Great Voices - Birgit Nilsson

Forgotten Voices of The Great War

Advantages: Very emotional and truthful book - with accounts, extra context and pictures
Disadvantages: Can get very emotipanl and rather painful to read at times - the truth can hurt

I am currently studying history at A level and am very interested in the two world wars and have bought so many different information and text books with information on these wars. These have all been useful to not only my studies, but also in my own personal research and interest in the subject, one that is very emotional and important to me and the history of not only this country, but the whole world. However this book is very different and recounts the war as it was - it is basically a collection of diary extracts from hundreds of different people who were alive and involved in the war - either fighting on the front line or helping on the home front. This book is therefore far more truthful and revealing about the truth and is extremely emotional and shocking. Forgotten voices of the great war: A history of ww1 in the words of men ...

shamis4 21.07.2008 (22.07.2008) · Read full review
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Review of Forgotten Voices Of The Great War - Max Arthur

Lennart Nilsson - Life

Advantages: Amazing Images, Interesting, Real, Scientific.
Disadvantages: None!

I am a Photography Student! And this....is my favourite Photographer! The following information is taken from a Biography of the Photographer... Lennart Nilsson was born near Stockholm on August 22nd, 1922. His career started in the mid 1940s when modern Photojournalism started becoming popular in Sweden. In the mid 1950s Nilsson started experimenting with new photographic techniques to "get closer". His revealing macro studies were a big sensation and were published in books and magazines all over the world. In the early 1960s specially designed, ultra-slim endoscopes (1 mm in diameter with lenses covering a 170Å field of view and extremely short focal length, about 1.5 mm) enabled him to photograph the blood vessels and cavities of the human body. In 1969 Lennart Nilsson used a scanning electron microscope ...

PaulineLees 25.07.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Life - Lennart Nilsson

10 Great Songs And a more than OK voice!

Advantages: Down to earth and you'll recognise the songs!
Disadvantages: Perhaps a little too simple and a little contrived.

all, 10 well known songs, (a lot of them with a Geordie connection) and Jimmy's "OK" voice giving them some very different interpretations. Certainly Jimmy makes a great effort to cover many and varied styles within the ten songs and in general manages a pretty good job. In fact this for me is the only real problem with the album as sometimes it has a slightly contrived feel, as if they all sat down around a table with a list of song styles and tried to cover as many as possible. Highlights of the album include a lovely Country and Western version of "Overjoyed", the Lindisfarne classic "Clear White Light" (probably the song most like its original), the big band sound of "Walking on the Moon" and the upbeat rock of "Once in a Lifetime" Songs that don't quite do it for me are the a cappella of "Love me like a Rock" and the almost ...

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Review of Ten Great Songs And An OK Voice - Jimmy Nail