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Alice thank you! I will definitely check it out :)
@ Bailey: John Williams is truly a giant. I love his compositions. I watched the film MUNICH many times and one reason among many others for watching multiple times was the music.
Yes I completely agree! My iPod is filled with his and Howard Shore's music (mostly Star Wars for JW, and Lord of the Rings/Hobbig for HS). But I don't think I've seen Munich. Have you seen The Cowboys or Saving Private Ryan? The music from them is some of my favorite by John Williams (though Star Wars is number 1 for me)
I have seen Saving Private Ryan and the music is fantastic. Also his score in Memoirs of Geisha is also fantastic. I have to listen to The Cowboy. I will be hunting for it.
Hi everybody!I'm Milosz, currently in Italy and about to start reading "All Quiet on the Western Front".
Happy to discover the Goodreads and this group. :)
Cheers!
Milosz wrote: "Hi everybody!I'm Milosz, currently in Italy and about to start reading "All Quiet on the Western Front".
Happy to discover the Goodreads and this group. :)
Cheers!"
Welcome Milosz....Your name interests me more. Are you by any chance related to Czeslaw Milosz?
@Dhanaraj Haha, well not really related, my parents just picked his surname as my name since they like him a lot. At least that's the official version :)
Milosz wrote: "@Dhanaraj Haha, well not really related, my parents just picked his surname as my name since they like him a lot. At least that's the official version :)"
So your parents are interested in Literature. Great....And I hope you are a Polish? Or an Italian?
@Dhanaraj: I've heard Memoirs of Geisha is good. I just have to find it and watch it!Hello and welcome Milosz!
Welcome to the group, Milosz! Hope you'll enjoy your time here!@Bailey & Dhanaraj: I love both the book and film of Memoirs of a Geisha. But I was so absorbed with the story that I didn't pay attention to the soundtrack :) Must watch the movie again!
Bailey wrote: "@Dhanaraj: I've heard Memoirs of Geisha is good. I just have to find it and watch it!Hello and welcome Milosz!"
Here is a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7Jvl...
Thanks for the link!
Thanks so much, Dhanaraj! It's such a moving piece - I'm adding it to my Favorites List :)
Alice wrote: "Thanks so much, Dhanaraj! It's such a moving piece - I'm adding it to my Favorites List :)"Also listen to other compositions of John Williams. They are very moving.
Dhanaraj wrote: "Alice wrote: "Thanks so much, Dhanaraj! It's such a moving piece - I'm adding it to my Favorites List :)"Also listen to other compositions of John Williams. They are very moving."
Awww, I love music and I love it when I see people getting excited about it too! Do you guys like John Williams theme tune for Jurassic park? That's my favourite of his, so beautiful ;)
Yes I have that one on my IPod too. Plus the Harry Potter "Hedwig's Theme" and Indiana Jones themes. I hope he's doing the music for the new movie, Jurassic World. I'm excited for it, especially since it has Chris Pratt in it :)
Indiana Jones themes is also fantastic. I should now hunt for Jurassic Park theme music. Thanks Laurel and Bailey.
I am listening to the theme music of Jurassic Park....As usual John Williams is so good.
Oh yeah - how could I forget about Indiana Jones? (I'm an archaeology graduate for goodness sake!)Raiders of the Lost Ark is one of my favourite ever films ;) Glad you are enjoying the Jurassic Park music Dhanaraj!
Hello Tawanai!Archaeology? Nice! What is your main focus? Like do you wanna work out in Egypt with the mummies or something else? And what is the studying and classes like? Do you get to do hands on stuff?
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Where exactly in Italy are you Milosz? And where are you fron Tawanai?
Bailey wrote: "Hello Tawanai!Archaeology? Nice! What is your main focus? Like do you wanna work out in Egypt with the mummies or something else? And what is the studying and classes like? Do you get to do hands..."
I graduated ages ago and specialied in medieval studies for my MA - loved it but life happened and I ended up not being able to pursue it as a career unfortunately. I did do excavations over the summer's while I was studying though the best one being a Palaeolithic cave site in Germany and I also got to work on Hadrian's wall which is not far from where I live :)
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Great country. I hope to be visiting it sooner or later...
Me too I want to visit India and Thailand. I have an old high school friend who lives in Thailand. He was apart of the whole foreign exchange program and it was awesome to know him and to get to know his culture.A Paleolithic cave sounds awesome! Lol your so lucky to get to work at Hadrians wall that's one of the history places of the world I want to go visit. *raises History Nerd flag with pride*
Laurel wrote: "Bailey wrote: "Hello Tawanai!Archaeology? Nice! What is your main focus? Like do you wanna work out in Egypt with the mummies or something else? And what is the studying and classes like? Do you ..."
A book for you: Memoirs of Hadrian.
That looks good Dhanaraj - will have to get a copy.Hope you make it over here Bailey! It's beautiful countryside and of course the Wall is a World Heritage site. I keep meaning to walk the whole length of it but haven't gotten round to it yet.
Yes that's what I want to do as well. Is it hard to find a archaeology job?
Bailey wrote: "Yes that's what I want to do as well. Is it hard to find a archaeology job?"There's not a massive amount of jobs and you might have to be prepared to take short-term work and move around a bit at least at first, which I was unable/unwilling to do at the time. It's doable if you are interested enough - is it something you are wanting to get into Bailey? I wish I tried harder to get work in that field now instead of letting other stuff (people) keep me back but hindsight is a wonderful thing isn't it?
It is one thing I'm interested in. I just would like to do something with history to be truthful.
@bailey- I totally relates! On stage, I can act and dance, but in real life- I'm a turtle! It's something I work on a daily basis. There are so many books that have stuck with me. It's hard to pick one! One of my new favorite authors is John Green, but after I finish Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughter House Five, I'm going to read Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
@Bailey- what are your favorite books and what are you reading now?
Lol my mom even tells me sometimes I'm too quiet and that I need to get out there and make some trouble or something! Then I look at her like you want me to get...in trouble??? It's one of the funniest things. My favorite books are those written by J. R. R. Tolkien and Agatha Christie. My favorite book ever is Tolkien's The Hobbit. Other of my favorites are Christie's And Then There Were None, The Eragon series by Christopher Paolini, The Hunger Games, Vampire Academy series and it's spinoff Bloodlines series, Blue Bloods series, and just so many more! I have loved each book I've read. Well there is actually one book I've read that is the only book I don't like. Lord of the Flies. I had to read it in ninth grade and I didn't like it at all. But anyways, right now I'm reading Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. I'm in the second book, The Two Towers.
Hey, everyone! My name is Kristina, I'm 27 and I'm from Sweden. I'm a preschool teacher, working with outdoor pedagogy - and I'm getting married two months from now, to the love of my life, and will become Mrs. Eyre! A good name for a reader like me! Right now I'm reading "Life After Life" by Kate Atkinson. Any questions? Ask away! I never know how to introduce myself!
Hello Kristina and welcome! Getting married must be exciting for you! It was for my brother, who got married back in October. It was a lovely wedding, and I hope yours will be too :) What is outdoor pedagogy though? I've never heard of it.
Welcome Kristina! And that's a brilliant surname to be marrying into indeed! Any favourite authors?
Welcome to the group Kristina and it's lovely to hear about your impending wedding!
Kristina wrote: "Hey, everyone! My name is Kristina, I'm 27 and I'm from Sweden. I'm a preschool teacher, working with outdoor pedagogy - and I'm getting married two months from now, to the love of my life, and wil..."Welcome and congrats for the wedding......
Kristina wrote: "Hey, everyone! My name is Kristina, I'm 27 and I'm from Sweden. I'm a preschool teacher, working with outdoor pedagogy - and I'm getting married two months from now, to the love of my life, and wil..."Welcome Kristina! Congratulations on your wedding! So, since you'll have such a famous surname soon, what did you think of Jane Eyre, the book? ;)
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Welcome to the group, Tawanai and Kristina!@Kristina: Congrats and best wishes on your upcoming wedding! You're the third Swede I've met on Goodreads so far! The other two are from another group.
Thank you, everyone!Shannon Noel: I love "Jane Eyre". If I had a top five list, it would be on it, without a doubt. And my niece-in-law (or soon, at least) is called Jaine Eyre. They had no idea about the book though, for some reason.
Bailey: Outdoor pedagogy is a way of teaching that is about learning everything you can learn indoors, outdoors instead. Math, languages, science, music - everything can be taught outdoors. But we're inside as well, especially during winter - cause we do live in Sweden after all. :)
And, Jenny, I always have trouble to just pick a few. But I do love the Brontë sisters - and my all-time favorite book is "Wuthering Heights". I also have a fascination with African literature, since about seven years ago. So some favorites are Alain Mabanckou, Chinua Achebe, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Ondjaki, etc. But I am open for anything good - and have been on a streak with good books lately (Orphan Train, The Clan of the Cave Bear, Life After Life, etc).
Nice to be a part of the group!
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Nice to have you here!
That actually sounds really cool. Kinda wish the schools I went to had that. And Wuthering Heights is one of my favorite books as well!
Welcome Kristina! And congrats on getting married (and to Mr. Eyre!!)...
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