Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell

Homage to Catalonia is an account of the Spanish Civil War written by George Orwell. It follows his experiences fighting with the Party of Marxist Unity (POUM) Militia in Spain from the years 1936 to 1937. Written several months after George Orwell left Spain, Homage to Catalonia is a great account of the Spanish Civil War. Lionel...

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September 18, 2015

Illuminations by Arthur Rimbaud

Illuminations is a collection of poems written by Arthur Rimbaud between the years 1873 and 1875. The majority of the poems which compose this collection were written during Rimbaud’s stay in the United Kingdom. It is a compelling read filled with vivid imagination and profound clarity. The translator, John Ashberry, writes in the preface, “What are...

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September 11, 2015

The Undiscovered Chekhov: Forty Three New Stories

The Undiscovered Chekhov is a collection of forty three stories written by Anton Chekhov during the most prolific years of his life. Written between the years 1880 and 1887, the stories featured in this book have a refreshing youthfulness to them which differentiates them from Chekhov’s later works. The short stories in this collection are brimming...

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September 1, 2015

It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want To Be

Paul Arden and Roger Kennedy teamed up to write this 127 paged motivational book titled It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want To Be. Published by Phaidon, this is a beautiful edition with indented gold and silver text on the cover, and plenty of amusing graphics and illustrations throughout the book. Using...

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August 26, 2015

Czech & Slovak Food & Cooking

The Czech Republic and Slovakia are noted for their hearty, wholesome meals. Czech food staples are provided principally by farmland, and include milk, cheese, livestock, wheat, fruit and root vegetables. Featuring over 340 photographs which show both practical steps and beautiful final dishes, along with complete nutritional information for every recipe. This is an evocative and...

Food, LIFESTYLE

August 13, 2015

Jack Kerouac’s Final Years in St. Petersburg, Florida

You may say that you can’t judge a book by its cover but we know for a fact that you can’t tell an author’s interior life by his home. Jack Kerouac spent his final years in St. Petersburg, Florida in a simple home in a quiet neighborhood. That’s right. The Beat Generation high priest, free-spirited novelist...

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August 5, 2015

Jim Morrison’s Paris Journal

Before he died in Paris in July of 1971, Jim spent much time writing in a journal. This writing has come to be known as Jim Morrison’s Paris Journal. It is a notebook that some refer to as a manuscript which went on to be published in full as a part of The American Night:...

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July 15, 2015

The Cowboy and the Senorita

The Cowboy and the Senorita book arrived and I jumped in right away. My father loved Roy Rogers and Dale Evans and as a child, their shows or music was always playing somewhere in the background. They represented America and an imagined west that can only exist in the mind of immigrants who visualized the American...

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June 15, 2015

American Lady by Caroline de Margerie

American Lady is a fascinating book about Susan Mary Alsop, a very active and interesting figure, who entertained notorious figures such as Winston Churchill, John F. Kennedy, and Christian Dior. More than a biography, this book also paints a clear picture of life in post war Paris and Georgetown. Though at times a bit tedious,...

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June 1, 2015

Jim Morrison as a Writer & Poet

James Douglas Morrison Clarke aka Jim Morrison was born December 8, 1943 and died on July 3, 1971. He was only 27 years old at the time of his death. Most people know him as the lead singer from the band, the Doors. But Jim was much more than that, Jim was an American singer, songwriter,...

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April 2, 2015

Original Wisdom: Stories of an Ancient Way of Knowing

I read Original Wisdom: Stories of an Ancient Way of Knowing August 1, 2001 on the day it was published, and on my birthday. It has become woven into the inner being of who I am. The human world is not simple. The world we made is a tangled disaster of rules and bureaucracies that make...

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December 31, 2014

Get Your Field Guide to the Czech Psyche

So you went back to the land of your ancestors, reconnected to a past that you knew little about and then made art about it? Exactly! She said… Here’s a bit of her backstory on the Czech psyche. In the fall of 2009, Jessica Seran was invited to Tábor – a small town in the Czech Republic that...

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