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25 September 2013

Film review: Invictus (2009), by Clint Eastwood, *****

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Synopsis What does Nelson Mandela do after becoming president of South Africa? He rejects revenge, forgives oppressors who jailed him ...
20 September 2013

Book review: Diving Indonesia's Bird's Head Seascape (2011), by Burt Jones and Maurine Shimlock, *****

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Synopsis Home to more than 1600 fish species and three-fourths of the world's known corals, the Bird's Head Seascape, the globa...
18 September 2013

Book review: Wealth and poverty of nations (1999), by David Landes, *****

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Synopsis The history of nations is a history of haves and have-nots, and as we approach the millennium, the gap between rich and poor co...
15 August 2013

Itinerary of a diving trip to Waigeo, West Papua

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This was a great trip on the Dewi Nusantara liveaboard. You can see pictures from this trip on my Flickr . You can read my review of ...
11 August 2013

Cooking class in Singapore at Palate Sensations

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As a foodie I love trying most of the food I run into when I travel around the world. The only local delicacy I can remember ever running aw...
04 August 2013

Book review: Ah ku and Karayuki San: Prostitution in Singapore, 1870-1940 (1993), by James Francis Warren, *****

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Synopsis Among the many groups of foreign workers whose labor built Singapore in the 20th century, there may be none as marginalized in ...
18 July 2013

Film review/recensione: The Road Home (1999), by Zhang Yimou, *****

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testo italiano di seguito Synopsis Businessman Luo Yesheng ( Sun Honglei ) returns home to the village of Sanhetun following the sudd...
10 July 2013

Viaggio o vacanza?

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Una vacanza (dal latino vacantia , periodo di vuoto) è un viaggio intrapreso alla ricerca di una sorta di riposo, di un’interruzione, uno sv...
05 July 2013

Recensione film: La Spiaggia (1954), di Alberto Lattuada, *****

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Sinossi Anna Maria, una giovane donna che vive in una "casa chiusa", si prende una vacanza per condurre al mare la propria bim...
01 July 2013

I sold my Mercedes 500SL today

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Good by to a companion of exactly eighteen years. We had a great time together but, as she approached adulthood, like many adolescents, be...
16 June 2013

Film review/recensione: Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), by Woody Allen, *****

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testo italiano di seguito Synopsis Woody Allen writes and directs this romantic comedy drama, his fourth consecutive film to be shot ou...
12 June 2013

Film review: Flags of our Fathers (2006) by Clint Eastwood, ****

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testo italiano di seguito Synopsis The film is about a photograph by James Rosenthal , one of the most famous war pictures of all time...
05 June 2013

Recensione film: La meglio gioventù (2003), di Marco Tullio Giordana, *****

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Sinossi E' la storia di due fratelli attraverso quarant'anni di vita italiana, dal 1960 a oggi. Attraverso questo piccolo nucl...
04 June 2013

Recensione film: J'ai oublié de te dire... (2008), di Laurent Vinas-Raymond, ****

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Synopsis Lorsque Marie, jeune fille de 25 ans sans passé ni avenir, rencontre Jaume, un vieux monsieur, ancien champion cycliste devenu ...
18 May 2013

Film review: The Cave of the Yellow Dog (2005) by Byambasuren Davaa, ****

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Synopsis From the director of The Story of the Weeping Camel comes another captivatingly beautiful story of nomadic family life in the...
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