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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 01:54 PM
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What's your newest book?
As in the one purchased most recently.

This morning three books arrived for me:

The Trial Franz Kafka - first fiction for some time here.

and 2 from the Oxford History of Art series:

Early Mediaeval Architecture, Roger Stalley
Mediaeval Architecture, Nicola Coldstream.

They all look wonderful. :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Now what about you folks?
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malta blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 02:07 PM
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1. the four elements by don miguel ruiz
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 02:43 PM
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3. Is that fiction or non-?
I don't think I've come across him before.
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malta blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 09:58 AM
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82. Non Fiction....
recommended by a good friend who is starting to get into the more philosophical side of life...thought I would check it out.
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SmokingJacket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 03:45 PM
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49. I saw that book in the store the other day, flipped through it.
I'm not usually into spirituality/metaphysics, but there was some good stuff in there.

:thumbsup:
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malta blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 09:58 AM
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83. I haven't started yet
It was a recommendation from a friend who I trust, so why not.
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 02:09 PM
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2. Linger
Photo essay and thoughts by Viggo Mortensen
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 02:43 PM
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4. It's always good when an actor
whom one likes turns out to have real thoughts as well. :D
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 02:45 PM
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5. The "Letter to Brigit"
about having to let his dog go just made me sob. Words and images are so powerful.
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bluethruandthru Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 02:51 PM
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9. Yum...
How about a photo essay OF Viggo Mortensen!!:9
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 02:55 PM
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15. Yes, that would be a best-seller in my house!
Edited on Thu Jun-22-06 02:55 PM by lizziegrace
This book has no photos of him. You get a real sense for what matters to him though...

These are just for you:
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bluethruandthru Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 08:58 PM
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73. Wow!
Be still my heart!!
Thank you for making my day/night/whatever!

:hi:
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 09:03 PM
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74. Gad you liked them!
Welcome to DU!
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Giant Robot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 02:46 PM
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6. Mindfulness and Acceptance
ed. by Marsha Linehan et al. (Actually the eds. are listed but I'm at work and can't remember them right now).

Non-fiction book on therapy theory and techniques.
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 02:50 PM
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8. Is that for general interest or your occupation?
Seeing how much of a change some therapy can make to people - it must be a fascinating topic.
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Giant Robot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 02:53 PM
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12. It's my job and I have a personal belief structure that
seems to match what the goals and ideas of this type of therapuetic intervention. I think it is very interesting and borrows a lot from eastern philosophy.
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pitohui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 02:47 PM
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7. hold em poker for advanced players
sigh, i sometimes doubt my status as a serious person, much less my commitment to sparkle motion

i have to admit i'd rather get brain surgery than read about medieval architecture
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 02:52 PM
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10. So you're going to make pots of money from cards?
Horses for courses I suppose - mediaeval architectural theory is my idea of a relaxing evening...and I'd rather brain-surgery than poker.

Unfortunately, I doubt that we could spark a flame-war of the size of Olive Garden over this. :eyes:
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pitohui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 02:55 PM
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17. i've already made pots of money from cards
unfortunately it was from blackjack and the casinos have inexplicably tired of my patronage so i have been retired for some while, poker appears to be considerably more challenging although i'm making a little petty cash, i wouldn't say it's the most fascinating thing i've ever read to be honest

as far as architecture versus poker, heh, it's like the man said -- on the inside, we're all different :-)
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bluethruandthru Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 02:52 PM
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11. Lamb: The gospel according to Biff
Jesus' childhood pal.

Very funny!
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 02:56 PM
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18. Wally Lamb? n/t
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bluethruandthru Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 09:36 PM
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77. Christopher Moore
But I love Wally Lamb!
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 02:57 PM
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19. Sounds excellent..
Here's to a helpful dash of irreverance :toast:
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shugh514 Donating Member (274 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 02:54 PM
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13. I bought 4 last week
What's God Got To Do With It?, Robert Ingersoll on Free Thought, Honest Talk & the Separation of Church & State

20 Lines a Day, Harry Mathews

Shakespeare's Songbook, Ross W. Duffin
w/audio CD

Colonial Architecture in Massachusetts
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 02:59 PM
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21. Looks like we could sit and chat about architecture.
I haven't read anything about American work - apart from modernism, so hearing about the colonial era would be fascinating.
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shugh514 Donating Member (274 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 03:12 PM
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27. The house I live in
was built in 1790. Well, at least the part I rent. The back of the house was added in 1830 (landlord's second home). I've been told that the 3 pillars on the front of the house are very unique and possibly the only existing example of that construction. I've found mention of 2-pillar construction in this and other books, but not 3-pillar.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 02:54 PM
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14. The New Feminine Brain.
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 03:02 PM
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24. I'm guessing that it's a feminist work
at university I studied briefly how the movement developed over time, but the course didn't come up to the present day - it would be interesting to see where it's still going.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 03:10 PM
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26. Don't know why you'd make that assumption.
Edited on Thu Jun-22-06 03:11 PM by BlueIris
Or the assumption that feminism ever stopped "going." Too much brainwashing during the Reagan/Thatcher era?
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 03:15 PM
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30. You misunderstand me.
I don't think that feminism ever stopped - that's why I'd find it interesting to catch up with it. The course I was taking only touched on it tangentially, and didn't cover modern developments.

When I say "where it's still going" I don't mean "in what places it is still going" but "where its current directions are taking it".
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 03:18 PM
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35. Maybe you should post more coherently.
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 03:23 PM
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37. Maybe you should get off your high-horse.
Just a suggestion though.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 03:44 PM
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48. Maybe you should embrace civilization.
Edited on Thu Jun-22-06 03:45 PM by BlueIris
You could start with absorbing the concept that a book entitled "The New Feminine Brain" doesn't have to be "feminist" simply because it focuses on something to do with women. Nor does a woman who insists on not being addressed in a respectful, non-sexist manner have to be on a "high horse."
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 03:50 PM
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51. Are you doing this for fun?
Because I honestly find it difficult to take these responses seriously.

In fact, it's so much better not to - so I'm out of this conversation, and I'm quite sorry that I paid any attention to your remark, a mistake I'm not going to make again.
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swimboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 04:10 PM
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56. You might have said, No, actually it's about something altogether
different and then you could have talked about the book instead of getting around to accusing him of being brainwashed and uncivilised. "Just sayin'" as they say.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 04:42 PM
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65. OMG! Civility!
What a concept!

:thumbsup:
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Ariana Celeste Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 02:55 PM
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16. R. A. Salvatore's
The Hunter's Blade Trilogy-

I.The Thousand Orcs
II.The Lone Drow
III.The Two Swords

Purchased them together on Amazon. :).
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 03:00 PM
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22. That's one of Amazon's best tricks
I'll be on the verge of buying one book, and they'll have to "buy these two together for reduced price" and it's rare that I can resist...
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Ariana Celeste Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 03:15 PM
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29. Oh, I love it
Whenever I have the extra $$ to buy the second item, I do it if it looks good! Amazon is my favorite place to buy books, movies, and music. :D
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 03:17 PM
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34. I love to browse in book-shops
but Amazon has such a vastly greater stock that I can always find something more exactly what I'm looking for.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 04:46 PM
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66. Amazon? i thought they were anti-union?
I've been sticking to B&N... hope they're not going the way of most psychopathic corporations.
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Anarcho-Socialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 02:59 PM
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20. Mine
The Gospel of the FSM - Bobby Henderson

Epistemology - Richard Fumerton

Homage to Catalonia - George Orwell
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 03:07 PM
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25. Good to see that the F.S.M. gets a look-in.
:eyes:

Catalonia is very topical too, the Spanish Civil War is a subject I'm determined to find out more about...
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miss_american_pie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 03:01 PM
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23. Where or When , Anita Shreve
And Sharon Old's The Dead and the Living
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 03:13 PM
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28. Looks fascinating
on Amazon - not really my style, but sounds like it reaches deep into human emotions.
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miss_american_pie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 03:16 PM
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32. Yes, the language is great though,
but very painful to read.
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bleedingheart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 03:15 PM
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31. The Feminine Mystique and some summer smut...
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 03:24 PM
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38. YAYS for smut.
:bounce:
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kmla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 03:17 PM
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33. An Inconvenient Truth.
Written by President Al Gore.
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 03:25 PM
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39. A pretty obvious choice for a progressive I suppose.
I read part of World In Balance a few years ago.
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kmla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 04:07 PM
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55. Yeah, pretty much a safe choice.
Didn't really go out on a limb with that selection.

According to my friends here, at least...
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 04:53 PM
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67. We still have to read the safe choices.
They become safe choices for pretty good reasons.
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 03:20 PM
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36. Rednecks and Bluenecks: The Politics of Country Music
Chris Willman, the author, supposedly takes an independent stance. Even though what I read here might bother me, I feel I should know about the workings of country music.
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 03:27 PM
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40. The interaction of politcs and the arts
can throw up all sorts of stuff.
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Tyrone Slothrop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 03:28 PM
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41. Two British authors, actually
number9dream by David Mitchell

and

The Information by Martin Amis

I've just recently come across Mr. Mitchell and am seriously loving his work. Unfortunately, he's rather young so he doesn't have the largest body of work available right now, and I've flown through his first novel, Ghostwritten, and am rapidly coming to the close of his second, number9dream.

Mr. Amis is another of my favorites, so I'm eager to get started on The Information once I finish number9dream.
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 03:34 PM
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43. Amis should be a good read
certainly comes from good literary stock. :hi:
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pitohui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 09:11 PM
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75. oh you HAVE to read mitchell's the cloud atlas
i have never been able to obtain a copy of ghostwritten but oddly i was given a copy of the cloud atlas in kyoto and then back home i got a library copy of number 9 dream

i envy you the journey ahead of you

fantastic author!!!!
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Tyrone Slothrop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 09:18 AM
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80. I plan on it!
I've been enjoying his work so much, I have a feeling I'll have read all of his work by the end of summer.

Have you read his latest, Black Swan Green? I haven't yet, but I first heard of him when I came across two different reviews for BSG on the same day. I decided I'd give his first novel a try and haven't looked back.

Ghostwritten is well worth tracking down, btw!
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kiraboo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 03:34 PM
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42. Sadly, the Maine Health Information Management Association
Handbook. This afternoon sucks and reading the Handbook isn't helping matters. As for literature I'm still making my slow way through a Flaubert biography which is excellent but I don't have the time or ability to concentrate on it lately.
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 03:35 PM
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44. I'm guessing that it's as bad as it sounds.
This is occupationally required I presume.
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kiraboo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 03:40 PM
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45. How much do YOU care who is authorized by whom
to disclose what information, and should somebody be charged for it??

Yes, it's required reading and not something I picked up for enjoyment.
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 04:18 PM
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60. Ahhh data protection protocols
not a subject well-known for its gripping interest. Good luck with it.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 03:42 PM
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46. "Left to Tell" by Immaculee Ilibagiza
Incredible book.
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 03:56 PM
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53. Wow - quite some subject to approach.
Isn't there a film about the Rwandan genocide around now-ish (I'm not really "up" on films, but saw it reviewed)?

Must be an extraordinary book to read.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 04:14 PM
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58. It was an incredible read
I read it in like 4 hours. It is light on the history of the Rwandan genocide, but that was not the author's intent. It is a personal account of what happened to Ilibagiza, and how she connected with her spirituality through the worst of human conditions.
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 03:44 PM
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47. Dispatches From The Edge -- Anderson Cooper
It's quite good.
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 04:10 PM
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57. Sounds interesting
the Amazon.co.uk review is a tad confused - but is definitely positive.
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Fox Mulder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 03:48 PM
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50. I finally own a copy of this classic book:
Dracula by Bram Stoker

I know, I know. I'm kicking myself for waiting so long to buy the book. But hey, at least I finally have it.

I also bought Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe. Once again, I kick myself for not owning this one sooner, but oh well.

They both are great books. I've already read them twice. :)
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 04:04 PM
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54. It always feels great to buy a classic.
I can still remember what it felt like to get my hands on The Republic by Plato when I was 18.
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swimboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 03:51 PM
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52. The Poe Shadow by Matthew Pearl
Here is the Amazon site, although I made my purchase at a Locally-owned independent bookseller where the author was making an appearance.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400061032/sr=8-1/qid=1151009248/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-2007242-9016657?%5Fencoding=UTF8


That's the latest. I've been on a tear buying books recently after being fairly restrained for a long . . . long . . . time.
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northzax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 04:17 PM
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59. Among the Thugs
by Bill Buford, it's his account of being an American who fell in with Football Hooligans in the 80's in the UK.
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 04:21 PM
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61. The hooligans weren't exactly fun chaps...
I'm a bit surprised to hear of them welcoming an American - they're not exactly reknowned for their openness and cultural diversity.
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northzax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 04:28 PM
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62. he introduced himself as a writer
not a journalist, and said he wanted to tell their stories. plus, he lived the life, saturdays on the Terraces and the like. He was in Turin in (86, I think) when the Red Brigade went nuts after the Juventus match, on Sardinia for the Holland game riot in '90, and basically went nuts with them, without actually participating in the violence too much. It's basically a study of crowd theory, how you find a tipping point where the crowd goes from individuals to a mass of chaos.
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Monkey see Monkey Do Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 04:36 PM
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63. "The Book of Dave" by Will Self
Got it for just over a tenner & it also looks wonderful.
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 04:55 PM
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68. I've never actually read any of Self's books.
I've seen him giving his views a million times, I ought to try him some time.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 04:39 PM
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64. The Annotated Lolita and Mason & Dixon
Thoroughly enjoying the background material on Nabokov at the moment. A very engaging read, to say the least.
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 04:58 PM
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70. Definitely engaging.
:hi:
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 04:59 PM
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71. Have you read it?
I wish I hadn't waited so long!
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 04:56 PM
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69. "A Death in Belmont," by Sebastian Junger
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trackfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 05:02 PM
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72. I just received 7 new books I ordered
From the Loeb Classical Library:

2 Volumes, Quintillian, Lesser Declamations
2nd Volume of Plautus
2nd Volume of Augustine: City of God
Cato and Varro On Agriculture

and from the I Tatti Renaissance Library

Angelo Poliziano: Letters, Vol 1
Pius II: Commentaries
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jane_pippin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 09:34 PM
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76. Seven Types of Ambiguity by Elliott Perlman
But I can't start it for a while because I'm still reading Europe Central by William Vollmann and it's a hefty one.
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Jean Louise Finch Donating Member (651 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 03:05 AM
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78. I just finished the Perlman book
Hurry hurry and read it so we can chat! I liked it immensely.

My most recent purchase is "The Best People in the World" by Justin Tussing. And I am loving it.
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jane_pippin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-24-06 01:45 PM
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86. I will try, but I've still got about 500 pages to go...
About the Perlman, all the quotes on the book mention that it's a "thriller," but everyone who has recommended the book to me says not to let that get to me because it's not what you'd really call a thriller, but it does have suspensful or psychological thriller-esque elements to it. What do you make of that, if anything?

I've heard of the Best People in the World, but I don't know much about it, so thanks for a new "lead." :D
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scoey1953 Donating Member (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 04:18 AM
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79. I just bought a book on JAPANESE GRAMMER..
Edited on Fri Jun-23-06 04:18 AM by scoey1953
MOSTLY cause I need to know about "particles"..they are driving me insane. As for something other than a text book, I repurchased a book I read years ago in High School. It was called
Hiroshima about the first Atomic Bomb dropped during World War II. It made me cry then, and it still does today.
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mtnester Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 09:54 AM
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81. Aztec Rage by
Gary Jennings, Junius Podrug, Robert Gleason
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 10:01 AM
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84. I just bought Moral Politics by George Lakoff...
but I've been too lazy the last few days to start reading it
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ironflange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-23-06 12:33 PM
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85. Uncle John's GIGANTIC Bathroom Reader
I have quite a collection of UJBRs.
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