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Month: November 2018
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walzerjahrhundert: Isaac Levitan, Autumn Fog, 1899
yesterdaysprint:Among Us Mortals by W.E. Hill, 1917 I’ve read a…
garabating:Charles Dana Gibson People complain about the…
Charles Dana Gibson
People complain about the ubiquitousness of cell phones, but for readers, books are the same thing. (ANd cell phones are great e-readers ;)
When dining alone, there’s nothing like a good book for company.
last-picture-show: Louis Faurer, New York, 1973 After reading my…
Louis Faurer, New York, 1973
After reading my way through two hours of school bus through high school, I started getting a bit car sick when reading in a car. One of the great thing about subways (and other trains) is that reading is never an issue.
books0977: Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia reading in…
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia reading in a formal portrait (1906).
Grand Duchess Maria (1899-1918) was the third daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Tsarina Alexandra Fyodorovna (Alix of Hesse). Her murder following the Russian Revolution of 1917 resulted in her canonization as a passion bearer by the Russian Orthodox Church.
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