Archive for the ‘Books and Literary Things’ Category
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
I was reading Chickpea's blog and came across this fun book meme -and have been tagged by Apostate ( thank you! and yes hopefully i am back!)
1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the 5th Sentence.
4. Post the next ...
Posted in Books and Literary Things, Meme | 3 Comments »
Monday, November 5th, 2007
Some books i have been reading lately:
Agatha Christie: An english mystery - Laura Thompson (2007)
A biography of my favourite author so I read this with great interest: it's a good complement to agatha's own writings about her life ( she published two sets of autobiographical writings) - and goes ...
Posted in Books and Literary Things, News & info | 27 Comments »
Sunday, November 4th, 2007
and season's greetings to the world! yes it has been a long time. where does it fly?
its been a month of beautiful colour, the smell of woodsmoke which reminds me of my childhood , halloween and bonfires and of course fireworks. Tomorrow is the 5th of November!
i've stumbled across the ...
Posted in Books and Literary Things, London, Musings, Social History | 3 Comments »
Friday, August 11th, 2006
The Complete Short Stories of W. Somerset Maugham (Vol. III)
Maugham was a witty fellow. This collection of short stories features the British agent Ashenden - who it is said inspired Ian Fleming’s Bond, particularly with regards to Bond's interactions with M.
In any case, they revolve around the First World ...
Posted in Ashenden, Books and Literary Things, Liza of Lambeth, News & info, Short Stories, W. Somerset Maugham | 6 Comments »
Monday, August 7th, 2006
The original Da Vinci Code?
With the international success of the bestselling novel The DaVinci Code, esoteric subjects have been enthusiastically ...
Posted in Books and Literary Things, Da Vinci Code, Esoterica, Grail Myths and Legends, Hermetica, History, Mythology and Folklore, Priory of Sion, conspiracy theory, original da vinci code | 10 Comments »
Friday, July 28th, 2006
Zadie Smith discusses her latest book 'On Beauty' at Wanstead Library this Saturday - 29th July.
This is her third novel and was published in 2005, and won the 2006 Orange Prize for Fiction. It's been referred to in a lot of reviews as a 'homage to EM Forster'.
Starts ...
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Thursday, May 18th, 2006
Web Braille offers access to thousands of electronic braille books on the Internet for the use of eligible braille readers by the Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS).On May 11th 2006 NLS made the following announcement on the Web Braille website:
"Because of technical ...
Posted in Books and Literary Things, Campaigns & Petitions, Library of Congress, News & info, USA, web braille | 6 Comments »
Wednesday, April 26th, 2006
Bringing you essential etiquette guidance since 1102:
" Being a scholarly Journal within which gentlemen, and those others, who in so being concerned with manners and all matters of etiquette in these dark times make it their solemn duty to educate their peers and lessers in the ways of civilisation."
The ...
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Wednesday, April 19th, 2006
Encouraging Londoners to make more time for reading. Â
Find out what's happening in your Borough.
Posted in Books and Literary Things, Cool Stuff, London, News & info, libraries | 2 Comments »
Monday, April 3rd, 2006
Has been added to the Book section. Check this space: over the next few weeks i will be adding more content. Also, i will be moving some content across from the Saki and Satire blog to this section - why? well just because the end of the Blogger experiment has ...
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