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can i get The Shadow War: Inside the Modern-Day Undeclared Battles Waged Against America locked in for politics? the hardcover has 320pgs
Can I please get 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi locked in for MPG politics?
i am off to the IOM next weekend to say good morning to the fairies I have relatives who live there looking forward to this one and am going to go all IOM by reading books set there whilst i am there
Marie (UK) wrote: "i am off to the IOM next weekend to say good morning to the fairies I have relatives who live there looking forward to this one and am going to go all IOM by reading books set there whilst i am there"Enjoy, Marie! :)
Aprilleigh wrote: "Could I have the following noted for MPG Politics?The Prince
The Art of War
Demons"
All approved for genre
Dee wrote: "can i get The Shadow War: Inside the Modern-Day Undeclared Battles Waged Against America locked in for politics? the hardcover has 320pgs"Approved for politics genre
Brooke wrote: "Can I please get 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi locked in for MPG politics?"Approved for politics genre
Aprilleigh wrote: "Could I have the following noted for MPG Feminism?The Color Purple
A Doll's House"
Both approved for genre
Book Concierge wrote: "Is this a motorbike? "That's a scooter, sorry!
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Dlmrose wrote: "Please confirm Feminism for option 2 book 1- The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World, 273 pages"genre confirmed
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genre confirmed"
Thanks!
- on left hand side - it is enough for Option 3 / 1: transport?320 pages
Tien wrote: " - on left hand side - it is enough for Option 3 / 1: transport?320 pages"
It looks like a motorbike (more obviously so it the uncolourised, shifted version for other covers), so you're ok with that one :)
For Option 1, Book 1 - would you consider an ampersand (&) a symbol (thus unusable), or as "A" for "And"?
Brooke wrote: "For Option 1, Book 1 - would you consider an ampersand (&) a symbol (thus unusable), or as "A" for "And"?"Sorry, it's a symbol as I didn't note the exception to the general rule.
I used it for Feminism, approved & enjoy!
Will this work for Motorcycle on the cover?
It's a zoomed in picture. The Audiobook cover shows it more
Sunshine✰✰✰ wrote: "Will this work for Motorcycle on the cover?It's a zoomed in picture. The Audiobook cover shows it more
"I'm OK with that
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I finished the Spring challenge whilst on holiday in the Isle of Man. A tiny island in the Irish Sea, with population of 70,000, Mann is full of history and is a wonderful place to explore.
Come explore some of its quirks with me in this task...
A two book task, pick one option and read both tasks within it.
Required: State which option you picked when you post.
As the Manx flag is the triskelion - a three-legged symbol ("whichever way you throw, it'll stand"), the page count of each book must include a 3 (in any position).
Option 1: Myths and Legends
One of the myths is that the island was formed when Finn MacCool, the Irish giant, scooped out a clod of earth from Northern Ireland and tossed it at a Scottish giant he was fighting. Missing the giant, the clod landed in the Irish Sea, forming Mann, and Lough Neagh too. There are a couple of current myths that the Manxmen enjoy more though:
Book 1: FAIRY BRIDGE
On the main route from the capital to the airport is the Fairy Bridge, where the little people live. Anyone crossing the bridge must say "Good Morning" (or alternative time appropriate greeting) to the little people. Everyone does this - pity the poor taxi drivers crossing back and forth, constantly tipping their hats!
☛ Read a book with a TITLE of at least three words, with title initials found in the phrase FAIRY BRIDGE. Subtitles should be ignored.
Book 2: SNAEFELL
The central mountain on the island, over 2,000 feet and reachable by the electrical train. Famously, on a clear day you can see seven kingdoms from the top of the mountain: Mann, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Heaven and Mannanan (i.e. the sea)
☛ Read a book that is #7 in a series
Option 2: History
The Isle of Man is a part of the British Isles, but not of Great Britain: it is a Crown Dependency, with it's own parliamentary system, laws and money. The Queen is the head of state, known by her title of Lord of Mann. Historically, Mann was governed by Vikings, whose influence can still be seen in the names of places and in ancient political boundaries and structure.
Book 1: POLITICS
The Manx parliament is the Tynwald, brought to the island by the Vikings, making it the oldest continuous parliamentary body - uninterrupted since ~970 - predating "the Mother of Parliaments" in Westminster. Manxmen being proudly independent thinkers, they were the first country to grant women (with property) the right to vote, in 1881, and before New Zealand (though I'll grant you New Zealand went further in their rights). A little known fact: Emmeline Pankhurst, the famous British suffragette, was the daughter of a Manx woman!
☛ Read a book with MPG Politics or Feminism
Book 2: INDUSTRY
While there is still a fishing industry, this is of much less importance nowadays than in its heyday, when Manx sailors criss-crossed the seas. Instead, financial services, egaming and film industry are big parts of the economy. My favourite piece of Manx industrial heritage is the wonderful Lady Isabella, the largest working waterwheel in the world, used to pump water out of ore mines.
☛ Read a book with author initials found in LADY ISABELLA. Spaces determine names. All initials count.
Option 3: Leisure
As there is a lot countryside, the great outdoors makes up a fantastic part of the leisure options on the island: check out the seals at the Calf of Man, hike Snaefell, go sea-kayaking or quad/trail-biking. For more cerebral entertainment, the Gaiety Theatre (a gem of an Edwardian theatre) hosts amateur and professional shows, with comedians and musicians coming over to perform. The island also has music festivals throughout the year, and especially during the TT weeks in May and June, when the population doubles with motorbike fans flocking to see the races, and normal life on the island all but shuts down with road closures. And should not forget, the World Tin Bath Championships are held annually in Castletown Harbour, when hundreds of tin baths are paddled around the course with varying degrees of success!
Book 1: TRANSPORT
The tourist can enjoy a wide variety of transport options: arriving by plane or ferry and then exploring the Douglas Prom on a horse-drawn tram before grabbing the electric railway to the north, or a steam train across the island. But mostly, when you think of the Isle of Man you think of motorbikes...
☛ Read a book with a motorbike on the cover
This must be a motorbike - pedal bikes and scooters will not work: think of machines that go at 170mph!
Required: Include the cover when you post.
Book 2: ANIMALS
The island brings the unexpected: there are no foxes on the island, but there is now a troop of wallabies in the north, having escaped a zoo and who are now flourishing. The cats have no tails but the sheep have many many horns (the Manx cat breed are naturally tailless, they don't go around amputation regular cats' tails!; Loaghtan sheep have four or even six horns, and look just about as crazy as they sound!)
☛ Read a book with page count including one of 0, 4 or 6**.
**Note: Remember, all books for this task must also include a 3 in the page count.