Working on Mars: Voyages of Scientific Discovery with the Mars Exploration Rovers
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Geologists in the field climb hills and hang onto craggy outcrops; they put their fingers in sand...
Educational Journeys, Struggles and Ethnic Identity: The Impact of State Schooling on Muslim Hui in Rural China
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This book examines how state schooling in China has economically, culturally, and ideologically had...
Bedtime Stories for Grown-Ups
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There are few more precious routines than that of the bedtime story. So why do we discard this...
Granta 119: Britain
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In 2012, Britain is a nation in flux, managing difficult socioeconomic realities, contending with...
The Fallen
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In a hidden cave in the mountains of Lebanon, a man makes a fateful discovery. He has been chosen to...
Highballs for Breakfast
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"A splendid anthology". (The Times). No writer knew better than PG Wodehouse how a drink can lift...
Elizabeth (1521 KP) rated Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Shows
Jul 20, 2020 (Updated Jul 20, 2020)
It was a tiny little theater with a stage smaller than I've seen in some schools so you couldn't help but feel like you were part of the show. Because of its small size, it was a fixed stage, with no room for set changes. There were different sections of the stage to make it feel as though you were in the pie shop or the barber shop.
During some of the dance numbers, the cast would dance on the tables we were seated at. Even if you opted for the stadium seats, there was some movement of the cast through those seats as well.
When buying the tickets, you had the option to purchase tickets with or without pies. They had both meat pies and vegetarian pies. When we arrived, they had run out of pies even though we'd purchased ahead. Instead of being able to eat them prior to the show, we had to pick them up after the show was over. It wasn't a huge deal, but when you're hungry and can smell other people's pies, it can be a bit distracting.
Kim Pook (101 KP) rated Eli (2019) in Movies
Jul 21, 2020
The first hour of the movie I did enjoy and the boy who played Eli played him very well and was very realistic, which is more than I can say for his the adults at times. The ending was completely bizarre and unexpected. Not being a fan of possession movies it wasn't for me and I just found it ridiculous. Saying that though, the visuals were excellent. For example showing Eli with destruction behind him was spot on in showing what he was capable of. The ending felt like there could have been a sequel, but it there was I can't see me watching it.
Brian Fallon recommended track Johnny Appleseed by Joe Strummer / Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros in Global a Go-Go by Joe Strummer / Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros in Music (curated)
Gilgit Rebellion: The Major Who Mutinied Over Partition of India
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In 1942 William Brown was posted as a recently commissioned Indian Army Officer to the Gilgit Agency...