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Soviet dissident writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn died today. He is finally free. His biographical acceptance speech from when he won the 1970 nobel prize is here: Speech The Soviets didn't allow him to travel to accept it. tags Soviet dissident writer solzhenitsyn tombstoneIt took me an entire summer to read his thinnest book, Cancer Ward, but it was worth every minute. picked by meggysue 1 year ago |
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I can't believe it wasn't posted before (or I didn't look right). But here is Gore's lecture upon receiving the Nobel Peace Prize picked by Stadsman 2 years ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) -- Margaret Truman, the only child of former President Harry S. Truman who became a concert singer, actress, radio and TV personality and mystery writer, died Tuesday. She was 83. picked by tchengrox 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share entertainment |
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Following on from my earlier post, more details on one of the three men awarded the Nobel Prize today, whose life has been nothing if not interesting to date. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share science |
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Steve Gerber comic book writer. He worked on many of the big name titles such as The Defenders, Man-Thing, Omega the Unknown, Morbius the Living Vampire, Kiss (the band), and others. His best known work was Howard The Duck. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share entertainment |
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Problem, how do you get children, especially minority children to read? Not sure the best method, but this video running on Black Entertainment Television that teaches kids to read "Not a sports page, not a magazine, but a book n****r, a f**kin’ book n****r" is probably not it. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago 8 comments edit related share plime.com |
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In her op-ed column today, NY Times columnist Maureen Dowd imagines a conversation between former president Bill Clinton and George W. Bush discussing President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize win. picked by suebe 4 weeks ago 0 comments edit related share politics |
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Dith Pran, subject of Roland Joffé's 1984 film The Killing Fields and escapee of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia has died today in New Jersey of pancreatic cancer. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Sir Clement Freud, grandson of Sigmund, father of Emma and brother of Lucien, politician, celebrity chef, actor, writer, broadcaster and entertainer has died at his home, 9 days before his 85th Birthday. picked by pocksucket 7 months ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
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I don't know if anyone on Plime likes her (I don't, particularly... ), but my mom asked me to download the book so she could read it. 0 comments edit related share entertainmentSuze Orman's book, "Women & Money", is being offered for free download from Oprah's site until 8pm tomorrow. Link is to the PDF file for the English version, but you can also find the Spanish version through Oprah.com. picked by Marli 2 years ago |
