Edie Falco on Law & Order was a joy to watch this year.
The Keepers - Season 1
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From director Ryan White (The Case Against 8, Good Ol’ Freda) comes The Keepers, a riveting...
True crime crime documentary
The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple
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In the 1950s, a young Indianapolis minister named Jim Jones preached a curious blend of the gospel...
crime spiritual religion
Member of the Family: Manson, Murder and Me
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Following the recent death of Charles Manson – the leader of the sinister 60s cult – Dianne Lake...
biography crime
Mindhunter - Season 1
8.4
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In the late 1970s two FBI agents expand criminal science by delving into the psychology of murder...
Crime thriller
Killers of the Flower Moon (2018)
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Members of the Osage tribe in the United States are murdered under mysterious circumstances in the...
biography true crime drama
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FT commissioning editor Maria Crawford chooses her must-read titles:
All We Saw
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A mesmerising, luminously beautiful new poetry collection from Anne Michaels, internationally...
House of Lords and Commons
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'Exquisite' (New Yorker), 'breathtaking' (Los Angeles Times), 'baroque and moon-lit' (Boston Globe)...
poetry
The year is nearly over, and you might finally have enough time to actually play some of the biggest games of 2017.
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
7.2
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PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS or PUBG pits up to 100 players against one another in a...
action adventure
Super Mario Odyssey
8.5
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Join Mario on a massive, globe-trotting 3D adventure and use his incredible new abilities to collect...
Horizon Zero Dawn
8.8
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Explore a vibrant world rich with the beauty of nature – but inhabited by awe-inspiring, highly...
Horizon: Zero Dawn
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
9.0
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Amnesiac protagonist Link awakens from a hundred-year slumber to a mysterious voice that guides him...
Zelda Nintendo Open-World Story
Resident Evil 7 biohazard
8.3
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Step into a Resident Evil experience quite unlike anything you’ve ever encountered as the series...
Resident Evil 7
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Treble Magazine's list of the best electronic albums of the year is itchy, angsty, uncomfortable and weird—more so than usual.
Black Origami by Jlin
9.0
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Planet Mu are very excited to announce Jlin's long awaited second album Black Origami . A...
dance electronic
American Dream by LCD Soundsystem
8.6
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American Dream is the fourth studio album by LCD Soundsystem, released on September 1, 2017, by DFA...
From Monty Don’s best-selling guide to gardening principles to peeking into the plots of the rich and famous, there’s much to enjoy:
The Secret Gardeners: Britain's Creatives Reveal Their Private Sanctuaries
Victoria Summerley and Hugo Rittson-Thomas
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The Secret Gardeners is a captivating photographic portrait of the private gardening passions of 25...
The Thoughtful Gardener: An Intelligent Approach to Garden Design
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'Jinny's genius is to marry a beautiful vision to an extraordinary empathy with the landscape into...
Winter Gardens: Reinventing the Season
Book
Cedric Pollet is the author / photographer of the acclaimed book Bark: An Intimate Look at the...
Head Gardeners
Ambra Edwards and Charlie Hopkinson
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What is Britain's greatest contribution to world culture? Ambra Edwards suggests it is the garden....
Beth Chatto's Shade Garden: Shade-Loving Plants for Year-Round Interest
Beth Chatto and Steven Wooster
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First published as Beth Chatto's Woodland Garden by Cassell in 2002, this Pimpernel Classic edition...
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Cannibalism in France, a latterday Our Gang in Florida, three women in Tel Aviv, and – at last! – a Blade Runner sequel are among the year’s must-sees:
In Between (Bar Bahar) (2016)
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Three Palestinian women living in an apartment in Tel Aviv try to find a balance between traditional...
drama
Get Out (2017)
8.0
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A young black man named Chris visits the family of his white girlfriend, and discovers something...
Satire Social commentary Satirical thriller
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
8.1
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In the year 2049, a bioengineered human replicant named Officer K tracks down and eliminates...
Neo-noir Tech noir
Toni Erdmann (2016)
8.0
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Winfried doesn't see much of his working daughter Ines. He pays her a surprise visit in Bucharest,...
comedy drama
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Power on the page: 20 titles that engrossed and delighted theartsdesk's critics this year:
Norse Mythology
8.4
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The great Norse myths are woven into the fabric of our storytelling - from Tolkien, Alan Garner and...
Admissions: A Life in Brain Surgery
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Henry Marsh has spent a lifetime operating on the surgical frontline. There have been exhilarating...
A Rogues' Gallery: Off the Record Encounters with Figures of Fame, Folly and Fun 1950-2000: 1950/2000
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A Rogues' Gallery is a journey through the past half-century, charting the ups and downs of leading...
Why Dylan Matters
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A GUARDIAN AND INDEPENDENT BEST MUSIC BOOK OF 2017 ‘At last an expert classicist gets to grips...
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See full post at : https://beradandread.wordpress.com/2018/03/30/fridays-five-3-30-2018/
Flowers for Algernon
9.1
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The classic novel about a daring experiment in human intelligence Charlie Gordon, IQ 68, is a floor...
This is a list of books I have read so far and liked some of the books I have read quite a number of times over the last year and a bit
Feast of Fools (The Morganville Vampires, #4)
8.4
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The wait is over. dig into the feast... In the town of Morganville, vampires and humans live in...
Midnight Alley (The Morganville Vampires #3)
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MORGANVILLE IS SUCH A NICE PLACE TO LIVE... AND DIE. IF YOU DON'T MIND THAT SORT OF THING. When...
The Good Life
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Ten years on from Brightness Falls, Russell Calloway is still a literary editor; his wife Corrine...
Under the Dome
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The second season of the television adaptation of UNDER THE DOME will receive its UK premiere on...
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Books I have read one or more than once over the past year and a half
The Hobbit
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The Hobbit is the unforgettable story of Bilbo, a peace-loving hobbit, who embarks on a strange and...
Second Chance
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The London 2012 Olympic medalist on his stunning comeback. Mark Todd's eventing career is the stuff...
