This account of the Falklands War is by the commander of the British Task Force Admiral ... more
Sandy Woodward. On 5 April 1982 three days after the invasion of the Falkland Islands British armed forces were ordered to sail 8 000 miles to the South Atlantic...
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Advantages: An ambitious and rewarding read Disadvantages: Confusing to read without background knowledge of subject matter
OneHundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Recently stocking up on a selection of books to read on my daily commute, I came across OneHundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez in the Penguin Classics section. Despite having not heard of either the book or the author I picked it up and read the back cover. The blurb was unstinting; calling it a 'great masterpiece' and stating 'Blending political reality with magical realism this is one of the most daringly original works of the twentieth century'. Blimey. It also boldly adds that it is a winner of the Nobel prize for literature. Good enough for me I thought and took it away.
The story is described as an epic tale of seven generations of the Buendia family and of the town of Macondo that they built. To me this ...
Advantages: Reasonably funny Disadvantages: Rushed ending and quite predictable
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When their kids miss the boat for a school trip, single parents Melanie Parker (Michelle Pfeiffer), a career minded architect, and Jack Taylor (George Clooney), a laid back tabloid journalist, are forced to join forces despite an initial loathing of each other. With both facing a catastrophe at work, they take it in turns to supervise their children and as the day progresses their initial frostiness melts and a surprising romance starts to blossom.
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A hundred years of solitude or in spanish "Cien Años de Soledad" is for the best book I've ever read because the story that Gabriel Garcia Marquez is about a family The Buendias on the city named Macondo, that it seems a tipical jungle cities in Colombia when Garcia Marquez was born and lived his years of life.
On the Macondo's description on the first lines of this book he describes Aracataca (the city where Garcia Marquez was born).
About the story it talks about Macondo's foundation and its first people living there: The Buendias in 4th generation where the Buendia family's names are reapiting as Jose Arcadio, Aureliano so Don Jose Arcadio Buendia is the father or Jose Arcadio Buendia and he is the father of Jose Arcadio, Aureliano, etc, etc being a little confuse understanding it.
The future of The Buendia is writing on some ...
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Product details
EAN
9780007134670
Type
Non-Fiction
Genre
Biography
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Title
One Hundred Days
Author
Sandy Woodward; Patrick Robinson
ISBN
0007134673
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This account of the Falklands War is by the commander of the British Task Force Admiral Sandy Woodward. On 5 April 1982 three days after the invasion of the Falkland Islands British armed forces were ordered to sail 8 000 miles to the South Atlantic unaware of what lay ahead of them or whether they would be committed to war with Argentina. In his memoirs Admiral Sandy Woodward Task Force commander from the aircraft carrier Hermes take us from day one to day 100 of the conflict; from sailing through the waters of the Atlantic with hopes of a political settlement fading and war becoming increasingly likely to the repulse of the Argentinian navy and the daring amphibious landing at San Carlos Water. The war which cost the lives of over 1000 men has left a legacy of many historical debates and controversies from the sinking of ships such as HMS Coventry HMS Sheffield and Sir Galahad and the Argentinian cruiser the Belgrano to wider issues such as what was it like to command and fight a modern air and naval war the biggest naval action since the Second World War.One Hundred Days" is a portrayal of the world of modern naval warfare where despite the use of sophisticated equipment and communications the margins for human error and courage were as wide as they were in the days of Nelson."
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