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Book Review – The Darwin Awards 3
We’d all like to have our fifteen minutes of fame, but let’s hope it’s not by being included in the Darwin Awards series of books, shortly after we pop our clogs. Just in case you’re interested in having a go, according to the rules you must cause your own death by being incredibly stupid – [...]
Book Review – On Writing: A Memoir By Stephen King
If you’re at all interested in the work of horror writer Stephen King, you should read this book. If you’re interested in how a writer came to be worth as much as he is, you’ll want to read this book. If you want a funny, at times tear-jerking, insightful account of a man who used [...]
Dangling Man
Readers looking for something with less pages but more intellectual filling should check out the 191 page debut novel of the late Saul Bellow (1915-April 5, 2005). Dangling Man, published in war-time 1944, speaks volumes still in our own time of war. This book is most certainly for those who can appreciate the introverted, introspective [...]
Bendigo Art Gallery
Bendigo Art Gallery houses Australian art from the 1850s to the present day. Its constantly-growing collections include art from the Bendigo goldfields as well as 19th century European paintings, sculptures and decorative arts. Located 150 kilometers north-west of Melbourne, the gallery was founded in 1887, the year of Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee, and opened in [...]
Language and Literature
The world can justifiably blame Italy for stifling potentially more genius during the times of Christ, than it gave us during the Renaissance. The regimented brilliance of Cicero, Virgil and Horace made for a potent brew with the might of Caesar, from which we are yet to recover in full measure, fifteen years after the [...]
Water Fairy: Bean-Fionn
The Bean-Fionn is not one of the more pleasant types of faeries, but rather is one fairy that should be avoided at all times. Also referred to as the Water Woman, Peg Powler, Weisse Frau, the Greentoothed woman, Ban-Shoan, or Jenny Greentooth, the Bean-Fionn is a drowning faery. She has even been referred to as [...]
Beatrix Potter Trivia: 45 Fascinating Facts
She wrote 23 books for children, based on quaint tales of animals, using rhyming language and fantastic life-like illustrations. First published in the early 1900s, they’re still as popular – if not, more so – today and the author, who we know and love as Beatrix Potter, is still very much a household name. But [...]
Beats365.com – One Of The Only Sites With Downloadable Beats!
There are quite a few music and movie download sites online. But there are very few sites that cater to just the hip-hop and reggae enthusiasts. Amongst these sites is one site that has more content than the rest put together. And this one is – Beats365.com. The official site and music service of Champ [...]
Five Book Reviews for Ages 11+
Another Life By Frank McGinty Piccadilly Press Expect to pay £5.99 Frank McGinty’s first work of fiction for young adults is set in Glasgow. Jane lives on a stark housing estate in the poorer end of town where poverty is common. When night falls, she’s relieved as she can go to bed and block out [...]
Eight Book Reviews for Ages 10+
The Hero Game By Pete Johnson Puffin Expect to pay £5.99 Charlie’s grandad was a fighter pilot in World War 2 and he loved hearing his stories about the war, so much so that he started writing them down. Others enjoyed them too, and his grandad soon became an unintentional local hero. But one day, [...]