Most people who have followed this story know of the existence of video and written evidence detailing the actions and motives of the two killers. Part of what makes this book so compelling is that the author is able to use that mountain of evidence to get inside the minds of Eric and Dylan. The basement videos were just a small part of what they left behind. Each boy also left behind detailed journals which gave insight into their thinking.
This is a true life Lord of The Flies tale. It is a story of what can happen in a closed society where there is no law or social conscience. With a limited supply of women and no real risk of punishment, the men on the island took advantage of their dominance and routinely raped girls as young as nine. It all came to light when one of the victims revealed her story to an outsider who was visiting the island. Thus began a long multi-year process where a number of men were brought to trial for the alleged rapes.
The idea that you can predict future trends based on historical cycles has some merit. The author uses a myriad of cycles to explain his reasoning for his pessimistice outlook. Here are just a few: the terriosim cycle, innovation cycle, immigration cycle, geopolitical cycle, demograpic cycle, real estate cycle, various stock market cycles, commodities cycle, and the emerging markets cycle. The cycles range in time from as littles as eight or nine years, such as the terroisim cycle, to as long as 5,000 years for the civilization cycle.
When I first heard about the dramatic rescue of some fifteen Colombian hostages last year, I knew that a book was soon to follow. This is that book. This books tells the story of the three American hostages who were held captive for nearly six years in the jungles of Columbia.
There are as many theories about the person or persons responsible for the murder as there are suspects. The murder occurred in a house occupied by a large family along with a number of live in servants. There were also potential suspects outside the house. It is the job of Inspector Whicher to unravel the mystery.
The story told in The Lost City of Z is part adventure story and part biography of explorer Percy Fawcett. The book alternates between the story of Fawcett’s quest for the lost city of Z and the author’s quest to unravel the mystery behind Fawcett’s disappearance deep in the Amazon in 1925.