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The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker

July 7, 2020 by TheShitWizard Leave a Comment

I spend far too much time on Reddit threads about real life creepy encounters, which is how I learned about this book. Written by an apparent security expert, De Becker takes a look at the various ways in which we discount our intuition and how paying attention to it instead could save your life. While in some ways this book is kind of workday, and the advice can sometimes seem a little common sense, it’s also the kind of book I wish I’d read when […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: boundaries, Gavin De Becker, Psychology, Self-help, survival

TheShitWizard's CBR12 Review No:25 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: boundaries, Gavin De Becker, Psychology, Self-help, survival ·
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Great gossip straight from Georgian England

The Scandalous Lady W by Hallie Rubenfold

July 7, 2020 by TheShitWizard Leave a Comment

Being both in the grip of a current obsession for consuming everything I can about England in the 18th century and also being a huge gossip, The Scandalous Lady W seemed almost tailor made for me. I found this book after inhaling the first two seasons of the Harlots TV series and noticing it was written by Rubenhold – I’ve since bought just a few more from her based on how much I enjoyed this. The Scandalous Lady W deals with the headline making divorce […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, 18th century, Hallie Rubenfold, interesting women

TheShitWizard's CBR12 Review No:24 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, 18th century, Hallie Rubenfold, interesting women ·
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A perfunctory trot through the 17th century

England in the Seventeenth Century by Maurice Ashley

June 24, 2020 by TheShitWizard 2 Comments

Part of the Penguin English History series, England in the Seventeenth Century takes us from the reign of James I starting in 1603 up until the end of Anne’s in 1714 and takes a look at each of the monarchs in their turn as well as some broader looks at different aspects of society during their reigns. Rattling through each monarch gives us the greatest hits of the events of each of their reigns, as well as all of the political manoeuvring undertaken as each […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Maurice Ashley, non fiction; english history

TheShitWizard's CBR12 Review No:23 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Maurice Ashley, non fiction; english history ·
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Who knew ice cream could be so dangerous?

Van Wars: The Real Story of the Brutal Glasgow Ice Cream Van Wars by Teddy Renoc

June 23, 2020 by TheShitWizard Leave a Comment

If you’ve never heard the story of the Glasgow Ice Cream Van Wars, then you certainly won’t get the full story here. What you will get though is Teddy Rennoc’s version of what happened when he drove one of the vans going up against the competing Marchetti Brothers, and in Teddy’s version the war really was over the rights to sell ice cream, household basics and the odd bit of stolen goods rather than heroin – I suspect the true full story lies somewhere between […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, crime, non fiction, Teddy Renoc

TheShitWizard's CBR12 Review No:22 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, crime, non fiction, Teddy Renoc ·
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If you could rid yourself of memories, would you?

The Binding by Bridget Collins

June 19, 2020 by TheShitWizard Leave a Comment

Kind of like a nineteenth century version of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Binding is an atmospheric and bittersweet fantasy in which we meet Emmett Farmer. Living in a small village with his family, Emmett’s world is one on which books are taboo. For in this world, books don’t contain mere stories but memories – binders can take your most painful memories and bind them into books, wiping your mind clean of them. When we meet Emmett he’s in recuperation after a mystery […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, bridget collins, Fiction, Romance

TheShitWizard's CBR12 Review No:21 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, bridget collins, Fiction, Romance ·
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We have to be better than this

Killers of the Flower Moon: Oil, Money, Murder and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

June 16, 2020 by TheShitWizard Leave a Comment

An incredibly well-written account of yet another shameful episode in how white people treat others, Killers of the Flower Moon looks at the systematic murder and robbery of the Osage Indians in 1920’s Oklahoma. Having forced the Osage on to what was thought to be useless, unfertile ground, white Oklahomans were pissed when it turned out that said land turned out to be incredibly oil rich and that the Osage had retained the rights to the fortunes reaped from this in the original agreement to […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, David Grann, non fiction, Racism, true crime

TheShitWizard's CBR12 Review No:20 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, David Grann, non fiction, Racism, true crime ·
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