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We’re Getting A Die Hard Board Game
Guess I’ll be done with holiday shopping super early this year seeing as OP Games will soon be selling Die Hard: The Nakatomi Heist Board Game. Based on the movie, which is based on Roderick Thorp’s novel Nothing Last Forever, the tabletop game “will deeply resonate with Die Hard enthusiasts, incorporating even the slightest details to create a rich and entertaining experience that properly pays tribute to arguably the greatest action movie of all time.” Yippee ki-yay…
Suffragist Carrie Chapman’s Archival Material Now Online
Seriously, what a time to be alive when it comes to all the riches of materials being digitized by libraries and available online. “The papers of suffragist and political strategist Carrie Chapman Catt, including her time as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, have been digitized and are now available online for the first time from the Library of Congress.” Is this where I say back in my day research material was not this easy to access?!
Greatest Trailer Ever Is Greatest
The trailer for the upcoming Regency historical drama series Gentleman Jack was the first thing I saw this morning and what a way to start a day! The series is based on the coded diaries of Anne Lister–a Yorkshire heiress, landowner, and industrialist who was amazing–and begins April 22nd on HBO. And of course I looked up and found a biography to read in the meantime: Gentleman Jack: A Biography of Anne Lister, Regency Landowner, Seducer and Secret Diarist by Angela Steidele, Katy Derbyshire (Translator).