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“The IPCRESS File” by Len Deighton is the story of an unnamed spy telling his tale and accounts to the governor minister. Those accounts build the story for the reader. The story itself takes place in many locations but both starts and ends in London.
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Once again, the call to save the Four Lands from dark forces has been let out and, once again, it is the Ohmsford family that shall answer the call in The Wishsong of Shannara.
Like their father Wil Ohmsford and his grandfather Shea Ohmsford, Brin and Jair Ohmsford are approached by the great Druid Allanon to go on a quest to save the Four Lands from evil.
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The Bible, consisting of both New and Old Testaments, in all it’s forms and versions is an extremely polarizing collection of words. In “The Year of Living Biblically: One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible,” A.J. Jacobs catalogs his mental, physical and emotional journey through the waters of ancient and modern biblical literalism.
It’s hard to write about this book without giving away his conclusion, so I’m going to. But this book is much more about the journey than the destination in that regard.
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Continuing on the path set forth in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and starting from the ending point in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, is exactly what we have come to expect from Peter Jackson.
Added bits from The Silmarillion and other Tolkien texts, as well as, some additions by Jackson’s team of writers make up the second leg of The Hobbit Trilogy.
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After having been introduced to Terry Brooks, I started at the beginning with The Sword of Shannara, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Then I moved on to book two in Terry Brooks’ first trilogy, The Elfstones of Shannara.
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