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Tag Archives: 2000s
Fall and Rise
24 years ago today, the ‘severe clear’ skies above New York were overwhelmed by ash and smoke, by ignorance and hate. Fall and Rise is a history of that day, one that was good enough to be favorably compared to … Continue reading
The Most Spectacular Restaurant in the World
I’ve been collecting WTC photos since high school, haunted by watching the Towers burn and fall on live tv. Some of the most interesting I’ve seen have been inside Windows of the World, a restaurant that occupied two of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, business, food and drink, history, nine-eleven, NYC
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The Great Deluge
In September 2005, I remember watching the approach of Hurricane Katrina with a wary eye; just a year before, my own area had been savaged by Hurricane Ivan. I had no desire to live through that again, especially now that … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged 2000s, American South, disaster, history, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricanes, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Orleans, The Gulf, weather
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Gandolfini
Like many, I was awed by James Gandolfini’s performance throughout The Sopranos, which made him an actor whose presence guarantees I’ll watch any movie he’s in. Gandolfini is a professional biography of an actor whose charisma and commitment to his … Continue reading
Posted in General, Reviews
Tagged 2000s, arts-entertainment, biography, James Gandolfini, NYC, The Sopranoes
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Content & Context
Content collects several of Cory Doctorow’s favorite pieces of his written on “technology, creativity, copyright, and the future”, clumping in the mid-2000s. The content is mixed in medium, but united in message: herein are essays, speeches, and interviews that cover … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, science fiction
Tagged 2000s, Corey Doctorow, essays, science fiction, Technology and Society
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Short rounds: people and their places
In One No, Many Yeses, journalist and green activist Paul Kingsnorth detailed his journeys across the world, spending time with people who were actively resisting globalization — or rather, the disruptions that globalization caused in their local communities. Real England: … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Civic Interest, Reviews
Tagged 1970s, 2000s, Alabama, American South, Britain, localism, Louisiana, memoir, Mississippi, Nonfiction 2025, politics, travel
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How Librarians Will Save us All
As promised, I read This Book is Overdue! How Librarians and Cybrarians Will Save us All, by Marilyn Johnson. Before getting into it, though, I found a very quick work on KU that amused me, so I’m sharing it here … Continue reading
The Exchange
Over twenty years ago I saw a fat paperback with an interesting cover depicting a businessman caught in strings above his head. That book, The Firm, was an absorbing thriller about a young lawyer who begins working at a boutique tax … Continue reading
Short rounds: The Office, sword-making, and love in the time of yellow fever
The Office BFFs, Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey. Foes on the show, but IRL best friends Jenna and Angela here deliver a very personal memoir of not just the show, but of their friendship over the years – forged … Continue reading
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Tagged 2000s, architecture, arts-entertainment, audiobook, Colonial America, historical fiction, memoir, philosophy
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