Fluther good biography for 5th graders

  • I'm reading Ada's Algorithm, which is a biography of Ada Lovelace, often credited as being the first programmer.
  • Hollywood is always on the lookout for books that could be adapted for the screen.
  • Michael Flatley's autobiography is the best book you'll ever read.

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    Any book that you would like to be produced as a movie and why-?

    @KatawaGrey It’s so cool that you’re doing that. I love Sabriel because the world is scary and unique, and Sabriel is such a strong, sensible protagonist. I’d be first in line to see it as a movie.

    I’d love to see The Silmarillion as a movie. No clue how that would be done, because the thing is a freaking behemoth. It would be like adapting the bible- in a way, it is just like a bible for Middle Earth. Maybe a few individual stories could be turned into movies.

    The Book of Amber as a movie would also rock my socks. The characters are such snarky bastards, all plotting and backstabbing, but as the book goes on they start to show some heart. The mix of modern day, acid trip, and swords and sorcery would be so neat on screen. But that book (actually, technically ten books published as one) is another doorstop.

    House of Leaves- can it even be done? If I were making that movie, I’d add anot

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    What books are you reading these days?

    Just finished a bunch of books on the history of Southeast Asia which got me interested in the Japanese occupation of SE Asia during WWII (and a temporary reprise of the French Indochina and Vietnam Wars), which got me into pre-WWII Japanese Imperialism, which got me interested in the origins of their modern navy, which got me interested in US utländsk policy toward Japan from the 1850’s through Dec. 7th, 1941—especially those of the two Roosevelts, which got me interested in American isolationism after WWI, British Isolationism after WWI, French unpreparedness during the interwar years, Soviet utländsk policy during the interwar-years, which got me interested in world-wide isolationism and the various worldwide arms limitations treaties between WWI and 3 September, 1939, (including a little two-day side-trip into a detailed description of the Battle and Evacuation of Dunkirk), which got me interested in Nazi and Japanese re-armament

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    Cyril Cusack

    Irish actor (1910–1993)

    Cyril James Cusack[1] (26 November 1910 – 7 October 1993) was an Irish[2][3] stage and screen actor with a career that spanned more than 70 years. During his lifetime, he was considered one of Ireland's finest thespians,[4] and was renowned for his interpretations of both classical and contemporary theatre, including Shakespearean roles as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and over 60 productions for the Abbey Theatre, of which he was a lifelong member. In 2020, Cusack was ranked at number 14 on The Irish Times' list of Ireland's greatest film actors.[5]

    Born to an English mother and Irish father in South Africa and raised in County Tipperary, Cusack dropped out of law school to join the Abbey Theatre and remained with the company for 13 years, acting in over 60 plays. In London, he performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre, and later founded

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