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5 Books About Famous Ballet Dancers Natalia Makarova And Rudolf Nureyev 0
- BOOK LISTS, BOOKS & ART, BOOKS & HISTORY
- August 22, 2017
These 5 books about famous ballet dancers Natalia Makarova and Rudolf Nureyev provide an inside look at the lives of two of the dance world’s most celebrated dancers. 1. A Dance Autobiography by Natalia Makarova 2. Nureyev: His Life by Diane Solway “Everyone knows the name Rudolf Nureyev, but does anyone know the man behind
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10 Fashion Passages From The Irrationalist’s 17th Century Europe 0
- BOOKS & FASHION, BOOKS & HISTORY, BOOKS & MYSTERY
- August 9, 2017
The following passages depicting fashion in 17th century Europe are taken from the historical murder mystery The Irrationalist by Andrew Pessin. The book is available at Amazon and Open Books Direct. “Must this hall be so drafty?” complained a man in Scandinavian-accented French, pushing past him wearing the widest reticella collar Baillet had ever seen. http://the-ruff-and-bustle.tumblr.com/post/28776330688/here-is-a-lace-ruff-one-of-our-namesakes-from
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5 Stunning Stories Of The Great Recession 0
- BOOK LISTS, BOOKS & HISTORY
- August 8, 2017
From the traders on Wall Street to the unsuspecting middle class American families in the suburbs, these fiction and non-fiction books document in stunning detail the causes and effects of the 2008 financial crisis known as The Great Recession. 1. Too Big To Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin “In one of the most gripping financial
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20 Quotes About Reading By Some Of The Greatest Minds Of All Time 0
- BOOKS & HISTORY, BOOKS & QUOTES
- August 3, 2017
Read these quotes about reading by some of the greatest minds of all time. Did we miss a great mind? Tell us in the comments section below. 1. “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.”―Frederick Douglass 2. “Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge.”―Stephen Hawking 3. “If you
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5 Fashion Passages From Copper Sky’s 1917 Montana 0
- BOOKS & FASHION, BOOKS & HISTORY, BOOKS & QUOTES
- July 27, 2017
The following passages depicting women’s fashion in 1917 Montana are taken from the historical novel Copper Sky by Milana Marsenich. The book is available at Amazon and Open Books Direct. “Pretty women in shiny red and purple dresses, who lived from the wages of the off-shift workers, stood bundled up on street corners. Their dresses
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Your Philosophy Minute: There Is No Path Not Taken 0
- BOOKS & HISTORY, BOOKS & MYSTERY, VIDEOS
- July 19, 2017
Editor’s Note: The Irrationalist: The Tragic Murder of René Descartes by Andrew Pessin is now available here. Ours is a life that is entirely out of our control. Lots of things determine what choices we make: hunches, personality, our beliefs and desires, the laws of nature, etc. And it turns out we don’t control any of
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