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The Working Class: Poverty, Education and Alternative Voices

Ian Gilbert

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Draws together educators from across the UK who call on all those working with young people in...

From Exclusion to Reciprocity: Learning from Success

Jona M. Rosenfeld and Jean-Michel Defromont

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Prof. Jona Rosenfeld is one of Israel's pioneering social workers. This, his autobiography, is a...

Asphalt Car Racing - Quick Getaway Chase Game

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*****LEAVE RUBBER IN THE DUST***** Burn up the street with the fastest and most exhilarating racing...

Whatchareadin (174 KP) rated Far from True in Books

May 10, 2018

Far from True

Linwood Barclay | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry

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Promise Falls is still under attack. Detective Barry Duckworth has his hands full with the number of incidents that are taking place in this small town. From the bombing of the drive-in movie screen to a burning bus rolling down the middle of town, there are too many things going on and no suspects to charge.

As they say, the sequel is never as good as the original, but it's close. A lot of the same characters return for Book Two of the Promise Falls Trilogy. In this edition, the main focus is the death of four Promise Falls residents after the drive in movie screen falls on them. Mainly the couple in the vintage Jaguar are a mysterious couple especially when the wife of the owner of that car, shows up alive. Who was in the car, then? There is also the constant recurrence of the number twenty-three. What does it have to do with anything and who is behind all of the incidents with that number included? There are a few twists that caught me by surprise and one moment when I shouted out loud, "I knew it!" This story started off a little slower than <u>Broken Promise</u> even with a exploding movie screen at the forefront. Will Detective Duckworth be able to tie these cases together and find out who is behind the mysterious and crazy 23 incidents?

The final book in the trilogy is call <u>The Twenty-Three</u>. I can't wait to read and finally find out how all of this is going to end for the residents of Promise Falls.

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Rachel Maria Berney (114 KP) rated The Yellow Wall-Paper in Books

Dec 4, 2018 (Updated Dec 4, 2018)

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If you love gothic, read this.

I had to read this for my English module at uni, and am really glad I did.
On the surface its really gothic and really creepy. Very well written and the author paints a great picture of someone going insane.
Underneath the surface, this is an attack on patriarchy in the enlightenment period. Knowing this makes it a completely different read, not so much gothic and more feminist and historic. There's a clear aim that to show the reader how enlightened men drive women insane.
On a side note, Charlotte gives us the first image of a creeping scary thing, way before we see this in horror movies in the 20th century.

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Awix (3310 KP) rated Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019) in Movies

Aug 2, 2019 (Updated Aug 2, 2019)

Head-bangingly silly action movie, but knowingly so; Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham squabble, drive very quickly and crossly, and crack heads all over the world while trying to stop Idris Elba from getting his hands on an apocalyptic McGuffin. Tip-top action choreography and a knowing sense of its own ridiculousness keep proceedings very engaging.

The subtext and character bits are perhaps a bit too perfunctory for the film to really fly, and there's a laborious comic relief turn from Kevin Hart which feels rather crow-barred in, but this ticks all the action and buddy movie boxes in lavish style. Features a cameo from Helen Mirren and Idris Elba being head-butted in slow motion, so surely there's something for everyone here.