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Saving Normal: An Insider's Revolt Against Out-of-Control Psychiatric Diagnosis, DSM-5, Big Pharma, and the Medicalization of Ordinary Life

Allen Frances

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From "the most powerful psychiatrist in America" (New York Times) and "the man who wrote the book on...

Get into Medical School - 700 BMAT Practice Questions: With Contributions from Official BMAT Examiners and Past BMAT Candidates

Lydia Campbell

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With over 700 BMAT practice questions and explanations, this book constitutes an ideal preparation...

The 7 Wonders of Olive Oil: Stronger Bones, Cancer Prevention, Higher Brain Function, and Other Medical Miracles of the Green Nectar

Alice Alech and Cecile Le Galliard

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Entertainment Editor (1988 KP) rated Orléans in Tabletop Games

Mar 7, 2018

Orléans

2014 | Medieval, Religious, Travel

7.1

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Orleans is a bag-building and worker placement board game. You must increase your followers to take more actions, get board position and gain more VPs.

Orleans is a mid-weight board game with worker placement and area control mechanics. You must thoughtfully build your crew of followers in order to win.

The components for this game are very nice the art looks medieval and the tiles and chits are all durable. The rules are well written and easy to follow too.

Original Rating: 5/6
Reviewer: Unknown
Read the full review here: http://www.play-board-games.com/orleans-board-game-review/

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Dominique Marie (7 KP) rated Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in Books

Nov 28, 2018 (Updated Nov 28, 2018)

Back to the Classics Reading Challenge 2017
Category: Published Before 1800

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a medieval alliterative romance poem that is surprisingly deep for it's time. I really enjoyed it. The most striking thing about it to me was Gawain's character. He is a dynamic character which is not typical during that era of Literature. The imagery is fantastic. I chose the translation by Simon Armitage in audio book format. I really wanted to hear the poem spoken aloud, so this version was a great choice for me, and the introduction was very helpful.

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David McK (3547 KP) rated Wizard's Brew in Books

Jan 30, 2019

Comic fantasy that reminded me slightly of the great Terry Pratchett (writen in that vein), but not quite as good as his.

Set in an alternative medieval period, in the reign of Uther Pendragon (who is one of the characters in the book): in this case, Uther (and not Arthur) is the 'Once and Future King'. Unfortunately, the book also states that the author is working on a sequel: if he did, I never saw any sign of it in any of the bookshops, with the ending of this book leaving plenty (too much?) open to be included in that sequel.

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Cori June (3033 KP) rated Emperor of the Eight Islands in Books

Jan 16, 2020

Emperor of the Eight Islands

Lian Hearn | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry

6.0

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Once I got used to the writing style, (I had to read the first page like three times) the book was really intriguing. There are some incredibly disturbing and disgusting things that happened on the book especially in how the mask was made although it took me a minute to realize what was actually meant. It was a quick read.
It is set in what could be considered medieval Japan. There is mythical creatures, spirits, and mysticism.
I'm not sure if I'll reread it ever again but I'll continue to the next book to see where it goes.