Take a Break

Advantages: Good all round magazine
Disadvantages: I wish the real life stories were sometimes more uplifting

...(only scanning the page closely for the purpose of this review, I have noticed how much they pay per used items - a whopping £100 - as before i'll put the details at the bottom). Another regular of this page is a 4x4 arrowword with the chance for 25 readers to win £50 for correct answers. The Brainwaves Roadshow ----------------------------------- This is a single page feature - and yet another way to earn some dosh - whilst picking up a few handy tips along the way. Take a break asks readers to send in their 'top tips' which usually include topics such as cleaning, cooking, gardening or turning household rubbish into something useful (although, in some cases; something equally as rubbish). One example from this issue is; 'cutting up a couple of old beaded necklaces, threading onto some cotton to make napkin holders'. It's best to...

Katy777 27.08.2009 · Read review
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Taking Turns

Advantages: young children will enjoy
Disadvantages: eh-oh and uh-oh (oh dear)

...Tinky Winky, Dipsey, Laa Laa and Po are 4 cuddly aliens from childrens television. They first appeared on our screens on March 31 1997 and they eat 'tubbie toast and tubby custard' The programme was invented by Anne Wood and Andy Davenpot of ragdoll productions. When it first came out I remember there being a bit of criticism about the way they spoke - ' eh oh' my sister was not impressed at all and thought it was disgusting that a programme was allowed on television for children with things not speaking properly. When my eldest daughter started watching it she loved it and the repetition can actually help with speech development. Soon there were teletubbie videos, teddies, bags pictures you name they made them it was huge. The Taking Turns book is a thin paper book all about - yes you got it taking turns. It starts off...

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Have a break with Take a break!

Advantages: cheap, lots of stories and puzzles
Disadvantages: not high chances of winning the prizes due to amount of readers!

...I having been buying Take a Break for as long as I can remember. Every week I buy it with the intentions of doing the puzzles and sending the little form off but I often miss the deadline and end up thinking ''I'll do it with next weeks issue!'' However nowthe magazine have started allowing you to enter online - brilliant! Now I never miss an issue! I'ts an easy system to use simply by registering once and then every week to enter all you need to do is log in and select which issue you are entering and then inout the answers from all the quizzes into each little box provided and click submit! bob's your uncle! Anyway for those who aren't familiar with this weekly magazine let me give you an insight into it. The magazine was started in March 1990 so already has been around for a staggering 17 years and is edited by a Mr John...

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The Take, a novel by Martina Cole

Advantages: A compelling tale of a criminally inclined family
Disadvantages: Strong language and violent scenes may cause offence.

...Review of ?The Take? a novel by Martina Cole I am reviewing the hardback version of the book, ISBN 978-0747269717 , 512 pages, published by Headline Book Publishing, in 2005. Jacket price £17.99. Also available used from www.amazon.co.uk . **The Novel** This novel is from the pen of Martina Cole, a British author who has made the London criminal underworld come alive for the readers of her work. The Take follows the fortunes and lives of the Jackson family from the early 1980's to the early '00s. The plot begins with the release from prison of Freddie Jackson. Freddie has done his time, made some useful contacts in prison and is back on the streets accompanied by his young cousin, Jimmy. As Freddie celebrates his freedom with booze, women and drugs, he conveniently forgets his wife Jackie waiting at home...

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Review of The Take - Martina Cole

Take that!

Advantages: Good plot, belivable characters
Disadvantages: Violent

...I read my first martina Cole book about 3 years ago. We go to scotland every year for our holiday and it is a long drive, so i buy lots of books to read on the way. The first book i bought was Two women and could not put it down, I started it when we left home and was nearly finished by the time we stopped for the night at a travel inn. I ended up sitting in the loo until 4am finishing it while the boys were snoring! I have read every book since and loved them all except the last one The graft, i felt she had lost her way a bit. So i wasn't expecting much from this one. but i was glad to be proved wrong! MARTINA COLE ----------------------- martina cole lives in Essex with her 2 children, close to where she was brought up. Before becoming a writer she was a agency nurse. She had her first novel Dangerous Lady published in...

lisa8871 04.12.2006 · Read review
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COD 4 Review

Advantages: Every Aspect Of The Game
Disadvantages: None Really, More weapons and abilities perhaps?

...This game is by far the most popular call of duty game released, and it is not hard to see why, there are many many positive points to this game. Story The story for this can take part in many locations throughout the game, Prypiat, Russia and the middle east, You are hunting down the terrorists as mainly a young SAS member named Soap MacTavish, but also as Sergeant Paul Jackson of the USMC. You Will be in search of a terrorist named al-asad who publicly performs an assassination, later evidence shows that imran zakhaev, as you play through the story you encounter many great levels shooting terrorists and meeting with the "good" russians as you are looking for nikolai your informant, and as the game ends you shoot down zakhaev as Captain Price lay dieing, you are the last surviving soldier ready to lead an elite army force in...

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TD4 S

Advantages: Good engine performance
Disadvantages: a few rattles on the trim & road noise

...I went for the TD4S, it's the lowest specification model, no air con, steel wheels, one driver side air bag, basic radio/casette. The plus side to this is it's less attractive to potential thieves than a TD4 with all the "bells" The car drives very well as the 1951cc diesel engine is excellent. I have not found any great problems with acceleration it moves off quite well and while not a sports car it copes when there is a need to pull away a bit sharpish in to moving traffic. The gearing is excellent, very positive and quite forgiving if you are over geared for the speed, takes a lot to stall it. It has a hill descent control device on the gear stick, designed for descending steep slippery off road hills. I don't think I will ever use this facility and maybe should have been an optional extra.The car handles very well and is nice to...

kunifer 28.01.2003 (04.05.2004) · Read review
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For The Love Of God, Take It Away.

Advantages: It's cheap.
Disadvantages: It may turn your brain into a viscous liquid that will slowly seep out of your ears.

...Once upon a time, my dear and lovely friends, I was like you. I read respectable magazines; I'd even go so far as to say that some of them were 'cool'. My coffee table warmly embraced Marie Claire, Vogue, Cosmopolitan, The Face. Visitors to my house were impressed by the quality articles, the cutting edge photography, the current events reportage. But no more. As of the last few months I have consigned myself to a hell which is entirely of my own creation. Yes, the evil that I speak of is Take a Break magazine. I can hear your shocked gasps, the sheer and utter disbelief that there is a soul under the age of 65 who will publicly confess to an addiction which makes Kate Moss' look like a minor stumble off the path of righteousness. However, I feel that acknowledging my 'problem' amongst friends will be the first step on what...

tallulahbang 21.01.2006 · Read review
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  ++++++TAKE A 2 DAY BREAK ++++++

Advantages: Really good real life stories & some fab recipes
Disadvantages: The chance of winning a competition is very low

...sells magazines such as your local supermarket, WH Smiths or Woolworths. Wherever you buy it from you will pay the cover price of 70p, which is a complete bargain. You can also usually get Take a Break abroad it will set you back about £4 so its probably best to grab a copy at the airport. THE FRONT COVER Ok I must admit that the front cover on Take a Break isn't the most glossiest and trendiest thing on the market but who needs all that anyway most of those mags are full of adverts to pay for that sort of thing anyway! There is usually a mature lady model on the front who is between 25-35 they are always very natural looking and very smiley I think that is supposed to draw those sort of people to the magazine, I'm not sure but it is never anyone really young and certainly never anyone famous! The usual Take a Break logo is always in...

gemax2 06.11.2005 · Read review
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COD 4

Advantages: Everything
Disadvantages: No Online Split Screen

...gun, the best camo is the red tiger it takes a long time to get, the best looking camo is the blue tiger which is the one you get before the red tiger. There are slots for each type of weapon, if you get every single weapon red tigered in that slot you get a very special camo that you can only get on one gun and that camo is gold it looks well good on your gun. There are many different maps to play online some of them are amazing here are some of the names backlot, cross fire, broadcast and overgrown There is downloadable content for this game which is map packs. There are two types of this game, the game of the year edition which has the map packs on it and the normal edition which doesn't have the map packs on it which means you will have to buy them off the marketplace. I rate this game 5 stars out of 5 because it is truly an amazing...

MarkRose09 10.08.2009 · Read review
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