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The Fiorella Files Episode 13 – Shortt, Gabaldon & Bram Stoker!

The Fiorella Files Episode 13 - Shortt, Gabaldon & Bram Stoker! Christianophobia – Rupert Shortt https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B009EQG7XU/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2 Christianity is the most persecuted religion in the world, but few in the West have any awareness of this uncomfortable fact. Shortt exposes the worst cases of persecution around the world and calls the media to account for its failure to report on this outrage. A flawed but useful book. Dracula – Bram Stoker […]

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The Fiorella Files Episode 11 – Guillame Zeller, Oscar Wilde & Antonio Arsalan

The Priest Barracks: Dachau 1938-1945 – Guillaume Zeller This non-fiction choice of the week looks at the three barracks in Dachau concentration camp where Catholics priests, protestant ministers and two imams were imprisoned. Meticulously researched, Zeller’s work pays tribute to the exceptional courage and holiness of some of the barracks’ inmates but is not afraid to ask difficult questions either. This is the story of the thousands of Catholic priests […]

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The Fiorella Files – Children’s Episode 3, Lord of The Flies, Gladiators and Ponies!

The Fiorella Files - Children's Episode 3, Lord of The Flies, Gladiators and Ponies! Gladiator: Fight for Freedom – Simon Scarrow Travel back in time to an age of gladiatorial battles in the arena, seen through the eyes of the young Marcus, a boy sold into slavery who longs for freedom and the chance to avenge his father’s murder. One ten-year-old boy thinks this is a book every boy should […]

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The Fiorella Files Episode 9 – Megan Phelps Roper, Muriel Sparks & T.M. Logan

Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church – Megan Phelps-Roper For years, Megan Phelps-Roper was the social media voice of Westboro Baptist Church. Then all of a sudden, she vanished from cyberspace. This is her story of growing up in one of America’s most notorious sects and Phelps-Roper’s agonising decision to walk away, even though it meant being permanently estranged from her family. The Prime of […]

today05/26/2020 64

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The Fiorella Files Episode 8 – Gaskell, The Roslings & Doria Russell

Episode 8 - Gaskell, The Roslings & Doria Russell Factfulness – Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World and Why things are Better than You Think – Hans Rosling with Anna and Ola Rosling Do we really have a needlessly pessimistic view of the world? The late Hans Rosling thought so. Drawing on data looking at world poverty, literacy and other issues, Rosling attempts to persuade the reader that the […]

today05/19/2020 62

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5 Minute Mysteries

Fiorella Files Episode 7 – Sissay, Richman & Charles Dickens

Fiorella Files Episode 7 - Sissay, Richman & Charles Dickens My Name is Why – Lemn Sissay Lemn was always told by his foster parents that his Ethiopian mother had abandoned him and returned to her native country shortly after his birth. Abandoned by his foster parents at twelve years old and condemned to six years in increasingly repressive and abusive institutions, this is his story. But is it just […]

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The Fiorella Files Episode 6 – Children’s Books, Episode 2! Tintin, Wonder & When The Wind Blows

The Fiorella Files Episode 6 - Children's Books, Episode 2! Tintin, Wonder & When The Wind Blows Join Fiorella as she discusses some of her favorite children's books! The Adventures of Tintin Herge’s famous boy reporter, Tintin, continues to delight children of all ages eighty years since the first stories were published in a Catholic newspaper. Hear what four children have to say about the adventures of Tintin, his friends […]

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The Fiorella Files Episode 5 – Douglas Murray, Victor Hugo & Tom Sharpe

The Fiorella Files Episode 5 - Douglas Murray, Victor Hugo & Tom Sharpe The Fiorella Files, Episode 5 Debuts Tonight at 7:00pm Central and Encore  tomorrow morning at 9:00am London time! The Madness of Crowds: Douglas Murray In this book, British author Douglas Murray takes a sledgehammer to the West’s identity-politics-obsessed culture, offering safe passage across the minefield we have created. Warning of the breakdown in freedom of speech and […]

today04/28/2020 60

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The Fiorella Files Children’s Episode 1-Because Childhood Is Too Dear To Learn From Bad Books

The Fiorella Files Children's Episode 1-Because Childhood Is Too Dear To Learn From Bad Books New childhood book review show from Fiorella Nash, host of the smash hit series, 5 Minute Mysteries Season 1! This Show's Book Reviews: Someday - Corinna Turner, Ann Widdecombe (Introduction), Ignatius Kaigama (Foreword by). Ruth and Gemma have a Physics exam in the morning. Becky and Alleluia have college entrance tests. So it’s an absolute […]

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