Watch This: The Advocate, with Colin Firth

Hidden gem
Set in medieval times, The Advocate opens with the journey of idealistic new lawyer Richard Courtois from Paris to the southern French village of Abbeville, where he hopes to make a difference in the lives of the downtrodden peasants. In no time at all, he’s overwhelmed by a backlog of cases the [...]

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Monday Morning Poem: The Oxen, by Thomas Hardy

The Oxen
by Thomas Hardy

Christmas Eve, and twelve of the clock
“Now they are all on their knees,”
An elder said as we sat in a flock
By the embers in hearthside ease.
We pictured the meek mild creatures where
They dwelt in their strawy pen,
Nor did it occur to one of us there
To doubt they were kneeling then.
So fair a [...]

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Some Quotes About Books

“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark too read.” [Groucho Marx]
“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.” [Hindu Prince Gautama [...]

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