The Voyage
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Frank Delage, a middle-aged Australian, arrives in Vienna with the most daring of propositions. He...
In Calabria
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From the acclaimed author of The Last Unicorn comes a new, exquisitely-told unicorn fable for the...
A Streetcar Named Desire
Tennessee Williams, Michael Hooper and Patricia Hern
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A Streetcar Named Desire shows a turbulent confrontation between traditional values in the American...
Blue Hand Mojo: Hard Times Road
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1931. Bronzeville. Chicago. The mage, Frank "Half Dead" Johnson, is a marked man. Literally. A...
Art Therapy: Aztecs and Mayas: 100 Designs Colouring in and Relaxation
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The great ancient Aztec and Mayan city-states dominated Central and Southern America before the...
Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1) in Books
Jan 6, 2021
I've been reading this 10 days and only gotten 80 pages in, which just shows how much i wasn't enjoying this considering i finish most paperbacks in about 5 days. I only wanted to read this because of True Blood--I've only seen the first series of the show, and wasn't too impressed with that either--and sometimes i think the books are better than the shows/films but this book was so slow moving and the way it was written--so southern--was starting to grate on me. Sookie was annoying me and Bill seemed like the kind of vampire to run off from, not rescue and take on a date.
Not for me at all.
A Birdwatchers' Guide to Portugal: The Azores and Madeira Archipelagos
Colm Moore, Goncalo Elias and Helder Costa
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Portuguese territory goes well beyond the small strip of land in the southwestern corner of the...
Andy K (10821 KP) rated Green Book (2018) in Movies
Jun 22, 2019
The modern Oscars are free of epics like Ben-Hur, The Sound of Music or West Side Story. Instead, character-driven stories seem to be in favor recently.
In this true story, recently unemployed Italian bouncer Tony "Lip" gets hired to drive an African American genius concert pianist throughout his fall tour of the deep southern United States in 1962.
As the two men get to know each other, they are exposed to the very different worlds and set of values the each possesses. Initial hesitation is replaced by eventual respect as the men grow a bond throughout their southern adventure as they confront racism in various threatening or nonchalant forms as is happens.
Tony comes to the aide of his client, Dr. Donald Shirley, several times revealing his bigotry and denial for his race has begun to wane. Dr. Shirley as well begins to understand Tony's rough exterior and even delights Tony's wife Cyrano de Bergerac style assistance in writing verbose and eloquent letters to her.
The acting is thorough and top notch by both Viggo Mortensen (one of the great working actors today) and Mahershala Ali (hot off of Moonlight) with a screenplay to match. The characters are flawed, vivid, well-rounded and interesting. I thoroughly enjoyed this memorable film and well deserved of the big prize.
Nanban: Japanese Soul Food
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Nanban: Japanese Soul Food is an exploration of southern Japanese cookery focused on authentic yet...