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book patrol TV: episode 4

Welcome to another hour of book goodness.This episode features 18 videos from all corners of the book universe. From an interview with Guy "the book carver" Laramee to a dance interpretation of Anne Carson's Nox. From Naomi Shihab Nye reading her poem "Cinco de Mayo" to Morgan Freeman and Rita Moreno singing the Easy Reader song on Electric Company. Click here and enjoy!Previous episodes:episode 3episode 2Introducing book patrol TV

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book patrol TV: episode 3

 Welcome to the third episode of book patrol TV.  This time around we feature the full episode of The Twilight Zone's Time Enough at Last featuring Burgess Meredith as Henry Bemis, a banker with a book problem, as well as the late Mike Wallace's complete 1958 interview with Aldous Huxley. Also included : The official trailer for The Raven, a pop up wedding proposal, Mark Strand reading The Poem of the Spanish Poet, a look at the Bay Area's Free Book Exchange, a trailer for Matt Kish's Moby Dick in Pictures, Ralph Fiennes reading "Th' Expense of Spirit in a Waste...

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book patrol TV: episode 2

Welcome to the second episode of book patrol TV. A hour-long feast of book goodness.This episode includes an amazing chair-based reading performance piece by Héloise Bourgeois, talks by Robert Darton and Chip Kidd, a live version of My Morning Jacket singing Librarian, Snoop Dog talking about his new 'smoking' book, a little clip from The Dead Poets Society, an animation of the Billy Collins poem Forgetfulness and a short video by archivist Harrison Wick, of the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Libraries, on the Benefits of Digitizing Rare Books.Enjoy.  4:05 Les 7 doigts de la main / The 7 Fingers -...

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Introducing book patrol TV

Welcome to book patrol TV a new weekly one hour video feast of book goodness. Culled from the mountains of book themed videos permeating the internet bpTV aims to present the viewer with a wide range of material from all corners of the book world. Content will feature both new and older material and include book trailers, animations, readings, commercials, movie scenes, how to videos and book-themed exhibitions. Episodes can be dedicated to a sole one hour clip or it can be a compilation of videos from across the book spectrum.Episode 1 is one such compilation featuring 16 videos. In...

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