The Brief (Charles Holborne #1)
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The legal thriller series you need to read! Perfect for fans of John Grisham, Robert Bailey, Michael...
London 1960s
ClareR (5603 KP) rated The Leviathan in Books
Feb 3, 2023
This beautiful story really does evoke the time: how women were regarded as witches if they knew too much, looked to beautiful, looked too ugly, or were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. I enjoyed reading about their thoughts on religion, philosophy and how the law worked. There was even a part for John Milton himself.
There are secrets galore, a shipwreck and a real leviathan. The menace seems to be constantly radiating off the page in this dark (and it felt to me) grey and damp time!
Recommended.
A History of Heists: Bank Robbery in America
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No crime is as synonymous with America as bank robbery. Though the number of bank robberies...
Human Rights and Common Good: Collected Essays: Volume III
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This central volume in the Collected Essays brings together John Finnis's wide-ranging contribution...
Gareth von Kallenbach (971 KP) rated Something Borrowed (2011) in Movies
Aug 7, 2019
Rachel (Ginnifer Goodwin) is a successful New York City lawyer, the ever-loyal and perpetual good girl, who, on the night of her surprise 30th birthday party, sleeps with Dex, her old study buddy and secret crush from law school. Unfortunately, Dex happens to be the fiancé of Rachel’s egotistical best friend Darcy’s (Kate Hudson). Throughout the movie you find Rachel conflicted with the thought of hurting her best friend because she has just realized she is in love with Dex (Colin Egglesfield). Dex feels equally guilty for having fallen for Rachel but would rather do what everyone expects him to do, as opposed to following his heart.
As Rachel tries to assist the self-absorbed party girl Darcy plan her wedding, she finds it difficult to to hide her feelings for Dex. Rachel and Darcy’s childhood friend Ethan (John Krasinski) figures out that Rachel and Dex are more than just friends. He lends a shoulder for Rachel to lean on as well as some very harsh criticisms to help her realize that she does deserve to be happy.
Based on the novel written by Emily Giffin, Something Borrowed is a romantic comedy that explores the true meaning of friendship, love and ethics. Always a fan of Ginnifer Goodwin, she does a decent job at playing our heroine/doormat, Rachel White. Kate Hudson was spot-on with the role of self-centered, always-gets-her-way Darcy. And let’s not forget the Tom Cruise look-alike, Colin Egglesfield, who for some reason didn’t impress me much as Dex. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but there was definitely something missing there. Plug in some weekend getaways to the Hamptons, some awkward drinking and partying moments, some flashback moments of Darcy and Rachel’s childhood as well as flashbacks to Rachel’s law school days when she was swooning over Dex and voila! A mediocre, very predictable movie. I’d have to say if it wasn’t for the sarcastic comedic stylings of John Krasinski as Ethan, this movie would have been a major flop.
This film is definitely a twist on My Best Friend’s Wedding, but not in the best way. If nothing else, it’s worth seeing as a “girls night out” kind of movie!
The Stuarts
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When James VI of Scotland succeeded Elizabeth as James I on the throne of England in 1603, the...
Encyclopedia of Technology and Innovation Management
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Get complete, up-to-date and authoritative coverage of technology and innovation. A broadly...
Illiberal Reformers: Race, Eugenics, and American Economics in the Progressive Era
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In Illiberal Reformers, Thomas Leonard reexamines the economic progressives whose ideas and reform...
Innovation in Libraries and Information Services
Wendy Evans, David Baker and Samantha Schmehl Hines
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This volume of Advances in Library Administration and Organization takes as its underpinning theme...