Month: August 2008

I Served the King of England on the big screen. This is one of the many Czech novels I tore through while I was in Prague. Salon reviews.

You’ll have to live someone other than southeast Ohio to catch it, I assume.

From the New York Times:

”Aug. 21 is a very special day for the Czech Republic — it’s the 40th anniversary of the Soviet invasion in 1968,” she said afterward. ”I of course had a Russian competitor against me. She was winning with such a long throw,” she added, and said she wondered if she’d be able to turn the date to her advantage.

via Kottke

The Wall Street Journal reviews The Cabinet of Wonders, a new novel for tweens loosely based on the story of Prague’s Astronomical Clock.

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