Objects as Actors: Props and the Poetics of Performance in Greek Tragedy
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Objects as Actors charts a new approach to Greek tragedy based on an obvious, yet often overlooked,...
Night School: Wake up to the power of sleep
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Almost a third of your whole life is spent asleep. Night School uncovers the scientific truth about...
David McK (3505 KP) rated Bird Box (2018) in Movies
Aug 23, 2020 (Updated Jan 17, 2023)
Starring Sandra Bullock, this was sold on the (strong) imagery of a blindfolded woman leading two equally blindfolded children through a river journey - the film, later, makes it clear that this is because a mysterious entity has decimated the population, driving whoever sees it (we don't) mad and causing them to commit suicide.
The film is actually told in both the 'now' of the journey and '5 year previously' (when this first started happening), with Sandra Bullock's character of Malorie heavily pregnant and trapped in a house with other survivors - we know, of course (they're not in the 'now'!) that they're all going to be bumped off one by one, but the suspense is in the how and when.
The ending also, apparently, is a lot less dark that the book on which it is based, and I still have little idea why the film is even called Bird Box!
A Quick Guide to Writing Business Stories: Crafting Basic Business Stories
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Business journalism is of critical importance to society, though it may appear to some that it...
Designing for User Engagement on the Web: 10 Basic Principles
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Designing for User Engagement on the Web: 10 Basic Principles is concerned with making user...
ICOON global picture dictionary
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"Those who want to go abroad should download ICOON" CNET "I am confident, ICOON will become one...
Being with and Saying Goodbye: Cultivating Therapeutic Attitude in Professional Practice
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At a time of increasing financial pressure on families - as well as the services that support them -...
Domonique (0 KP) rated The Walking Dead: v. 1: Days Gone Bye in Books
May 12, 2018
Jornalero: Being a Day Laborer in the USA
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The United States has seen a dramatic rise in the number of informal day labor sites in the last two...
As far as the dresses themselves: They are all very unique. It's hard for me to visualize how I personally would wear some of them. Some are really cool. I like most of them. Some are just odd.
But then I was never much of a fashionista. My sister used to match my clothes for me. And I'm amazed I haven't gotten kicked off campus for some of the things I've worn.
Still, most of the dresses have a very artistic appeal to them. Only a very few do I actually dislike.
The only reason I don't give this book a 4 or a 4.5 is because, although they are very creative and interesting, some are impractical and I can't really see someone wearing them for anything other than a very specific occasion.
Recommendation: intermediate/advanced seamstresses