/ Wed, 24 Apr 2019 11:39:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.1 /about/#comment-105 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:13:38 +0000 /?page_id=4#comment-105 […] go against the trend of the quick, instant-impression world we live and work in. The first is the Moby Dick Big Read, which breaks down Moby Dick‘s 135 chapters into 135 audio downloads. Better yet, each […]

]]> /chapter-4-the-counterpane/#comment-90 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:09:58 +0000 /?p=4531#comment-90 […] Chapter 4: The Counterpane | Moby Dick Big Read Harry Houdini liked a good science experiment. He was a magician, yes, and an escape artist, too, but both of those pursuits also made him an amateur scientist. Science found, Houdini applied, audiences raved. So, it is with special interest that we recommend you check out Houdini's copy of <i>Scientific Amusements </i>, a book by Henry Firth that is filled with things you might call simple magic tricks, if they did not demonstrate principles of science. The book was gifted to the Library of Congress and now available as part of a special collection online . […]

]]> /chapter-58-brit/#comment-89 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 08:31:13 +0000 /?p=4837#comment-89 […] Read by Benedict Cumberbatch Artist: Maria Lalic Read by Benedict Cumberbatch Introduced by Peter Donaldson, Recorded by Adam Low, Martin Rosenbaum & Edit Store, Edited and Mixed at dBs Music …  […]

]]> /chapter-86-the-tail/#comment-88 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 01:23:06 +0000 /?p=4932#comment-88 […] can now listen to Dennis Minsky read Chapter 86: The Tail of Moby Dick. Dennis is a long-time naturalist aboard whale watching boats in the Gulf of Maine, so […]

]]> /chapter-80-the-nut/#comment-87 Sun, 09 Dec 2012 19:18:32 +0000 /?p=4911#comment-87 […] co-creator of the Big Read. (I’m having trouble with the WordPress image function, so click here to view it on the Big Read site). For me, it speaks to the way Ishmael sometimes seems to see the […]

]]> /chapter-85-the-fountain/#comment-86 Sun, 09 Dec 2012 08:50:55 +0000 /?p=4929#comment-86 […] video installation entitled Whale (2006) by Jacco Olivier. Visit the “Big Read” site to view the video. The still shown above doesn’t do justice to the work! Last year, Olivier […]

]]> /chapter-65-the-whale-as-a-dish/#comment-85 Sat, 08 Dec 2012 20:11:10 +0000 /?p=4861#comment-85 […] Chapter 65: The Whale as a Dish | Moby Dick Big Read […]

]]> /events/#comment-84 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:37:22 +0000 /?page_id=330#comment-84 […] you are invited to make a donation to the charity. And if you want to see Moby Dick Big Read live, click here to find […]

]]> /chapter-1-loomings/#comment-83 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 06:30:06 +0000 /?p=4494#comment-83 […]   – via article http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2012/09/moby-dick-gets-read.html&nbsp;;  […]

]]> /chapter-51-the-spirit-spout/#comment-82 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:07:18 +0000 /?p=4814#comment-82 […] afterwards. And I challenge you to face Chapter 51, ‘The Spirit-Spout’ (or, at least, Alexis Kirke’s performance of it) without having some fairly intense feelings about whales (I admit they’re intenser if […]

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