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Nevada Smith (1966)

8.5 (2 Ratings) Rate It

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Half-breed Max Sand (Steve McQueen) witnesses the brutal murder of his parents and vows to track...

Instant Health: The Shaolin Qigong Workout for Longevity

Yan Lei

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For the past 1500 years, the Qigong workout for longevity has been secretly passed from generation...

Crusader Castles in Cyprus, Greece and the Aegean 1191-1571

Adam Hook and David Nicolle

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Crusader castles and other fortifications in Cyprus, the south-western coast of Turkey and Greece...

Sjon recommended Stranger Magic in Books (curated)

Stranger Magic

Marina Warner | 2012 | Education, Science Fiction/Fantasy

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"Throughout my writing life I have relied on Marina Warner to guide me through the hidden realms of literature and culture. She has a wast knowledge of folk stories, religious tracts, legends and classical works from all points of the globe and her analysis of how they continue to be present in our lives and work is always inspiring. In Stranger Magic she tells the story of how Scheherazade’s tales in The Arabian Nights were embraced and appropriated by western culture without ever loosing their original power. As I am working my way towards a new novel which includes the influence of Arabic culture on medieval Icelandic writing Warner has once again provided me with her keen insight into the mechanisms of how stories travel."

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Jim Broadbent recommended The Wild Bunch (1969) in Movies (curated)

The Wild Bunch (1969)

1969 | Action, Drama, Western

8.3

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"Wild Bunch, yeah. I’ve seen that as many times as I’ve seen any… it was just a great classic western. The wonderful characters — full of great character actors, you know: Warren Oates, Strother Martin, L.Q. Jones, William Holden, Robert Ryan — they’re just terrific. Just from the acting point of view, the whole shape of it was brilliant, and the story. It was violent and sexy and beautiful. And a fantastic narrative — ambitious and big. Impossible to imagine anyone doing it now, really. I’m a child of that, the Bonnie and Clyde to Raging Bull period, you know. Those are the films that heightened my interest in acting and movies and everything. But that’s the sort of classic of that period, I suppose."

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