Sikunder Burnes: Master of the Great Game
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This is an astonishing true tale of espionage, journeys in disguise, secret messages, double agents,...
Henry VIII: The Life and Rule of England's Nero
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This compelling account of Henry VIII is by no means yet another history of the 'old monster' and...
Pier
Greg Doyle, Grant King and Katrina Kanetani
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Greg Doyle's Pier, a Sydney institution, is internationally renowned and awarded as one of...
Satire, Celebrity, and Politics in Jane Austen
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In Satire, Celebrity, and Politics in Jane Austen, Jocelyn Harris argues that Jane Austen was a...
The Paris Review Interviews: II
Philip Gourevitch and Orhan Pamuk
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A second volume of fascinating interviews from one of the world's best loved literary magazines...
Rinkitink in Oz
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"Rinkitink in Oz: Wherein is Recorded the Perilous Quest of Prince Inga of Pingaree and King...
Eternals
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During the 1970s, comics legend Jack "King" Kirby returned to the House of Ideas with perhaps his...
David McK (3721 KP) rated The World Is Not Enough (1999) in Movies
Aug 21, 2022 (Updated Sep 28, 2024)
Of the four Bond movies that Brosnan starred in - Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough and Die Another Day - this is, generally, my pick for the best (although I keep see-sawing between this one and Goldeneye).
I'll freely admit that the fact that we're supposed to believe Denise Richards is a nuclear physicist is ludicrous (to say the least), but Sophie Marceau's Elektra King more than makes up for it, as does the presence of Robert Carlyle, and even Judi Dench's 'M' who seems somewhat softer, more matriarchal - but still with a backbone of steel - than her later appearances in the Daniel Craig era.
This is the one that also sees Desmond Llewelyn's Q finally bow out of the picture, handing over to John Cleese's 'R' and - for my money - is also the last time Bond was allowed to be, well, fun!
Robin Hood and the Heretic Prince (Outlaw Chronicles #11)
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‘Your Excellency,’ said the knight, ‘there may also be Christians in there. How can we tell...
Music at Midnight: The Life and Poetry of George Herbert
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For the first time, John Drury convincingly integrates the life and poetry of George Herbert, giving...

