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Royce A. Ratterman

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As a 'child' of European stock, Mr. Ratterman currently resides in Europe.

His passion for writing poetry and short stories began while attending high school.

The following years found him writing skits and plays for the stage, creating websites, and composing letters-to-the-editor and featured articles.

In recent years Mr. Ratterman studied Filmmaking, Acting & Screenwriting. In addition he has completed numerous university courses in the Forensic Sciences.

He spends his days reading; devouring documentaries, crime dramas, and foreign dramatic works; and writing for a literacy team specifically designed to increase the reading comprehension and abilities of rural tribe members throughout our world. ...more

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If you could travel to any fictional book world, where would you go and what would you do there?

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I never stop traveling... through history, autobiographies, biographies, and other nonfiction lands of fascinating enchantment. Times spent with monar…more
I never stop traveling... through history, autobiographies, biographies, and other nonfiction lands of fascinating enchantment. Times spent with monarchs and leaders throughout their lives hundreds of years ago - Free vacations!
I enjoy watching from the safe distance of the written page all the while retaining that 'bird's eye view' of events... the good, the bad, and the twists and turns ahead.

-- Examples of past vacations:

-1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: A Memoir by Ai Weiwei
-The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
-1381 The Year of the Peasants' Revolt
-Unit 731: Japan's Secret Biological Warfare in World War II -Peter Williams & David Wallace
-The Secret Betrayal, Nikolai Tolstoy / Victims of Yalta, Tolstoy
-King John by W.L. Warren Published by Eyre and Spottiswoode
-Cleopatra: Last Queen of Egypt
-Yermak’s Campaign in Siberia by Terence Armstrong
-History of the Russian Revolution
-The Diary of Emily Caroline Creaghe, Explorer
-From the Cape to Cairo by Ewart S. Grogan
-The Discovery of the Amazon According to the Account of Friar Gaspar de Carvajal and Other Documents
-Through the Kalahari Desert
-Through Tibet to Everest
-The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich Hayek (1944)
-The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt (1949)
-The Spy Who Came in from the Co-op: Melita Norwood and the Ending of Cold War Espionage
-Saladin The Life, the Legend and the Islamic Empire by John Man (1137-1193)
-Great Eagle Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror by Aytaoc Eozkan (1432-1481)
-Suleiman the Magnificent: Scourge of Heaven (1494-1566)
-Strike First!: A Battle History of Israel's Six-Day War by Dayan, David
-The Sikh Religion and the Sikh People by Dr Sukhbir Singh Kapoor
-History of India by Kulke
-America Against America by Wang Huning
-Notes on a Cowardly Lion: the Biography of Bert Lahr
-Hachiko Waits by Newman, Leslea
-Chemical Warfare in Australia: Australia's Involvement in Chemical Warfare 1914 to Today
-Excavations at Cill Donnain: A Bronze Age Settlement and Iron Age Wheelhouse in South Uist: 9 by Mike Parker Pearson & Marek Zvelebil
-The Natashas: The Horrific Inside Story of Slavery, Rape, and Murder in the Global Sex Trade
-Tell This in My Memory: Stories of Enslavement from Egypt, Sudan, and the Ottoman Empire by Eve M. Troutt Powell
-Christian Slaves, Muslim Masters: White Slavery in the Mediterranean, The Barbary Coast, and Italy, 1500-1800 by R. Davis
-Slavery in the Islamic World by Mary Ann Fay
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“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” ― Ray Bradbury

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“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” ― Ray Bradbury

A 3rd bonus sentence: "The loss and restriction of words, instead of gains, is designed to diminish thought rather than help expression."
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	Cotton & Corn: A Place, A Life, A Memory 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rough Edges of the Cross: Y-MAX: Youth Maximum Security Detention Facility (Volume 1) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Starshine Kid: Arroyo Grande 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	En Bestemors Jul - En Fortelling om Julen (Norwegian Edition) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crack of the Whip: 1746-1963 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wagon: Dr. Tamarra and His Famous Elixir it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Guinea Pig Detective Bureau: The Cat's Collar it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rough Edges of the Cross: Eclipsing the Darkness it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rough Edges of the Cross: Cry of Silence it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Criminal Continuum: Teen Criminal Investigation Unit it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Retire of Hiatus?

24 June 2023

Time to retire, or engage on an extended hiatus, from this platform of review.

This will free up more time to simply read and enjoy and less time with notes, records and review... so many shelves of books on my shelves to read in addition to the dozens I placed in storage for the time being.

Now I will be able to read my collection with no thought of posting anything related to their con Read more of this blog post »

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“It's like a finger pointing away to the moon. Don't concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory.”
― Bruce Lee, Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living

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“Moral and ethical questions have no validity in Total War except in as far as their maintenance or destruction contributes towards ultimate Victory. Expediency, not morality, is the sole criterion of human conduct in Total War.’ Dennis Wheatley, Total War, 1941”
― Richard Overy, Blood and Ruins: The Last Imperial War, 1931-1945

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