I'm looking for books that are sort of lower reading level, high engagement books about the French Revolution.
The Scarlet Pimpernel!
I read it in junior high.
I battle evil. But I don't really win. The bad keeps coming back and getting stronger. Like that kid in the story, the boy that stuck his finger in the duck.
Buffy ,'Showtime'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - May 05, 2009 7:42:13 pm PDT #18147 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
megan walker - May 05, 2009 7:48:54 pm PDT #18148 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Doyle's Oxford history is very good. He also has a book in the Very Short Introductions series that you might want to look into.
I don't know the other book you mention.
Lee - May 05, 2009 7:55:45 pm PDT #18149 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
ION, there are worse ways to end a day than by drinking too much with Buffistas. Now I am in my pjs
This is very true.
We need to do that again soonish. Maybe -t and JZ and Javachik and other people I am forgetting can join us.
javachik - May 05, 2009 9:34:19 pm PDT #18150 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Yes, I hope to join you one of the times, Perkins. When I steal my life back from exams and UTI puppy.
Very Short Introductions
I love these oh so much. I have like 12 and I crave more. I'm reading "African History" right now.
aurelia - May 05, 2009 9:48:08 pm PDT #18151 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Lost fans, watch this: [link]
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - May 05, 2009 10:09:22 pm PDT #18152 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
From "serial post," which got bastardized to "cereal," and further to listing pretty much any foodstuff.
Indeed. I believe the same process happened at the Bronze (*sniff*).
Oh, there is House and Dollhouse and HIMYM and I can't watch any of it for two weeks or The Girl, in her infinite not-being-here wisdom, will be annoyed. Strong. I will be strong...
sarameg, a bat? That's rather cool.
tommyrot, that's fantastic. Post more rapture craziness!
Kat - May 06, 2009 2:05:58 am PDT #18153 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
So I'm being visited by the insomnia fairy. I saw this house in the NYT. I love the design. I adore the plot of land. But the way the giant cavernous interior room is being used, particularly with things stuffed in the alcoves? Does it look like a furniture showroom to anyone else?
Barb - May 06, 2009 2:06:33 am PDT #18154 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Holy cow! That is fantabulous!
Yes.
(I want that dress!)
Oh, yes
Barb - May 06, 2009 2:09:20 am PDT #18155 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Does it look like a furniture showroom to anyone else?
Yes.
Part of it, too, is the overwhelming use of white with the punches of color in the alcoves. It's too stark a contrast, I think and everything is so linearly arranged.
But dang, the land it sits on is purdy!
Sue - May 06, 2009 2:48:49 am PDT #18156 of 30000
hip deep in pie
So I'm being visited by the insomnia fairy. I saw this house in the NYT. I love the design. I adore the plot of land. But the way the giant cavernous interior room is being used, particularly with things stuffed in the alcoves? Does it look like a furniture showroom to anyone else?
My friend's live just down the road from that house! Their house was not 1.6 mill, however. I looked at the pictures thinking "If my house was being featured in the NYT, I would hire a interior designer."