Fun and Informative Lists

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Reviewed Book Of Lists, The - Irwing Wallace

There are several volumes of The Book of Lists; three were published in the late 1970’s and and early 1980’s, while a fourth was published in the 1990read more...

The Animal Channel

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Reviewed Animal Planet

Animal Planet is an offshoot of The Discovery Channel, and, as its name implies, it is devoted to animals. Some of is its programs, like ’’Killer Elepread more...

Life as a Young British Vet

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Reviewed All Things Great And Small - James Herriot

At least in the United States, it’s called All Creatures Great and Small, and it is the first in a series of four books. The others are All Things Bright aread more...

Science Versus Pseudoscience

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Reviewed Demon - Haunted World, The - Carl Sagan

The Demon-Haunted World is the last book published during Carl Sagan’s lifetime. (Another book, Billions and Billions was published posthumously.) Most of read more...

A Charming Introduction to Middle-Earth

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Reviewed Hobbit, The - J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit is sometimes described as a prelude to Lord of the Rings, and it does indeed introduce characters and places that later appear in that epic. But it cread more...

One Man's Struggle for Freedom

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Reviewed Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave - Frederick Douglas

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an autobiography written when the author was only 27 or 28 years old-- but at that age he was already considered read more...

Harry's Grim Fifth Year

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Reviewed Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J K Rowling

Pity Harry Potter. He is not having a good year. Sent home just weeks after witnessing Voldemort’s return and Cedric Diggory’s murder, he is ambushed read more...

The X-Men Are Back-- With a Bang

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Reviewed X2

X-Men 2 has a number of traits distinguishing it from other superhero movies. First off, it’s an ensemble piece about an entire team, rather than a single read more...

For Kids of All Ages

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Reviewed Scooby-Doo

Scooby-Doo will appeal to two types of people: kids, and adults who grew up watching the cartoon, which had debuted in the late 1960’s. It concerns four yoread more...

Great Performance, Rotten Movie

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Reviewed Monster's Ball

Monster’s Ball is a rotten film that happens to have some nice performances, most notably that of Halle Berry, who won the Oscar for Best Actress. She playread more...

A Splendid Beginning of Tolkien's Epic

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Reviewed The Lord Of The Rings Movie

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring tells of the events in the first book of Tolkien’s trilogy. It begins with a voice-over narration of the histread more...

Everything You Wanted to Know About Quidditch

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Reviewed Quidditch Through the Ages - J K Rowling

Quidditch Through the Ages is a supplement to the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling, who is writing in the persona of ’’Kennilworthy Whisp’read more...

My Childhood Favorites

Reviewed Favourite Books Of Childhood

For this list of favorite children’s books, I decided to use certain criteria. First, I picked books from my own childhood. Much as I love the Harry Potterread more...

Journey Along the Mississippi

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Reviewed Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and begins a few month after the end of Tom Sawyer. Both books are set in the souread more...

A Latterday ''Just So Story''

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Reviewed Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat - Amy Tan

Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat is reminiscent of Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories, which were mock folk tales that supposedly explained how an animal got read more...

The Basics of Netiquette.

Reviewed Netiquettes

Netiquette literally means ’’Internet etiquette’’ and can be defined as proper ’’public behavior’’ while on the Internetread more...