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Interesting Ideas For Your Garden Shed
Baltimore HUD Homes | November 29th 2009 by Baltimore HUD Homes
Garden shed could become a great solution for those whose house is getting over-stuffed. It could also work for those who want to have a place of peace to just spend some time alone, but could not afford a bigger house. If you are having the same des read more
The golden compass By Philip Pullman
Daryl Lorette | November 25th 2009 by Daryl Lorette
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The wacky and daring Philip Pullman
A Voice in the Welsh Wilderness | November 24th 2009
Meanwhile, my attention was draw to this superb article by George Pitcher today. George is an Anglican priest and the Telegraphs Religion Editor. He utterly destroys Dawkins and his atheist brigade using a dynamic mix of wit, humor and plain knowledg read more
Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Children's Book: Revie…
Words World and Wings | November 23rd 2009 by Catherine Ensley
Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Children's Book Edited by Anita Silvey Roaring Brook 1596433957 / 9781596433953 Nonfiction 10/09 228 p. Ms. Silvey asked more than 100 famous people--among them actors, activists, athletes, artists, read more
İncil’e bir son yazmak gerekiyor…
Medya Şaklabanları | November 22nd 2009 by il010471
Ateist yazar Philip Pullman, İncil’e İsa için alternatif bir son yazıyor. Türkçe’ye ‘Karanlık Cevher’ olarak çevrilen ‘His Dark Materials’ adlı fantastik serinin yazarı Pullman, İsa’nın Romalılar tarafından öldürüld read more
interviewed by cittàgazze
[philmblog] | November 18th 2009
The French Philip Pullman site Cittagazze have just published their interview with me about The... read more
101 Fantasy Reading Challenge
25 Hour Books | November 16th 2009 by taraSG
Hosted By : A Bibliophile’s Bookshelf So here are the rules: 1. Pick the number of books you want to read. It can be a mixture of the top 101, and/or the whole list. For example, you might want to aim to read 5 from the top 101 and 5 from the read more
Sally e a Maldição do Rubi - Philip Pullman
Rei do Ebook | November 13th 2009 by Alexandre
"As sete bênçãos". Ao dizer estas três palavras, a adolescente Sally Lockhart acaba de matar um homem. E, dali para a frente, esta jovem de 16 anos mergulhará em uma história cheia de mistérios, aventuras e vilões, nesta nova trilogia de Phil read more
The Shadow of the North by Philip Pullman
Linda Loves Books | November 13th 2009 by Linda
The Shadow of the North (Scholastic Point, 2004) is the second book in the series about Sally Lockhart. This time, Sally gets drawn into yet another deadly mystery, involving the Swedish industry mecenat Axel Bellman (who, I couldn't help but notice, read more
Whitechapel Gods by S.M. Peters
Linda Loves Books | November 11th 2009 by Linda
It seems like I'm having a Victorian period. Again. Philip Pullman's The Ruby in the Smoke (Laurel Leaf, 1988), Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities (Everyman's Library, 1993, first published in 1859) and others like them are gracing my bedtable and read more
The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman
Linda Loves Books | November 11th 2009 by Linda
The Ruby in the Smoke (Laurel Leaf, 1988) takes place in 1872. Sally Lockhart's father has disappeared in a mysterious shipwreck in the East Indies. Sally decides to investigate things further and discovers a mystery that will put her life in danger. read more
a list of books
angelina la dawn tomato | November 1st 2009
I heard about this article on the big read that said the average adult has only read 6 books from this list (of 100), which seems kinda shocking to me. i've gone through the list and marked the ones i have read:1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen - read more
A Borboleta Tatuada - Philip Pullman
Rei do Ebook | October 29th 2009 by Alexandre
O romance de estréia do aclamado autor da trilogia infanto-juvenil ´Fronteiras do Universo´O escritor inglês Philip Pullman consagrou-se no cenário literário mundial com a publicação da premiada trilogia ´Fronteiras do Universo. A Luneta Âm read more
Church welcomes new Child Safeguarding Initiative
The Selsey Beacon | October 27th 2009 by Michael Jones
Churches have welcomed the first phase of the governments new enhanced child safeguarding scheme, known as Vetting and Barring Scheme(VBS).All those who work with children will have to register with the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) from N read more
Keskin Bıçak Film izle
film izle | October 25th 2009 by cenk
Aile, Dram, Fantastik, Macera Yapım:2009 ~ ABD, İngiltere Senaryo:Hossein Amini Senaryo (Kitap):Philip Pullman Yapımcı:Deborah Forte, Bill Carraro 2009 Vizyon Filmlerinden Fantastik ve Maceranın Bir Arada Olduğu Sinema Filmi (The Subtle Kni read more
Control & Conquer...
The Christian Church Blog... | October 21st 2009 by Bruce W. Moar
Imagine, that from a worldly perspective and an atheistic point of view there are anti-christian sentiments that be call the Christian religion as something less than perfect. Well guess what reader you do not have to imagine it, for it is truly real read more
Giveaway
High Five Book Club | October 14th 2009 by Angela Haralson
Ok, I don't know if that many people actually read this blog, or would be interested in this book for that matter (it's slightly controversial), but I thought it would be fun to do a giveaway!I bought a digital copy of the audiobook "The Golden Compa read more
The toughest rugby club in the world?
Letchworth Girls Rugby | October 14th 2009 by John Birch
Anyone who has read His Dark Materials (the Philip Pullman trilogy) - and at least one former captain is a fan - will know of Svalbard, the frozen Arctic island owned (in our reality) by Norway and mainly populated by polar bears.What Philip Pullman read more
Sketching Philip Pullman (and the children!)
Illuminara | October 9th 2009
Years ago when I met the extraordinary author Philip Pullman, I made sure to sketch his portrait while talking with him. I gave him one sketch but kept some for myself. I found that doing automatic writing in my sketchbook and making quick sketches o read more
Mortal Engines
Cane Toad Warrior | October 4th 2009
This is a British 'teen fiction' book that really deserves a lot more attention in Australia. While Harry Potter, Eragon, Twilight, etc, continue to ride the conventions of fantasy and mine traditional lore for all it's worth (and more) there are aut read more
Banned Book Week
The Discriminating Fangirl | October 3rd 2009 by The Discriminating Fangirl
It’s the tail end of Banned Book Week, and unfortunately I’ve been so busy that I didn’t get a chance to go to my university’s library and check out any of their events. Heck, I completely forgot to blog about it until just n read more
Pingüinos gays, libros prohibidos
la brujula verde | October 2nd 2009
Resulta que en la ‘mayor democracia del mundo’, esto es los Estados Unidos, se prohiben libros. Desde 2001 nada menos que 3.736 libros están prohibidos en escuelas y bibliotecas norteamericanas. El libro más prohibido de todos no es Mei read more
Titles
Emerging Writer | October 1st 2009 by Emerging Writer
There was an interesting article on titles in Saturday's Guardian (my favourite paper of the week and the only news I believe)Kate Clanchy wrote a book about her Kosovan nanny/cleaner originally title "What is she doing here?" and now called "Antgona read more
A idade média não acabou
Prosa Mágica | October 1st 2009
Houve um período em que a igreja católica queimava supostos bruxos e bruxas. Houve outro em que eles queimavam livros, como foi o caso da obra de Alan Kardec. Como se não bastasse, hoje algumas religiões proíbem os livros nas escolas. É o retro read more
Wednesday Geeky Pics: Have you read any banned books lately?
Geeks Are Sexy Technology news | September 30th 2009
By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] As with the last week of September every year, it is Banned Books Week, which is about celebrating the freedom to read. The American Library Association (ALA) compiles a list of the most challenged books ever read more
inherent vice in analogue
rashbre central | September 29th 2009 by rashbre
I accidentally strayed onto Facebook a couple of days ago, mainly because I was clearing down some of the applications that seem to create repeats of my messages. I think I deleted around forty so-called applications that had somehow installed in my read more
Ten Banned Books: Cursing, Sex, and Religion
Yule Time Reading | September 29th 2009 by Tracie Yule
1. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part‑Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Why? Masturbation 2. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky Why? Homosexuality, Drug use, and Sex 3.Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen Why? Sex and Cursing 4. P read more
the cheeky godling
non compos me* | September 29th 2009 by A. Mundi
A snippet from the UK Guardian that perked my little antenna right up: He enraged America’s religious right with his portrayal of God as a senile old man in the His Dark Materials trilogy, and now Philip Pullman is set to court more Christian read more
Horrid Henry’s Underpants and Give Away
Dolce Bellezza | September 26th 2009 by Bellezza
Title: Horrid Henry’s Underpants Author: Francesca Simon Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Ages: 7-10 Over 15 million copies sold in 27 countries and counting! #1 Chapter book series in the UK Francesca Simon is the only American author read more
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