DreamWorks Dragons: Race to the Edge - Season 1
TV Season
DRAGONS: RACE TO THE EDGE is set between the stories of How to Train Your Dragon and How to Train...
The Lasko Tangent
Book
William Lasco is a self-made multimillionaire who's got an eye for wealth and influence, the ear of...
Winnie-the-Pooh
Book
Curl up with a true children's classic by reading A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh. Winnie-the-Pooh may...
Whatchareadin (174 KP) rated A Land More Kind Than Home in Books
May 10, 2018
So how is it that Christopher Hall is now dead after going to the church? This was the very reason children were not supposed to be there in the first place.
Christopher is a mute and has been all his life. His brother Jess and he are always together. One day when they are playing around the house, they break the waterspout going into the rain barrel. They were trying to spy on their parents, but their mother has always told them that spying was wrong. After running from "the scene of the crime," Jess discovers that it's not his father that was in there making the strange noises with his mother. After this discovery, Jess is concerned when Christopher is called to go to church for healing.
Wiley Cash has written an amazing story that makes you question humanity and religion in America. Some people will believe just about anything in order to belong. The things you read in this book will have your mind reeling. Even though it took me a couple of weeks to read this book, if I hadn't been so busy I would have gotten it done faster. I read the last 100 pages in one night.
I look forward to reading what else Mr. Cash has to offer.
Disk-Based Algorithms for Big Data
Book
Disk-Based Algorithms for Big Data is a product of recent advances in the areas of big data, data...
The Religious Studies Project
Podcast
The Religious Studies Project (RSP) is an international collaborative enterprise launched in January...
Awix (3310 KP) rated She (1965) in Movies
Feb 24, 2018
Obviously, you have to overlook the fact that the ancient Egyptian queen looks and sounds so Swiss, but apart from that there is a lot to enjoy here, although it is probably all a bit unreconstructed by modern standards (the whiter and blonder you are, the more important and beautiful). Peter Cushing does the business, as usual; Christopher Lee doesn't get enough to do. The main problem is that the film's central relationship (between Richardson and Andress) is just terribly tepid and not dramatic enough to power the second half of the film; as a result this is one of those movies that starts very strongly but discovers that the lost city is worth seeing, but not really worth the trouble of going to see. Probably still worth a look, overall, if 60s fantasy films are your cup of tea.
Southern Water, Southern Power: How the Politics of Cheap Energy and Water Scarcity Shaped a Region
Book
Why has the American South - a place with abundant rainfall - become embroiled in intrastate wars...
1941: A Global Conflict
John Christopher and Campbell McCutcheon
Book
1941 At the beginning of the year, Britain stood alone against Germany and Italy. The war in Africa...
The Paper Bag Christmas
Book
A heart-tugging tale of a boy and a troubled little girl who discover that the true spirit of...