Genghis Blues
by Roko Belic (2000-12-05)
New Video Group (88 minutes)
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(45)
Paul Pena is a blind San Francisco blues singer who has played with the likes of John Lee Hooker and Jerry Garcia. One night while listening to his shortwave radio, he picked up a Radio Moscow broadcast and heard the mesmerizing, gutteral sound of throat singing, which is peculiar to Tuva's region of upper Mongolian.
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Posted: Monday, November 23, 2009 at 9:08 am by Sylvhania
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The United States of Leland
by (2004-09-07)
Paramount (108 minutes)
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(46)
The United States of Leland isn't a whodunit. The opening scenes of Matthew Ryan Hoge's unusual murder mystery make it clear that Leland P. Fitzgerald is the killer. But why did he kill?
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Posted: Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 6:24 pm by Sylvhania
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The Ragged Edge: The Disability Experience from the Pages of the First Fifteen Years of The Disability Rag
by ()
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Reading The Ragged Edge is like sitting in on a vigorous, sometimes funny, and often irreverent roundtable discussion of the issues that most concern all humanity, disabled and nondisabled, whether they admit it or not. Some of the voices are reflective, some sad, some furious, but none will lull you to sleep.
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Posted: Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 3:37 pm by Sylvhania
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Ringers – Lord of the Fans
by (2005-11-22)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (97 minutes)
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(37)
A feature-length documentary that explores how "The Lord of the Rings" has influenced Western popular culture over the past 50 years.
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Posted: Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 8:49 pm by Sylvhania
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An Unreasonable Man
by Henriette Mantel, Steve Skrovan (2007-06-12)
Ifc (122 minutes)
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Without him, automobiles would be less safe... and Al Gore would've been elected president. Well, one of those statements is not in dispute. Henriette Mantel and Steve Skrovan's illuminating documentary begins in the 1950s with Nader's career as a consumer advocate and ends with his more recent reputation as election spoiler
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Posted: Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 5:37 pm by Sylvhania
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American Nerd: The Story of My People
by Benjamin Nugent (2009-06-02)
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In his charming and disarmingly serious study of the history of the nerd in popular culture and throughout modern history, Nugent succeeds in crafting a nuanced discussion without resorting to smugness or excessive cleverness.
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Posted: Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 10:55 am by Sylvhania
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The Fifth Vial
by Michael Palmer (2007-11-27)
average customer review: (66)
Palmer is adept at tapping into people's natural fear of disease, doctors, and hospitals and converting that fear into unnerving suspense. In this, his twelfth medical thriller, Palmer plays with the phenomenon of organ donation, forcing the reader to ask nervously, "Where do donated organs come from?"
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Posted: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 12:18 pm by Sylvhania
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Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior
by Ori Brafman, Rom Brafman (2009-06-02)
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Recently we have seen plenty of irrational behavior, whether in politics or the world of finance. What makes people act irrationally? In a timely but thin collection of anecdotes and empirical research, the authors look at the submerged mental drives that undermine rational action.
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Posted: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 8:33 pm by Sylvhania
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Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand (1999-08-01)
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Altas Shrugged asks the question: What happens to the world when the prime movers [inventors and scientists] go on strike? The protagonist, Dagny Taggart, sees society collapse around her as the government increasingly asserts control over all industry, while society's most productive citizens, led by the mysterious John Galt, progressively disappear.
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Posted: Monday, November 16, 2009 at 10:41 pm by Sylvhania
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Mitch All Together
by (2003-12-09)
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Mitch Hedberg was one of the smartest, strangest, and by far most creative standup comedians of his day. Likened to a younger, hipper Steven Wright, Mitch garnered a large rabid following for his observational humor.
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Posted: Monday, November 16, 2009 at 8:35 pm by Sylvhania
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