Remembering the Stars of the NFL Glory Years: An Inside Look at the Golden Age of Football
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The 1950s and 60s was a golden age for professional football. It was perhaps the toughest and...
The Vodka-Cola Cowboy: Trucking Russia 1990 - 1995
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The Vodka-Cola Cowboy describes life trucking in what is possibly the harshest environment, in the...
Catch the Jew!
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This book recounts the adventures of Tuvia Tenenbom, who wanders around Israel of our time calling...
American Presidents in Quotes: Inspiration, Wit and Verbal Gaffes from the Leaders of the USA
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Humorous and inspirational quotes from America's 43 Presidents ""The nine most terrifying words in...
A Good Man Inside: Diary of a White Collar Prisoner
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A Good Man Inside is the diary of one man's experiences of his time in prison written over 300 days...
The Good GP Training Guide
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The Good GP Training Guide is a travel guide-style book for trainees in general practice. Written by...
Subversive Copy Editor, Second Edition: Advice from Chicago (or, How to Negotiate Good Relationships with Your Writers, Your Colleagues, and Yourself)
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Longtime manuscript editor and Chicago Manual of Style guru Carol Fisher Saller has negotiated many...
Charlie Cobra Reviews (1840 KP) rated Booksmart (2019) in Movies
Jul 7, 2020
Amy (Kaitlyn Dever) and Molly (Beanie Feldstein) are high school seniors and best friends. Molly confronts some of her peers when she overhears them making fun of her in the bathroom and tells them how she got into a good school. They, however, reveal that despite partying, they too got into good colleges. Angered, Molly tells Amy that they should have enjoyed their time in high school more and convinces her to go to an end-of-year party. Determined to make up for lost time, they decide to cram four years of fun into one night.
This movie was hilariously funny and full of funny relatable characters. It reminded me a lot of Superbad, but a female version. The main characters had awesome chemistry and you wind up liking them right away and the situations they find themselves in border on the absurd. This film definitely delivers on the laughs but it also makes some solid points about friendship and acceptance. It's full of femininity being that both the main characters, the director, and writers were all women, but I'm sure anyone would think this film is humorous. Olivia Wilde did an amazing job in her directorial debut.
Gerald Howard-Smith and the 'Lost Generation' of Late Victorian and Edwardian England
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Gerald Howard-Smith's life is intriguing both in its own right and as a vehicle for exploring the...
TravelersWife4Life (31 KP) rated Nothing Short of Wondrous (American Wonders #2) in Books
Feb 24, 2021
Nothing Short of Wondrous by Regina Scott really is nothing short of wondrous! I do not believe I have read anything by Regina Scott before, and now I am wondering how I missed her books! From the very first line:
<b>“What is it about men and danger? Do they all want to die?"</b>
Regina Scott weaves in a humorous sense of warmth and sarcasm that fully engaged my interest. She is one of the very few authors I have found that has a gift with the way they describe the world around them to make you feel like you are right there in the story. There were such vivid descriptions of Yellowstone National Park, from the colors, the landscape, the smells of the different pools… It was breathtaking, and I am sure the actual park is more so!
The characters. Kate is your classic frontier woman: strong and courageous. She is well balanced though, always willing to let others help when she truly needed it. The banter between her and Will, the main male character is a “I don’t want to like you, but I do anyway” type of spark between them. Which is one of my favorites. Also, have you ever heard the saying “women love a man in uniform”? Well, this apply applies to Will in his Cavalry uniform. Talk about tall dark and handsome