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Type: fiction

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Author: Arturo Perez_Reverte

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Description: The first in a series of adventures set in Spain'sThe first in a series of adventures set in Spain's Golden Age. Written with grace and humour....

2006-02-27

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Type: documentary

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Status: now reading

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Author: John McPhee

2006-02-16

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Type: documentary

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Author: Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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Tags: chile filmmaking

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Description: A great, quick read about a courageous bit of underground film-making by exile Miguel LittenA great, quick read about a courageous bit of underground film-making by exile Miguel Litten during the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile. Chilling and inspiring....

2006-02-15

 

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Type: documentary

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Author: Elijah Wald

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Tags: music mexico corridos

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Description: Great in-depth look at the world of corridos, written with passion and humour.

2006-02-07

 

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Type: fiction

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Authors: Camilo Jose Cela Anthony Kerrigan

2006-02-06

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Type: documentary

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Status: I recommend

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Author: Pico Iyer

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Tags: travel buddhism essays profiles

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Description: This is the most somber Pico Iyer book I've read. The collection of pieces is almost aThis is the most somber Pico Iyer book I've read. The collection of pieces is almost a long exploration of dislocation and dispossession. Fascinating and wonderful....

2006-02-03

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Type: documentary

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Author: Roland Barthes

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Tags: philosophy sociology photography

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Description: Sometimes maddening, sometimes illuminating, always interesting.

2006-02-01

 

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Type: documentary

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Author: David Quammen

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Tags: history essay ecology geography nature geology wildlife

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Description: A collection of his writings from Outside and other sources, written with wit, depth and passion.A collection of his writings from Outside and other sources, written with wit, depth and passion. An exploration not only of wild places, but of the sense of place that anchors us to the world....

2006-01-24

 

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Type: documentary

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Author: Jon Lee Anderson

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Tags: war iraq journalism baghdad

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Description: An incredible piece of reporting and writing from Jon Lee Anderson, whose New Yorker reportsAn incredible piece of reporting and writing from Jon Lee Anderson, whose New Yorker reports from Afghanistan and Iraq were among the best reporting of those wars. Anderson was in Iraq throughout the lead up to the war and the arrival of American troops. An essential piece of journalism....

2006-01-24

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Type: educational

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Author: Howard Rheingold

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Description: A fascinating look at the convergence of technology and "society", dense with information.A fascinating look at the convergence of technology and "society", dense with information. I'll have to reread this in a few weeks to really absorb it all....

2006-01-16