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Zeeke recommended this 11 months, 4 weeks ago
An entertaining documentary about a series of bare knuckle boxing matches between a few feuding Traveler families over a twelve year period.
These guys aren't all that as athletes, but they're plenty tough. One match goes on for two hours and thirty minutes without breaks. There's also a fight between two guys who look to be 60+.
Zeeke recommended this 11 months, 4 weeks ago
Amazing book.
Lots of people have found it to be a difficult sometimes tedious read, with the most common complaint being, "Too much about whaling!" If you're looking for some interpretive assistance, Tony Tanner has a great, easy to read, introduction in one of the editions. Google his name + Moby Dick and you can read it for free on Google Books.
Zeeke recommended this 1 year, 5 months ago
Overlooked Coen brother's movie. Deserved a wider audience.
Zeeke recommended this 1 year, 5 months ago
Great samurai movie. Not a lot of screen violence but more emotional intensity than any other movie I've seen. This makes Glengarry Glen Ross look like they're reading Hallmark cards to each other.
Zeeke recommended this 1 year, 5 months ago
One of the best screwball comedies. Excellent dialogue.
Zeeke recommended this 1 year, 5 months ago
Probably the most disturbing book I've read. There's a couple of scenes in here where I had to put the book down and walk around for a bit before I could resume. That said, excellent - highest recommendation.
Zeeke recommended this 1 year, 5 months ago
My favorite memoir. Depicts a slice of early 20th century American life you won't find in too many other places. Very memorable characters.
Zeeke recommended this 1 year, 5 months ago
Great story, incredible writing - amazingly beautiful sentences. Starts out strong and then just continues to build in intensity all the way through to the end.
Zeeke recommended this 1 year, 5 months ago
Great introduction to Plato, relatively easy to read. A number of characters hold forth on love, most of them saying more about themselves than their supposed subject.
Zeeke recommended this 1 year, 5 months ago
Homer sees it all - conflict arising out of necessity, the intoxication of the heroes indulging in their anger and skill at violence, the suffering of their victims and everyone's eventual grief.
About as good as it gets. Read with Simone Weil's essay, "The Poem of Force".
cameo recommended this 3 years, 3 months ago
This book is like playing in an 18th century curiosity cabinet of the occult, secrets, and paris. Absolutely delicious. This is the book Dan Brown *wishes* he could write.
Cons: Lots of "in jokes" relating to the History of Science and 16th century mysticism. A lot of the better humorous bits might elude non-historians.
Zeeke recommended this 1 year, 5 months ago
Beautiful, well composed photographs. I especially love the photos she took of the asylum residents on Halloween.