"I know who you are and I know what you're doing." Today I am taking a break from my usual #WW feuilleton to say a few words about Glamorama. I got this book as a Xmas present from son no 2, and so I read it with attention. Of course I am aware of the … Continue reading #WritersWednesday: Glamorama by Bret Easton Ellis ~
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#AtoZChallenge: April 29, 2013 ~ Yalta (Conference)
Yalta Conference, February 4-11, 1945 It was their last meeting, the last Allies Conference of the War, that was to reorganise Europe in “peace-time”. WWII was drawing to a close: soon Hitler would be dead in the ruins of Berlin, soon the USSR, and her martyrs, would win the war, at last, at the price … Continue reading #AtoZChallenge: April 29, 2013 ~ Yalta (Conference)
#FiveSentenceFiction: Silence
I have been thinking about this for a long time. A recent exchange with a friendly blogger and tweep, who I respect deeply, made me think about it again. Throughout history, since the antiquity, we know that women can fight, just as well as men, and in many cases, with superior resolution and spirit of … Continue reading #FiveSentenceFiction: Silence
#AtoZChallenge: April 28 – Y is for ¥
The Yen is Japan’s national currency. Its importance in the world foreign exchange (Forex) markets reflect the size and dynamism of the Japanese economy. Japanese Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the measure of an industrial nation’s economic strength, is third worldwide, after the US and China. Since the demise of the Bretton Woods agreement in 1973, … Continue reading #AtoZChallenge: April 28 – Y is for ¥