Middles

'Middles', light essays written after the manner of Addison or Steele on matters of every-day life.

Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies George Henry Blore

"Middles" (the middle section) explores ideas more deeply, rather like development in symphonic form.

Opera Today 2009

"Middles" (the middle section) explores ideas more deeply, rather like development in symphonic form.

Opera Today 2009

Magazine reading for Middles, though (moving the goalposts in from both coasts), is best defined by the literary output of staid airlines such as Southwest, Delta, and Continental (as opposed to the more edgily cosmopolitan JetBlue and Virgin).

Class Dismissed 2009

Regardless of the actual content of the book, Mysteries of the Middles Ages deserves an award for excellence in design and layout.

2010 March 10 « The BookBanter Blog 2010

Yup, Edinburgh, Peterborough, and Middlesbrough all end with the same sound - Edin-bruh, Peter-bruh, Middles-bruh.

Archive: Oct 08 - Mar 09 Cath@VWXYNot? 2009

The author uses maps, illustrations, diagrams, and photographs to illustrate points about the constant trade, migration and commingling of societies, cultures, and kingdoms that continued to thrive during this period and were instrumental in setting a foundation for the eventual High Middles Ages and beginning of the renaissance.

2010 March 12 « The BookBanter Blog 2010

The top classes, according to Fussell (with a hint of Nancy Mitford), drink Scotch on the rocks in a tumbler decorated with sailboats and say “Grandfather died”; Middles say “Martooni” and “Grandma passed away”; Proles drink domestic beer in a can and say “Uncle was taken to Jesus.”

Class Dismissed 2009

The author uses maps, illustrations, diagrams, and photographs to illustrate points about the constant trade, migration and commingling of societies, cultures, and kingdoms that continued to thrive during this period and were instrumental in setting a foundation for the eventual High Middles Ages and beginning of the renaissance.

“The Inheritance of Rome: Illuminating the Dark Ages, 400-1000″ by Chris Wickham (Viking, 2009) « The BookBanter Blog 2010

Regardless of the actual content of the book, Mysteries of the Middles Ages deserves an award for excellence in design and layout.

“Mysteries of the Middle Ages: And the Beginning of the Modern World” by Thomas Cahill (Nan A. Talese, 2006) « The BookBanter Blog 2010