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Author : Alex
Subject : Jupiter and Ganymede
Date : 14th of february 2025
Telescop : C11 + Barlow 2x
Camera : iNova
a serie of 6 photos
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Author: Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889
Illustrator: Smith, E.; Wood, Wood, Thomas Waterman, 1823-1903; Coleman, W. S. (William Stephen), 1829-1904
Title: The Common Moths of England
Publisher: George Routledge and Sons
Publication Date: 1870
Prompted by the upcoming release of IQ84 by Haruki Murakami, and the possibility of him winning the nobel prize for literature, I decided to talk a little bit about my favorite author (and other authors).
Here is a grainy impression of what my "real books" shelf has on it. This is the zone of the book shelf that I read from most often (if I'm not getting and/or reading something new, that is). This shelf is out in the living room which has crappity light for photos at night time, so I will try and replace this with a larger and more well lit photo tomorrow.
What you see here are basically some of my favorite books of all time, some of them have been for up to 15 years… for example "Lizard" and "Kitchen" have been favorites since my mid-teens, whereas "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" has been a favorite for about 12 years now (the Japanese version, as well… though I have to admit to only having read the missing chapters… there are chapters missing in the English adaptation, which is what prompted me to originally get the Japanese set back about 11 years ago).
There are also differences between the soft and hardcover versions of the Japanese, though I'll also admit I'm not skilled enough yet to be able to just SIT and ENJOY the books in Japanese yet (as one would with a book in their native language)… they are still mostly study aides, taken a few pages at a time when the mood strikes.
I have more books than this, obviously, but a lot of them are "guilty pleasure" books… no, not romance novels, I just mean books I read once but that didn't leave a very lasting impression on me. Also, all of my manga and most of my study books are in my office, and I have already done some talking about them on flickr a few times before. :) These here are gathered together because they are the most important to me, personally. I've read most of them more than once, and about half of them closer to 5 times. Wind-Up Bird I've read probably upwards of 7 full times over the last 12 years.
Starting with the books on top there, on the left first...
- "What I Talk About When I Talk About Running" - Haruki Murakami
this is the only book in the picture that I haven't read yet. I started it but it is not like his usual, and I'm finding it a little hard to get rolling and interested. I kind of wish that "Underground" was in this picture instead (but it's currently next to my bed). "Underground" I first finished reading while on my honeymoon in Japan… which is quite possibly the best place to read it, as I was able to strongly visualize EXACTLY where many of the events (real events of the Sarin Gas Attack) took place on the Tokyo subway lines.
- "Idoru" - William Gibson
I actually wish "Robot Visions" by Isaac Asimov was here instead… but "Idoru" still an interesting book. It might bother people who really know their Japanese pop culture in depth, but as a quick bite to eat, I rather enjoy it from time to time.
- 異邦人 - アルベール・カミュ
"The Stranger" - Albert Camus… in Japanese, paperback.
- B級BANANA- 吉本ばなな
- パイナツプリン - 吉本ばなな
Two books (essays) by Banana Yoshimoto that I do not think have been translated to English. I used these for reading practice from time to time.
- ねじまき鳥クロニクル 〜泥棒かささぎ編
- ねじまき鳥クロニクル 〜予言する鳥編
- ねじまき鳥クロニクル 〜鳥刺し男編
- 村上春樹
The three books in the series "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" by Haruki Murakami by favorite book(s) of all time), in Japanese, paperback. I also have the first two volumes in hardcover which I finally was able to find while in Japan. Additionally I picked up the French language paperback while I was in France a few years ago. I also have this book twice in English (one of which I bought for my husband before we lived together). I've also bought this book (in English) for several other people in my life as the years have gone by. It is the one book that I recommend to people that I am willing to put forward the money to assure they get a copy, lol.
Next to those is a stack of…
- Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
- Lizard
- Kitchen
- NP
- Asleep
- Goodbye Tsugumi
all by Banana Yoshimoto
Now the bottom, starting from the left…
- After Dark
- Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
- The Elephant Vanishes
- Kafka on the Shore
- Sputnik Sweetheart
- Norwegian Wood
- South of the Border, West of the Sun
- Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
- A Wild Sheep Chase
- The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
all by Haruki Murakami… hey, I told you he was my favorite. lol
- The Diamond Age - Neal Stephenson
Excellent, excellent book… I highly recommend this to basically everyone. lol
- 象の消滅 （短篇選集 1980-1991）- 村上春樹
"The Elephant Vanishes" short story anthology, by Haruki Murakami in Japanese, paperback
Apart from Wind-Up Bird... I would highly recommend "The Elephant Vanishes" to those who want to get a quick taste of Murakami's style before delving into one of his novels. Wind-Up bird is upward of 600 pages long, which is daunting for some folks... so if that bothers you, start with this book first, and see how it goes. :)
- ねじまき鳥クロニクル ～泥棒かささぎ編
- ねじまき鳥クロニクル ～予言する鳥編
- 村上春樹
again… the first two volumes of the hardcover of "Wind-Up Bird" in Japanese by Haruki Murakami
- The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
This was my first introduction to the work of Ayn Rand. The person who told me to read this book intended for me to see how "evil" and "bad" she was. I am always a skeptic, so went into reading it without thinking about what the person had told me about her. After this, and some additional research about her, I ended up discovering someone (her) who understood and could verbalize things I always felt but was not articulate enough myself to put into words. Oh... and by the way, she is not bad nor evil... she is exactly the opposite.
- "The God Delusion" - Richard Dawkins
I have several books by him, one of them I have misplaced, and the other two are by my bedside waiting to be re-read in one case, and read for the first time in another case. I highly recommend this book, also, to almost everyone.
Finally, one that is slightly cut off here…
"Cats Are Not Peas - a Calico History of Genetics" - Laura Gould
This book is one of the things that first got me deeply interested in genetics, and which I would also recommend to anyone who is interested in discovering basic genetics and / or loves cats, hehehe.
There are also several books that I wish could also be in this photo. Two of those, for example, being "The Dragons of Eden" and "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan... I highly, highly recommend both... again, to everyone.
Author John Connolly talking to an audience of readers at the Eric Liddell Centre on Holy Corner, organised by the nearby Edinburgh Bookshop. John was celebrating the publication of his new Charlie Parker mystery, Book of Bones. It is also the twentieth anniversary of the start of his series, so John took us through a bit of each book in chronological order, which was very interesting.
Author : @Kiri Karma
Day 2 - Travel to New-York - February 2024
Manhattan's Chinatown is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City, bordering the Lower East Side to its east, Little Italy to its north, Civic Center to its south, and Tribeca to its west. With an estimated population of 90,000 to 100,000 people, Chinatown is home to the highest concentration of Chinese people in the Western Hemisphere. Manhattan's Chinatown is also one of the oldest Chinese ethnic enclaves. The Manhattan Chinatown is one of nine Chinatown neighborhoods in New York City, as well as one of twelve in the New York metropolitan area, which contains the largest ethnic Chinese population outside of Asia, comprising an estimated 893,697 uniracial individuals as of 2017.
Vibrant Chinatown is a densely populated neighborhood that draws foodies and tourists to its many Chinese and Southeast Asian restaurants for dumplings, pork buns and hand-pulled noodles. The busy sidewalks are packed with souvenir stores, bubble tea shops, and markets selling everything from fresh and dried fish to herbs and spices. Locals hang out in leafy Columbus Park for Tai Chi, chess and mahjong.Day 2
Various pics of the day two in New-York
Diverses photos prisent en New-York le jour deux.
Author : @Kiri Karma
Forever Rivals Wrestling - Taunton 2022 - UK Dominator & Partener Vs El Drago & Aaron Steele
UK Dominator & Partener Def. (Pin) El Drago & Aaron Steele
( LIVE in Taunton this Sun, Nov 20 only!
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Tix also available on the door.
Featuring a tonne of amazing matches + top wrestlers & luchadors
from all across the UK & Europe, these shows have it all!
All ages welcome - bar at the venue - meet the wrestlers after the show!
One day, two different epics shows!
Body slams & battle royales, don't miss & join us for an unforgettable show the whole family can enjoy!
6 HUGE matches on each show.
In the afternoon it's a 6 man tag main event featuring villians vs Luchadors & in the evening its our 500lbs of pro wrestling's finest when Iestyn Rees (England) takes on A-Buck (France)
See you all there! )
Author John Connolly talking to an audience of readers at the Eric Liddell Centre on Holy Corner, organised by the nearby Edinburgh Bookshop. John was celebrating the publication of his new Charlie Parker mystery, Book of Bones. It is also the twentieth anniversary of the start of his series, so John took us through a bit of each book in chronological order, which was very interesting.
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential authors of all time. Wikipedia
Best known for War and Peace and Anna Karenina.
The Jim Newton Author Luncheon at the Peninsula Hotel on May 19, 2015 in Beverly Hills, CA. (Photo by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)
The Los Angeles Public Library dinner with Author Rick Atkinson on Jan. 28, 2020, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Reza Allah-Bakhshi/Capture Imaging)
Author: Besant, Walter, Sir, 1836-1901
Title: The City of Refuge
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Publication Date: 1899
URL: archive.org/details/36050583.1776.emory.edu
Description and Synopsis:
The cover depicts an urban scene in which two men meet. These men wear business clothes with suits and ties.
Further Notes:
Walter Besant was a novelist who began publishing in the 1870s and became one of the most popular and prolific writers in England at the time. He is most remembered today for his efforts in social reform rather than for his fiction. In his early novels, Besant collaborated with James Rice, the editor of the journal Once a Week. Besant and Rice collaboratively wrote “triple-decker” novels together as well as novelettes (Machann). After Rice’s death, Besant continued writing novels and focused some of his efforts on portraying life among the poor in London’s East End. Many of Besant’s novels were best-sellers and they were featured among the better remembered best-sellers of Collins and Trollope. Besant’s other interests included copyright law and philanthropy. Although Besant is largely ignored by critics today, he made a significant impact on late-Victorian British society (Machann).
This new edition of the novel is made with pictorial boards, is large format or 17.5 cm (Sadleir 16).
Works Cited:
Machann, Clinton. “Sir Walter Besant.” British Short-Fiction Writers, 1880–1914: The Realist Tradition. Ed. William B. Thesing. Detroit: Gale Research, 1994. Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol. 135. Literature Resource Center. Web. 16 Jan. 2015. go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CH1200002450&v=2.1&...
Sadleir, Michael. XIX Century Fiction: A Bibliographical Record Based on His Own Collection. Vol. 2. Cambridge: University Press, 1951.
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BodyZoi Wrestling - First Event - Tucker Vs Mike D vecchio, MBM
Tucker def. (Pin) Mike D vecchio, MBM
Type of match : Triple Threat Match
( Le plus grand Show de catch de l'ete )
Author : @Kiri Karma
WCL - Catch XL 2023 - Darkmondo Vs Aaron Rammy, Rj Jaguar, Ricky Sosa
Darkmondo (c) No Contest Aaron Rammy, Rj Jaguar, Ricky Sosa
Type of match : Fatal 4 Way Elimination Match
For : World Catch League Championship (No Title Change)
Info on the match : Ce samedi 11/11 au Stade d'Ixelles, le Championnat Toutes Categories de la WCL - World Catch League, sera remis en jeu dans le Main Event de World Catch League - CATCH XL !
Avec 2 regnes entant que champion, Darkmondo cumule un total de 311 jours avec le titre ultime de La League.
A l'exception d'une defaite surprise et conteste face a Rob Raw en Novembre 2022 qui a vu la ceinture lui filer entre les mains pour une courte periode, il domine la competition depuis Fevrier 2022, et ce, jusqu'a ce jour.
Son objectif, terminer la saison 2023 comme il l'a commence, avec l'or autour de la taille et continuer sa domination pour la saison 2024.
Jusqu'a present, Aaron Rammy, Ricky Sosa, Kamba Jaguar, Legion, Sheikh Kamal, Akindele ont tous echoue a lui arracher la ceinture.
Il semble INNARETABLE mais attention a ne pas se faire surprendre car il ne suffit que de 3 secondes pour ecrire l'histoire.
Referee : Allan Waterbley
( CATCH XL est de retour ce 11/11/2023 !!!
Comme chaque annee et pour la troisieme fois, World Catch League debarque au Stade d?Ixelles, avec les meilleurs catcheurs internationaux, pour une soiree incroyable avec un public de feu!
Retrouvez les gladiateurs des temps modernes pour le plus grand spectacle de catch professionnel en Belgique, CATCH XL.
Encouragez votre catcheur prefere et huez son adversaire, mais surtout, laissez vous embarquer par une ambiance electrique.
?A l'affiche: La 11e Coupe d'Europe de Catch, le Championnat World Catch League, Le Championnat en Lucha Libre et Le Championnat par Equipes qui se disputera dans un match de l'echelle.
Matchs simples, match par equipe, match de championnat, bataille royale,?vous n?etes jamais a l?abri d?une surprise.
Les colosses, les luchadors mexicains, les champions internationaux, et bien d?autres, vous donnent rendez-vous pour un spectacle sportif de 2h pour petits et grands. )
Author : @Kiri Karma
Divers 2023 - August
Photos of August 2023
Photos de aout 2023
( Divers albums de photos prisent en 2023 sans sujet precis.
Various albums of pictures taken in 2023 without subject. )
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 23: Author of Breaking Night, Liz Murray in her home in New York, New York. December 23, 2010.
Author : @Kiri
Japan Con 2019 - WCL - Day 2 - Adonis Karpos Vs Aaron Rammy
Adonis Karpos Def. (Pin) Aaron Rammy
( Located in the beautiful halls of Tour&Taxis in Brussels, Japan Con is here to bring all Asian Pop Culture to Brussels!
JAPAN CON is a convention celebrating the awesome Asian pop-culture! So for all the true fans of Manga, Anime or just Asian Pop Culture in general this event is especially for you! JAPAN CON a two day event in the beautiful halls of Tour&Taxis in Brussels on the 2nd and 3rd of November 2019. Hope to see you there and if you do bring a smile!
Arigato Gozaimasu! )
Author : @Kiri Karma
Travel to NOLA - February 2024 - Day 9
Various pics of the day nine in New Orleans.
Diverses photos prisent en Nouvel Orlean le jour neuf.
Letter on reverse authored in Zotzenheim and addressed to the sender's sister resident in Charlottenburg. Postage cancelled in Sprendlingen (Rheinhessen) on 7.10.15.
Gruppenbild of 7. Abteilung, 3. Kompanie, Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 36, 5th Landwehr Division.
The 5th Landwehr Division served on the Western Front. It generally occupied the line between the Meuse and Moselle Rivers and around Verdun. From February to July 1916, it participated in the Battle of Verdun.
In September 1918, it fought the Americans and French in the Battle of Saint-Mihiel. Allied intelligence rated the division as fourth class; it was considered primarily a sector holding division and not an offensive formation.
Few relics of military history are as striking as the German Pickelhaube. The black lacquered leather helmet with its intricately detailed gilded brass helmet plate and tall spike was intended to create the image of highly aggressive military force.
The quick German victory over France in 1871, lead many countries to imitate the style of the Prussian army. Many countries around the world adopted some form of spiked helmet for their own armed forces, including the United States in 1881. The Colour Guard of Chile still uses the Pickelhaube, using helmets made in Germany with leather imported from Argentina.
Most soldiers depicted here wear the felt "Ersatz" (substitute) helmets.
The helmet plate is the standard Prussian line eagle plate, with the King's motto, Mit Gott Für Koenig und Vaterland (With God for King and Country, i.e. Prussia).
As the war continued, many other materials were used for ersatz helmets, including vulkanfibre, cloth covered cork, and paper mache. Older model leather helmets and fittings were altered for re-use, and helmets made up of leather sections were used to fill the demand.
Alb. III.
Author : @Kiri Karma
Comiccon Brussels 2024 - Fall - Day 2 - The Comiccon
COMIC CON BRUSSELS IS YOUR CELEBRATION OF GEEK CULTURE IN THE HEART OF EUROPE!
You will find us at the beautiful Tour & Taxis site near the Brussels North train station. At Comic Con Brussels you will find Dealers, Artists, Actors, ... It?s a Con that brings together all the things you love:
COMICS, COSPLAY, GAMING, FILMS, MANGA, COLLECTIBLES, ANIME, TV SERIES, CLOTHING, TOYS, GADGETS AND LOTS MORE!!!
Author:Licetus, Fortunius
Title:De Monstrorum Caussis, Natura, et Differentiis, Libri Duo...
Place:Padua
Publisher:Paulum Frambottum
Date:1634
Item # :198119
Description:
[14], 262, [26] pp. Added engraved pictorial title-page. With 55 copperplate engravings in the text, many with multiple images. (4to) 7¾x5¾, period speckled calf, rebacked with modern calf, original spine labels. First Illustrated Edition.
The first illustrated edition of the first comprehensive collection of monsters, or "freaks," and as such an early classification of deformities and birth defects. It was a main source of information on sexual and embryological matters not only for doctors but for lay people as well, and was still in use in the 19th century. The author, Fortunio Liceti (1577-1657) as a physician and lecturer at the University of Padua, noted for his expertise on Aristotle. The present work includes monsters both real and imagined and the plates include man/animal combinations that defy description. With armorial bookplate of Cornelius Paine on front pastedown, his ownership signature on front flyleaf, over which has been tipped the bookplate of John Barrymore. Osler 3235; Wellcome I, 3786.
Image from the auction of the Medical & Science Library of Gerald I. Sugarman, MD by PBA Galleries: Auctioneers and Appraisers, to be held on 11/20/2008.
Of or related to the Morbid Anatomy blog.
Author : @Kiri Karma
Travel to NOLA - February 2024 - Day 8
Various pics of the day eight in New Orleans.
Diverses photos prisent en Nouvel Orlean le jour huit.
Author : @Kiri Karma
Wrestling Alliance Company - Anniversaire 10 ans - Day 1 - The gigolo Vs Eclipse
The gigolo Def. (climb ladder) Eclipse
Type of match : Ladder Match
Info on the match : Il remporte ainsi la valise qui lui donne droit a un match de chapionnat .
( Les 10 ans de la Wrestling Alliance Company )
The botanist's repository, for new, and rare plants :.
London :Printed by T. Bensley, and published by the author ... :1797-[1815].
Her Excellency Dr Justina Mutale Author at The Rose and Crown English Pub Lower Sloane Street Chelsea London
Author : @Kiri Karma
Japan Expo 2023 - Body Painting
Painture Festival est le festival de bodypaint en France.
( Edition 2023 - 22 eme impact )
NEW YORK - DECEMBER 23: Author of Breaking Night, Liz Murray in her home in New York, New York. December 23, 2010.
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Rio de Janeiro - 24/11/2021 - Maracanã.
Fluminense enfrenta o Internacional esta noite pela 35ª rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro 2021.
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PWA - No Remorse - 2024 - Leo Leroi Vs Daniel Akindele, Nico Narcis
Leo Leroi Def. (Pin) Daniel Akindele (c), Nico Narcis
Type of match : Triple Threat Match
For : PWA European Allstar Kampioenschap (New Champ)
( Pro Wrestling Allstars presenteert een gloednieuw worstel evenement vol actie, spanning, sensatie en entertainment in Project 13 te Bornem. )
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The International Brussels Tattoo Convention 2019 - UXC pro - Day 3 - A-Buck Vs MBM
A-Buck (c) Def. (Pin) MBM
For : UXC Pro Champion (No Title Change)
( Europe's Nr.1 International Tattoo Convention!
A huge amazing original show with super many things to see, do, buy, look, taste & try. But most important is to get tattooed by worlds finest tattoo artists!
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Author Isaac Asimov is widely considered a master of hard science fiction and, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke, he was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers during his lifetime.
This is part of a much larger canvas, I have been working on.............
As a tribute to this great author, and my favorite Sci-fi writer.......
Hopefully I will finish it someday soon..........
Likness from this photo
Acrylic on streched canvas
My first "event" in a bookshop rather than a library*. And I was close to the end of the queue, so surely his hand must be tired!
*Although I have queued for signings in shops before.
Budding authors Barbara Jaye Wilson (then Barbara Wilson) and D. M. Giangreco (then Dennis Giangreco) at Volker Park in Kansas City sometime in the early 1970s. Between the two of them, they would author nearly 20 books -- so far. Screen shot from a bumper segment in the independent film, Cowtown Ballroom: Sweet Jesus! Originally posted May 26, 2019.
I should have known that she’d eventually become a mystery writer because she was always haunting the used bookstore next to the Sign Coffeehouse looking for copies of Erle Stanley Gardner’s Perry Mason novels. I guess that means that I was haunting it too!
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Author Piper Drake & Cover Model John Joseph Quinlan @ Heather Graham's Lonestar Supernatural Party via 2015 RT Convention in Dallas, TX #JohnQuinlan
Clive Barker can write a damn sexy novel. I know, he's gay but I've always been a bit of a fag hag. I adore this man. His writing gets into me. His imagery translates perfectly in my mind. So, here he is at 20 years old looking gorgeous. I wonder what he was like then. If you are interested Clive also makes the most moving and impactful art! It ranges from magical, sexy, disturbing and spiritual. Google him.