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Thinking as Computation: A First Course

Hector J. Levesque

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This book guides students through an exploration of the idea that thinking might be understood as a...

Mundos en Palabras: Learning Advanced Spanish Through Translation

Angeles Carreres, Maria Noriega-Sanchez and Carme Calduch

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Mundo en palabras offers advanced students of Spanish a challenging but practical course in...

Microsoft Intune Company Portal

Business and Productivity

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Microsoft Intune helps organizations manage access to corporate apps, data, and resources. Company...

ClareR (5674 KP) rated Butter in Books

Sep 10, 2024

Butter

Asako Yuzuki | 2024 | Contemporary, Crime, Fiction & Poetry, Mystery

7.0

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Rika, a journalist, wants to interview female serial killer Manako Kajii, but Kajii doesn’t want to talk to anyone, least of all another woman. So Rita appeals to her love of cooking, and asks her for a recipe.

Initially I thought this would be a thriller, and whilst it has elements of that, its so much more. Butter looks at how women are regarded in society - how “thin is King (or Queen?)”, particularly in Japan. Kajii sets Rika tasks, one being to learn to cook and actually enjoy her food (that’s two tasks) - less of the “food is fuel” school of thought.

Rika learns that she’s lonely, her life is centred around her work. She wants independence, but she also wants connection. As Rita gains weight she feels happier in herself, but she’s judged by those around her of being slovenly. I mean, the work she puts in to learning to cook and actually cooking would say otherwise, but then that’s society for you.

I will say not to read this whilst you’re hungry. The descriptions of the food, it’s smell, texture, flavours - I’m getting hungry just thinking about it!

I’m glad I read this. It was a really interesting insight into Japanese culture, more so than ‘just’ a thriller. There were more food descriptions than murders, that’s for certain!!

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Kate (355 KP) rated Animal Cove - 3 Match Game in Apps

Mar 21, 2019

I would say it was very good, the story line and characters are different and it is nice to have a unique storyline, you have to collect keys in order to complete tasks to progress through the story (there are a lot of similar games with this idea) but at the moment it is getting very boring because the storyline run out a couple of hundred levels ago so I am just collecting stars for what I don't know yet. The good thing is that I don't have to spend money as the levels are not too hard and can be passed after a few tries.

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Kate (355 KP) rated Amazon Echo Dot (2nd Generation) in Tech

Jan 10, 2019

Amazon Echo Dot (2nd Generation)

Home Audio & Theater > Speakers, Smart Home

7.8

(112 Ratings)

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I am going to say its good because a lot of people I know have one in the house and will speak to it and have music played and questions asked, although the novelty does wear off and it is just as quick to look things up. But being a sci-fi fan I will not allow one in the house because one day all these things might come true and AI and robots are starting to take over every day tasks. I also don't like the way it is continually listening and storing records, so sorry no don't like the idea of it.