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"Let China sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world," so said Napolean, and so true it remains hundreds of years since. The allure of 1.5 billion consumers driving companies in to sell their products, only to find that other local merchants have already arrived to sell to...
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Last night was a rare treat- Will Oldham answering questions and sharing new songs he's worked on during his 2+ month tenure in the Marin Headlands, as artist in residence at the Center for the Arts. One of the questions was about his pseudonym (Bonnie "Prince" Billy), which he revealed...
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Are circus books preternaturally good? I'm thinking of Geek Love, and this one, but I'm sure there are others. So yeah, this book that everyone has been buzzing in my ear to read, it's a quality story. Jacob is a 93 year old man reliving his glory days when a...
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As an indication of how desperately parched my reading throat was, I consumed this book in a few hours last night. I just couldn't stop myself, reading and whirling in the characters' Ocean Beach fog, tensely waiting to see what Holland would do-- would he choose his old lover over...
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Housekeeping
by lz in Reading Archive on 12May2008
Delightful novel filled with unique female characters: Ruthie the narrator, her little sister Lucille who starts to care what other people think of her, Aunt Sylvie who swoops in to become their guardian after their grandmother passes. Their mother Helen dropped them on the grandmother's porch eons ago before suiciding...
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About the Author
by lz in Reading Archive on 08May2008
Ate it up. Then licked the spoon. And wondered where to get more. I like the four part format; each section not too long to plow through, each section with a definite ending. Great writing, engaging plot (which sometimes wandered into the unbelievable, but I'll suspend my disbelief for any...
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North to the Night
by lz in Reading Archive on 01May2008
I love these kinds of adventure tales that turn me into an armchair traveler. And by "these kinds", I mean the ones that don't overplay the maudlin or overemphasize the dangers or weave meaningless strands of spirituality into the mix. Simon's tale kicks off in the tropical seas, promising his...
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