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typingtess · 2 years

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A two-fer on March 27th

WHEN A DOJ AGENT’S PARTNER IS KILLED, SAM DONS HIS PREVIOUS UNDERCOVER PERSONA TO FIND THE CULPRIT, ON BACK-TO-BACK EPISODES OF “NCIS: LOS ANGELES,” AT A SPECIAL TIME ON SUNDAY, MARCH 27

“Bonafides” – When DOJ Agent Lance Hamilton’s partner is killed, Sam dons his previous undercover persona of “Switch” to find the culprit. Also, Kensi, Deeks, Roundtree and Kilbride work to catch an aerospace engineer who stole classified Navy schematics, on the first of back-to-back episodes of the CBS Original series NCIS: LOS ANGELES, at a special time, Sunday, March 27 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+*.

GUEST CAST:

Bill Goldberg as DOJ Agent Lance Hamilton Ski Carr as Percy Vander Jocko Willink as Noah “Herbie” Herbert Christian George as Henrik Vuksan Cindy Dolenc as Ryan Logue Traci Belushi as Ms. Wilson Fredrik Eklund as Rexford Blake Gregory Shelby as Scott Reid Bradley Dodds as Bohdan Amantas Eugene Young as Navy Seaman Harold Forest Duncan Campbell as NCIS Special Agent Castor Beckett Gunderson as Young Callen Chris Mathieu as Humphrey

WRITTEN BY: Kyle Harimoto DIRECTED BY: Terrence O’Hara

NCIS INVESTIGATES THE ROBBERY OF A HIGH-END ARTS STORAGE FACILITY BY GOING UNDERCOVER AS POTENTIAL BUYERS ON THE BLACK MARKET, ON BACK-TO-BACK EPISODES OF “NCIS: LOS ANGELES,” SUNDAY, MARCH 27

Episode Directed by Series Star Daniela Ruah

“Pandora’s Box” – NCIS investigates the robbery of a high-end arts storage by going undercover as potential buyers on the black market, to find who is behind the stolen items, on the second of back-to-back episodes of the CBS Original series NCIS: LOS ANGELES, Sunday, March 27 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+*. The episode was directed by series star Daniela Ruah.

GUEST CAST:

Beckett Gunderson as Young Callen Duncan Campbell as NCIS Special Agent Castor Kavi Ramachandran Ladnier as NCIS Reserve Agent Shyla Dahr Nicky Endres as Kim Cho Gildart Jackson as Gerard Dupont Adam Lustick as Hieronymus Josie Nivar as Pilar Czarina Mada as Elena Maldonado Christine Horn as Elliot Reynolds Aaron Coleman as Ross Samantha Gangal as Teenage Girl

WRITTEN BY: Chad Mazero & Lee A. Carlisle DIRECTED BY: Daniela Ruah

#NCIS: Los Angeles #NCIS: LA #NCIS Los Angeles #ncis la

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penguin-writes-books · 3 years

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so you’re trying to understand sophia and i’s jatp universe

@localspacelesbian and I never intended for this to get so out of hand, but then it did, so here we are. We’ve got a few wips going, so I figured it was about time to get around to one of these.

it’s okay if you’re lost, because so are we! here’s a little guide to help you out (:

CHARACTERS:

The Lacrosse Team:

Spencer Montgomery-Wright: Our pride and joy. He’s on the lacrosse team, and can be seen being bewildered with Nick when the guys show up during ‘Bright’. Some have referred to him as the guy who is called ‘Letterman Jacket Guy’ on IMDb - these people are wrong. Letterman Jacket Guy is a white blonde guy. Spencer is black. He’s in the design program at their school and designs costumes for all the ballets.

He and Nick have been best friends since they were little, and have exchanged stuffed animals (Nick gave Spencer a stuffed penguin named Texas, and Spencer returned the favor with a stuffed elephant named Oklahoma). They’re total astronomy dorks (Spencer calls Nick ‘Tor’ after Copernicus, and Nick calls Spencer ‘Cass’ after Cassini). They’re also in love, but they’re still working through that.

Connor Nesbitt: The aforementioned ‘Letterman Jacket Guy’. He’s the captain of the lacrosse team, the very definition of a himbo. He’s in the cinematic arts program, but, like, really likes history.

Nick Danforth-Evans: Pretty self-explanatory, but the Danforth-Evans theory is canon in the SACU (Sophia and Adalie Cinematic Universe).

Chris McMillan: Chris is a sweetheart. He’s in the theater program but wants to be a farmer and raise sheep when he grows up. He just really likes farm animals, okay?

Barry O’Hara: A good dude! He’s in the dance program, and his Special Interest is linguistics and communication.

Rasheed Bakir: Rasheed!! He’s a bit of a running joke in our work, as he constantly hurts his legs and feet. He’s been known to ride in Connor’s car with a broken ankle hanging out the window. It’s fine. He’s in the theater program, hates Shakespeare more than anything, and is dating Ari Price.

Ari Price: Just a lil visual arts program kid. Constantly so worried about Rasheed. The Ultimate mom friend; his backpack is the equivalent of Alex’s fanny pack, and he makes a very good soup when one of the guys is sick.

Leo Montgomery: He’s Spencer’s cousin! Very buff and a little bit scary but is a whole teddy bear. He’s in the music program, and is so tired of watching Nick and Spencer pine. He’s a science nerd, except for biology. Fuck biology. All his homies hate biology.

Percy Mayer: We love Percy so much. He’s a Ballet Boy, and he’s fake dating a girl in ballet named Constance Hansen. He’s probably aro, but is still a little confused about that.

Oren Summers: Oren is a freshman in the visual arts program. Kind of just one of those nice guys you meet in school who are just cool to be around.

Grayson Radcliffe: Grayson plays the french horn in the music program, and is in our token heterosexual relationship with Jennifer Brickaday.

Dirty Candi

Kayla Lavelle: Y’all know Kayla. We named her ‘Lavelle’ because we went with a color based system and, yk, lavender.

Jennifer Brickaday: Yellow Candi! Dating Grayson, and we just don’t deserve her. Brickaday is a reference to the yellow brick road.

Andrea Turkis: Miss Turquoise Candi! Probably our favorite candi - she’s a lesbian and just gives the best hugs. (Turkis means turquoise in several languages.)

Velma Williams: Orange Candi! Straight up the coolest person alive. She’s aro, and helps Percy sort out his sexuality. Just really likes dinosaurs, you know? (Williams is for William of Orange)

Mary Brooks: Not a member of Dirty Candi, but their manager. Totally not in love with Julie what are you talking about that’s bananas (Mary - marron (brown) and Brooks is just a slightly less on-the-nose version of Brown).

Those Done Dirty:

Flynn Chadwick: Chat means cat in french, but we wanted Chadwick because it sounded neat.

Willie Greenwood: He just gives us green vibes I don’t know what to tell you

The Families:

The Danforth-Evans Family: Nick, Ryan, and Chad are a given. Nick also has a little sister named Phoebe Danforth-Evans. Phoebe is a gymnast and general rascal.

The Montgomery-Wright Family: Buckle up, y’all. Spencer has seven pets. - Laura Montgomery: Mom #1. Very chill, but very protective. - Francesca ‘Franny’ Wright: Mom #2. Just the sweetest, but is willing to cause harm to a bitch if necessary. - Dog: Herbert Fitzhoover (the light of all of our lives) - Cats: Tongs, Spoon, and Spatula. They’re just like old gay men. No further comment. - Bird: Chicken the parakeet. Spencer found him at the airport and just... brought him home. - Roomba: BoBo. Very Good Boy. - Kinda Penguin: Texas (a lesbian icon, married to Oklahoma)

The Chadwick Family: - Dad: Nico Chadwick. Just, like, a really good dad. Living the life. - Older Brother: Andrew Chadwick. Absolute nerd, away at university, drinks his respecting women juice every day. - Younger Sisters: Rachel & Eliza Chadwick. Twins - they love tormenting Flynn. - Cat: Snoopy. The love of my life.

The Wilson Family: - Cat: Peanut!! love him

The Mercer Family: - Alex’s Younger Sister: Annabelle ‘Annie’ Mercer. Deaf, has a bright pink hearing aid. Wants to be just like her big brother (is already halfway there, being that she is wildly queer).

RUNNING AND INSIDE JOKES:

Octoslashers III: Octoslashers shows up as some form of media in every fic we write. Every single one.

Twister: Alex is a GOD at Twister, and there’s no debating this.

Rasheed’s Leg: Rasheed breaks his leg, foot, or ankle somehow in every fic. He’s trying.

The Caleb Chew-Out: Let’s just say I’m making it my mission to write a scene into every fic of ours where a character yells at Caleb, and everyone is going to get their turn.

Oklahomas: Oklahoma and Texas are soulmates in every universe.

questions? let me know! i’ll add the answers (:

#SACU #(Sophia & Adalie Cinematic Universe)#julie and the phantoms #willex #willie julie and the phantoms #jatp #alex julie and the phantoms #alex mercer #netflixwewantjatp2 #luke patterson #julie and the himbos #julie molina #nick danforth evans #spencer Montgomery wright #wrightforth #oklahomas

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the-marx-brothers-will-live-on · 4 years

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Herbert Manfred "Zeppo" Marx (February 25, 1901 – November 30, 1979) was an American actor, comedian, theatrical agent, and engineer. He was the youngest of the five Marx Brothers and also the last to die. He appeared in the first five Marx Brothers feature films, from 1929 to 1933, but then left the act to start his second career as an engineer and theatrical agent.

Zeppo was born in Manhattan, New York City, on February 25, 1901. His parents were Sam Marx (called "Frenchie" throughout his life), and his wife, Minnie Schönberg Marx. Minnie's brother was Al Shean, who later gained fame as half of the vaudeville team Gallagher and Shean. Marx's family was Jewish. His mother was from East Frisia in Germany; and his father was a native of France, and worked as a tailor.

As with all of the Marx Brothers, different theories exist as to where Zeppo got his stage name: Groucho said in his Carnegie Hall concert in 1972 that the name was derived from the Zeppelin airship. Zeppo's ex-wife Barbara Sinatra repeated this in her 2011 book, Lady Blue Eyes: My Life with Frank. His brother Harpo offered a different account in his 1961 autobiography, Harpo Speaks!, claiming (p. 130) that there was a popular trained chimpanzee named Mr. Zippo, and that "Herbie" was tagged with the name "Zippo" because he liked to do chinups and acrobatics, as the chimp did in its act. The youngest brother objected to this nickname, and it was altered to "Zeppo". Another version of this story was that his name was changed to "Zeppo" in honor of the then popular "Zepplin". In a much later TV interview, Zeppo said that Zep is Italian-American slang for baby and as Zeppo was the youngest or baby Marx Brother, he was called Zeppo (BBC Archives).

Zeppo replaced brother Gummo in the Marx Brothers' stage act when the latter joined the army in 1918. Zeppo remained with the team and appeared in their successes in vaudeville, on Broadway, and the first five Marx Brothers films, as a straight man and romantic lead, before leaving the team. He also made a solo appearance in the Adolphe Menjou comedy A Kiss in the Dark, as Herbert Marx. It was described in newspaper reviews as a minor role.

In Lady Blue Eyes, Barbara Sinatra, Zeppo's second wife, reported that Zeppo was considered too young to perform with his brothers, and when Gummo joined the Army, Zeppo was asked to join the act as a last-minute stand-in at a show in Texas. Zeppo was supposed to go out that night with a Jewish friend of his. They were supposed to take out two Irish girls, but Zeppo had to cancel to board the train to Texas. His friend went ahead and went on the date, and was shot a few hours later when he was attacked by an Irish gang that disapproved of a Jew dating an Irish girl.

As the youngest and having grown up watching his brothers, Zeppo could fill in for and imitate any of the others when illness kept them from performing. Groucho suffered from appendicitis during the Broadway run of Animal Crackers and Zeppo filled in for him as Captain Spaulding.

"He was so good as Captain Spaulding in Animal Crackers that I would have let him play the part indefinitely, if they had allowed me to smoke in the audience", Groucho recalled. However, a comic persona of his own that could stand up against those of his brothers did not emerge. As critic Percy Hammond wrote, sympathetically, in 1928:

One of the handicaps to the thorough enjoyment of the Marx Brothers in their merry escapades is the plight of poor Zeppo Marx. While Groucho, Harpo, and Chico are hogging the show, as the phrase has it, their brother hides in an insignificant role, peeping out now and then to listen to plaudits in which he has no share.

Though Zeppo continued to play it straight in the Brothers' movies for Paramount Pictures, he occasionally got to be part of classic comedy moments in them—in particular, his role in the famous dictation scene with Groucho in Animal Crackers (1930). He also played a pivotal role as the love interest of Ruth Hall's character in Monkey Business (1931) and of Thelma Todd's in Horse Feathers (1932).

The popular assumption that Zeppo's character was superfluous was fueled in part by Groucho. According to Groucho's own story, when the group became the Three Marx Brothers, the studio wanted to trim their collective salary, and Groucho replied, "We're twice as funny without Zeppo!"

Zeppo had great mechanical skills and was largely responsible for keeping the Marx family car running. He later owned a company that machined parts for the war effort during World War II, Marman Products Co. of Inglewood, California, later acquired by the Aeroquip Company. This company produced a motorcycle, called the Marman Twin, and the Marman clamps used to hold the "Fat Man" atomic bomb inside the B-29 bomber Bockscar.[citation needed] He invented and obtained several patents for a wristwatch that monitored the pulse rate of cardiac patients and gave off an alarm if the heartbeat became irregular, and a therapeutic pad for delivering moist heat to a patient.

He also founded a large theatrical agency with his brother Gummo. During his time as a theatrical agent, Zeppo and Gummo, primarily Gummo, represented their brothers, among many others.

On April 12, 1927, Zeppo married Marion Bimberg Benda.[15] The couple adopted two children, Timothy and Thomas, in 1944 and 1945, and later divorced on May 12, 1954. On September 18, 1959, Marx married Barbara Blakeley, whose son, Bobby Oliver, he wanted to adopt and give his surname, but Bobby's father would not allow it. Bobby simply started using the last name "Marx".

Blakeley wrote in her book, Lady Blue Eyes, that Zeppo never made her convert to Judaism. Blakeley was of Methodist faith and said that Zeppo told her she became Jewish by "injection".

Blakeley also wrote in her book that Zeppo wanted to keep her son out of the picture, adding a room for him onto his estate, which was more of a guest house, as it was separated from the main residence. It was also decided that Blakeley's son would go to military school, which according to Blakeley, pleased Zeppo.

Zeppo owned a house on Halper Lake Drive in Rancho Mirage, California, which was built off the fairway of the Tamarisk Country Club. The Tamarisk Club had been set up by the Jewish community, which rivaled the gentile club called The Thunderbird. His neighbor happened to be Frank Sinatra. Zeppo later attended the Hillcrest Country Club with friends such as Sinatra, George Burns, Jack Benny, Danny Kaye, Sid Caesar, and Milton Berle.

Blakeley became involved with the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and had arranged to show Spartacus (featuring Kirk Douglas) for charity, selling tickets, and organizing a postscreening ball. At the last minute, Blakeley was told she could not have the film, so Zeppo went to the country club and spoke to Sinatra, who agreed to let him have an early release of a film he had just finished named Come Blow Your Horn. Sinatra also flew everyone involved to Palm Springs for the event.

Zeppo was a very jealous and possessive husband, and hated for Blakeley to talk to other men. Blakeley claimed that Zeppo grabbed Victor Rothschild by the throat at a country club because she was talking to him. Blakeley had caught Zeppo on many occasions with other women; the biggest incident was a party Zeppo had thrown on his yacht. After the incident, Zeppo took Blakeley to Europe, and accepted more invitations to parties when they arrived back in the States. Some of these parties were at Sinatra's compound; he often invited Blakeley and Zeppo to his house two or three times a week. Sinatra would also send champagne or wine to their home, as a nice gesture.

Blakeley and Sinatra began a love affair, unbeknownst to Zeppo. The press eventually got wind of the affair, snapping photos of Blakely and Sinatra together, or asking Blakeley questions whenever they spotted her. Both Sinatra and she denied the affair.

Zeppo and Blakeley divorced in 1973. Zeppo let Blakeley keep the 1969 Jaguar he had bought her, and agreed to pay her $1,500 (equivalent to $8,600 in 2019) per month for 10 years. Sinatra upgraded Blakeley's Jaguar to the latest model. Sinatra also gave her a house to live in. The house had belonged to Eden Hartford, Groucho Marx's third wife. Blakeley and Sinatra continued to date, and were constantly hounded by the press until the divorce between Zeppo and Blakeley became final. Blakeley and Sinatra were married in 1976.

Zeppo became ill with cancer in 1978. He sold his home, and moved to a house on the fairway off Frank Sinatra Drive. The doctors thought the cancer had gone into remission, but it returned. Zeppo called Blakeley, who accompanied him to doctor's appointments. Zeppo spent his last days with Blakeley's family.

The last surviving Marx Brother, Zeppo died of lung cancer at the Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage on November 30, 1979, at the age of 78. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean.

In his will, Zeppo left Bobby Marx a few possessions and enough money to finish law school. Both Sinatra and Blakeley attended his funeral.

#zeppo marx #marx brothers #classic hollywood #classic comedy

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cinlat · 6 years

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11 Questions

I was tagged by @mandojedi23, thanks so much! So, let’s see. *cracks knuckles* P.S. I read the Percy Jackson books, now my kids are too. They really are fantastic.

Rules:

-Post the rules -Answer questions given by the tagger -Write eleven questions of your own -Tag 11 people --As an added thing, I’m putting my questions under the cut

1. What are a few of your favorite artists/bands? --This is really tough. If you’ve ever looked at my Spotify, you’ll see my tastes are all over the place. I do lean towards heavy metal, usually. But, if we’re talking about people that I actively seek out, that would have to be TobyMac, Lindsey Stirling, Disturbed, Skillet, and Red. Just to name a few. I’m sure I’ve forgotten someone.

2. Do you have any pets? If so, what are they? If not, what would you like to have as a pet? --I have a Chihuahua and a Maine Coon. The dog’s a fat 4lbs, and the cat’s a healthy 20lbs. You tell me how that makes sense.

3. What was your original fandom? What drew you to it? --Original Fandom would have to be Lord of the Rings. I was on an RP Plaza back in high school (I played an old, irritable orc of Mordor with a pet warg who ate people...friends, enemies, employers, she wasn’t picky.) that introduced me to how different personalities can mesh, and my love of varied pov style. (I also met @dimigex there. She was the boss lady of Mordor. So yeah, I’m friends with Sauron. Fear me.)

4. Star Wars, Star Trek, or neither? --Both. I grew up watching Star Wars with my dad, and Star Trek with my mom. My favorite will always be the original ST series, but I really liked Voyager too.

5. How did you get started in fanfiction, whether it’s reading, writing, or drawing? --Again, that’s down to @dimigex. I wanted a more detailed story of the Trooper in SWtOR, so I started writing. I didn’t know it was an actual thing until she pointed me at the internet and encouraged me to post something. (She’s an excellent Naruto fic writer should you be interested.)

6. What’s an interesting place/thing about your hometown? --We have a Goat Festival, and a Mule Festival. They actually schedule spring break around the mules. Yes, I do live in the country.

7. Do you have any tattoos? --I do. My husband couldn’t wear his wedding band when he deployed due to his job, so we had them tattooed on. I also have matching Dr. Who themed one with my best buddy @melime71. Because why not?

8. What would a dream vacation be for you? --I’d like to go back to Africa. Kenya, to be more precise.

9. Do you have a favorite book? --Call of the Wild by Jack London and Dune/Children of Dune by Frank Herbert. Those are the books I’ll never get tired of reading.

10. What is your favorite pairing? It could be romantic or friendship. --Like, ever? It would be remiss of me not to toot my own horn and say Fynta/Jorgan. But, I honestly don’t think I’ve ever met a pairing I didn’t like. I mean, if the characters want to fall in love or hang out, I’m going to be rooting for them.

11. What was the first video game you ever played? --Paper Boy on a console. Galaga in an arcade. (I really don’t remember which came first.)

Alright, now the hard part. My questions:

1: When you are old, what do you think children will ask you to tell stories about?

2: What is your dream job?

3: Where do you get your news?

4: What movie can you watch over and over without ever getting tired of?

5: What’s the best / worst practical joke that you’ve played on someone or that was played on you?

6: Where are some unusual places you’ve been?

7: What’s the spiciest thing you’ve ever eaten?

8: How did you get started in fanfiction, whether it’s reading, writing, or drawing? (I’m stealing this one from @mandojedi23 because it’s a really good question)

9: What was your original fandom? What drew you to it? (This one too)

10: What is your biggest obstacle when it comes to your passion/hobby?

11: What are your most important rules when going on a date?

I’m just going to tag people because I’ve been a terrible Tumblr person and have no clue who has done what. So, @cavalier-life, @melissagt, @shimmersing, @kunoichi-ume, @dingoat, @tishinada, @melime71, @dimigex and I’ll save some for others to tag.

#11 questions #cinlat rambles #get to know me #and my snark

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manualstogo · 5 years

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For just $3.99 21 Days Released on January 7, 1940: A man who accidentally kills another man must decide what to do when a vagrant is tried for the killing - should he flee with his girlfriend or confess to the murder? Directed by: Basil Dean Written by: John Galsworthy, Graham Greene, and Basil Dean The Actors: Vivien Leigh Wanda, Laurence Olivier Larry Durrant, Leslie Banks Keith Durrant, Francis L. Sullivan Mander, David Horne Beavis, Hay Petrie John Aloysius Evan, William Dewhurst Lord Chief Justice, Esme Percy Henry Wallen, Frederick Lloyd Swinton, Robert Newton Tolly, Victor Rietti Antonio, Morris Harvey Alexander MacPherson, the pawnbroker, Elliott Mason Frau Grunlich, Arthur Young Ascher, Meinhart Maur Carl Grunlich, cafe owner, Laurence Hanray Solicitor, Fred Groves Barnes, Keith's butler, Aubrey Mallalieu Magistrate, Muriel George Ma Wallen, Bryan Herbert man with barrel organ, Wallace Lupino Bert, Andreas Malandrinos waiter at Cafe Tyrol, John Warwick unknown Runtime: 1h 12m *** This item will be supplied on a quality disc and will be sent in a sleeve that is designed for posting CD's DVDs *** This item will be sent by 1st class post for quick delivery. Should you not receive your item within 12 working days of making payment, please contact us as it is unusual for any item to take this long to be delivered. Note: All my products are either my own work, licensed to me directly or supplied to me under a GPL/GNU License. No Trademarks, copyrights or rules have been violated by this item. This product complies withs rules on compilations, international media, and downloadable media. All items are supplied on CD or DVD.

#theatre #movie #theater #classic #film #vintage

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healthnotion · 5 years

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The Libraries of Famous Men: Ernest Shackleton

Welcome back to our series on the libraries of famous men.

Part of explorer Ernest Shackleton’s genius for leadership, was how keenly he understood the way in which idleness can destroy men’s morale. Thus when his ship, the Endurance, became stuck in pack ice en route to a planned Antarctic expedition, he didn’t let his men simply sit on their hands. Instead, he charged them with daily maintenance tasks, organized games of football, hockey, and soccer on the ice outside the ship, and encouraged the keeping of daily diaries. As a help in biding the time, Shackleton also lent members of the crew books from his personal library, the exact contents of which were unknown, until recently.

Hurley took this photograph of Shackleton’s cabin in March 1915, two months after the Endurance became trapped in ice.

Two years ago, when pictures taken by the expedition’s photographer, Frank Hurley, were digitized and restored by the Royal Geographical Society, it became possible for the first time to clearly make out the titles of the books Shackleton kept in his shipboard cabin. We now know his field library contained quite a mix of genres, including a set of encyclopedias, popular and classic novels, collections of poetry and quotations, manuals of grammar, several dictionaries, and accounts of other polar expeditions.

Unfortunately, most of these volumes never returned from the waters around Antarctica. When after an almost 10-month state of suspension the ice surrounding the Endurance began to shift and twist, splintering its hull, the crew was forced to abandon ship. Shackleton’s original plan was to march with lifeboats and supplies across the ice, in order to launch out to open water. Given that the trek would be arduous, he ordered his men to travel light: each member of the team was allowed just the clothes on his back, plus two pairs of mittens, six pairs of socks, two pairs of boots, and a sleeping bag. Beyond these basic provisions, each man could only bring a maximum of two pounds of personal possessions.

While most of Shackleton’s library could not be brought along, he did encourage his men to take one of his books if it fell under their weight allowance.

Shackleton himself tore out the flyleaf of his Bible, upon which Queen Alexandra had inscribed a prayer for his safety, as well as the pages for Psalm 23 and Job 38:29-30 (“Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.”), before laying the rest of the book down on the ice.

Fortunately, he took one more piece of inspiring literature with him before beginning a harrowing journey to safety that would last for another 10 months and nearly 1,000 miles, and take him through freezing 80-foot waves, beneath soaking squalls of rain and snow, and over steep glaciers, jagged mountain peaks, and impassable cliffs — a piece you can see hanging on the left wall of his cabin and which couldn’t be more apropos: the poem “If,” by Rudyard Kipling.

Ernest Shackleton’s Expedition Library

The contents of Ernest Shackleton’s library aboard the Endurance, assessed through an examination of the photograph above of his cabin, was first reported by the BBC:

Encyclopedia Britannica

Seven Short Plays by Lady Gregory

Perch of the Devil by Gertrude Atherton

Pip by Ian Hay

Plays: Pleasant and Unpleasant, Vol 2: Pleasant by G B Shaw

Almayer’s Folly by Joseph Conrad

Dr Brewer’s Reader’s Handbook

The Brassbounder by David Bone

The Case of Miss Elliott by Baroness Orczy

Raffles by E. W. Hornung

The Grand Babylon Hotel by Arnold Bennett

Pros and Cons: A Newspaper Reader’s and Debater’s Guide to the Leading Controversies of the Day by JB Askew

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Woman’s View by Herbert Flowerdew

Thou Fool! by JJ Bell

The Message by Louis Tracy

The Barrier by Rex Beach

Manual of English Grammar and Composition by John Nesfield

A book of light verse

Oddsfish! by Robert Hugh Benson

The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley

Monsieur de Rochefort by H. De Vere Stacpoole

The Voyage of the Vega by A.E. Nordenskiold

The Threshold of the Unknown Region by Clements Markham

Cassell’s Book of Quotations by William Gurney Benham

Cassell’s New German-English English-German Dictionary

The Concise Oxford Dictionary

Chambers Biographical Dictionary

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

The North West Passage by Roald Amundsen

The Voyage of the “Fox” in Arctic seas by Francis Leopold M’Clintock

Whitaker’s Almanac

World’s End by Amelie Rives

Potash and Perlmutter by Montague Glass

Round the Horn Before the Mast by Basil Lubbock

The Witness for the Defence by A. E. W. Mason

Five Years of My Life by Alfred Dreyfuss

The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne by William Locke

The Rescue of Greely by Winfield Scott Schley

The United States Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin by Elisha Kent Kane

Three Years of Arctic Service by Adolphus Greely

Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea by George S. Nares

Journal of HMS Enterprise by Richard Collinson

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Related Resources:

Leadership Lessons From Ernest Shackleton

What They Left and What They Kept: What an Antarctic Expedition Can Teach You About What’s Truly Valuable

More Libraries of Famous Men (Theodore Roosevelt, George Patton, Bruce Lee, and more)

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cinemacinemas-fr · 7 years

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Le Pont de la rivière Kwaï de David Lean (1957) #MrCinema 215

Retrouvez la bande-annonce du film Le Pont de la rivière Kwaï ponctuée des secrets de tournage et d'anecdotes sur celui-ci. ■ Abonnez-vous sur Youtube ► https://goo.gl/dck70g ■ Suivez-moi sur Twitter ► https://goo.gl/IMyExb ■ Rejoignez-moi sur Facebook ► https://goo.gl/eWnGLq 🎥 Le Pont de la rivière Kwaï (The Bridge on the River Kwai) est un film britanno-américain, réalisé par David Lean et sorti en 1957. ✎ En 1943, un régiment anglais interné dans un camp de prisonniers en Birmanie est affecté à la construction d'un pont en pleine jungle. Après s'être opposé à ce projet, le colonel cède aux exigences japonaises. Il ignore que les Américains préparent le dynamitage du pont... 🎬 Fiche technique ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Titre : Le Pont de la rivière Kwaï Titre original : The Bridge on the River Kwai Réalisation : David Lean Photographie : Jack Hildyard Musique : Malcolm Arnold Production : Sam Spiegel Date de sortie :France : 18 décembre 1957 (Paris), 25 décembre 1957 (sortie nationale) ☺ Distribution ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Geoffrey Horne, André Morell, Peter Williams, John Boxer, Percy Herbert, Harold Goodwin, Ann Sears, Heihachirô Ôkawa, Keiichirô Katsumoto, M.R.B. Chakrabandhu ✎ Sources Wikipedia: http://ift.tt/2a113Nr ✎ Sources AlloCiné: http://ift.tt/1rYbdzh https://youtu.be/XY7zamDyA14

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BOOKS READ 2017

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This will be updated throughout the year and can be found under the BOOKS READ tab on my blog.

January

The Thousandth Floor (The Thousandth Floor, #1) by Katharine McGee - 1/3 The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2) by Rick Riordan (audio) - 1/13 The Bear and the Nightingale (Untitled, #1) by Katherine Arden - 1/13 A Thousand Pieces of You (Firebird #1) by Claudia Gray (audio) - 1/18 Sisters One, Two, Three by Nancy Star - 1/18 The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov - 1/19 The You I've Never Known by Ellen Hopkins - 1/22 Walk on Earth a Stranger (The Gold Seer Trilogy, #1) by Rae Carson (audio) - 1/23 Human Acts by Han Kang - 1/25 The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher (audio) - 1/26 I Hate Fairyland Volume 1: Madly Ever After by Skottie Young - 1/26

January Total = 11 Year-to-Date Total = 11/65 (2017 goal)

February

Piper Perish by Kayla Cagan - 2/1 Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between by Lauren Graham - 2/3 The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel Meets World by Shannon Hale - 2/6 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot - 2/15 Big Mushy Happy Lump (Sarah's Scribbles, #1) by Sarah Andersen - 2/16

February Total = 5 Year-to-Date Total = 16/65

March

The Bone Witch (The Bone Witch, #1) by Rin Chupeco - 3/3 Elements: Fire by Taneka Stotts - 3/4 The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3) by Rick Riordan (audio) - 3/7 Wandering Son, Vol. 1 by Takako Shimura - 3/10 A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses #1) by Sarah J. Maas - 3/11 Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enríquez - 3/16

March Total = 6 Year-to-Date Total = 22/65

April

Saga, Vol. 7 by Brian K. Vaughan - 4/8 The Animal Under the Fur by E.J. Mellow - 4/9 The Emperor's Horn by Jordan R. Murray - 4/28

April Total = 3 Year-to-Date Total = 25/65

May

Dune by Frank Herbert (audio) - 5/1 Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (audio) - 5/9 The Moth Presents All These Wonders by Catherine Burns - 5/14 The Sound of the World By Heart by Giacomo Bevilacqua - 5/15 The Journey Home: Autobiography of an American Swami by Radhanath Swami - 5/16 Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri (audio) - 5/16 Fortune Smiles by Adam Johnson (audio) - 5/19 Follow Me Back (Follow Me Back #1) by A.V. Geiger - 5/26 Low, Vol. 1: The Delirium of Hope by Rick Remender - 5/26 Low, Vol. 2: Before the Dawn Burns Us by Rick Remender - 5/29 Low, Vol. 3: Shore of the Dying Light by Rick Remender - 5/30 Business Cat: Money, Power, Treats by Tom Fonder - 5/31 Feathers by Jorge Corona - 5/31

May Total = 13 Year-to-Date Total = 38/65

June

I Hate Fairyland, Volume 2: Fluff My Life by Scottie Young - 6/18

June Total = 1 Year-to-Date Total = 39/65

July

The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House by Neil Gaiman - 7/11 The Sandman, Vol. 3: Dream Country by Neil Gaiman - 7/12

July Total = 2 Year-to-Date Total = 41/65

August

Away with Words by Joe Berkowitz - 8/2 The Sandman, Vol. 4: Season of Mists by Neil Gaiman - 8/4 New Boy by Tracy Chevalier - 8/12 Habibi by Craig Thompson - 8/15 With the Light: Raising an Autistic Child (With the Light, #1) by Keiko Tobe - 8/25 Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Search (Avatar: The Last Airbender, #2) by Gene Luen Yang - 8/27 The List by Patricia Forde - 8/30

August Total = 7 Year-to-Date Total = 48/65

September

Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Rift (Avatar: The Last Airbender, #2) by Gene Luen Yang - 9/2 How to Behave in a Crowd by Camille Bordas - 9/27

September Total = 2 Year-to-Date Total = 50/65

October

An Exaltation of Larks by Suanne Laqueur - 10/3 A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2) by Sarah J. Maas - 10/6 The Creeps by Fran Krause - 10/7 Off to Be the Wizard (Magic, 2.0, #1) by Scott Meyer - 10/15 Wool: The Graphic Novel by Hugh Howey - 10/21

October Total = 5 Year-to-Date Total = 55/65

November

I Hate Fairyland, Vol. 3: Good Girl by Skottie Young- 11/9 Before the Fall by Noah Hawley - 11/12 The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware - 11/18 Dunbar by Edward St. Aubyn - 11/21

November Total = 4 Year-to-Date Total = 59/65

December

Fliers: 20 Small Posters with Big Thoughts by Nathaniel Russell - 12/6 Runaways, Vol. 1: Pride and Joy by Brian K. Vaughan - 12/9 Runaways, Vol. 2: Teenage Wasteland by Brian K. Vaughan - 12/9 Runaways, Vol. 3: The Good Die Young by Brian K. Vaughan - 12/11 Rat Queens, Vol. 2: The Far Reaching Tentacles of N'rygoth by Kurtis J. Wiebe - 12/13 Ladies' Night Anthology, Vol. 5: Sisters by Megan Byrd - 12/16 Shattered Warrior by Sharon Shinn - 12/17 The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 3: Commercial Suicide by Kieron Gillen - 12/19 The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil by Stephen Collins - 12/27 Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too by Jomny Sun - 12/27

December Total = 10 Year End Total = 69/65

2017 Summation & Stats 2017 Top 5 List

#2017 #reread three dark crowns via audiobook #and reread handmaid's tale #and order of the phoenix for the third time

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