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Category Archives: Books
Because the Night
h/t Todd Alcott
Anthony Bourdain : World Travel
Before his untimely death, Anthony Bourdain was working on a travel guide with his long-time assistant and coauthor Laurie Woolever. The guide was designed to distill what he learned from his travels as a TV personality and celebrity chef. Based … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Restaurants, Tourism, Travel Writing
Tagged Anthony Bourdain, Travel Guidebooks
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Gandalf has a blog
Starting in 1999 with his casting as Gandalf and continuing through 2003, Ian McKellan wrote a blog called The Grey Book about his experiences starring in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. If you are a fan, you’ll find … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film, movies, Writing
Tagged J. R. R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, New Zealand, the Hobbit
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Booksellers Join The Fight
The wildfires currently raging in Australia have burned millions of acres and devastated the country’s wildlife. To date, twenty-five people have also died as a result of the months-long blaze.Now, the book community is rallying around those working overtime to … Continue reading
Dracula 2020
To hype the new version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula on BBC and Netflix , the team at BBC Creative has designed some impressive billboards. The ads, which are currently up in London and Birmingham, use a brilliant combination of stakes … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, Film, Writing
Tagged BBC, Bram Stoker, Gothic Novels, Netflix
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The Life You Can Save
In 2009, philosopher Peter Singer wrote the first edition of The Life You Can Save to demonstrate why we should care about and help those living in global extreme poverty, and how easy it is to improve and even save lives … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Asia, Books, ebooks, South America, Writing
Tagged hunger, poverty
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Older Than the Moon
“Before the moon I am, what a woman is, a woman of power, a woman’s power, deeper than the roots of trees, deeper than the roots of islands, older than the Making, older than the moon.” – Ursula K. Le Guin, from Tehanu: … Continue reading
The end is silence
h/t Grant Snider
The America I Love Still Exists
“And on the subject of burning books: I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength or their powerful political connections or their great wealth, who, all over this country, have staunchly resisted anti-democratic bullies who have tried … Continue reading
