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MENSA CALGARY BOOK CLUB LIST. With thanks to Debbie Bennett. Friday, March 4, 2011. Just Kids by Patti Smith. New York Times: · In Patti Smith's world of young creation, Piaf and Dylan, Homer and Maykovsky, Gregory Corso and Nietzsche are ... She recalls dozens of extraordinary moments and encounters: seeing the Velvet Underground for the first time live, sitting on the floor of Janis Joplin's room at the Chelsea Hotel while Kris Kristofferson sings “Me and Bobby McGee. ...

Winter Reading, 2010-11

Under the warm light cast by the reading lamp, I was plunged into a new world of images and sensations, peopled by characters who seemed as real to me as my room. Page after page I let the spell of the story and its world take me over, .... Below is a complete list of the 21 books I read this winter, winter being defined, for the purposes of this blog, as December, January, and the first week of February. Titles I've reviewed at Amazon.com are hyperlinked to my review, ...

A baseball wife emerges from the dugout | overseas sports ticket

It grew into his first baseball history book, published in 1960. Dr. Seymour's wife knows now that she probably contributed more to that dissertation than the academic world would consider appropriate. ... She stayed behind in the hotel room, even though she had written the last 13 chapters herself. Ironically, the publisher, Oxford University Press, paid her $1000 to edit the manuscript, not knowing she'd written it. Chapter Three: Autumn ...

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Asphalt to Ecosystems: An Interview with Sharon Danks. This is the first of a two-part interview with Sharon Danks, author of Asphalt to Ecosystems. This was THE book of 2010 about developing outdoor spaces and school grounds. ... At the same time, children's domainâ€"the areas they can roam on their own outside of schoolâ€"have been shrinking over the last few generations, leaving many children with only the schoolyard to explore to discover how the world works. ...

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To Bemuse: Jack's Life

But really, the book itself has a merit of it's own, apart from it's content. The first chapter has evoked such a wonderful sensation within me, partly because I love Lewis but also because it's about the childhood of a sweet little boy. Lewis had a very difficult life as a child and I can't ... For Lewis, whose constitution was weak and whose world was rife with life-threatening diseases, his parents had just cause to be worried and overprotective of their little boy. ...

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The Connection Between Aviation and Polar Research | OnOrbit

My book will explore the relationship between aviation and science, and so for me, my first flight was just another working day. I tried to write notes, grab photographs, and not trip over my boots, all at the same time. ... The Bell 212 "7 Papa Hotel" comes into the hanger for overnight servicing. Hanging out with the helicopter mechanics, with the classic rock playing and the banter flowing, reminded Charles Hood of the best aspects of a hometown filling station. ...

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A year ago, I sat in the lobby of a hotel in Cairo and waited for my local contact to show up and take me out for dinner. It had already been a long trip and I was more than. ... I wrote a book, albeit a very short one, on sharks. It was called, The Wide World of Sharks. Since that first foray into writing books, that has been my goal as a writer. It has gone from writing thriller novels like those I enjoy reading to wanting to write great works of creative ...

Whazzup in Mangalore!!!: Book Review: Following Fish

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THE MIXED BAG - PART TWO

At lunch when I wrote the first part of this post a green ball distracted me. My original intent was to provide something a bit more uplifting and inspirational than an essay on the perils and rewards of pursuing a career as an author. ... If you need more information about the event, host hotel, or are just curious follow this link. Short of something cataclysmic happening, my dearest friend and I will be attending to kick off the premier of the newest book to flow from ...

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That's 20000 people who have looked at at least one of my games somewhere across the world (And that tracking was just on one site; I didn't bother checking the stats from other sites). Also if you look at the game industry you can see ... First Draft : 50k Words. Where Gods and Mortals Dance First Draft : 180k Words, 100%. Second Draft: 0%. Might of the Steelgods. Book One. First Draft: 94k Words, 100%. Second Draft: 96k Words, 100%. The Gears of Anbar. MOTSG Book Two ...

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My 2011 Dream Season

June 21-Jason Grilli found in a filthy Vegas hotel room with Justin Bieber. Ha… June 26-Tigers vs. Diamondbacks. Justin Verlander and Armando Galarraga each throw 10 innings of shutout ball. Tigers win in the 11th, 1-0, on a walkoff homer by Timo Perez ... October 30-Tigers beat Arizona in six games (so they can win it at home) to win first World Series since 1984. They win on a walk-off homer by Timo Perez, of course. I'm there in attendance and weep like the bitch I am. ...

Fantastic Mr. Fox: A Wes Anderson Family Film (3/5)

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CATHOLIC NEWS WORLD: THURS. FEB. 3, 2011

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Glad you asked! My first book was self-published. Then I had six books that were conventionally published. For this one, I wanted to take complete control again with all the lessons I've gotten from the past 10 years. It's more work, but it's a lot of fun. .... I used to go there for my birthday every year and stay at a little hotel directly on the beach … which has relocated to somewhere in the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico since Katrina. But I still love that spot on the ...

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