Reply With QuoteI don't read fiction, usually. Right now, Oberdorfer's The Two Koreas.
Fleeced by Dick MorrisOriginally Posted by seekerofvisions
just finished shutter island. very engrossing book. lots of twists and turns. quite enjoyable.
I don't read fiction, usually. Right now, Oberdorfer's The Two Koreas.
Don't Tell by Karen Rose.
Mark R. Levin Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto - It's enjoyable. The scholarship is solid. Unfortunately his writing style is too much like a radio broadcast.
John Keegan The American Civil War - It's getting uncharacteristically harsh reviews by Historians and fans alike for factual errors, which is sad because this man is revered within the realm of military history. I'm still enjoying it though.
Kate L. Turabian A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations 7th Edition (Just to touch up on things before Grad School in August).
"There is a divinity that shapes our ends, rough hew them how we may. If, in the next life, we are permitted an insight into the events of this life and their causes we shall be surprised to see how much providence...and how little human agency have to do with all truly great achievements and how little credit is due to those who pass as great among us."
-- Alexander Stewart
General, CSA
I've read some of Keegan's works and a couple he has co-authored. He tends to write for the layman, which probably accounts for the criticism; the 'errors' are likely just a lack of minute detail on some topic or other, hopefully.John Keegan The American Civil War - It's getting uncharacteristically harsh reviews by Historians and fans alike for factual errors, which is sad because this man is revered within the realm of military history. I'm still enjoying it though.
If you can get hold of it, a book titled The Lincoln Nobody Knows would make a nice companion book to read, the chapters on the prelude to and during the Civil War.
President Josiah Bartlet: Sweden has a 100% literacy rate. 100%! How do they do that?
Leo McGarry: Maybe they don't and they can't add.
Currently:
Star Wars: Crosscurrent by Paul S. Kemp - Gotta keep my Star Wars geek cred intact.
The Collapse of the Spanish Republic, 1933-1936, Origins of the Civil War by Stanley G. Payne
The President is a phrase-maker par excellence. He admires trite sayings and revels in formulating them. But when he comes to their practical application he is so vague that their worth may well be doubted. He apparently never thought out in advance where they would lead or how they would be interpreted by others. . . . The gift of clever phrasing may be a curse unless the phrases are put to the test of sound, practical application before being uttered.-the Secretary of State
tell me how you find the book about the origins of the spanish civil war, please
e. e. cummings is my hero.
finished "picture of dorian gray" by oscar wilde
found it interesting
e. e. cummings is my hero.
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Whenever I come across someone who looks really good for their age and seems to never get older, I ask them if there's a picture of themselves growing old in their attic instead of them.
"Soon will I rouse you to yet wilder dancing and pipe a note of terror in your ear."
IFF (05-24-2010)
Return of the Jedi for my Nephew- My sister won't let him read adult books unless one of us clears the content first,I'm the only one who likes scifi.
Five Centuries of Holy Wars The Crusades- Malcolm Billings
Bible- Book of Daniel
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Whenever I come across someone who looks really good for their age and seems to never get older, I ask them if there's a picture of themselves growing old in their attic instead of them.
e. e. cummings is my hero.
Complete Works of Edgar Alan Poe
queenlillian1962 (05-24-2010)
i've read a little bit of poe
e. e. cummings is my hero.
what did i do yesterday?
I finished finnegans Wake
I give it 3/5 though maybe the 3 is for the mentions of the place i took the population of for this thread http://www.discussanything.com/forum...d.php?t=130344
but anyway, what the heck was Joyce thinking in the 18 years it took him to write this. If his publisher knew what it was about at all, maybe he'd have sent Joyce to do more work on it before publishing
it lacks the normal things books should i.e. a plot and characther construction but with the flow of the launguage of the book, it's thoroughly worthwhile.
e. e. cummings is my hero.
I appreciate someone giving an honest criticism of Joyce. I love his writing and think he's brilliant, but people sometimes people act like Joyce is God's greatest gift.
Glad you finished the book; that's more than I can say for myself!
"Soon will I rouse you to yet wilder dancing and pipe a note of terror in your ear."
Oxygen, by Carol Cassella
Perfume: A Story of Murder, by German author Patrick Suskind in 1986. The move is almost as good as the book.
Tik-Tok, by American author John Sladek (now deceased).
Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us, by Canadian author Robert Hare, PhD, a practicing psychologist and a professor at the University of British Columbia and the world's foremost scholar on the subject. The book is user friendly for folks like myself that haven't much knowledge of psychology.
We read Poe in college and I found that I really liked his works. The Cask of Amontillado may be his most famous short story but my favorite is The Black Cat where, ultimately, the killer was his own worst enemy.
Poe would have been a dream come true for a psychologist. Dude was bizarre.
MI6 by Stephen Dorril. Drier than a stale cracker.
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