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After the end of art

walkthroughpuddles wrote 1 week ago: Today was the last lecture for my favourite class this semester: Issues in Contemporary Art. I reall … more →

Tags: Art, event, The Sweet And The Bitter, Pacific Cinematheque, Arts Cuts Memo, Arts Cuts BC, post it note, cinema 1960s

Shogun by James Clavell

Aaron Brander wrote 1 month ago: It has taken me a long time to write this blog. Not that I haven’t tried a few times. I have. I’ve t … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Historical Fiction, 5 Stars, Samurai

The Great Escape

Daniel wrote 1 month ago: #100! Data Title: The Great Escape Year: 1963 Length: 172 minutes Director: John Sturges Writers: Ja … more →

Tags: Movies, top 250, Elmer Bernstein, 1963, Richard Attenborough, John Sturges, w r burnett, Paul Brickhill, Steve McQueen

Tales from WW2 – The Asia-Pacific arena - Part 3

cathedralist wrote 2 months ago: The story with a WW2 twist that I recounted in my previous two posts got me reminiscing about a few … more →

Tags: Memories, World War 2, a town like alice, adventure, Anglo-Indian, Asia-Pacific, Chennai Madras, Childhood, Empire of the Sun

Why do I like the Japanese?8 comments

ivdanu wrote 2 months ago: Is it because of my blood? (AB IV- it seems that about 75 % of the Japanese have this type, the newe … more →

Tags: Drawing, Ion Vincent Danu, Vincent Van Gogh, Dreams, Hokusai, Japan, Kurosawa, Martin Scorsese, Ridley Scott

memories of the '70s - James Clavell's Shogun

Waheeda wrote 2 months ago: Japanese culture and its samurai past became the hot read of 1975, when author James Clavell’s  Asia … more →

Tags: pop culture, Literature, 1970s, Novel, 1975, shogun, Japan

Typos

marcel barang wrote 3 months ago:   There is this famous text in recent circulation where all words are misspelled and yet are still u … more →

Tags: English, Bangkok Post, Hodder and Stoughton, John Le Carre, Philip Roth

15 Books (I'm a copy-cat)3 comments

portablecity wrote 4 months ago: I’m following Diana’s lead and using this as an excuse to tell you about books I adore. … more →

Tags: Gripping Stories, A Canticle for Leibowitz, alan garner, American Gods, Banana Yoshimoto, Charlotte Bronte, Douglas Coupland, J. R. R. Tolkien, Jane Eyre

Presents and politics

kate200 wrote 6 months ago: Lady Ochiba thinks on her feet to deftly sidestep a potential diplomatic trap – in the form of a sim … more →

Tags: Gifts in literature, shogun

James Clavell

myryna wrote 6 months ago: Un nou sport extrem in era moderna informationala este …cititul. Noroc cu criza asta ca a treb … more →

Tags: D'ale carnavalului, Carti, citit

A Bailout Lesson From The Past

Huston wrote 8 months ago: Two days after the nationwide tea party protests, I’m sitting in an office waiting to be calle … more →

Tags: Language and Literature, politics and society, bailouts, Tea Party, noble house

Tumbleweeds rolling through the office4 comments

Michael Hickey wrote 11 months ago: As much as loud conversations next to my cube drive me nuts when I’m writing, I’m findin … more →

Tags: Business, Poetry, application programming interface, Haiku, shogun

10 ways NOT to go loco in Yokohama #8: Find a role model19 comments

Locohama wrote 1 year ago: For me, there was no preparation for the challenges I would face as a foreigner living in Japan. Thi … more →

Tags: gaijin in Japan, Japan, Role Model, Teaching English, anjin-san, Barack Obama, Dicky Fox, Harajuku, hip-hop

A little about me and Japan: Part 2-Kokujin Anjin-San7 comments

Locohama wrote 1 year ago: I’ve gone through several phases since my arrival here in the land of the Gods. The first phas … more →

Tags: angry black man, Japanese Culture, Me and Japan Series, sex, xenophobia, Brooklyn, Burakumin, ETA, fashion health

John McCain: The Return of "King Rat"5 comments

tntalk wrote 1 year ago: a commentary by TNTalk! writer, Leon Walker… Is Senator John McCain a war mongering baby kille … more →

Tags: Commentary, Politics, election, Power, iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, John McCain, Manipulation

Recommended Reading: Shogun

Huston wrote 1 year ago: I haven’t posted anything in nearly a week largely because I’ve spent most of my spare m … more →

Tags: Language and Literature, Book Reviews, shogun

Seeking Stillness9 comments

enlightenedhorsemanship wrote 1 year ago: I’m in Brenham, Texas today after a marathon sequence of flights that began at 3:00 a.m. Easte … more →

Tags: Mindfulness, Tellington TTouch®, stillness, seeking stillness, seeking stillness from within, Hermit, St. Vincent, Bequia, shogun

King Rat

wallbuilder wrote 1 year ago: James Clavell’s gritty first novel (King Rat) was about the fight for survival in the Chiangi … more →

Tags: spirituality, Spiritual Growth, Religion, Interpersonal, Relationships, Spiritual Warfare, Satan, King Rat, Chiangi Prison Camp

Book/Movie Recommendation: Shogun and William Adams!

europadanica wrote 1 year ago: One of my favorite movies and in my humble opinion, one of the best mini-series ever, has always bee … more →

Tags: Book Recommendations, Book Reviews, History, Links, Literature, Movie Recommendations, Posted on Yahoo!360, Books, cultural studies


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