“If Miss Creston’s parents had possessed as much common-sense as the ordinary farm labourer’s wife,” one of the book’s reviewers wrote, “she would have been a far happier child, but might never have grown into so acute a writer.”“Their cruelty was the more intolerable,” he co...
Book Review: Second Coming – George Bachman February 1, 20250 Release date:2nd January 2025 Publisher:Self-Published Pages:129 Find it:GoodreadsAmazon Source:The author kindly sent me a copy to review Rating:3.5/5 stars Synopsis In this dark fable set in Victorian England, seven-year-old hei...
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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG 2,091 votes In this continuation of the first series, Major Motoko Kusanagi and her team at Public Security Section 9 face a new set of challenges as they investigate a terrorist group known as the Individual Eleven. As they unravel the compl...
He also said he really wanted to meet the Duke of Aosta and Prince Umberto when he could, given he was nobility and you know how European nobility are with each other". Cronkite: *laughs* "I know all too well from my own service, as both a pilot and a journalist..." Extract from...
King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender (National Book Award finalist, CSK Award Nominee) Meow or Never by Jazz Taylor* In the Key of Us by Mariama Lockington* The House You Pass on the Way by Jacqueline Woodson Young Adult Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo* (New York Times ...
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When a royal ball is announced, Cinderella's dreams of attending are thwarted by her cruel family. With help from her Fairy Godmother (Verna Felton), Cinderella transforms into a stunning belle, enchanting Prince Charming (William Phipps) but leaving at midnight, dropping only a glass slipper. ...
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