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Post-War British Literature and the 'End of Empire': 2016
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This book examines literary texts by British colonial servant and settler writers, including Anthony...
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The Spanish Princess
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Catherine of Aragon, the beautiful teenaged princess of Spain who was promised the English throne...
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RHS Great British Village Show: What Goes on Behind the Scenes and How to be a Prize-Winner
Alan Titchmarsh, Thane Prince and Matthew Biggs
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Enter a world of tents, tea, and terrifically good jam with RHS Great British Village Show. Written...
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Treasure Palaces: Great Writers Visit Great Museums
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From a stunning villa on sunny Capri with Ali Smith to an unlikely temple in the heart of Copenhagen...
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Treasure Palaces: Great Writers Visit Great Museums
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From a stunning villa on sunny Capri with Ali Smith to an unlikely temple in the heart of Copenhagen...
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Gareth von Kallenbach (971 KP) rated Tower Heist (2011) in Movies
Aug 7, 2019
Josh Kovacs (Ben Stiller), former general anager of The Tower, has an idea to steal the defrauded employees’ money back, but he needs help with his grand scheme. Josh brings in his brother-in-law Cole Howard (Casey Affleck) and Rick Malloy (Michael Pena). Both are former employees and as such have a score to settle. Josh also enlists the help of Odessa Montero (Gabourey Sidibe) who is currently a maid at the Tower and Chase Fitzhugh (Matthew Broderick), a former resident.
While eager to do what they believe is right, the group does not have a background in crime, so Josh brings in Slide (Eddie Murphy), a thief from his neighborhood that he has known since childhood. Will this band of merry men and woman be successful and save the day Robin Hood-style or will they run afoul of FBI Agent Claire Denham (Tea Leoni)?
The film has a very entertaining story that unfolds beautifully and a better cast would be impossible to find. Now with that said, there were some parts in the movie that were distracting to me because I could not suspend my disbelief that far, however, I can’t say what they are due to the fact that I do not want to spoil any scenes for you.
Eddie Murphy did an amazing job of keeping his character realistic and at the same time unbelievably funny. Without a doubt every scene Murphy is in is golden. Not only did Alan Alda’s character get arrested for stealing people’s money but he almost stole the show. And even though every fiber of my being wanted to dislike his character, who is an arrogant, self-righteous, demeaning jerk; Alda portrayed him in such a way that I was actually sort of hoping that the character would get away with it. Now I know all you Benheads out there are asking “What about Ben Stiller?” You all will be happy to know that he was great, he was definitely the humorous glue that held the movie together. Matthew Broderick, Michael Pena and Casey Affleck were all very entertaining though at times Casey gets drowned out by the others. Last but certainly not least Gabourey Sidibe and Tea Leoni were both great and incredibly funny however they did not get anywhere near as much screen time as I would have liked.
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Contested Spaces of Early America
Juliana Barr and Edward Countryman
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Colonial America stretched from Quebec to Buenos Aires and from the Atlantic littoral to the Pacific...
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Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated The Redeemed ( Jenny Cooper 3) in Books
Apr 2, 2023
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The Redeemed (Jenny Cooper 3)
By M.R. Hall ( Matthew Hall)
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A man's body is discovered in a church yard, the sign of the cross carved into his abdomen. Later he is found to be Alan Jacobs, a troubled psychiatric nurse. It seems to Jenny Cooper, Severn Vale District Coroner, this is likely to be an open and shut suicide case, but something tells her to probe a little deeper ...Then an enigmatic young priest, Father Lucas Starr, entreats Jenny to hold an inquest into the death of reformed porn actress, Eva Donaldson. Jenny's investigations will lead her to a powerful new religious group The Mission Church of God; and when it later emerges that Jacobs was also a member of the church, Jenny realises that more could link the deaths of these victims than she could have realised. Meanwhile Jenny must finally confront the demons of her past; and as her private life threatens to shatter, faces intense pressure from all angles to cease her investigations. But to Jenny Cooper, whose whole life has been governed by deception, the truth is everything..
I really like this series I really do but this one while it was good and I enjoyed it to a point it was just lacking a little. Seemed very rushed at the end and I’m not quite sure that the ending with Craven was needed. Maybe it’s just me? Overall I like the writing style and detail in his books I just wanted more from this. Still a decent read.
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Christians and Jews in Angevin England: The York Massacre of 1190, Narratives and Contexts
Sarah Rees Jones and Sethina C. Watson
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The mass suicide and murder of the men, women and children of the Jewish community in York on 16...
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Crises in Economic and Social History: A Comparative Perspective
A.T. Brown, Andy Burn and Rob Doherty
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This collection of essays brings together historians examining social and economic crises from the...