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Oxford schmoxford. Back in Australia! From our hotel window. On the right, across the river, are the offices of the Chicago Tribune, looking gratifyingly authentic. THERE IS A FREE ZOO! A fabulous surprise for the grey, cold, urban bit of our roadtrip. It’s called Lincoln Park Zoo, and it’s really excellent; for a free zoo, truly remarkable. How do they manage it? Heated rocks go a long way in terms of cat comfort. This slideshow requires JavaScript. Al developing plans for our cichlid tank at home.
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Antti Alanen: Film Diary: February 2015
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Antti Alanen: Film Diary. Friday, February 20, 2015. 160; SFI-FA print at 97 min with Swedish subtitles viewed at Cinema Orion, Helsinki (Cinema and Music), 20 Feb 2015. The actors are not of the first rank, but Herbert Lom brings a quality of dignity to his performance as Captain Nemo, as does Joan Greenwood to hers as Lady Fairchild. Yes, there is. Mysterious Island is an original Robinsonade. The men and women work together for survival, for creating some comfort, and for building a vessel to es...
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Jigsaw Magazine: Black Belt Karate
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Thursday, October 16, 2014. Ryan Hanifl, Ryan Brown, Jason Achilles Mezilis and Harry Anthony Ostrem of Black Belt Karate at the Iliad Bookshop. At The Iliad Bookshop. 5400 Cahuenga Blvd., North Hollywood (818) 509-2665. The four musicians of Los Angeles-based Black Belt Karate. Share my love of used bookstores and take me on an adventure at their favorite in North Hollywood, the Iliad Bookshop. 8220;What are you talking about, we always hang out here,” jokes Ryan B. “We’re a very w...His statement isn&#...
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Jigsaw Magazine: October 2014
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014. Rob Decoup on the Venice Beach Pier. At the Venice Beach Boardwalk. 8220;When you come to [Venice Beach], you can spend the whole day looking around at the art, going in the water, taking a walk. It just looks great with the palm trees and the unique buildings,” he describes. “It’s one of those places that, if you’re blindfolded, once the blindfold drops you immediately know where you are. Not everywhere is like that.”. Music wasn’t the only sound to fill Rob’s ch...After his...
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Observations on Books, Film and Pulchritude. Created on 15 July 2005 (#7742625). Last updated on 29 July 2007. Where I played many excellent roles including the lead in a world premiere of Ionesco's "Journeys Among the Dead". Right now I'm editing a documentary I shot several years ago on a vintage paperback show that went on for years up in Portland, OR. I hope to finish it this fall. I work (when I'm not acting) at a great bookstore called the "Iliad Bookshop" ( http:/ www.iliadbooks.com.
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8220;I have never known any distress that an hour’s reading did not relieve.” -Montesquieu. List of favorite book related links. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). My Century of Books List. Thanks for coming to my book blog. My name is Ricky Grove. I'm a writer, bookseller and avid reader. During the day, work at a great used bookstore, the Iliad Bookshop. In North Hollywood, CA. I also write non-fiction reviews and articles for Renderosity.com. Review: "The Good Soldier" by Ford Madox Ford. Some of the email a...
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Booklad: Review: Rosario Tijeras by Jorge Franco
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8220;I have never known any distress that an hour’s reading did not relieve.” -Montesquieu. Review: Rosario Tijeras by Jorge Franco. Since Rosario had been shot at point-blank range while she was being killed, she confused the pain of death with that of love. But she realized what had happened when she moved her lips away and saw the gun. Out of the gate, " Rosario Tijeras. Is brilliant. You don't have to know hard-boiled mysteries to enjoy this novel. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). In North Hollywo...
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Booklad: The True Lies of Book Statistics
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8220;I have never known any distress that an hour’s reading did not relieve.” -Montesquieu. The True Lies of Book Statistics. Most readers do not get past page 18 in a book they have purchased. 70% of US adults have not been in a bookstore in the last five years. The time Americans spend reading books 1996: 123 hours 2001: 109 hours. Used books were purchased by one out of ten book buyers in the previous nine months in 2002. A successful fiction book sells 5,000 copies. Or RD Laing's " Politics of Experi...
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