Ballerina Body
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The celebrated ballerina and role model, Misty Copeland, shares the secrets of how to reshape your...
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Drawing in the Design Process: Characterising Industrial and Educational Practice
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In the early days of the digital revolution in graphic design, many designers and teachers of design...
Facilities Management and Corporate Real Estate Management as Value Drivers: How to Manage and Measure Adding Value
Per Anker Jensen and Theo Van der Voordt
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Facilities Management (FM) and Corporate Real Estate Management (CREM) are two closely related and...
Practical Guide to Logistic Regression
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Practical Guide to Logistic Regression covers the key points of the basic logistic regression model...
The Field Guide to Achieving HR Excellence Through Six Sigma
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In an environment where many organizations think of human capital assets as little more than expense...
Community-Based Adaptation: Mainstreaming into National and Local Planning
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Community-based adaptation (CBA) to climate change is based on local priorities, needs, knowledge...
David McK (3816 KP) rated Dr. No (1962) in Movies
Apr 30, 2023
Now over 60 years old (at the time I’m writing this), it’s noticeable how ‘fully formed’ the tropes of the series are here right out of the gate: the flirting between Bond and Moneypenny, the mutual respect between Bond and M, the exotic locales, the girls (for better or worse), the secret bases, the villains with a penchant for explaining their dastardly plans before letting Bond escape …
There is, however, also a reason that a later incarnation of M (Judi Dench) would call Bond something along the lines of “a dinosaur. A misogynistic relic from the Cold War …” which is also on full display here!
I suppose it was the 60s, though …
Fables & Lies: A WWII Novel Based on a True Story
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WWII Berlin. Freyja Bremer, a patriotic museum assistant, marries Kaspar Voigt, an ambitious SS...
Historical Fiction World War 2
Mother Love: Embracing the Ups and Downs of Being a New Parent
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Mother Love isn't a parenting book. It was written to help parents makes the transition from person...
A White Preacher's Message on Race and Reconciliation: Based on His Experiences Beginning with the Montgomery Bus Boycot
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In 1955, when the Montgomery Bus Boycott began, author Bob Graetz was the young white pastor of a...