If you live anywhere in Ohio you can get a Cincinnati Public Library card, but you do have to come to a branch location in the city to do so.
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Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
I love all the stuff I can get with my library card! I always forget about the downloadable music.
And the SF Public Library resident requirement is just the state. I never would have thought to check!
And Oakland
Hey, I live in that state! (Not that there's anything wrong with San Diego libraries, but more is better!
Tim stole my library copy of the graphic novel of A Wrinkle in Time and is reading it (he never read the book, even as a kid). I'm so proud.
Also, it's a fantastic adaptation. Highly recommended.
Heh. He just yelled "TESSERACT!" from the other room. That was a little unnerving.
My bff's son turned 12 yesterday and I bought him a few of the graphic novel compilations of Guardians of the Galaxy (2013). He is not a big reader and I always like to get kids books - so I thought this might perk his interest since he is a big fan of the movies.
He just yelled "TESSERACT!" from the other room. That was a little unnerving.
Should you go check to make sure he's still there?
Thanks for the link, Sophia. I've passed it along to my niece.
From what I understand, a lot of the European version of Mongol history is wildly inaccurate. I haven't studied it in depth, but I find that plausible (even trying very hard to set aside my deep-seated Mongols! My people! bias)
Correct. Much like the European/American version of Vikings-as-ravening-berserkers, or the mental picture of Medieval peasants wallowing in their own filth. I blame the Victorians (mostly because it's fun to say).
(M is most probably descended from Mongols, as well, so I get the My people! reaction.)
In re Vikings, I remember several years ago someone teaching a college-level course in medieval Scandanavian history (yes, Vikings) found that at least one of her students had done a search and found a site by Viking recreators (not the SCA) and had used that as their primary source for a report ... it did not turn out very well, since they were not as accurate as one would wish.