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Being Dad: Short Stories About Fatherhood
Book
Fatherhood is in a state of flux. Gone are the simplistic gender roles of yesteryear, the clear...
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The British Cinema Book: 2009
Book
The new edition of The British Cinema Book has been thoroughly revised and updated to provide a...
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Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Book
William C. Morris Award Winner: Best Young Adult Debut of the Year * National Book Award Longlist ...
Fiction LGBTQ Gender studies
The story centres around Adrian Thorby and the events that happen to him over the week of the Cuban missile crisis. His age is never mentioned, but I'd put it at around 13. The tension between America and Russia is affecting Hull in 1962, but those aren't the only things that worry Adrian that week.
Generally, when starting a book I read as little of the blurb as possible, so I was a little shocked when, on the second page, there's the line:
<blockquote>"He felt his willy twitching..."</blockquote>
Don't get me wrong, it's realistic, but I hadn't been expecting it! There was more on this subject throughout the book, and at times it was somewhat awkward, but this was probably proportionate to the embarrassment Adrian was feeling!
McBurnie created really realistic relationships between the characters, whether Adrian's family or friends. I loved the sibling rivalry, and could really relate to the sense of panic Adrian's friend Tim and he felt when they 'lost' his brother's book.
It took me a little while to get into this, but once I did, I enjoyed it. It's a creeper! McBurnie captures the little things really well - fears about the nuclear threat, and family niggles, for example. I also thought that, once it got going, the story managed to evoke the history it was representing. The casual acceptance of caning in school helped with a lot of this, haha!
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Treasure Palaces: Great Writers Visit Great Museums
Book
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
Book
From a stunning villa on sunny Capri with Ali Smith to an unlikely temple in the heart of Copenhagen...
biography travel
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My Seven Chakras
Podcast
How to Meditate? What is Ayurveda? How do I learn Reiki? What is Energy Healing? What is Chakra...
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Frederick the Great: King of Prussia
Book
'Highly readable and deeply researched' - Andrew Roberts 'Masterful ...brilliantly brings to life...
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How Evolution Shapes Our Lives: Essays on Biology and Society
Jonathan B. Losos and Richard E. Lenski
Book
It is easy to think of evolution as something that happened long ago, or that occurs only in...
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Dig Your Own Hole by The Chemical Brothers
Album
Chemical Brothers are a British electronic duo who first formed in Manchester in 1989, consisting of...