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India in the making
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 03/12/2012
» During my backpacking years back yonder, I found myself in Fatehpur Sikri on the subcontinent. A palatial city, the odd thing about it was that it was deserted save for vendors at the entrances. Answering my question in English, one vendor said that it had been built by the Moghul Emperor Akbar, who then abandoned it because it had no water supply.
High on adrenaline
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 16/07/2012
» A steady stream of books come from James Patterson _ with co-authors and wholly his own, hardcover and paperback, reprints and new. He's probably the most prolific American scrivener around. His literary creations include several police detectives, the most popular of which is Washington, DC's Alex Cross.
The real thing
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 09/07/2012
» It is one of this author's peeves that contemporary authors writing about a variety of subjects throw in Islamic terrorists in the hope that it makes stories more exciting. This ploy doesn't work. To be sure Islamic terrorism is the flavour of the 21st century, heinous and vile, but ought to be written about in context.
A tasty morsel
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 28/05/2012
» Tales about wolves give off mixed signals. Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome, were reared by wolves. Wolf packs chase and devour people. Werewolves _ half-wolf, half-man _ can only be put down with a silver bullet. Jack London had good things to say of wolves. Their howl on movies signifies evil.