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• in TV
  Meet American Hero Daisy Bates on Independent Lens February 2
  Daisy Bates, fearless civil rights leader, achieved fame as leader of the Little Rock Nine, but at what price?
  by missbobetier / on Jan 30, 2012
• in Film
  From Tribeca Film: Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Adventure (2011)
  When two friends tape-recorded the fights of their violently noisy neighbors, they created one of the world's first 'viral' pop-culture sensations.
  by missbobetier / on Jan 22, 2012
• in TV
  Have You Heard from Johannesburg (PBS) Concludes January 26
  The conclusion of a five-part series about the global anti-apartheid movement, “Have You Heard from Johannesburg?,” airs on PBS January 26.
  by missbobetier / on Jan 21, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “nonfiction”

 

• Review: Zen Confidential

  
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  Zen Confidential by Jack Haubner My rating:          Memoir Zen Confidential  is one mans account of monastic life, told in a thoroughly "un-monastic" style. The prologue starts with crude, puerile jokes that seem designed to put off anyone with a delicate constitution - perhaps just as well, since one ...
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• A Day In the Life Introduction - Gardner Dozois

  
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  "They are stories that we intuit as life, that somehow fool us into thinking—while we are reading them—that they are something more than words on paper, that the events in the story are actually occurring in some dimension congruent with our own, viewed through the window of fiction. Most of them do this by ...
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• Blueberries in Your Backyard

  
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  by R.J. Ruppenthal Perfect blueberry growing guide for beginners. This booklet explains how to plant and grow blueberries in the home garden. Recommended for backyard gardeners with small city-sized yards, patios, balconies, decks, and rooftops. Written by the author of the best-selling Fresh Food From Small Spaces ...
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• P90X DVD Workout

  
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  View on Amazon Add to cart P90X is a revolutionary system of 12 highly intense workouts, designed to transform your body. * Chest and Back * Plyometrics * Shoulders and Arms * Yoga X * Legs and Back * Kenpo X * X Stretch * Core Synergistics * ...
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• The Scramble For Africa - Thomas Pakenham

  
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  A couple of years ago now, I read, and enjoyed immensely, Thomas Pakenhams account of The Boer War.  It has taken a little time, but I have finally got around to reading another of his books, The Scramble For Africa. The opening chapters are largely devoted to the efforts of some of the pioneering explorers who ...
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• Book Review: How to Be a Woman – Caitlin Moran [TSS]

  
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  Title: How to Be a Woman Author: Caitlin Moran ISBN: 9780062124296 Pages: 320 Release Date: July 17. 2012 Publisher: Harper Perennial Genre: Non-Fiction, Memoir, Essays Source: Personal Copy Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Summary: In her memoir/essay collection, Caitlin Moran ...
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• Black Bread White Beer

  
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  By Niven Govinden. I’ve been taking photos quite seriously for a couple of years now, both digitally and on 35 and 120mm film. Some of these photographs formed part of my mood board as I was writing Black Bread White Beer . Taking photographs, thinking about them, was an integral part of ...
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• “Unclassfiable”

  
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  By the time of the Platonic dialogues Socrates was called atopos , that is, “unclassifiable.” What makes him atopos is precisely the fact that he is a “philo-sopher” in the etymological sense of the word; that is, he is in love with wisdom. For wisdom, says Diotima in Plato’s Symposium , is not a human ...
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• Peter Ackroyd: London Under

  
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  Non-fiction book about the underground history of London. Publication year: 2012 Format: print Page count: 202 Publisher: Vintage Books London Under is a rather quick look into London’s rich history. Ackroyd starts with a general glimpse in how people feel about underground places. Then he moves on to the ...
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• Readers Diary #1001- Adolf Hitler, translated by James Murphy: Mein Kampf

  
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  Paranoid, hypocritical, egomaniac. (Ill return to these in just a bit...) " Marriage is not an end in itself but must serve the greater end, which is that of increasing and maintaining the human species and the race. This is its only meaning and purpose. "- Adolf Hitler It would be an easy insult then to say that ...
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• Excerpt from How Animals Grieve,  by Barbara J. King

  
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  Storm Warning was a beautiful thoroughbred with a challenging personality. So many things spooked the horse: umbrellas, bicycles, small dogs, ponies, even people who removed an item of clothing while riding him. Storm, as he was called, was just a bit neurotic. But he lucked out in one way: he enjoyed a fifteen-year ...
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• Book Review: Gospel (2011)

  
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  Gospel: Recovering the Power That Made Christianity Revolutionary. J.D. Greear. Foreword by Timothy Keller. B&H Books. 266 pages. From chapter one: Is the gospel really missing? If so, where did it go? Most Christians have the facts straight: Jesus was born of a virgin, lived a perfect life, died on the cross in ...
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• Giveaway & Book Review: Superman: The Unauthorized Biography by Glen Weldon

  
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  Article first published as  Book Review:  Superman: The Unauthorized Biography  by Glen Weldon  on Blogcritics. About: Superman: The Unauthorized Biography by Glen Weldon is a non-fiction book chronicling the fictional history of the Man of Steel in comic books, radio, TV, theater, music and movies. Mr. ...
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• The Best of BookRiot.tv: The Most Watched Book Trailers – May 4-10, 2013

  
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  Here are the most popular book trailers from the last week on BookRiot.tv. Click the cover to watch! _____________________ Sign up for our newsletter to have the best of Book Riot delivered straight to your inbox every two weeks. No spam. We promise. To keep up with Book Riot on a daily basis, follow us [...] You ...
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• A Science Fair

  
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  A Science Fair Nancy Duci Denofio The brain holds folder after folder of information from our past, and as a writer we pick and choose what may entertain or bring back memories to our reader. Angies Diary Angies Diary - Online Stories & Articles
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• Recommended Reading List: April, 2013

  
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  Again, I did a lot of Fiction River reading this month, and you will see the results over the next year. The first volume o f Fiction River , Unnatural Worlds , appeared on April 23, and please consider the stories in there as part of this recommended reading list. I’m not going to tell you my favorite ...
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• Book: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

  
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  Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail By Cheryl Strayed Copyright 2012 346 pages (e-reader) Cheryl, in her memoir, tells us the story of her life up to her mid-20s. After her mother dies, she falls apart and ultimately ends up hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, which is the wests version of ...
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• Lori Reviews Pain Parties, Work

  
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  Title: Pain, Parties, Work:  Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953 Author:  Elizabeth Winder Published:  HarperCollins, 2013 Where I Got It:  I received this book from the publishers. I really like Sylvia Plath.  I love her poetry--its so honest and real.  Even more than that, I love reading her ...
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• Television: A tween becomes a mother tonight in ‘Magpakailanman’

  
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  Krystal Reyes features in a career-making role as she stars in the life story of Tintin Ng, a woman who became a mother at the young age of 13. Taken against her will and kept out of the world, Tintin’s world revolved around the man who took her. But her nightmare world wasn’t so bad and she eventually learned to ...
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• Share Details About The Ultimate Pinterest Guide for Business by Karen Leland

  
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  Billie Williams shares her review for The Ultimate Pinterest Guide for Business by Karen Leland  on her blog – http://printedwords.blogspot.com/2013/05/pinterest-what-is-it-how-do-i-use-it.html Karen Leland is the bestselling author of 8 business books including the recently released Entrepreneur Magazine’s ...
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