My Fair Lady (1964)
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In this beloved musical, pompous phonetics professor Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison) is so sure of his...
My Left Foot (1989)
9.5
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No one expects much from Christy Brown (Daniel Day-Lewis), a boy with cerebral palsy born into a...
Masculinities Under Neoliberalism
Andrea Cornwall, Frank G. Karioris and Nancy Lindisfarne
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Neoliberalism has had a radical impact on the lived, gendered experiences of people around the...
Beyond the Farm Gate: The Story of a Farm Boy Who Helped Make the Wheat Pool a World-Class Business
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One of Canada's greatest sons, E.K. (Ted) Turner helped set the stage for Saskatchewan's economic...
Mystic River (2003)
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Nominated for six Academy Awards, including "Best Picture," 2003's Mystic River tells the the tale...
Edwards basically writes some (I believe) far fetched memoir but mingles it with self help bullshit that has been regurgitated from other peoples ideas. I am confused by the author's objectives. Whilst I appreciate any woman who is a good and opinionated feminist, I feel that Edward's 'Sisterhood' is cringey. The writer comes across as middle class and perhaps would have benefited from excluding her middle class status to seem less arrogant to working class readers.
I learned of a technique for essay writing in college (PEE) Point, Evidence and Evaluation. This is a formula that Edwards uses throughout her book and it makes the flow very artificial instead of conversational.
On the plus side, it was her first novel, and she managed to write it and publish it. It just wasn't for me.
Giving Voice: Mobile Communication, Disability, and Inequality
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Mobile technologies are often hailed as a way to "give voice to the voiceless." Behind the praise,...
Modernity Britain: 1957-1962
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David Kynaston's history of post-war Britain has so far taken us from the radically reforming Labour...
Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated The Girlfriend in Books
Sep 26, 2017
A young woman begins a relationship with a man much wealthier than herself, who she hopes to extort luxuries in the future. The man, who is oblivious to everything on earth, has a tiger mum, fiercely protective over her son, having a loveless marriage and having lost her first child. So it's a battle about who wins Daniel and how far they will go.
It is fairly obvious which way the story will lean towards, especially by half way, and there are a few pointless characters such as Izzy, a friend of the mother. And Tooting is actually a very fashionable place I'll have you know.
Some holes in the plot, and irritating generalities, but good story.
Manchester's Radical Mayor: Abel Heywood, the Man Who Built the Town Hall
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KNOWN in his day as the man who built the Town Hall, Abel Heywood was a leading Manchester publisher...