to another world. This book
holds your interest, I keep reading as it’s hard to put down.
It’s not written in the style of a horror classic, but the characters are interesting, and it’s not hard to understand Charlie’s love for an old dog. It looks as though Charlie is the only one to keep the world from finding out and exploiting this hidden world.
One of the best Stephen King books I’ve read in awhile.
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Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos
