pen4hire on August 18th, 2009

Destination: Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, U.S. Movie: Jaws, from the book by Peter Benchley <A HREF=”http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Ftucontheche-20%2F8014%2F394218b9-4c9b-4eff-bed2-091b1a2c2f06&Operation=NoScript”>Amazon.com Widgets</A>I suggest you hit the play button above to listen as you read…. Bum-Bum-Bum-Bum the beat of the John Williams background music of the movie Jaws (1975) kept going through my head as the van driver edged along the beach [...]

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pen4hire on August 17th, 2009

Destination: Paris Book: Paris Movie Walks: Ten Guided Tours Through The City of Lights! Camera! Action!, by Michael Schurmann I was going to say “You don’t have to be a movie fan to enjoy this book.”  But who among us is NOT a movie fan? And who has seen a movie set in Paris and [...]

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pen4hire on August 17th, 2009

Contest winner Day One– Jack Ruby’s Kitchen Sink, book to Edie Jarolim, winner

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pen4hire on August 14th, 2009

Were you looking for a Free Day at the Parks? Afraid you will have to wait until next year. But, meanwhile, on September 26 many museums across the U.S. have a free day. See details at the Smithsonian site. Meanwhile, hope you’ll wander through the library and find other things of interest. Come back soon. [...]

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pen4hire on August 13th, 2009

Destination: An Anonymous Greek Island Book: Pascali’s Island by Barry Unsworth From yesterday’s book of treachery and deceit in the pre-Iraq we move today to an earlier book by Barry Unsworth about treachery and deceit in pre-modern Greece. [amazonify]0393317218::text::::Pacscali’s Island[/amazonify] deals with many of the same themes as Land of Marvels, but in this literary [...]

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pen4hire on August 12th, 2009

Destination: Iraq Book: Land of Marvels by Barry Unsworth I have recently read two books by Barry Unsworth that touch on the period immediately before World War I. One of them directly deals with the part of Mesopotamia that became Iraq, and I will talk about that one first. Tomorrow I’ll talk about the other [...]

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pen4hire on August 11th, 2009

Destination: Inner Mongolia Book: Wolf Totem Guest Bert Latamore talks about a book that won the first ever Man Asian Literary prize (partner of the Man Booker prize for writing in English). Wolf Totem, a Tour Guide to Inner Mongolia by Guest Bert Latamore Some travel books tell you how to get somewhere and what [...]

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pen4hire on August 10th, 2009

Destination: Scotland Movie: Braveheart Chasing Mel A Guest Post by Julie Sturgeon My husband is the one who chose to see the newly opened movie Braveheart that weekend in May 1995, and I went along knowing absolutely nothing about the story other than it was a Mel Gibson film. With looks like that, he could [...]

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pen4hire on August 7th, 2009

The 5th and Final Book in the Five Books Five Days Contest. Winner to be announced on August 21

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