The Library: A World History
James W. P. Campbell and Will Pryce
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This spectacular book is the first single volume to tell the story of the library as a distinct...
La Flor (2018)
6.0
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Punishingly lengthy Argentine art-house film, usually shown as a series of (relatively) more...
Awix (3310 KP) rated High Life (2019) in Movies
May 13, 2019 (Updated May 13, 2019)
High Life presumably is an attempt at a grand statement on the human condition, but ends up looking more like what would happen if the Big Brother house was sent into orbit - this is a film with a bleak, squalid, misanthropic outlook, not helped by its total lack of humour and increasingly odd and confounding plotting as it continues. It betrays a certain familiarity with the history of the genre, has reasonable production designs, and Pattinson's performance is not bad. But it's a strange, repugnant, impenetrable film with little actual entertainment value.
Cecil Beaton at Home: An Interior Life
Andrew Ginger and Hugo Viickers
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Cecil Beaton (1904 1980) was one of twentieth- century Britain s Renaissance men: photographer,...
The Vanishing Man: In Pursuit of Velazquez
Book
BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. "The Vanishing Man is a riveting detective story and a brilliant...
Dark Places: The Haunted House in Film
3.0
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Horror films revel in taking viewers into shadowy places where evil resides, whether it is a house,...
Dana (24 KP) rated The World of Ice and Fire: The Untold History of the World of A Game of Thrones in Books
Mar 23, 2018
I really really enjoyed this book. I love getting to see into the minds of the author's for the worlds they create. This is no different. Martin and his co authors did a fantastic job creating this world and giving real depth to it. I loved all the history of the seven kingdoms and all of Essos. It was phenomenal to see how far back they were willing to write. I think by having read this, I can understand the characters and their reasons for doing what they do by knowing their house backgrounds. We even get to know some of the history of Robert's Rebellion we don't get to see in the show.
I love the history of the Targaryens. They are my house, because dragons. I think my favorite member of the house is Danae (not only because she has the same name as me, I promise). She is a badass warrior princess who rode her dragon into battle and defied her brother husband because she wanted to be free. She is a force to be reckoned with and I would love to be her. Well, minus the brother husband thing because that is gross.
The art work in this book is gorgeous. I cannot get enough of it. I am definitely going to look to see if I can possibly buy some prints of the art because my walls are severely lacking Game of Thrones right now.
Overall, I thought this was a cool, in depth experience of the World of Ice and Fire. If you are a fan of the series (either book or television) you should check this out.
Ashmolean Museum
Education and Reference
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Take a Tour of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England. The Ashmolean Museum (in full the Ashmolean...
Post Everything: Outsider Rock and Roll
Book
In Post Everything, Luke Haines demonstrates that the only way to survive the tyrannical scourge of...
Japan Style: Architecture Interiors Design
Book
Enter the world of the stylish Japanese house, where every object in sight is a work of art. Japan...