Tag Archives: War

Speak, Memory

Posted on November 30, 2009 by goldnsilver

Author: Vladimir Nabokov Publisher: Penguin Date Published: Originally published under the title ‘Conclusive Evidence’ in America and ‘Speak, Memory’ in England in 1951. This Penguin addition with additional ‘Chapter 16’ was published 2000. Pages: 272 An Autobiography Revisited ‘Speak, memory’ said Vladimir … Continue reading →

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American Fascists

Posted on November 13, 2009 by goldnsilver

Author: Chris Hedges Publisher: Vintage Date Published: 2007 Pages: 254 The Christian Right and the War on America They disseminate their ideas on the alternative broadcasts networks and through their own publishers and schools. Their intellectual leaders demand the complete … Continue reading →

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The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead

Posted on April 9, 2009 by goldnsilver

Author: William S Burroughs Publisher: Penguin Dates Published: 1969 Pages: 192 In this funny, nightmarish masterpiece of imaginative excess, grotesque characters engage in acts of violent one-upmanship, boundless riches mangle a corner of Africa into a Bacchanalian utopia, and technology, … Continue reading →

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The Nazi Doctors

Posted on March 16, 2009 by goldnsilver

Author: Robert Jay Lifton Publisher: Basic Books Dates Published: Originally 1986, this edition 2000 Pages: 561 Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide The renowned psychiatrist’s most powerful and important book – a brilliant analysis and history of the crucial … Continue reading →

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The Well of Echoes Quartet

Posted on February 9, 2009 by goldnsilver

Author: Ian Irvine Publisher: Penguin Dates Published: 2001-2004 Pages: Total of 2,798 over four books Tiaan, a lonely crystal worker, is using a new crystal when she begins to have extraordinary visions. The crystal has woken her talent for geomancy, … Continue reading →

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Presidential Material: Barack Obama & John McCain

Posted on January 18, 2009 by goldnsilver

  Barack Obama Author: Jeff Mariotte Penciller:  Tom Morgan John McCain Author: Andy Helfer Penciller:  Stephen Thompson Both Comics: Colourist: Len O’Grady Letters: Robbie Robbins Cover Art: J Scott Campbell Cover Colours: Edgar Delgado Editor: Scott Dunbier Publisher: IDW Publishing Date Published: … Continue reading →

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100 Artists See Satan

Posted on January 17, 2009 by goldnsilver

Editor: Sue Henger Curator’s Foreword: Mike McGee Publisher: Grand Central Press Date Published: 2004 Pages: 128 pages, 115 Full color images Size: 8 x 11 The ‘100 Artists See Satan’ exhibition was organised by the Cal State Fullerton Grand Central … Continue reading →

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Watchmen

Posted on January 16, 2009 by goldnsilver

Author: Alan Moore Penciller:  Dave Gibbons Colourist: John Higgins Publisher: DC Comics Date Published: Originally published September 1986 – October 1987, hard cover compendium published 2008 Who watches the Watchmen? ‘Watchmen’ has all the big words attached to it, like ‘the greatest … Continue reading →

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