Best Books Never Written

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Wonderwoman: a short history of the British suffragette movement.

Divergent: A book which takes place in a fantasy world where people are divided in different factions depending on which element they can control (air, water, earth and fire).
During the aptitude test determining in which faction she would fit best the young Katara (born in Erudite; the water faction) discovers she can bend both water and fire, which makes her a divergent. She is warned to never tell anyone, for divergent people tend to die in 'accidents', and next day the choosing ceremony takes place and she will need to make the most important choice of her life, her future faction.
But her brother Sokka is up to something...
 

Alexander the Average

Social Democracy in Europe: A report written by a team of intellectuals led by John Dewey on a fact-finding mission to the United States of Europe that was established as a result of the revolutionary upsurge at the end of the Great War. Whilst initially focusing in education policy Dewey decided to expand the remit of their mission to examining other aspects of post-revolutionary European society and as a result the report included chapters on European developments in prison reform and communal policing, universal healthcare policy, new cultural developments, the workings of the nationalised banking system, radical urban renewal and infrastructure projects and the strong system of democratic planning and debate that they saw emerging at the local level. Its publication in 1929 is credited with convincing many liberal reformer of the merits of socialism and many of the policies and initiatives presented within would be incorporated into the platform of the All-American Socialist League. The tile of the report was inspired by the book Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville.
 
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clem attlee

To Serve Them all my Days: ironically entitled memoirs of Theresa May after her "retirement" in 2019.

Where Angels Fear to Tread: Scathing satire of the working conditions in the House of Commons by an anonymous intern.

The Longest Journey: Prince Charles' memoirs of his time as Prince of Wales.

The Green Dwarf: Boris Johnson's biography of Michael Gove.

Have his Carcase: Mchael Gove's biography of Boris Johnson.

Burmese Days: Boris Johnson's account of his time as foreign secretary.

Moby Dick: An anonymous foreign office diplomat's account of working with Boris Johnson.
 

TheGuyWhoHeartsHistory

Where the Wild Things Are: Details Arizona Senator John McCain's nightmarish imprisonment at a POW camp in Vietnam, with particular attention paid to an eccentric, but sadistic warden who would administer cruel punishments onto him.
 
ThatOneGuy

ThatOneGuy

A Queen in Any other Name: A book about the Shadow Princess Victoria who ruled the UK through a series of regents after her father, King Albert, fell ill with malaria. It ends with the May Day Putsch that deposed the 'Queen' and brought on the rise of the United Realm.
 

Alexander the Average

A Tale of Two Cities: A historical study that compares and the architecture of Petrograd and Moscow. Whilst Petrograd, whose quintessential European architecture had earned it the nickname the Paris of the Baltic, was dominated by the more traditional and conservative architectural scene, Moscow found itself to be the heart of the avant-garde revolution in post-revolutionary Russia and as a result would be transformed over the 20s, 30s and 40s into a city of soaring Architectons and monuments to Constructivism, Modernism and Futurism such as the headquarters of the Narkomtiazhprom and the Palace of the Soviets, both designed by the Vensin Brothers, as well as the Tatlin's Tower which had originally been planned to be built in Petrograd until the local authorities blocked its approval but was eventually revived as the design for the new Moscow broadcast tower in 1941 and was at the time the tallest building in the world.
 

King Thomas

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Brave New World-A history of the Sioux Native Americans from their arrival in the New World until they were subjugated by the whites in the 1870s.
 
Time Enough

Time Enough

Django: A biographical comic about Django Reinhardt with Django going through his life as a jazz guitarist and composer with him frequently breaking the fourth wall to tell the reader various facts. Written and drawn by Jeffery Brown this an interesting and humorous departure from his autobiographical stories written before.
 

CountDVB

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: A graphic novel series, the premise is that the United States of America has a secret organization made up of powerful individuals (all of whom are from public domain American works) who work to protect the USA from these forces. Originally founded by Doc Savage, the original League fell apart when all but one was killed. The sole survivor was Patricia Savage, his cousin. Outraged, she took command of it and created a formal new league to stop the diabolical mechinations of her foe. She gathered many individuals such as Mandrake the Magician, his associate (and African King) Lothar, Detective Nick Carter, Olga Mesmer, The Domino Lady, Dr. Goodwin and Frank Reade Jr, all of whom have various reasons for joining. In addition, many other characters and stories are referenced such as meeting occultist Randoph Carter.

The first arc focused on the team investigating the last works of Doc Savage and his case regarding the mysterious villain he was up against. None other than Dr. Goodwin, who through his mysterious benefactors, worked to resurrect an army of the dead under his control to take over the USA.

The second arc focused on the Cthulhu mythos while looking at past members of the League, which including John Henry, Paul Bunyon and John the Conqueror and the future with newer agents rising, such as Tom Swift, Dorothy Gale and others.

The third is said to focus on more global affairs, including the Mysterious Knights of the Round Table of Britain, a counterpart to the League...
 
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Theoretical_TJ

The White Rose, 1942-1944 by Sophie Scholl. This celebrated autobiography by one of the most extraordinary women of the 20th Century describes the inspiring White Rose resistance movement that became known as the Conscience of Germany. Her and her brother's daring rescue from the looming Gestapo after the publication of the White Rose's 12th succsssful leaflet campaign and the Munich Uprising by the Abwher is the stuff of legends in the intelligence community.
 
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George Kaplan

The Count of Monte Cristo: Beloved children's book for preschoolers and young readers. Monte Cristo takes walk on a nice summer day and counts the people and things he meets along the way from one to twenty and back to one. It is filled with amusing rhymes and illustrations. An excerpt: "Fifteen funny bunnies playing in the park. Sixteen silly monkeys riding on a shark."
Goldfinger: Fantasy novel about an alchemist who discovers the secret of transmutation and goes on the run from the people who want it.
The Man With the Golden Gun: A sequel to Goldfinger. Set in 1967, a researcher revives the alchemist and uses his knowledge to build a transmuting ray.
 

Cryhavoc101

Consider Phlebas - A suprisingly populalr novel based on the author Iain 'M' Banks experiances of sailing around the coast of Scotland - warning the reader of the various dangers and placing back into living memory those who were lost at sea around Scotlands rugged coastline etc over the years - also well loved as he visits and describes in loving details all of the coastal and various island based Scotch makers.
 

Cryhavoc101

All Quiet On The Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque's epic description of the 'cold war' that existed between German and France from a soldier's POV manning the extensive trench lines and fortifications on the German side between 1914 and 1917. As satircal as it is tragic it plots the changing political situation as these 2 great European Nations almost go to war with each other with the horrific ending as the main character Paul returns home to find most of his Family and freinds dead or dying from teh Soldiers Flu aka Spanish influensa.

While not a correct translation form the original work - The phrase "all quiet on the Western Front" has become a colloquial expression particularly in the English language - meaning stagnation, or lack of visible change, in any context
 
NHBL

NHBL

Hamlet: A tragedy
Hamlet is the tale of a small farming town in Denmark. In the midst of the Nazi occupation, one of the prominent members of the town killed the SS commander who was resting there after a hard day of collecting undesirables. The heroism of the people of this small, unnamed hamlet, representing the resistance everywhere, tried to get the guilty out of the town and to safety, but the Germans cut roads, and brought in troops in force.

When surrender was demanded, the speech the mayor gave to both the Germans and the townspeople about never yielding to tyranny is considered one of the great speeches of fiction.

With no surrender, the Grmans moved in in force. When the commander of the batallion strode triumphantly into the riuns of city hall, the dying mayor looked him in the eye, saying, "The hamlet here is lost, but the fight against tyranny will never end, so long as people are willing to die in defense of freedom. The offier had just enough time to realize what was happening as the mayor pushed a button... The vast stores of explosives stored for the resistance all went off at once.

One comment on the play written later: In act 1, the stage is strewn with rushes, in Act 5, the play is strewn with bodies.
 

UCB79

CountDVB said:
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: A graphic novel series, the premise is that the United States of America has a secret organization made up of powerful individuals (all of whom are from public domain American works) who work to protect the USA from these forces. Originally founded by Doc Savage, the original League fell apart when all but one was killed. The sole survivor was Patricia Savage, his cousin. Outraged, she took command of it and created a formal new league to stop the diabolical mechinations of her foe. She gathered many individuals such as Mandrake the Magician, his associate (and African King) Lothar, Detective Nick Carter, Olga Mesmer, The Domino Lady, Dr. Goodwin and Frank Reade Jr, all of whom have various reasons for joining. In addition, many other characters and stories are referenced such as meeting occultist Randoph Carter.

The first arc focused on the team investigating the last works of Doc Savage and his case regarding the mysterious villain he was up against. None other than Dr. Goodwin, who through his mysterious benefactors, worked to resurrect an army of the dead under his control to take over the USA.
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Dare I say it- this would make a heckuva
movie!
 
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