Monday, May 12, 2014

PimPage: An Occasional Feature in Which I Call Attention to Books of Possible Interest

A Tiger's Tale (A Call of the Wilde Mystery): Laura Morrigan: 9780425257203: Amazon.com: Books:  When a normally mellow tiger at a rescue facility trees a terrified vet, animal behaviorist Grace Wilde needs to use her psychic ability to get to the root of the problem…

A tiger can’t change his stripes—but if his behavior changes suddenly, there’s a reason. So when even-tempered Boris the Siberian tiger goes into attack mode, Grace knows there’s more to the story. Something is agitating the big cat. As she uses her telepathic ability to calm the tiger, she realizes he has witnessed a theft—not of something but of someone. A teenaged volunteer at the animal rescue facility has been taken…kidnapped.

Ralph Waldo Emerson's Letter of Recommendation for Walt Whitman

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Recommendation Letter Ralph Waldo Emerson Wrote For A Job-Hunting Walt Whitman

Song of the Day

Bobby "Blue" Bland - Stormy Monday Blues (1962) (Duke Records) - YouTube:

Why People Have Stopped Talking On Phones

Not-So-Social Media: Why People Have Stopped Talking On Phones 

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee

Somerset woman accused of shooting a chair after argument over telephone

Today's Vintage Ad


I Miss the Old Days

Catch That Phone! 

PaperBack



W. R. Burnett, Dark Hazard, Lancer, no date.

Lawrence of Arabia Update

The lost desert camp of Lawrence of Arabia

New Poem at the 5-2

The 5-2 Crime Poetry Weekly: Dalton Day GENTLE MEN

I'm Sure You'll All Agree

7 Classic Movies People Hate

It's a slideshow.  As for me, there are several on this list that I love and have seen multiple times.  

And Keep Off His Lawn!

Pensioner StanisÅ‚aw Kowalski becomes oldest man to run 100m in Europe at 104 

19th Century French Book Ads

French book adverts: Ads for well-known French novels from the 19th century by Victor Hugo, Eugene Sue, and Emile Zola. Like most novels from this period, they were first published in serialized form.

I Found a Penny Last Week

Norman Rockwell painting discovered in storage expected to fetch $2m at auction 

Beyond Tomorrow

1940 BEYOND TOMORROW TRAILER RICHARD CARLSON - YouTube:

Sunday, May 11, 2014

PimPage: An Occasional Feature in Which I Call Attention to Books of Possible Interest

The Pickled Piper (Pickled and Preserved Mystery): Mary Ellen Hughes: 9780425262450: Amazon.com: Books:  After her dreams of romance are crushed, Piper Lamb decides to pursue her dream of opening her own shop of pickles and preserves, called Piper’s Picklings, in the idyllic small town of Cloverdale. But she isn’t in town long before she encounters a barrelful of trouble…

The Cloverdale fair offers Piper a sweet opportunity to promote her business. With her new assistant, Amy, she sets up a booth centered around an eye-catching display of the ever-popular dills in an old-fashioned barrel of brine.