Area Studies at the Crossroads: Knowledge Production After the Mobility Turn: 2017
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In this pioneering volume, leading scholars from a diversity of backgrounds in the humanities,...
Before Modern Humans: New Perspectives on the African Stone Age
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This fascinating volume, assessing Lower and Middle Pleistocene African prehistory, argues that the...
Britain and its Internal Others, 1750-1800: Under Rule of Law
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The rule of law, an ideology of equality and universality that justified Britain's...
East Asian Perspectives on Political Legitimacy: Bridging the Empirical-Normative Divide
Joseph Chan, Doh Chull Shin and Melissa Williams
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What makes a government legitimate? Why do people voluntarily comply with laws, even when no one is...
Lapwings, Loons and Lousy Jacks: The How and Why of Bird Names
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The Lapwing once had many regional names; the Loon has a British-American identity crisis and the...
Burma: An Enchanted Spirit
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Traveling by canoe, plane, boat, train, on foot and hitching a ride on the occasional dump truck,...
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The Blue Line: A Collection of Blues Lyrics
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Transcribed from 78 rpm recordings and preserved here long after many of the records have...
Cal Brown (53 KP) rated Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) in Movies
Jul 7, 2017
I loved seeing an alternative, somewhat more realistic, perspective on the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe). Hearing the 'voice of the people' and what students think of the avengers was a quirky amusement.
As a filmmaker, it was incredulous to see a specific inter-textual reference within one of the scenes. Night draws and the Vulture is driving the car with Peter Parker in the back. Things are getting tense as he realises that Peter Parker is Spiderman. The car is stationary at a set of traffic lights. The light turns green, cut to a close up of the Vulutre's face as he replicates the Green Goblin's expression and speaks the exact same words to Spiderman that the Green Goblin did in the very fist movie.
It's hard to believe that Tom Holland (Peter Parker) was born and raised in London as his American accent is spot on! This was complimented by his excellent and energetic performance.
The casting for this film was noteworthy. The racial diversity and equality of characters was great.
There were a few logic flaws within the film, but they're not worth enough value to even discuss them as the story and value of the film overall was excellent. I'm content with giving this film an almost perfect 9/10 as there were a few parts of the story where I felt like it was getting repetitive and the plot was starting to feel a bit 'back-and-forth'.
Goddess in the Stacks (553 KP) rated Gentleman's Guide To Vice And Virtue in Books
Jun 8, 2018
Given that it's historical fiction, set in Victorian Europe, Percy's biracial heritage has him just seen as black to most people they encounter. Monty doesn't seem to understand what that means, most of the time, and is a little blinded by his rich white boy privilege. He gets talked to a couple of times about how he's being blind to the problems his friend is facing.
I liked that we got to peek under Monty's playboy facade a few times, when being punched has him flashing back to being beaten by his father for being a "disappointment." An interaction between him and a pirate captain was particularly sweet, teaching him to fight back because he's worth defending.
I LOVE Felicity, Monty's sister, and I'm really eager to read her story in the sequel to this book, The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy. She is so badass, and incredibly intelligent.
The writing was fun, the action well-paced, and the dialogue clever. I was a little put off at first by the size of the book, but I flew through it quickly. I especially liked Monty's bisexuality - how he just cheerfully perved on practically everyone his age. It definitely reminded me of a few people I know!
Something that I noted, near the end of the book, was Percy not asking Monty to stop his perving. What he said was "if you ever go behind my back..." which implies as long as Percy knows, it's not an issue. Yay for non-monogamy being present in YA! It's nice to see alternative relationship structures being presented, though I wish it had been more than just implied.
This was an excellent read for Pride Month, and I loved the amount of diversity and intersectionality present in it.
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Specialty Competencies in Clinical Psychology
Robert A. DiTomasso, Stacey C. Cahn, Susan M. Panichelli-Mindel and Roger K. Mcfillin
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The field of psychology is witnessing a burgeoning competence movement and leading organizations...