A Spy Among Friends: Philby and the Great Betrayal
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Kim Philby was the most notorious British defector and Soviet mole in history. Agent, double agent,...
Autobiography
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Steven Patrick Morrissey was born in Manchester on May 22nd 1959. Singer-songwriter and co-founder...
Widening Income Inequality
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Seidel is the great controversialist of American poetry. Dubbed a "Transgressive adventurer," a...
Agatha Christie: A Life in Theatre: Curtain Up
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A revealing and witty new examination of how Agatha Christie became the world's most successful and...
Judgment at Nuremberg
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Drama Characters; 15 male, 4 female 1 set (other locations simply suggested); optional projections...
Monster Musume: Vol. 10
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Monster Musume is an ongoing manga series that presents the classic harem comedy with a fantastical...
Domoruchorit: Stunning Tales from Bengali Adda
Troilokyonath Mukhopadhyay and Arnab Bhattacharya
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Troilokyonath Mukhopadhyay (1847-1919) is one of the foremost writers of fiction of...
Erika (17788 KP) rated The Rook (The Checquy Files #1) in Books
Jun 27, 2020
Anyway, so a cool, underground organization of specially, supernaturally talented people exist as a secret service. The lead character, overall, I found likeable and interesting. Normally, I find the amnesia trope a little tiresome.
The one thing I had a major issue with was all the clothing discussion. Do male authors really think women spend THAT much time thinking about their wardrobe? It wasn't necessary, how many times did we need to be told that Myfanwy only had dowdy clothing? Once would have been enough, but it was repeated, over and over. That was really my only problem with the book. I look forward to renting the 2nd book in the series from the library.
Cori June (3033 KP) rated Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Rats of NIMH, #1) in Books
Jul 20, 2020
That being said the older and mature me rated it a 6 because about 30 pages of interesting history about the Rats of NIMH, were mostly unneeded summary. I realize that the book is meant for young audiences I also gave points off for overly explaining an object or idea. ex: "tin foil (or aluminum foil)" this happens frequently. For a book about animal testing and super intelligent rats, I guess the author could have a point.
This is a good book for young readers that wants to read something that isn't overly scary that has male and female heroes.
The story itself is good. I may never read this book again, although I will recommend it.
Ideological Equals: Women Architects in Socialist Europe 1945-1989
Mary Pepchinski and Mariann Simon
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Ideological Equals: Women Architects in Socialist Europe 1945-1989 presents an alternative narrative...