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The Zombie Survival Guide - Max Brooks
by Craig86
This is a great read and an absolute page turner.
I found out about this book a few months ago when I learned of the upcoming move World War Z, this is the first book however and it does not disappoint.
It basically is what it says, it's a comprehensive guide to survive a zombie apocalypse. Max Brooks has done a lot ... of research on a genre which a lot of people myself included love. The facts and eye witness accounts draw you in and I have been hooked since I opened it.
By the time I closed it I almost felt the zombie apocalypse was inevitable and I would be ready for it, ok it's ultimately a work of fiction giving some well known historical events a different slant but it is gripping material.
I recommend it for zombie genre or horror fans, even if not then it is something that can hook anybody.
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Doing Your Research Project - Judith Bell
by kissandmakeup
I bought this book when I started to do my dissertation for my psychology degree, after my tutor had advised it would be useful to help me with where to start.
The book covers a range of aspects such as 'planning the project', 'reviewing the literature', 'designing and admninistering questionnaires', 'interpretation and ... presentation of the evidence' and 'writing the report'. It is well laid out and pretty easy to read through or skip to different sections as you require and it gives plenty of angles of how to present information, for example.
It should therefore have been really helpful to me but unfortunately it wasn't really. I found it a little too basic and obvious in some aspects, that much of it was common sense. Such as 'set deadlines', write regularly' and ensure that the data you are using is 'reliable and valid'. By the time you get to doing your dissertation, in the third year of your degree, you would already know all this! What I really wanted was an example of how to set the dissertation out, as it was so different from the other essays required throughout my degree, but this book didn't really do that. It also gives vague information about the reference list, saying you may or may not need to include books which you have read but not actually cited 'check this with your tutor'. Esentially, I didn't find it told me anything I couldn't have figured out on my own or checked with my tutor.
It was partially no good for me because a large part of it was about gathering and presenting data which my dissertation topic didn't really fit into - I had no specific figures to gather or graphs to present. Also it was partly because much of how you should set out a dissertation or research piece depends on the preferences of your own university. My advice would be to only buy this book if you really need basic guidance and you can buy it cheap second hand from Amazon or something and that really the best thing you can do is to ask your tutor if you can see examples of preious dissertations.
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Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories, the - Tim Burton
by stacey10304
I am a fan of Tim Burton's older stuff and I bought this book a while ago from HMV for the bargain price of £3.
The book is short and sweet, filled with 23 poems, verse and short stories written and illustrated by Tim Burton. If you love Tim Burton's older stuff such as Nightmare Before Christmas, Vincent, Edward Scissorhands ... and Beetlejuice etc then you will definitely love this. The book has a eerie feel to it, featuring characters such as Stain Boy, The boy with nails in his eyes, and one of my favourites - the pincushion queen. All the characters seem to have some wierd and strange deformity and the stories revolve around these social outcasts and their abnormalities.
His illustrations are cute yet gruesome at the same time, and the book has a melancholy (hence the name) and morbid theme running through it. If your a fan of the gothic and creepy earlier work of Tim Burton then you will definitely enjoy reading through this book. The book is for all ages, it isnt too horrifying for children however I would say the satirical nature of the book can only be fully appreciated by adults.
You can purchase this book brand new from amazon.co.uk for around £6, but they do have used versions starting from as little as 1p. If you lie Tim Burton, or other illustrators such as Edward Gorey or Gris Grimly, then I would definitely say give this book a go!
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