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The Odyssey

How Stories Save Us

Pam Allyn | Posted 12.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Parenting, Madeline, Kids, Children's Books, Children, Homer, Goodnight Moon, Books, Eloise, The Odyssey, Story Time, Story Telling, Where the Wild Things Are, Stories, Reading, Living News
Pam Allyn

Here is the longing inside all of us: that we are fearless enough to embark upon those adventures, but that as we go we are inspired and propelled by a sense of home waiting for us at the other end.

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Sing Any Good Books Lately?

Laurence Hughes | Posted 11.09.2009 | Books

Read More: The Odyssey, Jack Kerouac, Frankenstein, Books, Bram Stoker, Sting, David Gray, Music, Kate Bush, The Beatles, Edgar Allen Poe, Classics Rock, Wuthering Heights, Ulysses, Jackson Browne, Elliot Murphy, Harold Robbins, Alan Parsons, Books News
Laurence Hughes

The mission of my blog is to highlight popular songs that are based on, inspired by, or allude to books and authors -- "Books Shelved in Songs," as I say on the site.

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On Sloth and Other Virtues

Amy Hertz | Posted 10.06.2009 | Books

Read More: Donald Trump, Sloth, Homer, Slow Movement, The Odyssey, Meditation, Buddhism, Slow, Books News
Amy Hertz

This month, we're celebrating Carl Honore's In Praise of Slowness and throughout The Huffington Post you'll have a chance to see how others are embracing the Slow Movement, of which Carl is the godfather.

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Awakening America's Heart: Are You Going To Finish Strong?

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 03.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Dismemberment, The Odyssey, Difficult Circumstances, Way of Transformation, Authentic Nature, The Inner Life, The Balanced Life, Featured Contributor, Living News
Dr. Cara Barker

So much for well-laid plans! The response from last week's article, (see archives: "Choosing Hope over Fear"), was so compelling, that I've decided t...

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Slumdog Millionaire's Danny Boyle on Storytelling

Gotham Chopra | Posted 02.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Storytelling, Slumdog Millionaire Best Picture, Film, Danny Boyle Slumdog Millionaire, Slumdog Millionaire, Movies, The Odyssey, History, Epic Storytelling, Filmmaking and Activism, Activism, Middle East Conflict, Pakistan India Relations, Oral History, Entertainment News
Gotham Chopra

If there is one thing we might learn from great filmmaking, as with Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, it is that through our stories we have the ability to inspire, lead, and transform.

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The Reader is a Surprising Film: Nazis Can Be Sympathetic, Though Not Forgiven

Michael Russnow | Posted 01.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Odyssey, Kate Winslet, Russnow, Der Vorleser, Summer of '42, Huckleberry Finn, Billy Elliot, Lena Olin, Stephen Daldry, The Reader, Bernhard Schlink, Ralph Fiennes, Movies, David Hare, Bruno Ganz, The Hours, David Kross, Michael Russnow, Revolutionary Road, Entertainment News
Michael Russnow

On the whole David Hare has written a fascinating and engrossing script, and Director Stephen Daldry has given us a taut and emotional filmmaking achievement.

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