Learning Perl: Making Easy Things Easy and Hard Things Possible
Brian D. Foy, Tom Phoenix and Randal L. Schwartz
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If you're just getting started with Perl, this is the book you want-whether you're a programmer,...
Andy K (10823 KP) rated Ready Player One (2018) in Movies
Sep 30, 2018
I remember reading one time John Grisham was interviewed after The Firm was released and said if they had stuck to the book, 45 minutes of the movie would have been the characters making photo copies of important papers.
Books can delve into details better. An author can spend six chapters describing a tree or get into character's heads and know what they are thinking. There can even be 38 main characters.
Movies are completely different and should be judged that way. Some may say filmmakers changed certain elements which worked just fine in print. Truthfully I do not understand why things are changed either; however, just because something is different does not make it worse.
Whew ok.
Ready Player One was old school Spielberg magic, plain and simple. The story was nothing special. The villains were sort of cardboard and one-dimensional, but maybe they were supposed to be like that. I mean, weren't the villains in Real Genius or Biff Tannen just as hokey?
The visual splendor and eye candy I usually rip on were vast this time around and thoroughly kept me engaged the whole way through.
I will hopefully watch again soon so I can pick on some of the Easter eggs I missed the first time around.
This film is for anyone who lived through the 80's as I did and loves movies as I do.
Consumption and the Country House
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This study explores the consumption practices of the landed aristocracy of Georgian England....
The Dynamics of Managing Diversity: A Critical Approach
Gill Kirton and Anne-Marie Greene
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The Dynamics of Managing Diversity was one of the first books to respond to growing academic...
All Things New Study Guide with DVD: A Revolutionary Look at Heaven and the Coming Kingdom
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All Things New is a revolutionary four-session video Bible study built on a simple idea: heaven is...
All Things New Study Guide: A Revolutionary Look at Heaven and the Coming Kingdom
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All Things New is a revolutionary four-session video Bible study (DVD/digital video sold separately)...
Post-Autism: A Psychoanalytical Narrative, with Supervisions by Donald Meltzer
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Post-Autism recounts in close and vivid detail the story of the author's struggle to analyse and...
Glinda of Oz
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Peace, prosperity, and happiness are the rule in the marvelous Land of Oz, but in a faraway corner...
Merissa (14020 KP) rated Bear Creek Memorial Day (Holiday Mates #5) in Books
Jun 16, 2026
Jared was bisexual in his youth, but fell in love and married Lori. Unfortunately, their time together was short, and Jared is now living with his grief and learning how to carry on without her. He goes to the Christmas Faire in Bear Creek and is pulled on stage to do a dance with the Dancing Bears. Rowan is one of those bears, and his bear goes a little crazy when he scents Jared.
This is a low angst book, with Jared being understanding when Rowan's bear pushes, and Rowan giving Jared the time he needs. There are some s3xy scenes in here, but it is (as always) tastefully handled.
One thing I absolutely need to say - I love the amount of research that went into the pottery-making side of things. I had absolutely no idea about any of it, but I would definitely buy from Jared's store! I was honestly fascinated by it, and loved it when they could both work together.
Another great story from Mr Elliott, and definitely recommended by me.
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Merissa
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Jun 16, 2026
Janeeny (200 KP) rated Making Magic in Books
May 16, 2019
As a Pagan, and a dabbler in Wicca I’m always keen to learn other forms of practice and sometimes pick up other things to use in my rituals. So I was keen to read 'Making Magic' as the blurb sets it as “welcoming guide to accessing your magic and creating a spiritual path that is all your own”
It does just that, each chapter talks about an aspect of magic and gives you an idea and an example of ritual.
The concept isn’t anything new, but the rituals are pared down to the very basics. although it does suggest using certain talismans and trinkets they are not necesarry and each ritual can be brought right back down to nature. That was actually what I liked most about this book, the very basic nature of the rituals.
Most other books on practicing Paganism talk about ‘summoning your circle' or 'calling the corners', for someone like me that sometimes struggles with this kind of visualisation I was quite pleased to see that the ritual preperations in this book were just two cleansing breaths; In and Out. This is something which I shall definitly be adding to my own little pot pourri of paganism.
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