Can anyone reccomend good books, or documentaries, about Australia (history, culture, politics) written by people from outside Australia? [more inside]
posted on Feb 7, 2008 - 11 answers

I'm looking for recommendations for books, movies and even music that might be relevant for a group of middle school (7th & 8th grade, ages 12-14) kids who are going to Rome over spring break. [more inside]
posted on Feb 3, 2008 - 8 answers

"Me not ugly, me is beautiful." Do you know what monster might have said this? [more inside]
posted on Nov 2, 2007 - 24 answers

Heroic suicide bombers. I'd like some good examples from western film and literature of suicide bombers being depicted as heroic. [more inside]
posted on Jul 6, 2006 - 58 answers

The Protagonist: What can you tell me? [more inside]
posted on Jun 8, 2006 - 17 answers

Looking for books, essays, articles, any resources at all about film's relationship to literature. [more inside]
posted on Mar 13, 2006 - 10 answers

Fiction usually comes in two flavours: 1st person narrative or 3rd person description. What short stories or novels have been written in 2nd person perspective (i.e. from the reader's viewpoint)? Also, are there any movies shot entirely from this angle?
posted on Jan 17, 2006 - 63 answers

A friend is teaching a Dante class to high school seniors and asked me the following: I am looking for several old, pretty obscure movies based on Dante's Inferno. Amazon doesn't seem to have anything that out of the ordinary. Do you have any recommendations? Nothing pops into my brain. How about you guys?
posted on Aug 22, 2005 - 7 answers

I'm trying to learn about the Edwardian era especially (but not exclusively) in England, Ireland, and Canada. What excellent materials (fiction and non-fiction books, movies, websites, etc.) have you read and seen about this period?
posted on Mar 1, 2005 - 17 answers