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In the Shadow of the Banyan
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For seven-year-old Raami, the shattering end of childhood begins with the footsteps of her father...
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Eve of Snows (Sundering the Gods, #1)
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Five hundred years ago the world shattered, banishing the gods from the Sister Continents and...
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The Impossible Fairy Tale
Han Yujoo and Janet Hong
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The Impossible Fairy Tale tells the story of the nameless 'Child', who struggles to make a mark on...
Media Practices, Social Movements, and Performativity: Transdisciplinary Approaches
Susanne Foellmer, Margreth Lunenborg and Christoph Raetzsch
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As individuals incorporate new forms of media into their daily routines, these media transform...
Secret Agents of Sense: 2013
Sasha Dugdale and Slawa Harasymowicz
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MPT's autumn issue 'Secret Agents of Sense' focuses on Polish poetry, with a selection of new...
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The Alpha (The Pack #3)
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Jess Carter found a home in Banks, Idaho with her Dad and brother, Monster. It’s there she met her...
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The Bees
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'Beautiful and moving poetry for the real world' Jeanette Winterson, Guardian 'Wonderful ...a poet...
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2109 KP) rated The Dark Talent (Alcatraz, #5) in Books
Mar 9, 2018
If you are confused by the above, this is the fifth in a middle grade fantasy series. It had been several years since I read the last one, and enough background is given to remind me about this world, but if you are new, I recommend you start from the beginning. As I was expecting, there are lots of laughs and some twists. What I wasn’t expecting was a rather dark climax that felt abrupt. At the very, very end of the book there is a clue that this might not be the end of the story. I hope that’s the case because otherwise, for a book that was supposed to be the final book in the series, it is very disappointing.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2018/03/book-review-dark-talent-by-brandon.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
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Daniel Radcliffe recommended Dr. Strangelove (1964) in Movies (curated)
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Trouble in Paradise: From the End of History to the End of Capitalism
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In Trouble in Paradise, Slavoj Zizek, one of our most famous, most combative philosophers, explains...