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CINCINNATI, OH.- This
summer, for one month only, an icon of design, film and popular culture is on
display at the Cincinnati Art Museum: James Bond?s Aston Martin DB5. This was
the stunt car Sean Connery drove in the films Goldfinger (1964) and
Thunderball (1965). Low-slung and sleek. Silver, like a bullet. Tapered
wings. Muscular and debonair. --Almost immediately following its 1964 debut,
the DB5 was sexy and stealthy enough in its design to become the co-star of
James Bond, Agent 007. In true 007-fashion, it features a revolving license
plate, tire-slicing wheel caps, console-activated oil slick, smoke screen,
bullet shield, front end machine guns, and the infamous ejector seat trigger
button. Yet, stripped of all of its gadgets, it still stands as an icon of
design--sculpted to seduce with killer lines and looks.
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Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.
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