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#Bookreview Children in the Second World War: Memories from the Home Front by Amanda Herbert-Davies (@penswordbooks) For those interested in history from the point of view of the people in the street and a reminder of why this should not happen to any children.

Posted on May 18, 2017 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: For some reason this week we have more non-fiction books than fictional ones, but they are all wonderful and truly different, so here comes a historical one that I found irresistible. Children in the Second World War: Memories from the Home Front by Amanda Herbert-Davies It was not just the upheaval caused by evacuation

Posted in Book review, Book reviews bomb refuges, Children, History, Pen & Sword, UK, WWII

In Memoriam: Joan Molet a man who didn’t want us to forget #WWII #familyhistory

Posted on April 3, 2017 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: Those of you who have been following my blog for a while might remember that I’ve sometimes shared posts about my mother’s family, in particular about two of her uncles, Josep and Conrado, (although she never got to meet them) who fled Spain during the Civil War, went to France, helped the efforts

Posted in Family stories Amical Mauthausen, France, French Resistance, Joan Molet, Mauthausen, Oxfam, Spanish Civil War, WWII

#Bookreview PEARL HARBOR. FROM INFAMY TO GREATNESS by Craig Nelson (@Craig_Nelson) Thorough and detailed look at the historical event and its background.

Posted on March 31, 2017 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: To end the week, I bring you a non-fiction book about a historical event that continues in people’s minds after all these years. Pearl Harbor. From Infamy to Greatness by Craig Nelson. Description Published in time for the 75th anniversary, a gripping and definitive account of the event that changed twentieth-century America—Pearl Harbor—based on years of

Posted in Book review, Book reviews anniversary, Hawaii, History, Pearl Harbor, WWII

#Bookreview Surviving the Death Railway: A Pow’s Memoir and Letters from Home by Hilary Custance Green (@HilaryCustanceG) A touching reminder of the people behind the history books and a well-deserved memorial

Posted on March 10, 2017 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: As I told you I’ve accumulated a lot of reviews that I haven’t had a chance to share yet. Today, I bring you a book I read recently (I’m afraid there won’t be a lot of order on how I share the reviews either). A fellow blogger (Hilary Custance Green) contacted me to

Posted in Book review, Book reviews Barnsley, Book review, Burma, Death Railway, Hilary Custance Green, History, Japan, Malaya, non-fiction, Pen and Sword Books, Prisoners of War, WWII

#Bookreviews THE ART OF EXILE. A VAGABOND LIFE by John Freely (@ibtauris) An Extraordinary Life Dedicated to Knowledge, Travel and Writing

Posted on July 22, 2016 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: As you know on Fridays I share new books and writers (today more than usual, but it’s a busy month). John Freely is not a new writer, far from it, but this is the first book I read by him and I expect now that I’ve discovered him, it won’t be the last

Posted in Book reviews, New books Brooklyn, Classics, Greece, I.B.Tauris, Ireland, Istanbul, John Freely, New York, Physics, professor, Turkey, university, WWII

#Newbooks. ‘The Dolan Girls’ by S.R. Mallery (@SarahMallery1) and ‘Ludwika’ by Christoph Fischer (@CFFBooks). Strong women in fiction and history.

Posted on December 18, 2015 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: As you know Fridays is time to share new books and/or authors. Today, both of the authors who are visiting with new books have graced my blog before, and I’m pleased to say I’ve read some of their books (next Tuesday I’ll be sharing a review for one of Sarah Mallery’s novels) and

Posted in New books Christoph Fischer, female characters, historical fiction, Ludwika, new books, Poland, S.R. Mallery, survival, The Dolan Girls, western, WWII