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a film diary - with brief comments and the occasional review
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Links and News

some 130 short essays treating quite narrow topics, offering a "pointillist" rendering of French history France in the World [my review]

a post-apocalypse novel told from the point of view of one of the zombies It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over [my review]

white gloves are not necessarily a good idea when handling rare books Unbound

Wendy Doniger's _The Hindus: An Alternative History_ and Fred W. Clothey's _Religion in India: A Historical Introduction_ - a review my review

Going to Church in Medieval England [my review]

"a fairly comprehensive survey — who was involved, what they did and when, and the broader context, social, institutional, architectural and liturgical"

"an accessible overview of one of the most mysterious of ancient urban cultures" Indus [my review]

sisters feuding: Margaret Drabble and A.S. Byatt Slate

metafiction and massacre: scripting the Philippines Insurrecto [Gina Apostol]

from Röntgen to the Large Hadron Collider The Matter of Everything: A History of Discovery [my review]

a nice summary of the debate over Shakespeare's authorship - and portraits Smithsonian Magazine

renewal and compassion after violence When I Sing, Mountains Dance [my review]

"Set in the Catalan Pyrenees, When I Sing, Mountains Dance is intimately tied to its setting, to the mountain slopes and scattered dwellings and local community."

52 Ways to Walk Guardian

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Other Resources

I don't really follow the publishing industry, or the latest in book gossip - I prefer to wait till five or ten years after a book's publication, when the fuss has died down a little and a longer-term perspective is available. If you're after book news I recommend the Complete Review's Literary Saloon, which also has links to other literary weblogs.