After the Map: Cartography, Navigation, and the Transformation of Territory in the Twentieth Century
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For most of the twentieth century, maps were indispensable. They were how governments understood,...
The Last Rock Curling
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The Last Rock Curling simulates real physics to give an authentic feel of curling that is fun for...
Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated The Star Thief (Star Thief Chronicles, #1) in Books
Jan 7, 2021
I'm not the biggest fan of sci-fi stories, I'll admit, but the cover has been taunting me for a while, both on Amazon and on here, so when the price was only 77p I thought, "Why not?
We were thrown straight into Renna's world as jumped straight into her first job of the book and it was a whirlwind of escapes, fighting and pulling off what seems impossible from there until the end.
I loved the tension between Renna and Finn! Even from the start you could tell something was brewing and I really enjoyed reading about it.
As for the rest of the crew, I grew to like them, even the Pirate :)
The ending has left me wanting to jump straight into the next book just to see if Renna and the crew can kick bad guy arse!
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Listen to the finest journalism in the world from top publications The Guardian, Financial Times...
Thinking Like a Mall: Environmental Philosophy After the End of Nature
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Environmentalism, in theory and practice, is concerned with protecting nature. But if we have now...
Awix (3310 KP) rated The Company of Wolves (1984) in Movies
Feb 23, 2018
One of those movies laden with a slightly ponderous symbolism; doesn't really make sense except as an allegory for something-or-other; quite what that is is a bit unclear. It's not that all men are wolves at heart, but something slightly more even-handed. Good cast, nice production values; some of the special effects have dated a bit, but not risibly so. In the end it is all quite impressive but at the same time wilfully oblique.
Marling Hall
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Barsetshire in the war years. Mr Marling, of Marling Hall, realises he will probably never be able...
Beckie Shelton (40 KP) rated The Land of the Beautiful Dead in Books
May 24, 2017
EVEN HIS BED.
He ascended from the darkness years ago—Azrael the Eternal, Azrael the Undying, Azrael Who Is Death—bringing with him the black rains, the fires, the souring of the sky, and the Eaters. Now he rules in the walled city of Haven with his favoured Children and his dead court, while all that is left of the living struggles to survive in the ruins of a world that used to be their own. But even as extinction looms, humanity will never surrender to their monstrous conqueror.
For Lan, this brutal life has been the only one she’s ever known, but she still believes it can change. If the war can never truly end until the Eaters are ended, she will go to Haven, to Azrael himself, and demand he end them. To her surprise, she does not immediately die the hero’s death she expected. Instead, Azrael offers her a chance to convince him, and all she has to do is submit herself to the chill embrace of the lord of the Land of the Beautiful Dead.
From the author of The Scholomance and The Last Hour of Gann comes a new vision of erotic horror! This book contains explicit sex and gore and is intended for mature readers only.
I cannot say enough good things about this book, Land of the beautiful dead is a story I have lived and breathed over the last week,I have laughed and cried and become so emotionally attached to these two flawed characters Lan and Azrael ,I love R L Smith and did not think anything could surpass The Last Hour Of Gann for me but this did. My only criticism is it had to end, this book is one story I am unlikely to forget as it's so unique, I can honestly say I don't think I've ever read anything like this before.
If you like alternative dystopian fiction then give this a go it's an amazing read.
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Daimon (Guardians of Hades #6)
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Daimon is ice. His heart is frozen by it. His body caged by it. And he likes it that way. But the...
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