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Mostly book reviews. Very rarely I'll allow William Campbell Powell (author) to write a blog entry on publishing activity, but he's under orders to keep that stuff over on his Facebook page and on http://williamcampbellpowell.com
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Anansi Boys
Zombie Elementary: The Real Story
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The Angel's Game (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #2)
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The Longest Week: What Really Happened During Jesus' Final Days
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The Wooden Horse
There are two significantly different versions of this book. Eric Williams' original 1949 edition was written while military censorship was still in force, and is a simpler story, built around simpler characters.In the 1979 edition, Williams sets the records straight on (particularly) one event that was invented to make a better ending for the 1949 book. The rest of the book is significantly revised and expanded, also, and the PoWs' language becomes less "comic-book" and more (one assumes) true to life.
Read the 1979 revision if you want the actual story - the 1949 is more like a Boys' Own adventure.