MANOS now part of THOMAS COOK

Advantages: They did have their 2008 holidays on sale early.
Disadvantages: Looks like another good little one disappearing.

...This review is based on just one Travel experience with Manos. Usually for our May Greek Holiday I have always used Kosmar as our Travel firm, but have always knew that Manos were an equal good option. Last year after Kosmar had been taken over by XL they were very late in getting out their 2008 Brochure, and as we like to have next years holiday sorted by the middle of June I went with Manos. Booked on their online site which was very quick and efficent. Choose Villa Bridge in Aghios Gordios on Corfu (See seperate reviews). With online discount and taking all those extras into the price, Airport Taxes, Fuel Suppliments, Airport Suppliment, we ended up with Day Flights from East Midlands Airport (our local only 15 miles away) for £604 for the two of us. I know there will be those who say we got a late deal for 99 pence...

poshtroika 03.06.2008 · Read review
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Bumface By Morris Gleitzman Book Review

Advantages: funny, truthful and effective, also gives us an insight on children with issues like that
Disadvantages: the middle part gets boring.

... Bumface By Morris Gleitzman Book Review Children having to cope with struggling with their younger siblings are one of the any issues that certain children have to suffer in their childhood. Morris Gleitzman very cleverly gives us an insight of how it is to have the stress of homework along with the cooking and cleaning. The novel is about a boy named Angus, Angus wants to be Bumface in his school play and like his mother Angus wants an acting career in the studios in life. He also dreams of being bold, brave, wild and free. He wants to be like the pirate in the stories he tells to his younger brother and sister each night when he tucks them in bed and it is because of his admirations for the pirate that much of what he does and thinks Angus tries to think like Bumface. Instead Angus is a Mother like boy who must put up...

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I Wish I Had Met Morrie

Advantages: Heart warming true story, simple to read.
Disadvantages: Quite short if you're wanting a book to last for your holidays.

...The most remarkable thing about this book is that it is a true story. It is written by Mitch Albom an American sports journalist and is about his old college professor Morrie Schwartz. After the initial introduction the book flashes back to Mitch's graduation, these flashbacks are written in italics so it is easy to identify past and present. Morrie is Mitch's favourite college teacher and from this brief chapter we realise they had a close bond. The chapter ends with Mitch promising to keep in touch with his college professor. The book then skips several years until Morrie now in his 70s begins to have problems with his balance and his walking. He is then diagnosed as having Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) a progressive neurological disorder which affects all the muscles of the body progressively weakening them...

AJ26 01.09.2005 · Read review
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Less, not Morrie!

Advantages: Short
Disadvantages: Patronising

...Oh dear - I'm going to sound like a party-pooper again. I was offered this book to read by a well-meaning friend, and read it on his recommendation. The reason he thought that I would like it is that I was diagnosed with cancer in 2003 and published the diary i kept during the first year after my diagnosis (It's called The Purple Butterfly, if anyone is interested). This book is about a man called Mitch who starts to visit the terminally ill Morrie, who used to be one of his college professors. It's about the way he reacts to Morrie's illness, not so much about Morrie. Anyway, I read the book. Perhaps it was too soon after my own diagnosis, or perhaps I just didn't like the tone, but I am afraid I didn't like it. Sorry to all those people who did, but this is my opinion. I think I was looking at it from Morrie's point...

sungold98 11.09.2007 (23.09.2007) · Read review
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Tuesdays with Morrie. Not Morrie-bund

Advantages: True story of a fascinating man
Disadvantages: True story of a fascinating man

...This is a fine book. Not over-complicated, very easy-to-read (I went through it in 2 days or to put it another way 4 bus journeys), and anyone would admire the sentiments in this story as well as the title character. Mitch Albom begins his debut book when he sees one of his former tutors from University on a television show. This tutor had affected his life greatly at University and they had been close friends. However, he had lost touch with him. Upon seeing his tutor (Morrie of course) on the show he learns that his mentor has developed a crippling illness and has not long to live. The story is of how Morrie deals with his time left and how he reaches out to his family and loved ones, never allowing his hardship to overcome him. Once Albom locates him, Morrie makes no mention of them having lost touch and instead welcomes...

Bill_Oddie 19.12.2004 · Read review
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Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

Advantages: A heart warming tale that will make you view the world differently if only while you're reading the book
Disadvantages: I didn't have any tissues with me when I was reading it

...I bought this book while I was on holiday in the US and read it in one evening. I was that engrossed in the story and the character of Morrie. Morrie is dying and Mitch learns this fact almost too late but manages to spend time with Morrie before he dies during which time Morrie imparts his wisdom and experiences he has learnt from during his life. I found this book deeply moving and have recommended it to numerous friends and family or lent them my copy and have added it to my list of favourite books for the year if not my all time list. It makes you think and view the world in a slightly different manner, it makes you aware of other people and their feelings and reminds you that everyone is special and deserves your time/kindness. These thoughts/ideas may not last with you but at least it's a nice reminder that people...

fcberry 27.10.2005 · Read review
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Cotswold morris

Advantages: Great fun, great company and good exercise too
Disadvantages: Sometimes they sing

...will undoubtedly have a pair of hankies (unless he's lost them or just put them down somewhere, which is highly plausible), but somewhere there will be a bagman or WAGAD (wives and girlfriends and daughters), standing by with a stickbag containing a selection of lightweight but solid sticks for doing stick dances with. So here we may well be introducing a new concept, the stick dance. Upton-on-Seven has given the world of cotswold morris two dances, the stick dance and the hanky dance, and it's not hard to tell the two apart. I haven't yet worked out the ratio of stick:hanky dances, I'm not quite that sad, but it's fair to say that there are more hanky dances than stick dances. The dances themselves fall into several traditions, named after the villages which created them, for example Bampton and Adderbury, and each will be...

Galadriel1010 30.03.2008 · Read review
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M is for Megans Law

Advantages: We know where most of them are
Disadvantages: Parents are the offenders

...know how to record incriminationg I.P numbers and conversations. I supposed to sum it up I?m not suggesting we are being hysterical over pedophilia by wanting to know where they are 24/7 but there is a certain hypocrisy when we like to blame pedophilia on everyone but the family unit. Meagan?s law would bring reassurance to the middle classes that there are indeed no perverts lurking in their privet hedges with a bag of boiled sweets, but the downside would be if that one was discovered under this new exposure then the house prices would drop dramtically, until they were forced out of course For the irrationally angry working classes it would mean that summer of lynching, driving the problem underground and even deeper into the rented accomodation and estates where the people that detest them so much live. Summary: The lowest of...

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M is for Magnificent

Advantages: Easy to apply, great finish
Disadvantages: Too many colours, not enough nails!

...Barry M is a brand I normally associate with bold eye colours and glittery dust. But their bold colours are what attracted me to the nail varnish range. I own five colours in total and have definitely got my eye on more, so I feel like I can comment on how the range performs. Packaging The bottle is fairly standard - glass and transparent to allow you to see the colour within, with a screw-on lid. The bottle is rectangular and has a sturdy, thick glass base. From personal experience, I can tell you that these bottles will only take a few knocks and bumps. I did have one of my Barry M nail varnishes smash in my make-up bag. There's no mention of ingredients on the actual packaging, but you can find a full list on their website, if that's something that is of interest to you. Their nail varnishes are all vegan friendly...

lora44 16.11.2009 · Read review
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Kodak M863

Advantages: Good picture quality, LCD screen, versatility
Disadvantages: None!

...It would appear, the humble digital camera is somewhat of the ?pinnacle? in reviewing on these review sites?partly because it must be one of the main products that ?external? customers use to choose a product. So, without further ado, here?s the Kodak M863. Lovely stuff. My particular version comes in a black matt finish with a strap to place around your wrist ? being a bloke it was a far more obvious choice that the potential vivid pink option! Now, im hardly a connoisseur when it comes to digital cameras; the only other one I?ve previously owned was a ?Premier? one. (yep, never heard of them either!) But the first thing that strikes me about this camera is the large detailed 2.7 inch LCD screen on the back of the camera. With the camera being 8.2 mega-pixels; which is probably far too many to make any difference than, say, 6 mega...

carl.mcqueen 27.10.2009 · Read review
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