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6 May 2012, 9:06 pm
(My absolute favorite is Bill Bryson.)) [read post]
5 Jan 2015, 2:14 pm
Fiction: The Moor’s Account, by Laila Lalani – A novel based on an actual Spanish expedition to Florida in that failed, one of the few survivors a Moroccan slave who is the author of the account The Invention of Wings, by Sue Monk Kidd – Another historical novel about two sisters in Charleston who became abolitionists An Officer and a Spy, by Robert Harris – Still a third historical novel based on the infamous Dreyfus affair in 19th Century Paris The Wife, the Maid and the… [read post]
12 Apr 2012, 9:31 am
Hollywood shows its love for Obama with fat checks and still considers Bill Clinton a hero of sorts. [read post]
28 Aug 2009, 6:27 am
Bryson and Murrin have appealed their loss. [read post]
5 Aug 2019, 4:03 pm
' Meet the people who have stopped washing/A growing number of people are eschewing soap and trusting bacteria to do the job instead – and an entire industry has sprung up to accommodate them" (The Guardian).That made me want to copy a passage from Bill Bryson's "At Home: A Short History of Private Life":“Wash your hands often, your feet seldom, and your head never” was a common English proverb. [read post]
29 Jul 2018, 6:01 am
When he said it more clearly "Shed Legacy," I had a genuinely hilarious fraction of a second of thinking of "Shed Legacy" as the name for a city.ADDED: My willingness to see Shed Legacy as the name for a town comes in part from just recently having read this, in Bill Bryson's "Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States":There is almost nothing, it would appear, that hasn’t inspired an American place… [read post]
11 Jan 2014, 6:33 am
The book is one of my favorites, Bill Bryson's memoir of childhood, "The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid." [read post]
25 Jan 2015, 5:24 am
In Bill Bryson's wonderful memoir about growing up in the 1950s, he talks about the simple, post-war enthusiasm for household appliances that took on a certain anthropomorphism:Suddenly [Americans] were able to have things they had never dreamed of having, and they couldn’t believe their luck. [read post]
24 Jul 2015, 6:41 am
I've gone to almost all of my favorite restaurants, I discovered a cute little fitness studio where I've been doing pilates, I've finished one book (One Summer: America, 1927, by Bill Bryson which I highly recommend), I've tried out stand up paddle boarding, and I've managed to keep all three children alive. [read post]
13 Feb 2021, 4:58 am
Reading, listening, and watching recommendations from: David: A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson Fred: The Southern Tour Podcast hosted by Jonathan Chatwin Jonathan: Cobra Kai on Netflix We’ll see you next week when we sit down with Nadja Vietz from Monereo Meyer Abogados to discuss recent developments in foreign direct investment (FDI) in Spain. [read post]
18 Jan 2016, 5:01 am
"Lyft drivers are entirely in control of where or when they work, and this flexibility is exactly why the service is so popular with with people looking to make extra income," said Sheila Bryson, a spokeswoman for San Francisco-based Lyft. [read post]
28 Nov 2016, 3:10 am
” [Ike Brannon, Cato] “Once, protesters threatened to burn Bryson and his family in their home. [read post]
22 May 2023, 2:19 pm
When arguing for the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill in March last year, Shona Robison, now Scotland’s deputy first minister, told MSPs that predatory men ‘have never had to pretend to be anything else to carry out abusive and predatory behaviour’. [read post]
19 Nov 2010, 3:15 pm
" This reminds me of a passage in the truly engrossing Bill Bryson book "At Home: A Short History of Private Life," describing the sanitary conditions in England in the 19th century: [C]esspits in poorer districts were seldom emptied and frequently overflowed... [read post]
18 Sep 2020, 4:11 am
Reading, listening, and watching recommendations from: Nathan The Story of Human Language, an Audible Great Course by John McWhorter Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson Fred – Cádiz are Finally Back, But Not in the Way That They Dreamed Of (The Guardian) Jonathan – The Candy Shop War by Brandon Mull If you have comments on this episode or if you’d like to suggest topics for future episodes, please… [read post]
7 Nov 2021, 9:10 am
The stage manager is Bill Burton, founder of Bryson Gillette, a Democrat-linked consultancy, and former deputy press secretary in the Obama White House. [read post]
10 May 2012, 1:14 pm
Coleman, Holland & Hart LLP, Billings, Montana. [read post]
5 Mar 2012, 7:13 am
Why the urgent rush to push H.R. 4105 bill through Congress without real consideration is totally unnecessary. [read post]
31 Dec 2016, 11:15 am
One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson (2013) [cd unabridged] 46. [read post]
2 Jan 2017, 1:13 pm
One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson (2013) [cd unabridged] 46. [read post]
