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75Must Read Books Of 2008, A Top 10 List... sort of
I’ll attempt to give a list of the top ten best books for 2008 sort of. I say “sort of” because there is definitely more than 10 books that deserve to be reviewed as among the best this year. As if...
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82Famous First Sentences: The Razor's Edge
There is something quietly unassuming and gently diffident about Somerset Maugham's writing that must surely be a reflection of some sector of his soul, despite the public extravagance of that portion of his...
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74Whitstable, a unique North Kent town
Mentioned in an article in the New York Times recently, Whitstable is a unique Kent coastal town just over an hour by train from central London. CJ Stone liked it so much he decided to move there...
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64Musical Savant Derek Paravicini - Pushes the Limits of the Human Mind
If you have not heard Derek Paravicini play piano you are missing out. Derek is a blind autistic savant who resides in Surrey, England. (Born July 26, 1979) Derek Paravicini has perfect pitch and can not...
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61Eisenstaedt
I first saw the photographs of Alfred Eisenstaedt in a museum in Johannesburg. I was stunned. Goebbels, Mussolini, Sophia Loren, Winston Churchill, T.S.Eliot, Somerset Maugham, children in the East End of...
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69Dinner on the Eastern and Oriental Express
The Train Cabin We were clattering through Malaysia on our way from Singapore to Bangkok on the Eastern & Oriental Express, sultry sister to the sophisticated Venice-Simplon Orient-Express. This luxurious...
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