phantom hitchhikers and decoy ducks by albert jack this turned out to be a 2006 book released under a new name very much a guide to urban legends of the familiar kind and avoiding the most horrific or crude
a rehass of the old tales of the escaped mad axeman in the backseat or on the roof, hamsters and rabbits disappearing, lost trousers and the vicar and then as a filler padding about historical myths re JFK and Y2K. expect there is an urban legend floating about the internet about people who compile collections of urban legends
chung kuo novel daylight on iron mountain by david wingove had read chung kuo future earth novel before but we are now presented with 20 volume rewrite of entire series and what dire stuff it is sort of a prequal it read like poor Pearl Buck with hash court historicals , long series of events cardboard cut out tyrants and a trite murder mystery while none of the really interesting background the destruction of half the world and the state by state conquest of the united states by chinese armies were just headlines
how to read a painting by patrick de rynck
a beginners art history but a small format book with small selection some choice art all the way from duccio to goya but mainly reads like a website with zoom in of detail and brief comment on paintings theme this was useful in the bosch and brueghel masses of little figures but limited in all the medieval Annunciations and crucifixions
useful guide to art history and what you see by looking at a painting
apollo's angels a history of ballet by jennifer homans I admit i have seen a handful of operas on TV but never seen a ballet at all so knew nothing about ballet but aware of who margot fontyn had been interesting and concise ballet lovers guide from origins of ballet in 17th century french court dance through to the nineteenth century with its early swan lakes and giselle leaps and jumps and on to Russian ballet and a large section on modern dance a beginning for me recommend to fans
poetry wise just a few notes and musing on ruins and art
discovered i have theme and structure but still lot of loose lines
i had posted the article tp bettany hughes facebook page which i had emailed "history babe" bettany hughes in april that a lot of minoan archaelogy and the snake goddess minoan beauty is faked "babe bettany" has no opinion then-never had any reply http://crete.wordpress.com/2009/09/13/evans-knossos-and-the-minoans-facts-and-forgeries/ and the post is now missing off bettany hughes facebook which is mainly fans "praising the babe"
take it that simon armitage is not working on a yorkshire dialect translation of the kalevala as he nor his publishers assistant never replied either should i have praised him instead here is first rune of kalevala from twoohoo yorkshire translator
I' primeval times, eur maiden, beauteous daughta o' t' etha, passed for ages 'a existence in t' girt expanse o' 'eaven, o'a t' prairies yet enfahded. wearisome t' maiden growin, ha existence sad 'n 'opeless,
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