David N. Thomas

Advantages: a brilliant read
Disadvantages: slightly confusing read

...Who was Dylan Thomas? Even today, no one really knows. From his early years of growing up in Swansea in Wales, to his family life; from his beginnings as a writer to his tours of America; from his early days of alcohol abuse to his death in New York in 1953: Dylan Thomas has become an icon for lovers, literature fans and poets. Dylan Thomas has become a cult figure for Welsh travellers of today an inspiration for every young lad heading from Swansea to London, into the new life. But it is Dylan Thomas’s debauched lifestyle that perhaps draws people towards him. In the book The Dylan Thomas Murders, by David N. Thomas, we begin to get an idea of who Dylan Thomas might have been, reimagining the poet without attempting to stick to the known facts. Reading this book, D. Thomas still remains a mystery, but David Thomas’... Read review

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Advantages: Very interesting topics
Disadvantages: -

...professional focus is the integration of theology with anthropology, which combines the God-human relationship with human interrelationships in culture. Thomas states that `one might mistakenly think that black theology is concerned with the God-black human relationship in black culture only' - this is not the case, as the emphasis spreads out beyond the borders of the United States, beyond the boundaries of black culture, and seeks to address all black people everywhere in looking toward God-human relationship. Along with Linda Thomas, contributors include `founding father' James H. Cone, Edward P. Antonio, Lee Butler, Iva E. Carruthers, M. Shawn Copeland, Dwight N. Hopkins, Yvonne Young-ja Lee, D. Stephen Long, Karen E. Mosby-Avery, Jim Perkinson, José David Rodriguez, Rosemary Radford Ruether, George E. Tinker, Emilie M. Townes, Lacey... Read review

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Advantages: An insight into real life, empathy, sympathy, pride
Disadvantages: Sometimes true stories can be repetitive, but that is their nature

...This is the heart wrenching story of a little boy who lost his way in life because of an alcoholic mother, an absent father and an aggressive step-father. His mother abused him after many of her regular drinking binges, his father emigrated after marrying a new woman and his step-father used him as a punch bag due to his own frustrations. This true story delves deep into David's early years and explains why he dipped into a life of criminal activity in his teens. The book does show a happy ending though, where he has made a life for himself and used his talents to better his future. In the beginning, as a reader, you feel sympathy for this little boy but by the end you beam with pride for the triumph in his life.... Read review

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