The Ash Tree
Book
Ash is one of the most common trees in the British Isles - there are nearly as many ash trees as...
How to Overcome Eating Disorders: Breaking Free for a Better Life
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If you want to gain a better understanding of eating disorders, including anorexia, bulimia and...
Islamic dua – Daily Duas ,Tasbeeh, 40 Rabbana, Azkar from Holy Quran and Hadith
Reference and Education
App
Islamic Dua – Daily Dua is an app that helps you know, learn, remember and rehearse Islamic Duas...
The Pegan Diet
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For decades, the diet wars have pitted advocates for the low-carb, high-fat paleo diet against...
Plague Inc.: The Board Game
7.5
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Tabletop Game
Plague Inc: The Board Game is a strategic game of infection, evolution and extinction for 1-5*...
ClareR (5681 KP) rated The Hemlock Cure in Books
Apr 6, 2023
The real evil isn’t a disease, it’s being shut in with people who clearly do not have good intentions.
The village of Eyam is well known for the decision to shut itself off from the outside world when its inhabitants started to become ill and die. They understood that the only way to halt the spread of the disease was to isolate themselves - a selfless act.
This novel looks at some of the families and their relationships inside and outside of their family units. The local apothecary and his daughter Mae, are one such family. Mae is desperate to be her fathers apprentice, but this isn’t a time in history where it’s safe for a woman to be working with herbs. So Mae studies with the midwife and a local wise woman (who are both also skating on thin ice, truth be told).
The plague wasn’t a constant in London it appears, and we travel there with one of the main characters. The contrast between the country village and London was quite something to read. I could almost smell the difference off the page!!
I enjoyed the pacing of this book: in Eyam the time crawls, whilst in London everything is all hustle and bustle.
The slow reveal of the terrible secrets in Mae’s family are not so much shocking as terrifying. Wulfric, Mae’s father, is not a well man. It seems to be a race against time for Mae.
I would most definitely recommend this book to historical fiction fans - and if you like a mystery, you may well like this as well.
Jordi Sanchez (3 KP) rated Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 in Tabletop Games
Mar 8, 2019
We loved the tension and the rewarding feeling when we won.
The game is full of surprises. The box includes some mystery boxes and a bunch of dossiers that you can only open as you advance with the campaign.
The storyline is interesting and we'll balanced. You will get help if you keep losing, and things will get more challenging if you keep winning.
Awix (3310 KP) rated The Three Musketeers (2011) in Movies
Feb 11, 2018 (Updated Feb 11, 2018)
Pretty much wholly ghastly from start to finish, almost to the point where banning Anderson from reading books seems like a reasonable precaution, just to be on the safe side. About as thrilling as watching your laptop install an update, with all the comic charm of an outbreak of venereal disease. The special effects are technically competent but that really is the best you can say about it.
Acu Pro - Acupuncture Bible
Medical and Education
App
The Acupuncture Bible App for Practitioners & Students FEATURES • Stunning double-lined main menu...
