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Reposting this from last year - crime and mystery fiction room still going strong! Please join. - Maxine

Septimus Piess in his book The Art of Perfumery, drew a compelling parallel between musical tone and the "gamut of colors" exhibited by essential oils. He recognized how sound (musical notes), smell (fragrance) and color (as it relates to essential oils) could all be viewed as different types of vibrational waves, or qi. We might profitably draw an analogy here between the 45-octave frequency range of color associated with essential oils and a piano keyboard; however, the keyboard of this particular instrument, this pianoforte aromatico, this "Steinway of smell," would be almost eight times the length of that found in your living room. Additionally, in order to witness the gradual transition of color from the darkest to the palest oil, their olfactory "modulation," we would open our special piano and look inside. Each oil would then be represented by a unique string somewhere along this "sounding board" of fragrant color. - Ksana from Bookmarklet

the author of "Oscar Wilde and the Yellow Nineties", The Life of the Heart (George Sand), The Haunted Palace( Edgar Allen Poe), Farewell the Banner (1938) is a biography of William Wordsworth, his sister Dorothy, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Exploring the close and curious relationship of the famous literary trio, Winwar analyzes their individual yet merging personalities, stopping short of Freudian interpretations; Four books, beginning with Poor Splendid Wings (1933), form a tetralogy covering some of the major figures and movements of 19th-c. English literature; etc, http://www.novelguide.com/a... - Ksana from Bookmarklet

I believe it's the best biography of Gabriele d'Annunzio: a great dreamer and doer. You won't be bored! - Ksana from Bookmarklet

Lawrence of Arabia? Ksana, you are speaking my language. :) - T. Brent, technopeasant

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Google Editions! Me Likey the Sound of this! - Ahsan Ali aka. Slick from Bookmarklet

'Asking people to reduce their carbon emissions is a noble invitation, but as incentives go, it isn't a strong one' - In their follow-up to Freakonomics, Superfreakonomics, Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner put forward their solution to global warming – and some other startling facts - Kisholi from Bookmarklet

Author was on NPR recently. This book sounds fascinating. - Stephen Mack from iPhone

"L'Allemande d'origine roumaine Herta Müller s'est vue attribuer, jeudi 8 octobre, le prix Nobel de littérature 2009. Elle succède à JMG Le Clezio. Elle est récompensée pour avoir "avec la densité de la poésie et la franchise de la prose, dépeint l'univers des déshérités", a précisé l'Académie Nobel. C'est le troisième auteur de langue allemande en dix ans à être récompensé, après l'Allemand Günter Grass, en 1999 et l'autrichienne Elfried Jelinek, en 2004. Née le 17 août 1953 à Nitchidorf, dans la province de Banat en Roumanie, au sein de la minorité allemande des Souabes, Herta Müller a étudié la littérature allemande et roumaine entre 1973 et 1976 à Timisoara. Après quoi, elle devient traductrice dans une usine de machines industrielles. Proche dans sa jeunesse d'un groupe d'écrivains germanophones perçu par le régime de Nicolae Ceaucescu comme un "ferment d'opposition", elle est licenciée parce qu'elle avait refusé de collaborer pour la Securitate (les services secrets roumains)... more... - sofarsoShawn from Bookmarklet

//The Romanian-born German Herta Müller was awarded, Thursday, October 8, the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2009. Elle succède à JMG Le Clezio. She succeeds JMG Le Clezio. Elle est récompensée pour avoir "avec la densité de la poésie et la franchise de la prose, dépeint l'univers des déshérités", a précisé l' Académie Nobel . She was honored for having "with the density of poetry and... more... - sofarsoShawn

wanna read... - chaz2b from Bookmarklet

review http://www.newscientist.com/article... - chaz2b

Thanks to Sean McBride - Ahsan Ali aka. Slick from Bookmarklet

Amazing images. - Sean McBride

A wonderful book on aromatherapy I've been using for several years. - Ksana from Bookmarklet

Usually I sleep dreamlessly, but tonight I had a dream! And when I awoke I thought of this article. - Ahsan Ali aka. Slick

waiting for the Red book. - darwin|1q84

"Peter Sunde, the former Pirate Bay spokesman and alleged co-founder, is working on his autobiography that will reveal some of his deepest secrets. In the book he will elaborate on some of the mistakes he made, and share details of ‘crazy’ encounters that he had with some prominent record label suits. “I’m going to talk about everything very openly. I’m writing very critically of myself at points — I’m very honest in the book. It’s kind of like having a therapist, writing this book,” Sunde told Wired.com. The book will be published somewhere in the future, after the rerun of the Pirate Bay trial has been dealt with. Sunde – who will get help from his brother Mats, a well known Swedish author – is currently talking to an interested book publisher. We do expect a ‘free-to-download- torrent release of the autobiography also, but this hasn’t been confirmed thus far." - sofarsoShawn from Bookmarklet

full interview with wired.com here: http://www.wired.com/epicent... - Chris Heath

Frederick Litchfield traces the international history of furniture design, from the ancient Assyrians and Egyptians, to China, Japan, India and Europe, through the late Victorian Era. Illustrated with more than 250 original, full sized drawings, woodcuts and photographs, this is an indespesible guide for both the antique collector, and the student of history. - Ksana from Bookmarklet

"An experienced traveler and the author of five books, including How Proust Can Change Your Life, De Botton here offers nine essays concerning the art of travel. Divided into five sections "Departure," "Motives," "Landscape," "Art," and "Return" the essays start with one of the author's travel experiences, meander through artists or writers related to it, and then intertwine the two. De Botton's style is very thoughtful and dense; he considers events of the moment and relates them to his internal dialog, showing how experiences from the past affect the present. In "On Curiosity," for example, which describes a weekend in Madrid, De Botton compares his reliance on a very detailed guidebook to the numerous systematic measurements Alexander von Humboldt made during his 1799 travels in South America. De Botton compares Humboldt's insatiable desire for detail with his own ennui and wish that he were home. There are also details about a fight over dessert, the van Gogh trail in Provence, and Wordsworth's vision of nature." - Ksana from Bookmarklet

"I go to a private school that is rather strict. Recently, the principal and school teacher council released a (very long) list of books we're not allowed to read. I was absolutely appalled, because a large number of the books were classics and others that are my favorites. One of my personal favorites, The Catcher in the Rye, was on the list, so I decided to bring it to school to see if I would really get in trouble. Well... I did but not too much. Then (surprise!) a boy in my English class asked if he could borrow the book, because he heard it was very good AND it was banned! This happened a lot and my locker got to overflowing with the banned books, so I decided to put the unoccupied locker next to me to a good use. I now have 62 books in that locker, about half of what was on the list. I took care only to bring the books with literary quality. Some of these books are:" - joneilortiz from Bookmarklet

joneilortiz That's AMAZING! What a world we live in when thinking young people are "not allowed" to read things. - Kat Stenson