The Village Effect: Why Face-to-Face Contact Matters
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Marrying the findings of the new field of social neuroscience together with gripping human stories,...
Allison Anders recommended My Man Godfrey (1957) in Movies (curated)
Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated Déjà Dead (Temperance Brennan, #1) in Books
Sep 24, 2019
Really good!
I had no idea it was connected to the TV series Bones when I started reading it, very glad I didn't although Im glad I was told as it helped picturing Temperance. Loved the book although remind me not to be eating while reading 🤣. Looking forward to getting stuck into the series!!

Grave Mercy
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Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of...
David McK (3372 KP) rated Excalibur (1981) in Movies
Aug 4, 2020
Arthurs parentage via Uther and Ygraine
The whole 'Sword in the Stone' business
Merlin
Guinevere
Arthur's marriage
Lancelot
The Lady of the Lake (Listen, just 'cos some watery tart chucked a sword at you ...)
Guinevere And Lancelot's, ummm, dalliance
Morgana
The Search for the Holy Grail ("there's some lovely mud over here ...")
Mordred
Arthurs death
Avalon
(I'm not sure I've got all those in the right order)
Also starring some then up-and-coming but now well-known faces in Patrick Stewart and Liam Neeson, this is also surprisingly brutal, with some full-on nudity scenes, with the entire film acting as a counterpart (of sorts) to the Monty Python version - parts of which I've quoted above.
The Young Bride: A Novel
Ann Goldstein and Alessandro Baricco
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From international bestselling author, Alessandro Baricco, comes a scintillating and sensual novel...
Fantasy romance
Tribulation (Cops Planet #1)
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When a couple celebrates their eleventh marriage anniversary at their old mansion far from the city...
Adult Suspense Thriller
Playing with Fire (Magical Romantic Comedies #1)
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What do you get when you mix gorgons, an incubus, and the Calamity Queen? Trouble, and lots of it. ...
Adult Urban Fantasy
Winning the Highlander's Heart (The Highlanders #1)
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Lady Anice vows to flee the amorous advances of King Henry I, and return to her home in the...
Left For Dead (Morecambe Bay Trilogy #1)
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A return to the past. Two guilty secrets. A memory that won't stay buried ... When Charlotte and...