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Mariel of Redwall by Brian Jacques
Publisher: Philomel
Year: 1992
Pages: 400
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What is 52 Books in 52 Weeks?
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It may behoove you to read the previous book in this series, Mattimeo
One thing I’ve noticed about Brian Jacques is that he’s not afraid of strong female characters, and in fact Mariel of Redwall [...]
Eh. It’s good, I suppose, and I’m sure its much-vaunted performance is there, but this is very much a service pack dealing with O/S guts, and not a massive feature pack a la SP2. I can’t immediately tell any difference.
In other news, Hardy Heron is released! And its software is already out [...]
Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain! by Scott Adams
Publisher: Portfolio Hardcover
Year: 2007
Pages: 368
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What is 52 Books in 52 Weeks?
№35
Many moons ago (1996, actually), I was a big fan of The Dilbert Principle, Scott Adams’ first foray into non-comic books. I was also a fan of the follow-up, [...]
Mattimeo by Brian Jacques
Publisher: Philomel
Year: 1990
Pages: 448
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№34
It may behoove you to read the previous book in this series, Mossflower
In the early days of the Redwall series, it was common for Jacques to reuse some characters; though he tended to create more [...]
amenable
adj. willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions
amiable
adj. friendly; kind; sweet; gracious; as, an amiable temper or mood; amiable ideas
amenity
n. thing or circumstance that is welcome and makes life a little easier or more pleasant
n. pleasantness
amen
adv. at the end of prayers: so be it
adv. at the end of a creed or in Biblical translations: [...]
Mossflower by Brian Jacques
Publisher: Philomel
Year: 1988
Pages: 432
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№33
It may behoove you to read the previous book in this series, Redwall
Mossflower, technically the second book in the Redwall series, serves as a prequel to the eponymous book, and is one of the earliest books [...]
Redwall by Brian Jacques
Publisher: Philomel
Year: 1987
Pages: 452
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№32
I was first introduced to the Redwall series by my brother, who was intellectually an early bloomer than I, both by dint of his elder status and, I suspect, a more genuine intellect. At the [...]
There’s been a lot in the new recently about the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints—or, rather, Mormons stuck in the early, polygamist mode of the church.
My thoughts about the Mormon Church in general are not positive: it was founded by a crook, it seems, for the sole purpose of getting him [...]
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