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Kindle Nation: The Weekly Email Newsletter for Kindle Users – February 2009 Digest (DRM-Free with Text-to-Speech Enabled, User-Friendly)

Kindle Nation — a digest of daily posts from the Kindle Nation Daily — is a weekly email newsletter by Stephen Windwalker, author of several books about the Kindle, the Kindle for iPhone App, and other innovations in the world of books. You may sign up to receive the newsletter as a free email each week at my A Kindle Home Page web site or at http://tinyurl.com/JoinKindleNation. You may also view the Kindle Nation archives free at http://tinyurl.com/KindleNationBackIssues. In addition, I am aggregating the newsletter’s back issues an issue and then a month at a time as a Kindle Store offering, as a convenience for readers who wish to read the newsletter directly on their Kindle or, through the Kindle for iPhone App, on their iPhone or iPod
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Tenor Sax Legend: Live and Intimate (2009)

Tenor Sax Legend: Live and Intimate

Ben Webster was one of the legendary “big three” tenor sax players of jazz history along with Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young. From Ben’s early days honing his style in the great bands of Duke Ellington, Bennie Moten and others, to later years following his move to Europe in the 1960s, his playing improved with age as the passion of his Kansas City Swing became enriched with a more mature and tender approach to melody. Available for the first time on this DVD are four rare programs filmed in Europe between 1965 and 1971 featuring Ben in three concerts and one documentary, still in top form playing better than ever. Three concerts from the archives of Danish television show Ben in a variety of settings – with a trio, a big band or playing lushly in front of a large string ensemble. The classic 1971 documentary BIG BEN is highlighted by rare intimate moments with Ben, one of the few times he talked openly about his career. This DVD contains a full 2 hours with 20 perf (more…)

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An Education [Blu-ray] (2009)

An Education [Blu-ray]

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A young girl seduced by an older man may be a common story, but An Education is no common movie. As Jenny, a precocious middle-class British schoolgirl charmed by a small-time criminal, newcomer Carey Mulligan is luminous; her face can be plain and beautiful at the same time, her eyes expressing a restless intelligence and a hungry soul. As David, the seducer, Peter Sarsgaard (Year of the Dog, Garden State) gives yet another rich, thoughtful performance. The script, adapted by Nick Hornby (whose novels High Fidelity and About a Boy have been made into movies), is full of unexpected details that bring every moment to life. Director Lone Scherfig (Italian for Beginners) has made sure that every character is vivid and real; even seemingly minor moments have texture and vitality. The supporting cast–including Alfred Molina, Emma Thompson, Cara Seymour (Adaptation), Dominic Cooper (The History Boys), and Olivia Williams (Rushmore)–is simply impeccable. In a smal (more…)