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|title=The Last Escaper
|author=Peter Tunstall
|rating=4.5
|genre=History
|summary=''The Last Escaper'' opens differently to many of the great escape biographies that were released soon after the war as it is told some 70 years later. Peter Tunstall was an RAF pilot who was shot down and spent many years as a Prisoner Of War across occupied Europe, including in Colditz. He lived through the war, but also lived through many decades of peace. Will these years of the relative quiet life lesson the tales of bravery and dare doing of the war? Of course not!
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>071564923X</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|title=The Shop Girls
|summary=In this collection of five essays, each one offering a unique and fascinating perspective on the season of winter, Adam Gopnik takes the reader on a captivating journey, exploring history, art and society, through ''Romantic Winter'', ''Radical Winter'', ''Recuperative Winter'', ''Recreational Winter'' and ''Remembering Winter''. In each essay, Gopnik focuses on one or two central themes, whilst also touching on surrounding ideas. For example, in Romantic Winter his central topics are art and poetry, however, issues such as changing society, technology, sex and culture are also explored, in relation to these pivotal notions. He also includes two sections featuring collections of artwork to illustrate his viewpoints, which add a charming, individual touch to this book.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780874472</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Jonathan Mayo
|title=The Assassination of JFK Minute by Minute
|rating=4
|genre=History
|summary=President John F Kennedy had been warned about going to Dallas - he himself referred to it as 'nut country' - but, conscious of the upcoming 1964 presidential elections, he needed to bring some support from the city onside and that was why he and the First Lady found themselves in the motorcade which swept into Dealey Plaza on 22 November 1963. There can be few people who are not aware of what happened next, but Jonathan Mayo has presented a chronology of events over the next four days (''four days, three murders, hundreds of stories'', as the cover says) demonstrating the pressure under which the officials involved were working and the dreadful impact of what happened..
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780721854</amazonuk>
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