Awix (3310 KP) rated Get Carter (2000) in Movies
Jul 31, 2020
The plot is mostly just the same as in the original movie, although the magnificent desolation of north-east England is replaced by somewhere nondescript and American, and bleak nihilism is gone too, as that's not what Stallone's audience wants: instead there's a dull old plot about a man out for redemption. It's all sort of watchable, but it's hard to really think of a reason why you'd want to.
How England Made the English: From Why We Drive on the Left to Why We Don't Talk to Our Neighbours
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Harry Mount's How England Made the English: From Why We Drive on the Left to Why We Don't Talk to...
South West Coast Path: Padstow to Falmouth: National Trail Guide
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The South West Coast Path is the longest of Britain's National Trails, following the spectacular...
Long Road from Jarrow: A Journey Through Britain Then and Now
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In the autumn of 1936, some 200 men from the Tyneside town of Jarrow marched 300 miles to London in...
Pocket Money: Britain's Boom-Time Snooker
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Following the 1985 final between Dennis Taylor and Steve Davis, Britain found itself in the grip of...
The Tourism Imaginary and Pilgrimages to the Edges of the World
Nieves Herrero and Sharon R. Roseman
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This book examines how the growth of tourism in locations that have historically been considered...
Foxtrot Oscar
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It's 1976 and England is sweating its nuts off. As an unrelenting heat wave beats down on the...
ClareR (5561 KP) rated Lucifer’s Game in Books
Feb 15, 2022
Cordelia Olivieri’s life in Rome becomes more precarious as the Italian fascists start to identify more Italians with Jewish heritage. Cordelia’s English mother was Jewish. She has a friend in the Vatican who promises to get her on a transport to England, if she will just photograph the German plans for North Africa. This seems a simple task (or not!), as the German officer in charge of the planning for Rommel has taken over Cordelia’s hotel as his centre of operations. But Cordelia complicates things somewhat when she starts to fall in love with him.
The villains in this book are thoroughly despicable, and the ‘goodies’ are in constant danger. It’s all very nail-bitingly exciting and another great read on The Pigeonhole!
The Purple Dolphin
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A critical parent with alcohol issues, a parrot with a knicker fetish, death threats in the post....
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Architects and Intellectual Culture in Post-Restoration England
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Architects, Builders, and Intellectual Culture in Restoration England charts the moment when...