The Book is Better: Recent Episodes
Louie
Request or recommend a book: thebookisbetter1@gmail.com . Books, fiction, non fiction, novellas, short stories and poetry. Curiosity may have killed the cat but satisfaction brought it back.Welcome to a wonderful, mysterious world full of phantasmagorical facts and wicked wonders. Where women hide in walls, rockets stream through space and emperors fight impossible battles. As compiled and told by a factphile and biblio-nerd with a penchant for the weird and unheard remarkable facts in this world and a good book.
Movie magic can sometimes go too far. Marni Nixon is the voice of many famous actresses and characters but her story is often forgotten, so let's delve into the world of Hollywood and corruption.
Welcome! Finally the first NQT Diary episode (hopefully the first of many more). Well done for making it this far and enjoy.
Poetry is not rhymes, metaphors, rhythms, and pentameters. It's so much more. Spoken word: WARNING, there are instances of explicit language in this episode.
Of course, Caesar is renowned for his emperor years but to get there he led some insane military maneuvers. This is one of the craziest.
A natural disaster of immense proportions caused storms, droughts and famines ... and one monster.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman's masterpiece of feminist literature explores synaesthesia, patriarchal norms and gender.
Just let me fangirl for a bit.
Drag Queens, LGBT, dance and revolutions; vogue! Another Bit of Fun about an amazing dance form born from adversity as a form of expression and inclusion.
Enjoy and vogue it out!!
Hey, it's JABF again!!
So I found a weird-looking small book and it turned out to be a series of essays on how life was moving too fast in the 1800s. And, the arguments still apply (mostly).
This is 'just a bit of fun' (JABF). I recorded this little essay about a year ago and didn't do anything with it. The next 8ish episodes will also be JABF (mostly because I'm tired) Have a great weekend everyone and celebrate the successes next week.
Did you know that an heiress in 1940s America began helping solve murders through doll houses?! how? why?
Welcome to another Just A Bit of Fun. This one is a bit morbid but also genius and so creative. If anyone is teaching law or history, feel welcome to throw this story into any lesson to confuse the students.