TSwipe-Pro Keyboard
Utilities and Productivity
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TSwipe-Pro is a smart keyboard for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The main features include swiping,...
Wish You Were Here
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Their holiday brochure said 18 -- 30 ...But they've just turned 35. After ten years together Charlie...
Gates of Fire
Book
Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, That here, obedient to their laws, we lie. 480 BC: At...
The Heroines
Book
In Athens, crowds flock to witness the most shocking trial of the ancient world. The royal family is...
Greek Mythology Trigger warning: Rape
The Whispering Muse
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Be careful what you wish for... it may just come true. At The Mercury Theatre in London's West...
Naomi Forrest (42 KP) rated What Lexie Did in Books
Jan 9, 2019
All in all, I found this to be a vibrant, contemporary and culturally novel that shows Shevah has researched and engaged with Greek-Cypriot family life to an extremely high standard. Novels such as this are the reason I love Chicken House and the books they publish; their novels and authors are original, cutting edge and excite and engage children. I can't wait to read more of Shevah's work in future and get my year 6's fired up about this.
ClareR (5674 KP) rated Heroes (Stephen Fry’s Great Mythology Volume 2 in Books
Oct 24, 2019
So, Stephen tells us about Heracles, Perseus, Jason and others that I wasn’t as familiar with, like Oedipus and Bellerophon. Honestly, this book is bursting with heroes, and whilst this sounds like a ridiculous thing to say, what I actually mean is that I didn’t feel as though they were short changed in their space. All of the heroes were given their moments of glory again: their stories were told with care, with humour and with feeling. I’m hoping more will come out of this ‘Great Mythology’ series, because I am well up for listening to more. I’ll even pick up my Audible subscription again. I just need to get through the long list of Audible books that I have first...
Anyway, I would highly recommend this book and Mythos as well, and if you can, definitely listen to the audiobook version. You won’t regret it!
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2165 KP) rated Statue of Limitations in Books
Jan 29, 2020
As I was starting this book, I was thinking I was going to have problems with it. Athena’s family likes to spend their time meddling in her life, something that I find annoying. Honestly, the family needs more development quickly because I still found them annoying at the end. I also questioned just why Athena was going to such extremes to help a stranger. But I kept reading, and as I kept reading, I got more and more hooked on the story. Yes, there is a lot here, and in lesser hands, it might have gone very wrong. Here, it worked. There was always something going on to keep me engaged. The ending was a bit abrupt, but it did wrap everything up nicely. This is a light book, but if that is what you are looking for, you’ll be delighted. Kate Collins’s many fans will be very happy.
Herodotus: A Very Short Introduction
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Herodotus has come to be respected by most scholars as a responsible and important historian....