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Literature? Do you mean the Disney tie-in book or the film script? Because the dwarfs did not have any name in the original fairy tale.

It's a brilliant book but it covers the communist period too, so bishop would have to skip the last part for his review. What about the memoirs of empress catherine the great? She was a really interesting character.

I finished ‘House of Day, House of Night’ – Olga Tokarczuk I read Preface of Prefaces – Borges (essays) Spoken Borges – Borges (lectures) Captive writings – Borges (reviews and essays) Personal Library – Borges (essays) The Collected Stories of Alexander Pushkin The Inheritors – Joseph Conrad &...

Once, one of my father's uncles came back from a holiday saying he had some presents for us. We were very surprised as he was really tight fisted. Anyway, he bought two pairs of shoes - a pair of men shoes (to share between my dad and my brother) and a pair of women shoes (to share between my...

I don't see why they talk about ethanol as if it was a new thing. Brazilian cars have been running on ethanol produced from sugar cane for donkey's years

Only when I have a reason to do it. I am reading two books at the moment because one of them is too bulky and heavy to carry around, so I read it at home and take another one with me. Sometimes I read two -or three- because I wanted to take part in a forum discussion without leaving a book I was...

48 books at the moment.

I've never heard of Victor Huge. Is he a porn actor?:confused:

Baddie, if it helps. Zolipara is Norwegian. I cannot remember any other current Norwegian members.

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It still shows that I don't care about the Friday the 13 thing

I got married on a Friday the 13! Does that answer your question?

I did actually fire someone for absenteeism and wasn't I glad I could, because there were 20 other reasons to fire her but it would have taken a lot longer and a lot more paperwork and hassle. But as I say, I look into a particular case, the person's work and attitude, explanations, whether...

I wouldn't, but I've never worked for a big corporation. I don't know if the manager has to apply general company policies or can take a decision based on a particular case, which is what I do.

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I don't think you need to read a study on a book to enjoy a classic. On the contrary, I think classics should have the critical comments at the end and not in the introduction - for some reason, classics' editors assume that readers don't mind knowing in advance how the book ends or that they...

It doesn't work with kids but it does with my husband and it's still better than answering yes or no to a question that starts with when. At least I don't get the 'You weren't listening' moan:D