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17 hours ago ago from Brilliant Magazine

STORY: Hilary Shepherd American Fashion Menswear By Robert E. Bryan; Assouline. $50. In conjunction with the Council of Fashion Designers, American Fashion Menswea r expertly showcases the trends and themes worn by American men throughout history. Focusing on the past 100 years of men’s style, the book is divided into seven sections, beginning with Utility and ending with Hollywood and music. With a forward from Ralph Lauren, ...

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12 hours ago ago from Sci-Fi Fan Letter

When Gallop: A Scanimation Picture Book came out in November of 2007 I thought it was a completely original, stunning new way of using books. Turns out that it's not as original as I thought, but it's still a cool way of introducing books to kids who are used to TV (ie, to things MOVING). In 1975 the Magic Moving Picture Book came out, containing a ruled acetate screen which, once pulled over the pages makes "volcanoes erupt, houses go up ...

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american on purpose: the improbable adventures of an unlikely patriot

8 hours ago ago from Best Book 2009

Buy Cheap American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot Buy Low Price From Here Now In American on Purpose , Craig Ferguson delivers a moving and achingly funny memoir of living the American dream as he journeys from the mean streets of Glasgow, Scotland, to the comedic promised land of Hollywood. Along the way he stumbles through several attempts to make his markâas a punk rock musician, a construction worker, a ...

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Book Review: Daniel Walker Howe, Making the American Self: Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln

3 hours ago ago from Juvenile Instructor

Building off of Christopher's recent review of Robert Orsi's The Madonna of 115th Street , I though I would post a recent review I've written on an important historical text that, while not directly addressing Mormonism, offers intriguing questions and approaches that we can apply to Mormon history. The first section is my review of Howe's fascinating volume, while the second section provides a few paragraphs on how we can relate it to Mormon ...

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17 hours ago ago from Silliman's Blog

Photo by Ben Friedlander Pierre Joris on Ken Irby § Annie Finch : “Chaos in 14 Lines” § Laughing at the funny parts Not a lot of laughs in Carol Ann Duffy § Herta Mueller’s Nobel address What inspired Mueller § Jerome Rothenberg on poets in society § New American Poets: Joseph Massey § Marjorie Perloff : Reading from Vienna Paradiox ; Talking with Charles ...

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Steve Cobble: Jon, Stephen, You're Off Track Lately

36 minutes ago ago from Huffington Post

Recently Jon Stewart had right-wing fundamentalist Mike Huckabee on his show--for the third time! They had their usual cutesie conversation which seems designed to show liberals that Huckabee is not such a bad guy, by allowing him to banter humorously with Stewart, appearing reasonable while never actually giving any ground on any of his core right-wing beliefs. Jon, c'mon, leave the puffball questioning to Larry King, okay? Soon after, ...

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