Ten Books I Want To Read Again The title link takes you to Lexington Green's list, five of which I have (surprisingly) read. But, like you, I have my own list of formative books that I would like to reread. I'll begin listing them, but doubt I'll reach ten. (I did) “ Treasure Island (Unabridged Classics) Robert Louis Stevenson A year after I received this book for Christmas, I got around to...
Go away. Why aren't you leaving? Did you lose your way? The gate is marked clearly, E-X-I-T. It's over yonder. And still you do not use it. Why is that? You came here for something particular. And that is...? Ah, yes, the reading. As if there were anything else. Well, if it will persuade you to leave more quickly, I make haste to share with you what I see: You are mechanically inclined and it shows...
Thanks to Booklogged for finding me a fun meme. It's been such a long time since i've done one. Now I see she has another one on her blog but I'll have to think about that. 1. What author do you own the most books by? I'm too lazy to go count but I own a whole slew of Terry Pratchett, L. M. Montgomery and Dana Stabenow. Pretty eclectic, aren't I? 2. What book do you own the most copies of? I don't...
North Belfast News New Lodge man Joe Doherty has worked in Coiste na n-Iarchimi, the republican ex-prisoners network in Ireland, for almost two years. He is best known for his long fight against extradition from the US after his escape from Crumlin Road Gaol in 1981. Since his release 10 years ago he has worked with community groups including the Ashton Centre and young people in anti-sectarian campaigns...
In my review of Assassin’s Apprentice I mentioned I’d mainly read historical fiction prior to being introduced to Science Fiction. If you want to be introduced to the genre, you could do no better than to read Leon Uris. Want to know what happens when a narcissistic but hypnotic leader entrances a nation? Try QB [...]
One has learned when, after seeing something repeatedly, they finally recognise it... An education, on the other hand, comes when you can see that same thing again, as though it was for the first time. When I was a young teenager, I remember reading "Exodus", by Leon Uris, and being captivated by the heroic fighting Jews in his epic novel. Jews who shot people. It was such a departure from...
Thanks to Kevin at Theatre Aficionado at Large I've been browsing through a very cool collection of poster art from Broadway musicals. I found one for the very short-lived musical Ari , based on the bestselling novel Exodus , by Leon Uris , about the founding of the State of Israel. (The Playbill is from eBay.) I never knew there was a musical version of Exodus until I read Everything Was Possible:...
Genre: Historical Fiction Publication Date: 1976 Pages: 751 Challenges: Decades 08 #12 (1970’s), Chunkster Challenge 2008 #4 I love big fat chunky historical fiction. I love books with maps. I love books that inspire me to head to google to start looking up more information about the time period or place described in the book. This book was all those things and more and I thoroughly enjoyed it....
Click Here to download full episode Otto Preminger’s adaptation of Leon Uris’ best-seller about the founding of the state of Israel occasionally threatens to collapse under its own weight, but a strong cast, including Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson, Lee J. Cobb and an Oscar-nominated Sal Mineo, helps maintain focus. And when all else [...]
Video: Watch the trailer for Exodus (1960) When the film adaptation of Leon Uris’ Exodus , the story of the birth of the modern Israel state, debuted in New York at the Warner Theatre in December 1960, longtime New York Times film critic Bosley Crowther wrote that it was a “dazzling, eye-filling, nerve-tingling display of a wide variety of individual and mass reactions to awesome challenges...
Photo-illustration: Vulture (books); Courtesy of AMC In bed with his wife, Mad Men 's Don Draper reads The Best of Everything — Rona Jaffe's 1958 chick-lit classic about women trying to make it in the office world. Before getting into bed with his Jewish client, he reads Leon Uris's Exodus . And before he gets into bed with anyone in the second season — literary spoiler alert! —...
Reading a Leon Uris book decades ago, I was struck by the blatant description of the crass behavior of some middle eastern men towards women. I put it aside as a vulgar rarity but after reading this description about the behavior of Egyptian men , I wonder. While this article was written by two women, it's not in a mainstream publication. This story follows another that showed the assassination of...
From this interview in The Atlantic with Jeffrey Goldberg: JG: A final question: Senator Obama talked about how his life was influenced by Jewish writers, Philip Roth, Leon Uris. How about you? JM: There’s Elie Wiesel, and Victor Frankl. I think about Frankl all the time. “Man’s Search for Meaning” is one of the most profound things [...]
“I always joke that my intellectual formation was through Jewish scholars and writers, even though I didn’t know it at the time. Whether it was theologians or Philip Roth who helped shape my sensibility, or some of the more popular writers like Leon Uris.” –Barack Obama I’m trying not to picture Senator Obama in the throes of passion with a piece of raw liver moaning...
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