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Great Expectations Reviews

Great Expectations

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One of Charles Dickens’s most fascinating novels, Great Expectations follows the orphan Pip as he leaves behind a childhood of misery and poverty after an anonymous benefactor offers him a chance at the life of a gentleman. From the young Pip’s first terrifying encounter with the convict Magwitch in the gloom of a graveyard to the splendidly morbid set pieces in Miss Havisham’s mansion to the magnificently realized boat chase down the Thames, Great Expectations is filled with the transcendent excitement that Dickens could so abundantly provide. Written in 1860, at the height of his maturity, it also reveals the novelist’s bittersweet understanding of the extent to which our deepest moral dilemmas are born of our own obsessions and illusions.

This edition includes Dickens’s original, discarded conclusion to the novel, the 1907 Everyman preface by G. K. Chesterton, and twenty illustrations by F. W. Pailthorpe.

From the Hardcover edition.An absorbing mystery as well as a morality tale, the story of Pip, a poor village lad, and his expectations of wealth is Dickens at his most deliciously readable. The cast of characters includes kindly Joe Gargery, the loyal convict Abel Magwitch and the haunting Miss Havisham. If you have heartstrings, count on them being tugged.

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The Picture of Dorian Gray (Great Illustrated Classics)

The Picture of Dorian Gray (Great Illustrated Classics)

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The wish spoken by Dorian Gray as he looks at his portrait forms the basis of the plot of this story of a gilded and spoilt hedonist who is willing to sell his soul for his beauty.A lush, cautionary tale of a life of vileness and deception or a loving portrait of the aesthetic impulse run rampant? Why not both? After Basil Hallward paints a beautiful, young man’s portrait, his subject’s frivolous wish that the picture change and he remain the same comes true. Dorian Gray’s picture grows aged and corrupt while he continues to appear fresh and innocent. After he kills a young woman, “as surely as if I had cut her little throat with a knife,” Dorian Gray is surprised to find no difference in his vision or surroundings. “The roses are not less lovely for all that. The birds sing just as happily in my garden.”

As Hallward tries to make sense of his creation, his epigram-happy friend Lord Henry Wotton encourages Dorian in his sensual quest with any number of Wildean paradoxes, including the delightful “When we are happy we are always good, but when we are good we are not always happy.” But despite its many languorous pleasures, The Picture of Dorian Gray is an imperfect work. Compared to the two (voyeuristic) older men, Dorian is a bore, and his search for ever new sensations far less fun than the novel’s drawing-room discussions. Even more oddly, the moral message of the novel contradicts many of Wilde’s supposed aims, not least “no artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style.” Nonetheless, the glamour boy gets his just deserts. And Wilde, defending Dorian Gray, had it both ways: “All excess, as well as all renunciation, brings its own punishment.”

Rating: 4 5 The Picture of Dorian Gray (Great Illustrated Classics) (out of 391 reviews)

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Family Party: 30 Great Games

Family Party: 30 Great Games

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  • Play 30 fun, highly addictive games optimized for the Wii remote
  • Many types of play with both coordination and brain games
  • Play single player against computer-controlled opponents, or play against friends
  • Choose from a dozen crazy characters to play
  • Unique new approach to playground and sports games

Family Party: 30 Great Games has more than 30 fun games to play. Tackle obstacle courses, plate spin, fire laser guns, test your wit at memory games and more. It is optimized for the Wii Remote.

Family Party: 30 Great Games lets up to four players join in a wide variety of games that are fun for the whole family. Featuring everything from Track and Field competitions to shooting games, and making full use of all the madcap action allowed by the Wii controller, these addictive games will provide hour after hour of incredible entertainment.

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Choose from loads of characters, such as an old grannie or a guy dressed as a dog.
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From Zany to Brainy
Family Party will have you frantically shaking your Wii remote to make your character run, and mashing the A and B buttons to jump over hurdles and smash through paper walls in track-and-field type events. You’ll also be kept on the edge of your seat as you hold the remote sideways and manipulate the D pad to get your character across a teetering platform.

More than just physically challenging, some of these games require serious mental concentration, like the counting game that has you counting up higher and higher with only the first five numbers to start you off. From coordination to intense meditation, this pack of games will keep your whole family on its figurative and literal toes.

Work Your Way Through Loads of Fun
Gamers should start off with the single-player Challenge mode. Not only will this familiarize users with the various game types by putting them through a random set of games, but it will also unlock the mini-games for Battle mode where up to four players can go head-to-head. And while there are ultimately 12 character profiles to choose from, several of which are pretty wild, there are some that require you to unlock them first.

In Battle mode, gamers can select up to six games at a time, allowing users to play them all consecutively without having to interrupt the fun every time with the menu screen. There are also five themes that gamers will need to master, including: shooting, muscle, castle, athletic, and variety. And while some mini-games use the same controls, there is a wide enough selection of random challenges to keep gamers working on their skills to gain mastery.

Family Party: 30 Great Games is a challenging but highly entertaining collection of mini-games that will have you coming back time after time, whether you are on your own, or trying to take the title from your family and friends.


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Family Party: 30 Great Games is a silly and entertaining collection of mini-games that will have you coming back time after time.


Rating: 2 5 Family Party: 30 Great Games (out of 25 reviews)

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The Great Wall of Words [Game Download]

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  • Rebuild The Great Wall.
  • 3 Lexical Game Modes.
  • Exciting And Epic Storyline.
  • Soothing Ancient Themed Soundtrack.

Link letters to form words and rebuild the Great Wall of China in this ancient-themed word game! For more than 1000 years the Great Wall has protected China from its enemies. But now a new threat has emerged. Embark on an epic journey of word building to repair the wall section by section and save China. Featuring three game modes, helpful bonus items, an exciting storyline, and addictive fun, The Great Wall of Words is a true word wonder!

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Great Science Fiction Books For Kids

Great Science Fiction Books For Kids

Science Fiction seems to be out of popularity at the moment but there are signs it may soon come back into flavour with readers young and old. Time was you could find as many sci fi novels in junior fiction or young adult fiction sections of the bookstore or library as there were fantasy novels. In the last ten years however that number has dwindled to the point that now it is rare to find even one.

Chances are this has alot to do with the phenomenon known as Harry Potter. As publishers are want to do, once Harry Potter was released and became a success then they started to place all their attention on finding the next young wizard series. As a result we saw many books being released with a similar magic and fantasy theme. Not only that but movies such as Lord Of the Rings allowed fantasy to come out from Science Fiction’s shadow and become the dominant genre for “Otherworld” books.

But perusing publisher’s catalogues it is obvious that some are beginning to branch out and are discovering that kids like Sci Fi books too. If you are looking for some great kids sci fi books then take a look at these classic and modern novels set in space.
“Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (A trilogy in five parts)” by Douglas Adams
“Citizen Of The Galaxy” by Robert A. Heinlein (and others by this author)
“Outernet” by Steve Barlow (More in this series)
“Larklight” by Phillip Reeve (More in this series)

Older kids may also enjoy “Ender’s Game” and others in the series by Orson Scott Card.

There are many more science fiction books for kids to read, especially if they are into robots and technology and no doubt there will soon be many more to choose from.

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