CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Season 1
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It's all change at the Las Vegas Crime Lab following the shooting death of Holly Gribbs ("Pilot"),...
A Clean Break: My Story
Christophe Bassons, BenoIt Hopquin and Peter Cossins
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Christophe Bassons is a former professional cyclist. His career was a successful one albeit never in...
London Buildings Colouring Book
Robin Farquhar and Hannah Dipper
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This exquisite colouring book, a design object in its own right, contains 45 stylish line...
Early Childhood Playgrounds: Planning an Outside Learning Environment
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The outdoor play environment has an integral role to play in a child's learning across the pivotal...
Poems: 1962-1997
Robert Lax and John Beer
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"One of the great original voices of our times--a pilgrim in search of beautiful innocence."--Jack...
Judge Dredd Year Two
Michael Carroll, Cavan Scott and Matt Smith
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The perfect series to read following the cult smash-hit movie Dredd, starring Karl Urban....
Tom Turner (388 KP) rated Skallagrigg in Books
Jun 15, 2021
This story is so much more than its basics of being an exploration of disability. Though as someone with a disability it did bring home to me how much my life could have been different if I had been born in a different era - but also, how far society has yet to travel. It's as much a story about the human spirit and the importance of wholeness. To be honest, there are many levels one could read this book. If one has the tearducts strong enough, I am sure it's the kind of book that a reread would give even greater insight than the first read through. I first picked this up in the early 2000's, and for various reasons never finished a complete read through until now. But it was definitely one of those books that kept calling me back, and I'm so glad it did!
If you can get hold of a copy, it really is a must read!
David McK (3372 KP) rated Angels and Demons in Books
Jul 4, 2021
And, like, I'm sure, many others, I actually read that sequel first, only later discovering it was such (although, admittedly, not a direct sequel) and going back to read the first on the series.
This is the one largely set in and around Rome, with a high-tech ticking time-bomb counting down in Vatican City as the Cardinals all meet to elect a new Pope following the death of the previous incumbent of that role. It also makes lots of the (supposed?) divide between religion and science, drawing on lots of conspiracy theories and bringing back into the realms of popular culture that old secret society, the illuminati.
I have no problem with any of that, and I do like a bit of derring-do, mystery and romance, but even I found it hard at times to swallow some of the outlandish scenarios and set pieces of this novel - I think, for me, the icing on the cake was the surviving-a-jump-out-of-a-helicopter-without-a-parachute bit towards the end!
LeftSideCut (3778 KP) rated Leprechaun 2 (1994) in Movies
Oct 28, 2020
Is his weakness four leaf clovers as established in the previous film? Nah, it's iron now apparently. Is he still 600 years old as claimed in the first film? Sit down, he's 2000 years old now.
What I'm saying is, Leprechaun 2 just flat out does what the fuck it wants, continuaty be damned, which is kind of annoying, but then again, I hardly care.
It feels like a more ambitious project though, expanding on the origins of the Leprechaun lore, and it feels like it has a bigger budget (honestly not sure if that's true or not). Warwick Davis is once again doing what he does, which is no bad thing, but all of the other characters are just kind of there, although I appreciate the cameos from Clint Howard, Kimmy Robertson, and Michael McDonald.
Leprechaun 2 is alright I guess. It's still run-of-the-mill slasher trash, but I actually had more fun with it than the first one, and am just trying to enjoy the little quality that is there whilst it lasts...
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