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* RK Review: In the Best Interests of the Game?

ronkaplan wrote 4 hours ago: The Revolutionary Reign of Bud Selig By Andrew Zimbalist (Wiley, 2007) The review appears in the cur … more →

Tags: 2007 title, History, Non-Fiction, andrew zimbalist, Bud Selig

* RK Review: Satchel: The Life and Times of An American Legend

ronkaplan wrote 5 hours ago: by Larry Tye (Random House). As appears on Bookreporter.com. … more →

Tags: 2009 title, History, Negro Leagues, Non-Fiction, Larry Tye, Satchel Paige

Dr. Vandana Shiva and Feminist Theory

momentumfemininum wrote 5 hours ago: by Rachel Brinker In Hindi, chipko means, “to embrace.”  The Chipko Movement in India became one of … more →

Tags: vandana shiva, Agriculture, Biodiversity, chipko, ecofeminism, Environment, feminine principle, Feminism, GATT

عکس هایی از راشل ویز

maral wrote 8 hours ago: عکس هایی از راشل ویز بازیگر اصلی فیلم کنستانتین در هفتم مارس سال 1971 به دنیا آمد او متولد شهر … more →

Tags: Celebrity

C2C Bike Ride

jerrychicken wrote 11 hours ago: This is turning into a bit of an anthem for our upcoming torture weekend, 13 days and counting … more →

Tags: C2C, Sue Ryder Care, wheatfields hospice

Keanu Reeves

funblast wrote 12 hours ago:   Keanu Reeves Date of Birth 2 September 1964, Beirut, Lebanon Birth Name Keanu Charles Reeves Nick … more →

Tags: pic of the week, Actor, filmohraphy, Keanu Reeves

Behold, Sweet Uploaded Videos!

gbem1 wrote 13 hours ago: Cruise over to the PAPP Youtube page and you’ll see a ton of newly-uploaded, albeit dated, vid … more →

Tags: News, Personal, Dan Schall, live, Performance, Philadelphia, Poetry, Recordings

Repost: Review: Shadow Man: The Life of Dashiell Hammett

rdjahn wrote 15 hours ago: Originally posted — on my old blog — on April 10th: Shadow Man: The Life of Dashiell Ham … more →

Tags: Book Review, crime writing, Dashiell Hammett

Highway Companion: Songs for Driving Cross Country

Kathleen wrote 16 hours ago: 150,000+ — that’s the number of miles I’ve racked up driving around North America. … more →

Tags: Travel, Personal, Music, RoadTrip, Playlist, Americana

Man Ray Comes To My House

JJ ColourArt wrote 20 hours ago: I first came across some of Man Ray’s sculptures in an art book I own called History of Modern … more →

Tags: Books, American Art, Art, Artists, man ray, Man Ray: American Artist, Painters, Photography, Sculptors

Ramblings about Stones, Expectations and Faith

boaporg wrote 22 hours ago: We (sane?) humans have a well-known tendency to systematize our thought-environs. We desire to not … more →

Tags: Mormon history, Joseph Smith, Book of Abraham, seer stones, Book of Mormon

Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet (2002)

globeart wrote 1 day ago: The dramatic story of Muhammad, who changed world history in 20 years and continues to influence the … more →

* TWIBB -- July 3

ronkaplan wrote 1 day ago: This week in baseball books, featuring the best-sellers according to Amazon.com on Friday, July 3. … more →

Tags: 2009 title, Classic title, Lists, Negro Leagues, New Title, Non-Fiction, Nostalgia, Older title, Rankings

* Now hear this: new baseball audiobook titles

ronkaplan wrote 1 day ago: Larry Tye’s new biography has generated renewed interst in Paige’s own (purported) autob … more →

Tags: 2009 title, Audio, autobiography, Classic title

karim salhani

leatherflavoreddonut wrote 1 day ago: i could not fid much out about this guy except that he is nineteen, from lebanon, and started playin … more →

Tags: Music

* "Dictionary" Dickson project freshens up classic baseball titles

ronkaplan wrote 1 day ago: Dover Publications, under the direction of contributing editor Paul Dickson, has just begun a series … more →

Tags: Annoucements, autobiography, Classic title, History, Baseball Books, paul dickson

Thomas Jefferson

hawksince78 wrote 1 day ago: Biografije… Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826), američki političar i predsjednik Thomas Jeff … more →

Tags: History, Politics, Latinic script