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I read a mix of non-fiction (history, memoir, archaeology, anthropology, natural history, politics and language) and fiction (mostly historical and contemporary litfic, with a sprinkle of fantasy and suspense).
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Carrie rated Australia's war, 1939-45: 4 stars
Carrie rated Lone survivors: 3 stars
Lone survivors by Chris Stringer
A leading researcher on human evolution proposes a new and controversial theory of how our species came to be
In …
Carrie rated Homage to Catalonia: 5 stars
George Orwell: Homage to Catalonia (1970, The Folio Society)
Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
[Homage to Catalonia][1] is [George Orwell][2]'s account of his experiences fighting in the 'Spanish Civil War'. Alongside many British workers, …
Carrie rated Lost in Shangri-la: 4 stars
Lost in Shangri-la by Mitchell Zuckoff
Award-winning former Boston Globe reporter Mitchell Zuckoff unleashes the exhilarating, untold story of an extraordinary World War II rescue mission, …
Carrie rated From Tobruk to Borneo: 4 stars
Carrie rated Love, war, and the 96th Engineers (Colored): 4 stars
Carrie rated For You, Lili Marlene: 3 stars
Carrie rated Unitarian Universalism: 4 stars
Carrie rated Sex, Soldiers and the South Pacific, 1939-45: 4 stars
Carrie rated Yank, the Army weekly: 3 stars
Carrie rated Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging: 4 stars
Carrie rated Stars Without Garters: 5 stars
Carrie rated Queen and country: 4 stars
Emma Vickers: Queen and country (2013)