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American Titan: Searching for John Wayne
Book
From the veteran New York Times bestselling biographer comes a major, in-depth look at one of the...
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The Tightrope Walkers
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The Tightrope Walkers by David Almond - a novel of young love and tragedy from the prizewinning...
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Lee KM Pallatina (951 KP) rated Escape from New York (1981) in Movies
Jun 18, 2019
In 1997, a major war between the U.S and Russia is continuing and the whole of Manhattan has been converted into a giant free roaming maximum security prison. When Air Force One is hijacked and crashes into the island, the president is taken hostage by inmates. Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell), a former Special Forces soldier turned criminal, is recruited to retrieve the president in exchange for his own freedom.
Dark toned action adventure spawning a cult franchise and heavily inspired the Metal Gear Solid franchise. (I mean its lead character is snake plissken)
co-written, co-scored and directed by John Carpenter.
It stars Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Donald Pleasence, Ernest Borgnine, Isaac Hayes, Adrienne Barbeau, and Harry Dean Stanton
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ClareR (5603 KP) rated The Western Wind in Books
Mar 28, 2021
The book works backwards from the time that a wealthy landowner, Thomas Newman, is seen floating, assumed drowned, in the river. The rural Dean arrives and advises the village priest, John Reve, to find the murderer or find proof that Newman has passed through purgatory - all before Lent begins.
There are a lot of confessions in this book. Villagers come to church to confess before the start of Lent, but none have the necessary information to tell Reve what happened. The Dean is a pretty unpleasant character: he pushes Reve to find a murderer, when it’s not really known whether Newman has been murdered at all.
John Reve appears to know and care for all of his parishioners. When two of them try to admit to Newman’s murder, Reve will not let them stand up and say that they’ve done it - and it does seem unlikely that they have. One, Sarah, a seriously ill woman, sees her confession as a way of escaping from her life of illness and pain.
This is a gentle, moving, descriptive book. There’s no fast action or tumultuous love affairs. This is the story of a priest who is doing his best for his parishioners. He takes his job seriously - it really is his calling. And there’s no earth shattering ending either. If you like a beautifully written book, then this will be the book for you.
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The Librarians - Season 1
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Magic exists but most people don't know about it. The artifacts that can cause mayhem are collected...
I recommend this book for anyone interested in learning more about the human body and how it works.
I received this ARC from NetGalley and Lerner Publishing Group and Hungry Tomato in exchange for an honest review.
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East of Eden (1955)
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Based on John Steinbeck's novel and directed by Elia Kazan, 1955's East of Eden is the first of...
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Blindspot - Season 2
TV Season
Blindspot returns for a high-octane new season as the mystery behind Jane Doe continues to deepen....
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Glauber Rocha, Ismail Xavier, Stepanie Dennison and Charlotte Smith
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Glauber Rocha is known as the visionary Brazilian director of landmark films, Black God, White...
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