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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 03:21 PM Original message |
Liberal Socialist Guerilla Pinko Treehuggers of DU, What'cha reading these days? |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. 'Lost Christianities' by Bart Ehrman |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 03:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Very true.....Organized religion has so shaped the world's history. |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. And much of it by the winner of the scrap to be the main Christian group |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. "Endgame" by Derrick Jensen - "Laff-Riot" doesn't even come close, lemme tell ya! |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 03:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. ....... |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. Please don't call me a liberal. |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Ooooh, that looks interesting. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 05:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. If you're into that kind of thing, AK Press will rock your world. |
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piratefish08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
7. Searching for the Sound - Phil Lesh |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
9. Reading Zinn's memoirs and thinking about crossover figures |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
10. "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis. |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
11. I just finished David Finkel's The Good Soldiers |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
12. Fates Worse than Death by K. Vonnegut n/t |
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longship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
13. "The Lightness of Being" by Frank Wilczek. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
14. Reckoning at Eagle Creek by Jeff Biggers |
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Sisaruus (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 07:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
33. I'm watching him right now on BookTV |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 11:31 AM Response to Reply #14 |
46. he was on Book TV yesterday |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #46 |
54. His segment can be streamed here (they're fast over there!) |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
15. "The Moor's Last Sigh", by Salman Rushdie, just finished |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 02:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
55. I want to read all of those! |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 02:41 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. I have a shit load of books. Be sure to read Rushdie's |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 02:50 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. For a while in the 80s, I followed Atwood closely because |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 05:18 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. You ever read any Linda McCarriston poetry? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 03:23 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. I don't think so. Name isn't familiar. |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
16. finishing up on Naomi Klein, Shock Doctrine! its a must read! |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
17. "Americana" by Don Delillo. |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
18. bookmarking for future reference... |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
19. A book about Finnish socialists on the Irong Range of Minnesota in the early 20th century. |
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Sisaruus (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 06:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Title? |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 06:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I don't have it handy -- and Mr. Brickbat is sleeping in the room where it's at. |
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Sisaruus (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 07:18 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Have you read Ursula, Under by Ingrid Hill? |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 07:25 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Haven't heard of it until now. |
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Sisaruus (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 07:45 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. I arrived after he settled in CT |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 07:24 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Here's the name of the book. |
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Sisaruus (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 05:29 AM Response to Reply #43 |
63. I just ordered a copy from alibris |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 07:19 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Enjoy, and let me know what you think. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 10:14 AM Response to Reply #38 |
45. We have a socialist hall near us; it's still used as a community center and many still take pride in |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
21. Almost done with 'Three Cups of Tea'. I know, I'm late to this |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 05:12 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. The American Talibangelicals or the Afghanistan one? |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
23. I just finished The Book of Genesis, illustrated by R Crumb |
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Agony (865 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
24. Venezuela Speaks! Voices from the Grassrooots. Martinez/Fox/Farrell |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
25. "Woodrow Wilson: A Biography" by John Milton Cooper Jr. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
26. Whose Freedom? - George Lakoff |
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Sisaruus (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
28. I'm reading Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 09:47 PM Response to Reply #28 |
41. I loved that book! |
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scarletlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
30. Reading "The Bloody SHirt" by Stephen Budiansky |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 02:38 PM Response to Reply #30 |
56. I saw him on CSPAN and it looked like a really good read. n/t |
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Joey Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
34. Band of Brothers |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
35. "Atmospheric Correction of Landsat ETM+ Land Surface Imagery" |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
36. Rock and Hard Places by Andrew Mueller |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
37. Cold Harbor by Gordon Rhea |
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Atticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
39. "A People's History of the United States", by Howard Zinn nt |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
40. Samantha Power's "Chasing the Flame," a biography of Sergio Vieira de Mello |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-18-10 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
42. Couple months ago read 'Goodbye, Wifes & Daughters' about a mining disaster in the early 40s |
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clyrc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
44. The Woman Behind the New Deal |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
47. A lot of P.G. Wodehouse. |
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Tailormyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
48. I just finished Xombies |
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RussBLib (292 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
49. "Freefall" by Joseph Stiglitz |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
50. "The Worst Hard Time" -- Harrowing, comprehensive book about the Dust Bowl |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
51. Zinn's "A People's History of the US" |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
52. "Dirt" |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
53. "Mystic River" by Dennis Lahane |
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mikeSchmuckabee (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
57. Krackpotkin, of course |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
61. A few history articles from the Joural of Economics, Ameican Historical Review |
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Sisaruus (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 05:37 AM Response to Original message |
64. The problem with this thread... |
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