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Review: Cabin Fever by B.A. Tortuga
Speak Its Name —
Authority: 128
Horace is a loner, a mountain man with a claim to a tiny stream of gold and a lonely cabin in the woods. When he finds young Walker wandering lost in his mountains just before the snow flies, he decides he’s found exactly the kind of companionship he craves.Walker is young, naive, and totally unprepared [...]8 hours ago -
Annihilator of Distance (A Poem)
Authspot —
Authority: 540
Annihilator of Distance Not the astronauts circling around the Earth, nor jet pilots breaking sound barriers, but Henry Thoreau skating on ice, whizzing past white birches and bright red berries, annihilating distance between man and Nature, recording a sacred correspondence with his mind. The screaming jays ...11 hours ago -
Sikh becomes first mayor of Yuba City in US (With Image)
Thaindian News —
Authority: 710
Yuba City (California), Nov 14 (IANS) Yuba City, which became the first Indian settlement in the US and is now known as the first Punjabi village in this country, got its first Sikh mayor this week.Forty-four-year-old Kash (Kashmir) Gill was Tuesday night sworn as the new mayor of the city as hundreds of Indians ...1 day ago -
Review: Soulless
B O O K L U S T —
Authority: 427
Title: Soulless Author: Gail Carriger Publisher: Orbit Books # of Pages: 357 Plot Summary: Alexia Tarabotti is a half-Italian spinster living in an alternate version of Victorian England. She is also a preternatural- soulless- and so can counteract the vampires and werewolves around her. Being ...1 day ago -
Long Live the Arctic
The Frock Report —
Authority: 132
My editor was watching a TED talk that demonstrated through time lapse photography the devastating and real effects of global warming on glaciers around the world – scary stuff. The guy giving the talk concludes however that there is still time to do the right thing and save the planet. I agree. We could do ...2 days ago -
Review: American Hunks by David L. Chapman and Brett Josef Grubisic
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Authority: 128
The “American hunk” is a cultural icon: the image of the chiseled, well-built male body has been promoted and exploited for commercial use for over 125 years, whether in movies, magazines, advertisements, or on consumer products, not only in America but throughout the world.American Hunks is a fascinating ...2 days ago -
Vietnamese cobalt glazed pottery trade jar, 19th Century & blue and white ceramics, Late 15th/Early 16th Century
Les cahiers d'Alain Truong —
Authority: 151
A Vietnamese cobalt glazed pottery trade jar, 19th Century © 2002-2009 Bonhams 1793 Ltd Of baluster form with dragon-headed loops to the shoulder and a continuous frieze of dragons, flaming pearls and auspicious cranes molded in shallow raised relief, the slightly concave base left unglazed (repaired). 23 1/4in ...2 days ago -
Lincoln and the Dakota Conflict of 1862
President Lincoln's Cottage —
Authority: 115
By Niles Anderegg Here at President Lincoln’s Cottage we spend a lot of time both on our tours and in our exhibits dealing with Lincoln’s views on slavery and race. However, what gets much less attention in Lincoln studies are Lincoln’s views and actions in relation to Native Americans. As with slavery, ...2 days ago -
History of Orthodontic Braces
History Blog —
Authority: 121
Orthodontic braces are a common fixture in today’s society and it is not rare to see classmates, coworkers, or family members with braces on their teeth. Both children and adults are often seen wearing braces and there are a wide variety of colors available to allow individual customization of them. Although braces ...3 days ago -
Alice Munro–”Too Much Happiness” (Harper’s, August 2009) & Charles Foran “Alice in Borderland” (The Walrus, September 2009)
I Just Read About That... —
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SOUNDTRACK : TINDERSTICKS-Donkeys 92-97 (1998). Donkeys is a collection of singles, rarities and unreleased recordings. It came out just before Simple Pleasure , and has tracks from the era of the first four discs. With the reissue of those first four discs (and all the bonus tracks therein) and the ...3 days ago -
On the Home Front
Home Living —
Authority: 109
Morning Devotionsby Edward Prentiss 1797-1854LessonsBy Helen Allingham English, 1848-1926Read more about this artist here http://www.helenallingham.com/Helen_Biography.htm Ray of Sunlight, by Thomas Faed, Scotland, 1826-1900Read more about this fine artist here http://www.freemanart.ca/faed.htm Blue and White, by ...3 days ago -
Poster boys 1870s
Thomas J. Nevin | Tasmanian Photographer —
Authority: 92
Who were they? They were photographer T.J. Nevins sitters for police records. Above : Wall chart or poster of Tasmanian convicts produced by the Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority ca. 1991 with photographs by Thomas Nevin from the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery Beattie Collection . This ...3 days ago -
Veterans Day
Dog Art Today —
Authority: 124
"Recovered" by M. Henochsberg, 1869 I hate saying "Happy" Veterans Day because I think war is a sickening waste. Nothing happy about it, except perhaps when the soldiers come home. I hope our active soldiers can soon move into the ranks of the veterans and stay there. I couldnt find out much about the above ...3 days ago -
Leadership Book Corner: Leadership in China and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
Samuel Bacharach Blog —
Authority: 125
In the midst of America’s civil war another, bloodier, battle was being fought in China. The Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864) took more lives than World War I and devastated parts of rural China so thoroughly that they were not fully recovered until the 1950s. The Taiping Rebellion was the deadliest war the 19th ...3 days ago -
Bounty of the Heart by JM Snyder
Speak Its Name —
Authority: 128
For seven years, Emmett Ward has harbored amorous feelings toward his partner, Jack Robison. A chance encounter brought them together—Emmett slaved in an illegal warehouse run by a Korean criminal known as the Dragon Lady, when Jack, a notorious bounty hunter with his sights set on her son Lin Ji, was captured. ...4 days ago -
Maria Edgeworth – One of Jane Austen’s Favorite Novelist
Austenprose —
Authority: 413
“And what are you reading, Miss –?” “Oh! it is only a novel!” replies the young lady, while she lays down her book with affected indifference, or momentary shame. “It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda”; or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which ...4 days ago -
High-volume restaurants: Smith & McNell’s
Restaurant-ing through history —
Authority: 106
All things considered, the best restaurants that this country has produced probably have been unpretentious, inexpensive, high-volume eateries located close to sources of fresh food. In 19th-century New York City’s Smith & McNell’s, across from the booming Washington Market, was a leading example of the type. ...4 days ago -
John Uri Lloyd–Etidorhpa; or, The End of Earth: The History of a Mysterious Being and the Account of a Remarkable Journey (1895)
I Just Read About That... —
Authority: 424
SOUNDTRACK : TINDERSTICKS-Waiting for the Moon (2003). This Tindersticks disc shows a bit of a departure for them. Two of the first three songs are not sung by Stuart Staples (which is nice for diversity, but it is shocking to hear the first sung words on a Tindersticks disc be in the relatively high register ...5 days ago -
“Jesse James’ Hidden Treasure” Aires On History Channel
Thaindian News —
Authority: 710
By Ranjan BhaduriNov. 10, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Missouri based American outlaw/ robber, Jesse James has not only inspired books and movies but also full-fledged documentary. “Jesse James’ Hidden Treasure”, a two hour long film is slated to be aired on the History Channel on November, 9th, 10th and 14th. History ...5 days ago -
Bounty of the Heart by JM Snyder
Speak Its Name —
Authority: 128
For seven years, Emmett Ward has harbored amorous feelings toward his partner, Jack Robison. A chance encounter brought them together—Emmett slaved in an illegal warehouse run by a Korean criminal known as the Dragon Lady, when Jack, a notorious bounty hunter with his sights set on her son Lin Ji, was captured. ...5 days ago
