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My Own Private Master’s Degree: Shakespeare’s Restless World podcast By BBC Radio 4

dewelch — Tue, 08 May 2012 06:37:21 +0000

I have been focusing on Shakespeare of the last several weeks — reading books like Will in the World and The Lodger Shakespeare — and now, listening to his amazing podcast by BBC Radio 4 — Shakespeare’s Restless World. The show is currently being broadcast in 20 – 15 minutes episodes and is available in Apple’s iTunes Store Podcast directory as well as from the companion web site.

Link: Shakespeare’s Restles World Web Site

Here you can find even more information about Shakespeare see photos of the objects mentioned in the podcast and links to even more Shakespeare information.

The shows uses a similar structure to another great BBC Radio 4 show, A History of the World in 100 Objects. Each episode focuses on an object from extensive museum collections throughout the world to highlight a particular aspect or topic. This has included a fancy fork found inside the grounds of the Rose Theater, an amazing Elizabethan-era musical clock, swords, Communion cups and more.

Dive in and learn more about Shakespeare’s world so that you can better enjoy his plays.

Shakespeare’s Restless World By BBC Radio 4

British Museum Director Neil MacGregor presents Shakespeare’s Restless World. The 20-part series looks at the world through the eyes of Shakespeare’s audience by exploring objects from that turbulent period.

A History of the World in 100 Objects By BBC Radio 4

Here you can find all 100 episodes in the series. Although the series has ended, you can continue to listen to the episodes on this page or download them to keep on your computer or mp3 player.

I also subscribe and listen to these other podcast series from BBC Radio 4.

In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg and Thinking Allowed with Laurie Taylor

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Book: The On-Purpose Person by Kevin W. McCarthy

dewelch — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:00:02 +0000

Mentioned on Seth Godin’s Domino Project blog today. ~~Download your copy before offer expires.~~The free offer has expired, but I am finding it a good read so far.

Kindle books are readable on nearly every computer platform using the free Kindle Reader software. You can also now read directly in your web browser.

From Amazon.com…

Is Your Life Filled, Yet Unfulfilled?

Do you feel pulled in a thousand different directions?
Are your days so busy you hardly have time to think?
Are you living up to other people’s expectations while your own plans and dreams go unmet?
In The On-Purpose Person you’ll learn how to discover who you are, where you are headed, what you should do, and what’s most important to you! That’s being on-purpose!

Tap Into Your Highest Potential With The On-Purpose Person

Nothing adds more fullness and meaning to your life than discovering your purpose and living it out every moment of your life. With The On-Purpose Person, you’ll be on your way to greater order and clarity within 30 minutes of picking up the book. This entertaining story format provides clear principles that are easy to apply to everyday life. You’ll put them into practice immediately. Regardless of whether you’re in your teens or well into retirement, being on-purpose will inspire and guide you to live true to yourself.

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Book: Gutenberg the Geek by Jeff Jarvis

dewelch — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:58:35 +0000

I first saw this as part of Google+ What’s Hot email links. Download your copy before offer expires.The free offer has expired, but it was an quick and interesting read. It is quite amazing how the past can predict the future sometimes.

Kindle books are readable on nearly every computer platform using the free Kindle Reader software. You can also now read directly in your web browser.

From Amazon.com…

Who was the original world-changing techno-entrepreneurial innovator? Not Google’s Larry and Sergey. Not Steve Jobs. No, to find the man who made the mold, you’ve got to go back to fifteenth-century Germany to find Johannes Gutenberg. Jarvis portrays the famed inventor as creator of more than just the printing press and the market for Bibles. “Gutenberg,” he argues, “should… be seen as the patron saint of Silicon Valley, for he used technology to create an industry.” Setting Gutenberg’s successes against the real pitfalls he endured, notably his early struggle to amass sufficient capital, Jarvis portrays a bad-boy innovator with a deft, if sometimes heavy hand. He bravely wears his assumptions– for example, the neutrality of technology– on his sleeve, and his lesson for techno-dreamers is straightforward. Read your history, Jarvis insists. “Your goal, geeks, is to be more like Gutenberg.” –Jason Kirk

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What I’m Reading…Kingdom Keepers I: Disney After Dark

dewelch — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:52:33 +0000

Kingdom Keepers I: Disney After Dark

My son has read this entire series and I needed something a little lighter to add to my reading stack. A quick visit to the library and I had it in hand.

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What I’m Reading…Noah Webster and Shakepeare History

dewelch — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:29:03 +0000

The Forgotten Founding Father by Joshua Kendell

Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare by Stephen Greenblatt

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What I’m Reading…The Lodger Shakespeare

Any way you use a journal is the “write” way

dewelch — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:06:48 +0000

Even with all my technology, I still carry a paper journal. I don’t “journal” in the traditional sense, but use it to capture thoughts and ideas when I am on the go. I still find that easier than typing into my computer or iphone when I am out of the office.

Even more, I recommend that everyone have some way of capturing their ideas. Too many ideas are lost simply because they are not captured when they first appear. You never know how useful an idea might be in the future.

It is important to remember that any way you use a journal is the right way. Don’t let anyone tell you have you to do it this way to that way or you are somehow “doing it wrong.” Your journal is yours and you should use it in a way that makes it useful to you. Make lists, draw, paint, have a conversation with yourself, whatever you need. I do a combination of all of these and more.

Here is a picture of my current journal, along with the next one in line, a cool Lego-themed Moleskine.

This post inspired by…

Become a Better Person by Keeping a Journal

Life comes and goes quickly. One day you are young, vibrant, and “taking charge” and then all of the sudden your are waking up, going through the motions and putting your time in. As your life passes you by, your experiences are some of the most important things you have to show for it.

Rather than let your life pass as a stream of experiences that you won’t remember later or never stop to process their meaning, keep a journal to become a better person.

Read the entire article from Lifehack.org

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Read Amazon Kindle Books in your Web Browser

dewelch — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:08:20 +0000

I just happened to see that you can now read Amazon Kindle books right in your web browser — no software download or install needed. This makes it even more convenient for people to buy and read my eBooks. You can still download the Amazon Kindle Reader software for your computer, iPhone/iPad or Android smartphone or tablet, but if you just want a quick diversion — perhaps you are using someone else’s computer (or a public access terminal at your local library) — you can easily access the books you won directly from the cloud.

Visit Read.Amazon.com

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Book: Pulling up stakes by Harriet Kimble Wrye

dewelch — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:25:16 +0000

A client of mine has released her first book, detailing her adventures — Pulling Up Stakes by Harriet Kimble Wrye.

It looks to be quite a dramatic read. I heard some of these stories soon after they occurred. I remember issues with her Palm Visor crashing amid the humidity of the Amazon and her helping to evacuate her injured husband from rural China on a hand carried litter. I can only imagine what other adventures awaited her on her travels.

Visit the Pulling Up Stake Web Site

Order Pulling Up Stakes from Amazon.com

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What I’m Reading…The Lodger Shakespeare

dewelch — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 20:05:27 +0000

I happened upon this book in the Los Angeles Public Library’s e-media (i.e. ebook/audio book) download area. It seeks to give us a picture of Shakepeare through the small evidence found in a court case in which Shakespeare was a witness. There is a lot more in this book besides that, though. I have enjoyed delving a little deeper into the mind and life of this tremendous author.

From Amazon.com…

The Lodger Shakespeare by Charles Nicholl

“In 1612, Shakespeare gave evidence in a court case at Westminster—and it is the only occasion on which his actual spoken words were recorded. In The Lodger Shakespeare, Charles Nicholl applies a powerful biographical magnifying glass to this fascinating but little-known episode in the Bard’s life. Drawing on evidence from a wide variety of sources, Nicholl creates a compellingly detailed account of the circumstances in which Shakespeare lived and worked amid the bustle of early seventeenth-century London. This elegant, often unexpected exploration presents a new and original look at Shakespeare as he was writing such masterpieces as Othello, Measure for Measure, and King Lear.”

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Home-Made Toys for Boys and Girls

dewelch — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:17:19 +0000

A post on Pinterest earlier today lead me to OpenLibrary.org and this book, Home-made Toys for Boys and Girls. The lovely collection of instructions and diagrams was first published in 1915 and harkens back to an earlier age when parents and kids would make toys at home instead of buying everything at the store.

I can imagine a farmer sitting around on a rainy day or night putting something together for his son or daughter or even building something more complex for a Christmas gift. There are projects here that can be assembled by a handy boy or girl themselves, too.

You can read the entire book, including illustrations for FREE in a number of different format including an online reader, PDF, ePub, plain text, MOBI and even have the book sent automatically to your Kindle over WiFi.

OpenLIbrary.org has a goal…

“One web page for every book ever published. It’s a lofty but achievable goal. To build Open Library, we need hundreds of millions of book records, a wiki interface, and lots of people who are willing to contribute their time and effort to building the site.

[…]

Open Library is a project of the non-profit Internet Archive, and has been funded in part by a grant from the California State Library and the Kahle/Austin Foundation.”

Visit the page for Home-made Toys for Boys and Girls

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