Further Reading and More

-This has nothing to do with any of the books we are reading but I currently would like to get my hands on a copy of South by Ernest Shackleton. The book is an account of his journey across the Southern Ocean to South Georgia in order save his stranded boat members in Antarctica. A PBS special, Chasing Shackleton found here http://www.pbs.org/program/chasing-shackleton/, documented a recreation of this journey and included several excerpts of Shackleton's accounts--his use of language was beautiful. If any of you are interested in history of this sort I highly recommend watching the special.

A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Road_(1997_film)

http://www.encyclopedia.com/article-1G2-2591309983/women-pows-sumatra-19421945.html

http://www.indischekamparchieven.nl/en/general-information/per-island/sumatra

http://www.west-point.org/family/japanese-pow/Internment.pdf

http://www.nevilshute.org/

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/oldman/bibliography.html

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

Here is a documentary found on YouTube about the life of Sylvia Plath.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmamNSa3sP8

Sites to free ebooks:

www.gutenberg.org

http://www.read.gov/books/

http://www.openculture.com/free_ebooks

http://www.literatureproject.com/

http://www.freeclassicebooks.com/

https://molib2go.overdrive.com/

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

There were several movies that were made regarding our book choice. Here are a few available for free on youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ET5BJ6yHqM (1995)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRXhX2yVAVU&list=PLE44C496429AA4C99 (english subtitles)(1999)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz-9Q-YpkIk (english subtitles)(1961)

“To read is to fly: it is to soar to a point of vantage which gives a view over wide terrains of history, human variety, ideas, shared experience and the fruits of many inquiries.” - A. C. Grayling, Financial Times