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READING — JANUARY 2026

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(William Brei­d­ing) Leavings:
. . . . 25501. (Phil Paine) Intro­duc­tion [pref­ace]
. . . . 25502. (William Brei­d­ing) The Sen­su­al World [arti­cle]
. . . . 25503. (William Brei­d­ing) Out Into the Woods [arti­cle]
. . . . 25504. (William Brei­d­ing) Coups d’etats of Child­hood [arti­cle]
. . . . 25505. (William Brei­d­ing) Beyond the Mask [arti­cle]
. . . . 25506. (William Brei­d­ing) Ron­nie Daw­son “Rockin’ Bones” [arti­cle]
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Image of the Month — JANUARY 2026

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FILMS — DECEMBER 2025

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(Mack­endrick 1955) The Ladykillers
(Booth 1900) Scrooge, or Marley’s Ghost
(Lean 1947) Great Expectations
(Jew­i­son 1967) In the Heat of the Night
(Mar­rin 1938) A Christ­mas Carol
(Ban­gu­ra 2025) Mid­Somer Mur­ders: Ep.137 ― The Devil’s Work
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First-time listening for DECEMBER 2025

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26971. (Hrdza) Neskrotený
26972. (Peter Sculthor­pe) Irkan­da IV for Vio­lin, Per­cus­sion and Strings
26973. (Farya Fara­ji) “Noël Huron” [sin­gle]
26974. (Clan­nad) Anam
26975. (H. P. Love­craft) H. P. Lovecraft
26976. (H. P. Love­craft) H. P. Love­craft 2
26977. (Great Big Sea) XX

READING — DECEMBER 2025

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25481. (Sum­it Kumar) Decolonis­ing Jus­tice in India: A Sol­i­dar­i­ty-Based Approach to 
. . . . . Post-Colo­nial Jus­tice [arti­cle]
25482. (Vladimir F. Nicules­cu) Non-genet­ic Mech­a­nisms in Can­cer Evo­lu­tion: Senescence, 
. . . . . Uni­cel­lu­ar­iza­tion, and Cycles of Stem­ness Recov­ery [arti­cle]
25483. (Dominick Gra­ham) The Price of Com­mand ― A Biog­ra­phy of Gen­er­al Guy Simonds
25484. (Vera Zam­ag­ni) An Eco­nom­ic His­to­ry of Europe Since 1700
25485. (Har­ry Boyte) The Black Cit­i­zen Teach­ers Who Changed the South [arti­cle]
25486. (Hédi Bouraoui) Ain­si par­le la Tour CN 
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Image of the Month — DECEMBER 2025 — Art of Paul Kane

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Paul Kane (1810–1871)
“The Sur­vey­or: Por­trait of Cap­tain John Hen­ry Lefroy” paint­ed c.1845
The artist died in his home, a short dis­tance from my apart­ment in Toron­to, and is buried nearby.

FILMS — NOVEMBER 2025

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(Lean 1957) The Bridge on the Riv­er Kwai
(Leach 1983) The Pirates of Penzance
(Pathé bros. 1908) La Vie chez les Lapons
(de Chomón 1908) The Lunatics
(Méliès 1908) Long Dis­tance Wire­less Pho­tog­ra­phy [Pho­togra­phie élec­trique à distance]
(McGowan 1963) The Lit­tlest Hobo [orig­i­nal series]: Ep.30 ― Double-Cross
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First-time listening for NOVEMBER 2025

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26963. (Clan­nad) Legend
26964. (Johann Got­tlieb Nau­mann) Piano Con­cer­to in B‑f
26965. (Great Big Sea) Fortune’s Favour
26966. (Clan­cy Broth­ers & Dublin­ers) Irish Drink­ing Songs
26967. (Zap Mama) Zap Mama
26968. (Clan­nad) Macalla
26969. (Jón Leifs) Geysir, pre­lu­dio per orches­tra, Op.51
26970. (Great Big Sea) Safe Upon the Shore

READING — NOVEMBER 2025

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25464. (Sebas­t­ian Sali­cru) Emo­tion­al Free­dom Tech­niques in Men­tal Health Care [arti­cle]
25465. (Patrizia Nanz) What Kind of Inno­va­tion for Europe’s Future? Uni­ver­si­ties as 
. . . . . Anchors for a Rad­i­cal Change [arti­cle]
25466. (Mark Lil­la) The Reck­less Mind ― Intel­lec­tu­als in Politics
25467. (Philip Men­sah) Strength­en­ing Mar­itime Secu­ri­ty for Ocean Sus­tain­abil­i­ty within 
. . . . . Namibia’s Green Econ­o­my Tran­si­tion [arti­cle]
25468. (Her­shey H. Fried­man) The Edu­ca­tion Irony: When Col­lege Degrees Lead to 
. . . . . Unem­ploy­ment, Mind­less Think­ing, Debt, and Despair [arti­cle]
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Image of the Month — NOVEMBER 2025

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