“We are looking at direct evidence of large-scale arms trading.”

Research led by the University of Alicante (UA) has enabled a reassessment of one of the most remarkable assemblages of weaponry ever discovered in Spanish waters of 43 helmets. Using new and improved methods, archaeologists are re-visiting sites and artefacts. Recently military equipment thought to be Roman, and found in 1990 at the Piedras de […]

Dave Eggers: Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? (2014)

Great plot lost to an unexpected theme The plot of this book is a great idea: A young man kidnaps several persons who played a role in his upbringing, his mother, a teacher, a congressman, a policeman, an astronaut, and forces them to answer those questions he always wanted to be answered. Don’t we all […]

Tibor Rode: Das Los (2014)

Richtig gute Story technisch nicht optimal umgesetzt Tibor Rode kann gute historische Stoffe finden und sie auch gut für einen Roman aufbereiten. Das hat er hier wieder gezeigt. Das Thema Glück und Spiel wird literarisch gelungen aufbereitet, anhand der preußischen Lotterie von Friedrich dem Großen und dem modernen Pokerspiel. Aber bei der technischen Umsetzung zeigen […]

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