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≡ Category: Books, Literature | ≅ 3 Comments
For decades, the BBC has interviewed legendary British novelists, asking them how they create their memorable characters, paint their evocative settings with words, and develop plots that keep us turning pages. Now, these audio interviews appear online in a collection called In Their  Own Words. The archive takes you back to 1937, to a conversation [...]
≡ Category: History | ≅ Leave a Comment
Let me set the scene: Not long after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan invaded Burma, a “backwater of the British Empire,” hoping to put the Chinese and British at a strategic disadvantage. (Get more details here.) Initially the Japanese campaign met with success, and, in early 1942, the British and local allies beat a [...]
≡ Category: History, Life | ≅ 1 Comment
The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 registered somewhere between 7.7 and 8.25 on the richter scale, and it radiated all the way down to Los Angeles and up to Oregon. To this day, the earthquake (and the devastating fires that followed) remains one of the worst natural disasters in US history, right alongside the Galveston [...]
≡ Category: Random | ≅ Leave a Comment
I can’t vouch for the claims being made in this “fun facts” song. (Nor do I know what’s up with the Jesus imagery.) But the video has some entertainment value, if not some good trivia. So enjoy…
≡ Category: Books, e-books | ≅ 1 Comment
Just a quick fyi: If you head over to the Harvard University Press web site, you can grab a free copy of Marcus Boon’s new book, In Praise of Copying, which makes the case that “copying is an essential part of being human, that the ability to copy is worthy of celebration, and that, without [...]
≡ Category: Film, Life | ≅ Leave a Comment
Every November 2nd, Mexicans celebrate the Day of the Dead. Closely associated with other Catholic holidays (All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day), the Day of the Dead gives participants a chance to pray for and remember dearly departed family members and friends. And it’s often carried out in a festive spirit, not one marked [...]
≡ Category: Audio Books, Books, Music | ≅ 1 Comment
Right now, Keith Richards’ autobiography, Life, sits atop the Amazon bestseller list. Critics have given it rave reviews, and it’s a downright fun read. (Just download the sample first chapter from the Kindle store, using this software, and you will see what I mean.) The audio version of Life is selling no less briskly, in [...]
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