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Incidents

Roland Barthes and Teresa Lavender Fagan

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French philosopher and literary theorist Roland Barthes was one of the leading influences on the...

Addressing Climate Change for Future Generations: An Illustrated Biography of the Annual United Nations Climate Change Conference COP18/CMP8, Doha, the State of Qatar

Henry Dallal

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In December 2015, the nations of the world will gather in Paris with an opportunity to make history...

The Radium Woman

Eleanor Doorly

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The Radium Woman, The Life of Marie Curie by Eleanor Doorly is a classic and amazing insight into...

A Fashionably French Murder

Colleen Cambridge

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American expat Tabitha Knight has found a new life in postwar Paris, along with a delightful friend...

Mark Halpern (153 KP) rated Full Metal Jacket (1987) in Movies

Jan 3, 2018 (Updated Jan 3, 2018)

Full Metal Jacket (1987)

1987 | Action, Drama, War

8.5

(45 Ratings)

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This my Rifle This is My gun

This movie is one of the best look into Marine training at Paris Island. The movie is a nice look into the Vietnam war showcasing a great actor in Modine. His character is seen two ways (a killer and protector) and depending on your point of view you get to decide which one he is. The movie is suspenseful and filled with some good history. It also is a little depressing but, what war movie isn't. The best part in my opinion is that R. Lee Ermey was really a Master Sgt in the Marines so he didn't really need training to act the way he did. He frightened Modine as he said in several interviews

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Elli H Burton (1288 KP) rated Gilmore Girls - Season 7 in TV

Jun 14, 2019

The reunion of Luke and Lorelai - I cannot stress how much I love this coupling. (0 more)

Rory made the biggest mistake of her life in my opinion. (0 more)

FINALLY

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Rory not marrying Logan. WHY? I don't understand her logic of saying no.
The writers are ever so cruel to Lane, she finally becomes her own person and BANG she's pregnant. She finds out when shes like 3 weeks pregnant too, hmmm.
Chris and Lor marrying? Ughh what a waste of time.
Amoung the negativity there is however, some AWESOME moments.
Ended how it began, the kiss, (finally!!), rory finally makes friends other than Paris and Lane (again, finally) and Paris's work has paid off.
Ending was good but again, Rory saying no wasn't the right choice in my mind.

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Milleen (47 KP) rated All the Light We Cannot See in Books

Nov 14, 2018

All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry, History & Politics

8.4

(14 Ratings)

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This is another novel from 2015 that just keeps gaining popularity. During World War II a blind, french girl, Marie-Laure is forced to flee Paris for Saint-Malo hiding a jewel from her father’s museum. At the same time we learn about a german orphan Werner Pfennig, naturally adept at fixing radios and enlisted to use his skills to fight and find the French Resistance. Doerr interweaves the two characters lives with skill and attention to detail. His prose is beautifully crafted, drawing you into the past with flair and aplomb. This book took ten years to write and every page shows that not a word was wasted, Doerr rightfully received the Pulitzer Prize for this tome. A beautiful novel that deserves your full attention.