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The War and The Journey
Ursula K. Le Guin connects The Iliad, The Odyssey, Milton, Christianity, the Mahabharata, The Lord of the Rings, and fantasy fiction in this essay on the Book View Cafe Blog, “Papa H”. I was thinking about Homer, and it occurred … Continue reading
Tagged Greece, history, Homer, John Milton, JRR Tolkien, reading, Ursula K Le Guin
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New on Project Gutenberg, 12 Aug 2011
New and notable updates on Project Gutenberg. Antarctic Penguins (1914) by George Murray Levick My Attainment of the Pole (1913) by Frederick A. Cook Equatorial America (1892) by Maturin Murray Ballou
New on Project Gutenberg, 26 Jul 2011
New and notable just updated on Project Gutenberg, this week featuring: Japan and the California Problem (1921) by Toyokichi Iyenaga and Kenoske Sato La vampire (1865) by Paul Féval (French) Astronomy with an Opera-glass (1890) by Garrett Putman Serviss The … Continue reading
Happy birthday, Raymond Chandler
Happy birthday to Raymond Chandler, who was born 123 years ago today in 1888. There are two kinds of truth: the truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The first of these is science, and … Continue reading
Tagged art, history, Los Angeles, Raymond Chandler, reading, science
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Unfinished Jane Austen manuscript up for auction
LA Times Jacket Copy blog: Jane Austen’s unfinished manuscript goes up for auction Jane Austen’s novels are so beloved that her fans debate which is best. “Emma” or “Pride and Prejudice”? “Sense and Sensibility” or “Persuasion,” or the underappreciated “Mansfield … Continue reading
Tagged history, Jane Austen, reading
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On Gutenberg, 21 Jun 2011
New and updated ebooks of note on Project Gutenberg. This time around: Jacob’s Room (1922) by Virginia Woolf The Meaning of Relativity (1922) by Albert Einstein Rambles of a Naturalist (1859) by John D. Godman My Bondage and My Freedom … Continue reading
Tagged airships, Albert Einstein, anthropology, California, ebooks, flight, Frank V Webster, Frederick Douglass, General Relativity, history, John D Godman, learning, Mexico, natural history, outdoors, physics, Project Gutenberg, reading, science, Sherburne Friend Cook, slavery, Spain, Virginia Woolf
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The London Tweed Run
“A metropolitan bicycle ride with a bit of style.” The Tweed Run from Studiocanoe on Vimeo. Tweedrun.com Music and Film by Temujin Doran