26 April 2005
Call no: 800
Genre: general fiction
7 Stars
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Sondogs is the tale of seven days in the life of Conor, he has come home to see his father while getting a visa for his return to the states. He has been away for years searching for his mother, … Continue reading
20 April 2005
Call no: 944
Script: Robin Swicord
Genre: history, non-fiction
Setting: France
8 Stars
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ISBN: 0140130934 I’m not quite sure why I picked this one up, I’ve never had all that great an interest in French history, not after getting totally confuddled trying to study the Wars of Religion back in college. But I … Continue reading
15 April 2005
Cast: Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz, Corinna Harfouch, Juliane Kuhler, Kate Hudson, Michelle Yeoh, Ulrich Matthes, Yôko Narahashi, Youki Kudoh, Ziyi Zhang
Genre: drama, war
Setting: 1940s, Germany
10 Stars
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Opening with a group of young women being escorted by armed soldiers to meet Hitler, Downfall is not your average World War II film. Yes, it has guns, violence, death and soldiers, but this film tells of the last few … Continue reading
11 April 2005
Genre: short stories
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Trans: A.Craig Bell ISBN: 075091467X Sticking with the French theme I picked up The Masked Ball and other stories by Alexandre Dumas when I was wandering around various book shops over the weekend. I really enjoyed the Dumas books I … Continue reading
You know I was a bit doubtful when I first saw this book, after all the first line of the blurb says “Elena Michaels is your regular twenty-first century girl: self-assured, smart and fighting fit. She also just happens to be the only female werewolf in the world…”
Hmmm, I thought to myself, I’ll leave it Continue reading