
The Tower
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The much anticipated final instalment in the bestselling conspiracy thriller trilogy by Simon Toyne,...

Miss You
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Get to know Tess and Gus in Kate Eberlen's first novel, Miss You. A Richard and Judy Book Club...

Mummy, Nurse...Duchess?: Falling for the Foster Mum: Book 4
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Mummy, Nurse...Duchess? by Kate Hardy Nurse Rosie Hobbes knows charming men cannot be trusted....

British Theatre Companies: 1965-1979: Cast, the People Show, Portable Theatre, Pip Simmons Theatre Group, Welfare State International, 7:84 Theatre Companies
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This series of three volumes provides a groundbreaking study of the work of many of the most...

Divine Work: Japanese Colonial Cinema and its Legacy
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"The Greater East Asian Film Sphere" (GEAFS) was a term that came into existence around 1941. Linked...

In Defense of the Princess: How Plastic Tiaras and Fairytale Dreams Can Inspire Smart, Strong Women
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It's no secret that most girls, at some point, love all things princess: the poofy dresses, the...

Architectures of Violence: The Command Structures of Modern Mass Atrocities, from Yugoslavia to Syria
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Paramilitary or irregular units have been involved in practically every case of identity-based mass...

Donna C (199 KP) rated London's No.1 Dog-Walking Agency in Books
Mar 25, 2021
This is Kate MacDougall's account of setting up a dog walking service in London, before anyone else was doing it. She leaves her office job at Sotheby's after knocking over one too many valuable objects and starts off walking one dog.
As the number of dogs increases, she has to bring in other walkers. We hear about some of the dogs, some of the strange owners, the successes and failures of the walkers, and the stages of Kate's life over a period of about ten years.
I found it entertaining, sometimes funny and there is a bit of sadness of course as dogs don't go on forever. Kate's mum is a bit of a hoot with her expectations of how life should go, and Kate's life is chaotically not living up to that.
The dogs are lovely despite some of their issues, the owners are trying their best for their dogs (although some shouldn't have them as they have no clue!), and it is an enjoyable and quick read.

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Joe Goodhart (27 KP) rated A Book of Dreams in Books
Nov 30, 2020
I found the book available for my Kindle, so I gave it read, as it was on my "Life's Reading Bucket List". And, while I am glad to have checked it off that virtual list, it was not what I was expecting.
The book jumped perspectives - from 10 year old Peter to his adult self, in the 1970's - leaving me a bit disoriented at points, making it difficult to focus on the underlying story. It recollects memories, interspersed with odd, dream-like statements. And, at the end of it all? Not really much of an ending, nor a conclusion to all the oddness.
Conclusion? I still love the song "Cloudbusting". The book that inspired it? Not so much.