Sky Hawk by Gill Lewis – review
'The story is well written and very descriptive, especially the scenery of Scotland'This is a book by Gill Lewis, it is about a boy and a girl called Callum and Iona and an osprey named Iris. It is a nature adventure set on a farm in Scotland in the pr...
delanceyplace.com 2/3/12 – christopher robin is estranged from his father
In today's excerpt - when Alan (A.A.) Milne died at age 74, his only child Christopher Robin was estranged from him. Alan was a highly successful playwright of adult dramas who had unexpectedly gained worldwide fame and fortune by writing poems and chi...
delanceyplace.com 2/3/12 – christopher robin is estranged from his father
In today's excerpt - when Alan (A.A.) Milne died at age 74, his only child Christopher Robin was estranged from him. Alan was a highly successful playwright of adult dramas who had unexpectedly gained worldwide fame and fortune by writing poems and chi...
National Library Day: a year on
Campaigners have saved some libraries from closure, and an inquiry begins next week – but councils are now under greater financial pressure than ever to cut servicesIn the 12 months since a surge of public protest against proposed library closures wa...
Together: The Rituals, Pleasures and Politics of Co-operation by Richard Sennett – review
Communities are easy to create, but co-operation is hardRichard Sennett's new book about co-operation shares its title with a much-loved film: Lukas Moodysson's Together, which was made in 2000 but set in a Swedish free-love collective of the 1970s. Th...
Amazon Book Search Results Visualized
If you like clicking on “Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought” links to find new books, you will love this homemade Amazon books visualization and recommendation site.
Follow this link to see the search results for Haruki Murakami...
Wisława Szymborska 1923-2012
Nobel prizewinner who viewed the world through poetryWhen Wisława Szymborska, who has died aged 88, received the Nobel prize for literature in 1996, the Swedish Academy stated the following in its citation: "Her poetry … with ironic precision, ...
New John Carter Trailer is Surprisingly Giggle-Worthy
It looks like Disney has finally realized that no one understands what John Carter is actually about or who it’s for. They just released a featurette that lets us all in on a little secret: the movie’s actually a lot more goofy than they’ve been ...
Check Out the Locus Recommending Reading List of 2011
Need some recommendations? The Locus Recommended Reading List for 2011 has just been released. This list covers everything from SFF novels to short fiction to art books, and can help you get caught up on anything you might have missed in the last calen...
Who Wants the Watchmen?
Yesterday, DC Entertainment officially announced what has been rumored since last summer: sequels to the landmark Alan Moore/Dave Gibbons Watchmen series. Prequels, actually, bearing the collective banner Before Watchmen.Neither Alan Moore or Dave Gibb...
Should Groundhog Day Become a Holiday for Time Travel?
Groundhog Day has always been an odd little day. If the name of the day itself doesn’t make this apparent, imagine explaining it to someone from a foreign country, or an alien. (“It’s, um, this day where we pretend that a big ground squirrel can ...
