21 April 2012
Call no: 636.7
Genre: natural world, non-fiction
Setting: 1920s, 1930s, USA
7 Stars
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The life and legend of the world’s most famous dog While serving during World War I serviceman Lee Duncan came across a little of new born German Shepherd puppies. He took two for himself and gave the others to other … Continue reading
9 January 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: sff
Setting: South Africa
9 Stars
6 Comments
Read for the Not just for Stormtroopers sci-fi challenge & for Carl’s Science Fiction Experience. Zinzi December finds lost things. That’s her shavi, the gift she received, along with her Sloth, for her crime. No one really knows where the … Continue reading
2 June 2011
Call no: 305.2
Genre: non-fiction, sociology
8 Stars
6 Comments
After a career writing about feminism and girls in culture Peggy Orenstein found herself the mother of a girl. And so brought face to face with the practicalities of what she had been theorising about, how to raise a girl to believe in herself and how to try
and avoid the madonna/whore dichotomy. And then her daughter entered her “Disney princess” phase.
18 July 2005
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If you speak English and watch the telly you’ll probably be aware of the phenomenon that is Harry Potter[1], and you may also be aware of the growing backlash. People giving out about HP & Rowling’s writing. I’m not talking … Continue reading