*just* finished minutes ago, "Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls."
i LOVE david sedaris, read all his books. it was good, not his very best, but still sedaris worthy good.
Wow, I never heard of this. Kevin Brownlow is fabulous and I love The Parade's Gone By. Let me know if it's worth a read.
I would say you would probably find this one interesting too I do so far!
"The silent movies most known by film-goers paint a charming picture of a relaxed, innocent bygone America. Yet documentary filmmaker Brownlow has unearthed hundreds of forgotten silents that realistically delved into social and political issues: police corruption, white slave rackets, racial tensions, slum conditions, strikes, divorce, venereal disease. Many of these silents took a progressive standpoint softened by melodramatic devices; there were also racist films, Red Scare films, prejudiced caricatures of immigrant groups. By the 1920s, conservatism set in, censorship was widespread, the "star system" was in full swing and the socially conscious silents vanished. Brownlow's spellbinding canvas is peopled with the likes of D. W. Griffith, Margaret Sanger, Henry Ford, Upton Sinclair, temperance firebrand Carry Nation."
It seems it's a trilogy, the last one being "The War, The West, and the Wilderness".
I think I have to track it down. Have you read Silent Stars by Jeanine Basinger? It's great and I see you can get used copies of it on Amazon.
I haven't! Thanks for the heads up :thumbup: When I started getting interested, I got a bio about Clara Bow, and then got books by and about Louise Brooks and also a bio about Rudolph Valentino. I was engulfed in silent movies and their stars, I loved it! I'm so glad I found more about the whole topic in this book store. I have to go back there. It was such a cool bookstore too. An old warehouse in Detroit, full of books of all kinds.... I could get lost in there for days!
Please, Pearl Jam, consider a Benaroya Hall vinyl reissue!
I read 'a heartbreaking work of staggering genius' by him. I think it might be one of my favorite book titles ever. (the story wasn't bad. but the title was better.)
I read 'a heartbreaking work of staggering genius' by him. I think it might be one of my favorite book titles ever. (the story wasn't bad. but the title was better.)
I'm currently reading nothing.
You read the title and it was all downhill from there?
That is a pretty funny book title....right up there with The Baby Jesus Butt Plug
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*just* finished minutes ago, "Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls."
i LOVE david sedaris, read all his books. it was good, not his very best, but still sedaris worthy good.
Couldn't agree more. I like his ability to write an essay and weave in other stories tangentially, but this collection felt a little too tangential.
It's very readable, but he's definitely done better. I suppose though, like a similar band we all love, it's harder and harder to maintain the same emotional intensity on topics that once plagued you, once you've exercised all those demons and become successful.
1998-06-30 Minneapolis
2003-06-16 St. Paul
2006-06-26 St. Paul
2007-08-05 Chicago
2009-08-23 Chicago
2009-08-28 San Francisco
2010-05-01 NOLA (Jazz Fest)
2011-07-02 EV Minneapolis
2011-09-03 PJ20
2011-09-04 PJ20
2011-09-17 Winnipeg
2012-06-26 Amsterdam
2012-06-27 Amsterdam
2013-07-19 Wrigley
2013-11-21 San Diego
2013-11-23 Los Angeles
2013-11-24 Los Angeles
2014-07-08 Leeds, UK
2014-07-11 Milton Keynes, UK
2014-10-09 Lincoln
2014-10-19 St. Paul
2014-10-20 Milwaukee
2016-08-20 Wrigley 1
2016-08-22 Wrigley 2 2018-06-18 London 1 2018-08-18 Wrigley 1 2018-08-20 Wrigley 2 2022-09-16 Nashville 2023-08-31 St. Paul 2023-09-02 St. Paul 2023-09-05 Chicago 1
1998-06-30 Minneapolis
2003-06-16 St. Paul
2006-06-26 St. Paul
2007-08-05 Chicago
2009-08-23 Chicago
2009-08-28 San Francisco
2010-05-01 NOLA (Jazz Fest)
2011-07-02 EV Minneapolis
2011-09-03 PJ20
2011-09-04 PJ20
2011-09-17 Winnipeg
2012-06-26 Amsterdam
2012-06-27 Amsterdam
2013-07-19 Wrigley
2013-11-21 San Diego
2013-11-23 Los Angeles
2013-11-24 Los Angeles
2014-07-08 Leeds, UK
2014-07-11 Milton Keynes, UK
2014-10-09 Lincoln
2014-10-19 St. Paul
2014-10-20 Milwaukee
2016-08-20 Wrigley 1
2016-08-22 Wrigley 2 2018-06-18 London 1 2018-08-18 Wrigley 1 2018-08-20 Wrigley 2 2022-09-16 Nashville 2023-08-31 St. Paul 2023-09-02 St. Paul 2023-09-05 Chicago 1
I want to start reading this one. It's on my Kindle and I am planning on starting it soon. Reviews have been amazing for it.
You’ve never read a book like The Reason I Jump. Written by Naoki Higashida, a very smart, very self-aware, and very charming thirteen-year-old boy with autism, it is a one-of-a-kind memoir that demonstrates how an autistic mind thinks, feels, perceives, and responds in ways few of us can imagine. Parents and family members who never thought they could get inside the head of their autistic loved one at last have a way to break through to the curious, subtle, and complex life within.
Using an alphabet grid to painstakingly construct words, sentences, and thoughts that he is unable to speak out loud, Naoki answers even the most delicate questions that people want to know. Questions such as: “Why do people with autism talk so loudly and weirdly?” “Why do you line up your toy cars and blocks?” “Why don’t you make eye contact when you’re talking?” and “What’s the reason you jump?” (Naoki’s answer: “When I’m jumping, it’s as if my feelings are going upward to the sky.”) With disarming honesty and a generous heart, Naoki shares his unique point of view on not only autism but life itself. His insights—into the mystery of words, the wonders of laughter, and the elusiveness of memory—are so startling, so strange, and so powerful that you will never look at the world the same way again.
In his introduction, bestselling novelist David Mitchell writes that Naoki’s words allowed him to feel, for the first time, as if his own autistic child was explaining what was happening in his mind. “It is no exaggeration to say that The Reason I Jump allowed me to round a corner in our relationship.” This translation was a labor of love by David and his wife, KA Yoshida, so they’d be able to share that feeling with friends, the wider autism community, and beyond. Naoki’s book, in its beauty, truthfulness, and simplicity, is a gift to be shared.
1998 ~ Barrie
2003 ~ Toronto
2005 ~ London, Toronto
2006 ~ Toronto
2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
I want to start reading this one. It's on my Kindle and I am planning on starting it soon. Reviews have been amazing for it.
You’ve never read a book like The Reason I Jump. Written by Naoki Higashida, a very smart, very self-aware, and very charming thirteen-year-old boy with autism, it is a one-of-a-kind memoir that demonstrates how an autistic mind thinks, feels, perceives, and responds in ways few of us can imagine.
Wow, thank you, I would definitely be into this one, have a close family member suffering from mild autism.
What's your part, who you are?
2012: Arras, Berlin 1-2
2013: Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires
2014: Milano, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin
2016: NY MSG 1
I started reading How to Win Friends and Influence People, but had to take a break. So I'm halfway through that.
I tried to read this a couple of times, just didn't hold my attention. Now I'm reading Snakes in Suits, quite entertaining and relateable to people I have worked with over the years.
I also cannot read any self-help books. :roll:
What's your part, who you are?
2012: Arras, Berlin 1-2
2013: Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires
2014: Milano, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin
2016: NY MSG 1
just finished the air war over Malta which was great amazing that they had more bombs dropped on them than London and the island is smaller than London .must go there again lovely place ..
Frank Edwards - 'Strange People - Strange, sub-human, Superhuman People who have baffled the World'
The Monkey girl and the alligator boy
The woman who came back from the dead
People who could see without eyes
The man who was hanged three times
The man with the radar brain
The boy who returned from the grave
The man with the burning breath
The man with four eyes
The mentalist who solved murders
The man who never slept
The elephant boy and the dog-faced boy
The man who could see through the Earth
The man who would not die
The girl who could read un-opened letters
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i LOVE david sedaris, read all his books. it was good, not his very best, but still sedaris worthy good.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
I haven't! Thanks for the heads up :thumbup:
I read 'a heartbreaking work of staggering genius' by him. I think it might be one of my favorite book titles ever. (the story wasn't bad. but the title was better.)
I'm currently reading nothing.
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You read the title and it was all downhill from there?
That is a pretty funny book title....right up there with The Baby Jesus Butt Plug
As I started reading it...it was as if it was written as a companion piece to the song Inside Job...wow...just amazing!!
Couldn't agree more. I like his ability to write an essay and weave in other stories tangentially, but this collection felt a little too tangential.
It's very readable, but he's definitely done better. I suppose though, like a similar band we all love, it's harder and harder to maintain the same emotional intensity on topics that once plagued you, once you've exercised all those demons and become successful.
2003-06-16 St. Paul
2006-06-26 St. Paul
2007-08-05 Chicago
2009-08-23 Chicago
2009-08-28 San Francisco
2010-05-01 NOLA (Jazz Fest)
2011-07-02 EV Minneapolis
2011-09-03 PJ20
2011-09-04 PJ20
2011-09-17 Winnipeg
2012-06-26 Amsterdam
2012-06-27 Amsterdam
2013-07-19 Wrigley
2013-11-21 San Diego
2013-11-23 Los Angeles
2013-11-24 Los Angeles
2014-07-08 Leeds, UK
2014-07-11 Milton Keynes, UK
2014-10-09 Lincoln
2014-10-19 St. Paul
2014-10-20 Milwaukee
2016-08-20 Wrigley 1
2016-08-22 Wrigley 2
2018-06-18 London 1
2018-08-18 Wrigley 1
2018-08-20 Wrigley 2
2022-09-16 Nashville
2023-08-31 St. Paul
2023-09-02 St. Paul
2023-09-05 Chicago 1
First one was great, this started off well.
2003-06-16 St. Paul
2006-06-26 St. Paul
2007-08-05 Chicago
2009-08-23 Chicago
2009-08-28 San Francisco
2010-05-01 NOLA (Jazz Fest)
2011-07-02 EV Minneapolis
2011-09-03 PJ20
2011-09-04 PJ20
2011-09-17 Winnipeg
2012-06-26 Amsterdam
2012-06-27 Amsterdam
2013-07-19 Wrigley
2013-11-21 San Diego
2013-11-23 Los Angeles
2013-11-24 Los Angeles
2014-07-08 Leeds, UK
2014-07-11 Milton Keynes, UK
2014-10-09 Lincoln
2014-10-19 St. Paul
2014-10-20 Milwaukee
2016-08-20 Wrigley 1
2016-08-22 Wrigley 2
2018-06-18 London 1
2018-08-18 Wrigley 1
2018-08-20 Wrigley 2
2022-09-16 Nashville
2023-08-31 St. Paul
2023-09-02 St. Paul
2023-09-05 Chicago 1
You’ve never read a book like The Reason I Jump. Written by Naoki Higashida, a very smart, very self-aware, and very charming thirteen-year-old boy with autism, it is a one-of-a-kind memoir that demonstrates how an autistic mind thinks, feels, perceives, and responds in ways few of us can imagine. Parents and family members who never thought they could get inside the head of their autistic loved one at last have a way to break through to the curious, subtle, and complex life within.
Using an alphabet grid to painstakingly construct words, sentences, and thoughts that he is unable to speak out loud, Naoki answers even the most delicate questions that people want to know. Questions such as: “Why do people with autism talk so loudly and weirdly?” “Why do you line up your toy cars and blocks?” “Why don’t you make eye contact when you’re talking?” and “What’s the reason you jump?” (Naoki’s answer: “When I’m jumping, it’s as if my feelings are going upward to the sky.”) With disarming honesty and a generous heart, Naoki shares his unique point of view on not only autism but life itself. His insights—into the mystery of words, the wonders of laughter, and the elusiveness of memory—are so startling, so strange, and so powerful that you will never look at the world the same way again.
In his introduction, bestselling novelist David Mitchell writes that Naoki’s words allowed him to feel, for the first time, as if his own autistic child was explaining what was happening in his mind. “It is no exaggeration to say that The Reason I Jump allowed me to round a corner in our relationship.” This translation was a labor of love by David and his wife, KA Yoshida, so they’d be able to share that feeling with friends, the wider autism community, and beyond. Naoki’s book, in its beauty, truthfulness, and simplicity, is a gift to be shared.
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I hope so...I love books with interesting things
2003 ~ Toronto
2005 ~ London, Toronto
2006 ~ Toronto
2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
Just ordered Kafka on the shore of Murakami. Inspired by Stone. :geek:
2012: Arras, Berlin 1-2
2013: Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires
2014: Milano, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin
2016: NY MSG 1
Wow, thank you, I would definitely be into this one, have a close family member suffering from mild autism.
2012: Arras, Berlin 1-2
2013: Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires
2014: Milano, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin
2016: NY MSG 1
I also cannot read any self-help books. :roll:
2012: Arras, Berlin 1-2
2013: Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires
2014: Milano, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin
2016: NY MSG 1
Hell yeah. :!: :!: :twisted:
2012: Arras, Berlin 1-2
2013: Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires
2014: Milano, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin
2016: NY MSG 1
Still need to check "Bioluminescence" in the dictionary.
2012: Arras, Berlin 1-2
2013: Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires
2014: Milano, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin
2016: NY MSG 1
just finished the air war over Malta which was great amazing that they had more bombs dropped on them than London and the island is smaller than London .must go there again lovely place ..
Frank Edwards - 'Strange People - Strange, sub-human, Superhuman People who have baffled the World'
The Monkey girl and the alligator boy
The woman who came back from the dead
People who could see without eyes
The man who was hanged three times
The man with the radar brain
The boy who returned from the grave
The man with the burning breath
The man with four eyes
The mentalist who solved murders
The man who never slept
The elephant boy and the dog-faced boy
The man who could see through the Earth
The man who would not die
The girl who could read un-opened letters
and much, much more!
I have finished it...wow...the depth of it was excellent...now off to find "My Ishmael"