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Economic and Environmental Regulation of International Aviation: From Inter-National to Global Governance

Steven Truxal

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The core structure of the regulatory regime for international civil aviation (the 'Chicago System')...

The Jungle

Upton Sinclair and Ronald Gottesman

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One of the most powerful, provocative and enduring novels to expose social injustice ever published...

Love Saves the Day: A History of American Dance Music Culture

Tim Lawrence

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Disco is the music that America tried to forget. By the end of the 1970s "Saturday Night Fever"...

Andy K (10821 KP) created a post in Movies are the shiz!

Apr 7, 2018

Top 20 highest grossing films never to hit #1 in the US for any weekend:

1 Sing $270,395,425 2016
2 My Big Fat Greek Wedding $241,438,208 2002
3 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel $219,614,612 2009
4 Alvin and the Chipmunks $217,326,974 2007
5 Sherlock Holmes $209,028,679 2009
6 World War Z $202,359,711 2013
7 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs $196,573,705 2009
8 Interstellar $188,020,017 2014
9 The Day After Tomorrow $186,740,799 2004
10 Dances with Wolves $184,208,848 1990
11 Lincoln $182,207,973 2012
12 How to Train Your Dragon 2 $177,002,924 2014
13 The Greatest Showman $172,697,432 2017
14 A Beautiful Mind $170,742,341 2001
15 Chicago $170,687,518 2002
16 Bridesmaids $169,106,725 2011
17 Casino Royale $167,445,960 2006
18 Kung Fu Panda 2 $165,249,063 2011
19 Catch Me If You Can $164,615,351 2002
20 Django Unchained $162,805,434 2012

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David McK (3280 KP) rated Summer Knight (The Dresden Files, #4) in Books

Jan 28, 2019

The fourth installment of jim Butchers' "The Dresden Files" series, this sees the eponymous PI/Wizard-for-hire (the only professional wizard in the Chicago Phone Book) becoming embroiled in Faerie politics, as he is hired by the Winter Queen to solve a murder. Meanwhile, Harry has also to deal with the backlash from the Wizard High Council, who blame him for starting a war between the Wizards and the Vampire Courts, as he's also desperately looking for a cure for his ex-girlfriend who was bitten by a vampire towards the end of 'Grave Peril'.

This book also sees a welcome return of Karrin Murphy to a larger role than in the last novel, and with Harry still wise-cracking his way through the plot it also 'felt' (if that's the word I'm looking for) lighter than that previous installment.