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When Father Damien was dying, the sisters arrived to nurse the lepers. Mother Maryanne Cope's bio is up at Librivox.
She is from the days of the old nuns, when they helped the poor personally, and didn't just lobby for the Democrats...
Other biographies of famous folk there include a book about Lincoln by his former law partner:
Herndon's Lincoln by Herndon, William H., Weik, Jesse William
and a bio of Chopin:
Chopin: the Man and His Music by Huneker, James
and then there are these:
Stories of Great Composers for children.
Presumably the X rated parts aren't there.
- Beethoven, Ludwig van. "Selected Letters of Ludwig van Beethoven" · (readers)
- Gehrkens, Karl Wilson Gehrkens. "Music Notation and Terminology" · (readers)
- Kobbé, Gustav. "How to Appreciate Music" · (readers)
- Krehbiel, Henry Edward. "How to Listen to Music" · (readers)
NPR Dinner Party Podcast has some interesting discussions on the arts LINK
and includes this recipe:
“The Corpse Reviver Royale,” as exhumed and reanimated by Maxwell Britten, bartender at Freeman’s Restaurant in NYC, where “The Jazz Singer” is set and where the movie debuted:
In a chilled coupe glass, add:
Stir. Top off with champagne. Silently toast your companions. Drink and suddenly speak stirring words. Call your dentist and schedule a checkup.
- 3/4 oz. gin
- 3/4 oz. Cointreau
- 3/4 oz. Lillet Blanc
- 3/4 oz. fresh lemon juice
- dash absinthe
no, we don't have the ingredients in the Palenke, but maybe if I mix a San Mig with some brandy and calimansi juice...
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