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The Old Young Adult: December 2010
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The Old Young Adult. Reading books for young people since I was one. View my complete profile. There was an error in this gadget. Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff. I want to go there. Sometimes you buy a Christmas present for yourself. A glimpse into my brain. Wednesday, December 15, 2010. Note: I wrote this post in December but only got around to finishing/posting it now. Enjoy my dated references! This is a powerful book about a difficult subject. I'll let the publisher's synopsis explain for you:. Links to t...
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The Old Young Adult: September 2010
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The Old Young Adult. Reading books for young people since I was one. View my complete profile. There was an error in this gadget. Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff. I want to go there. Ramble ramble books life ramble. Thursday, September 16, 2010. Where Are They Now? Looking back, I recognize how ridiculous these books are. I realized it to some extent even then, because I always skipped chapter two, knowing it contained all the same tired information about how Kristy's parents were divorced and Dawn was fro...
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Reading Project: Montreal Reads ~ The Word Blog
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Twists & Turns of Phrase. Reading Project: Montreal Reads. My usual rules for pleasure reading are few. In fact, I may have only one “rule” for reading, which is that I must have variety. Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Click to share on Google (Opens in new window). Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window). Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window). Comments… add one now. Montrea...
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Stephen Fry on the Evolution of Language ~ The Word Blog
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Twists & Turns of Phrase. Stephen Fry on the Evolution of Language. Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Click to share on Google (Opens in new window). Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window). Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window). Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window). Comments… add one now. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email.
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Montreal Reads: Nikolski by Nicolas Dickner ~ The Word Blog
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Twists & Turns of Phrase. Montreal Reads: Nikolski by Nicolas Dickner. Montreal is a migratory hub, a city where nomads wind up, at least for a time. They carry their histories with them, mapping their routes and their roots as they go. Joyce leaves. Has won a number of literary awards in both its original French and translated English editions. Jean-Talon Market, Dante Park, Little Italy, rue St-Laurent, rue Guy. And Europe, but ultimately returned to. And now lives in Montreal. Photo credit: Damien D.
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Harlequin SuperRomance Authors Blog: Our Authors
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For readers and writers of Harlequin SuperRomance novels - stories that offer romance and more. Meet the authors of the SuperRomance Authors Blog. A former marketing executive and primary school teacher, award-winning author, Anna Sugden, loves reading and writing happy endings as much as hockey (where she prefers a happy ending for her team)! Anna lives in Cambridge, England, with her husband and two bossy black cats. Learn more about Anna, her books and her shoes at www.annasugden.com. But it wasn̵...
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Vest-Pocket Vocabulary ~ The Word Blog
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Twists & Turns of Phrase. Knowing me as well as he did, my grandfather chose to leave me his antique books when he died. Among them was J. Jenkins’. A book his father had given to him when he was young. The book contains no date of publication, but similar editions date to the 1860s and ’70s. Full of wonderful archaisms. Each miniature page of the dictionary offers many words that are entirely new to me what a treat! English Vest-Pocket Dictionary by J. Jenkins. Share on Facebook (Opens in new window).
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English: The Language Is A-Changing ~ The Word Blog
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Twists & Turns of Phrase. English: The Language Is A-Changing. There seems to be an ever present anxiety that the English language is on the edge of some catastrophe. But never fear, it’s held up just fine to the technological upheavals of the printing press, radio and cable TV, and it will weather blogs, podcasts and YouTube, as well. If your fears still need allaying, check out my review of. Txting: The gr8 db8. Or this video of Stephen Fry discussing the evolution of language. Grammar Matters: The Soc...
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Montreal Reads: Cockroach by Rawi Hage ~ The Word Blog
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Twists & Turns of Phrase. Montreal Reads: Cockroach by Rawi Hage. The mountain, Old Port, rue St-Laurent, Côte-des-Neiges, Chinatown, Notre-Dame Basilica, Outremont. Grew up in Lebanon and Cyprus before moving to New York City and finally Montreal: he “arrived in the winter in the suburbs of Montreal and it was a bit of a shock.”. Sherlock, Tracy. “Q&A: Rawi Hage on how driving a taxi inspired his writing ‘A chamber for intimacies, lies, tension.’” Vancouver Sun, August 29, 2013. Photo credit: Luigi Novi.
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Of No Import: September 2011
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Sunday, September 18, 2011. Mad Men: Don Draper in the First Three Episodes of the First Season. I'm dashing and handsome, with well tailored suits, ice-blue eyes that will stop your heart and freeze your soul, and a chin cleft you can strike a match on. Look at my lover! Check out my office! It's swank and we drink and smoke and sexually harass the womenfolk all the time. Not only that, but I've got a beautiful house in the suburbs, a beautiful wife and two kids. Weren't the fifties great? Me: "In my bu...
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