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Old 03-11-2006, 10:37 PM  
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Ok for the high brow crowd what books you are reading
I'm reading The New American Revolution by tammy bruce. She is a great thinker and funny.
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Old 09-18-2007, 04:29 PM   #346
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Generation Kill by Evan Wright. Story of 1st Marine Recon during the first few weeks of the invasion of Iraq. If you haven't checked this book out, I think every American should read it, regardless of where you stand on the war. It's a frank, honest portrayal of war in all its aspects.
Just finished it.

Outstanding book. Couldn't put it down.

I actually missed it when you posted it, just found out that HBO is doing a mini-series on the book, and thought I better read it before the series airs next year.
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Old 09-18-2007, 04:48 PM   #347
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A Mind at a Time by Mel Levine as "light" (haha) reading. It's an absolutely fascinating examination of the way people learn. If you have school age kids or are interested in the way the human brain processes information, this is a wonderful book. It's somewhat dense reading interspersed with lots of very readable case studies, but it's not hugely scientific and boring. much."


Huh?
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Old 09-18-2007, 04:58 PM   #348
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Old 09-18-2007, 04:59 PM   #349
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So they were ghost written by Robert Jordan?



I suspect the last book in his WOT series will be. I believe he is dead.
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Old 09-18-2007, 06:04 PM   #350
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I just finished the second new Godfather novel, Godfather's Revenge. It had its moments, but was overall rather lame. The author took himself and his cute little alternate reality waaaaaaaaaaaaay too seriously.

After that tripe, I wanted something serious, so now I'm reading a history of the Peloponnesian War.
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Old 09-18-2007, 06:07 PM   #351
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I'm putting in some work on Searching for Yellowstone by Paul Schullery. It is a nice compilation of Yellowstone history, but Mr. Schullery gets a bit repetitive at times (especially about the elk management issue).
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Old 09-18-2007, 06:09 PM   #352
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For anyone who hasn't seen it yet:

www.goodreads.com

It's like myspace, but it's based on books. It's a pretty cool way to keep track of what you've read, what you're going to read, and what your friends are reading.

I've been reading absolutely tons of Young Adult fiction. I've probably cranked through 30 books in the last two months.
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Eh? What I mean is that you don't need to be a neurologist to understand it. He makes it so a layman can understand it.
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Old 09-18-2007, 07:07 PM   #354
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I suspect the last book in his WOT series will be. I believe he is dead.
Even though I've said some rather harsh things about him and his later books I'm a bit sad about his passing. There just don't seem to be much in the way of good Tolkin-esque epic fantasy and WOT was definitely in that mold.
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Old 09-18-2007, 08:39 PM   #355
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Even though I've said some rather harsh things about him and his later books I'm a bit sad about his passing. There just don't seem to be much in the way of good Tolkin-esque epic fantasy and WOT was definitely in that mold.
Damn, I didn't realize he died just two days ago.

RIP James Oliver Rigney, Jr.
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I didn't realize he'd passed away, either.

Sad news.
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Old 09-19-2007, 08:35 AM   #357
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After reading several "fun" golf books, most of them funny as hell, I have settled in with a book titled It's Your Ship by Michael Abrashoff.

It's a book about a man who turned a Navy frigate into the "best damn ship in the Navy". It contains many leadership techniques that a person can apply in any business.

I'm almost done with it and recommend.
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I just finished trying to read The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe. He's a very well regarded SciFi/Fantasy author and this is supposed to be his signature work. I just couldn't finish it.

I've also been on a Robert Ludlum kick lately, checking them out from the library. I'm not sure I'd call them great but they're fun to read, the plots are twisty.

I also picked up Friday by Heinlein. I realized I've never read it, might be the only Heinlein book I haven't. I'm saving it for last though, I'm pretty sure I'm going to love it.
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Old 09-19-2007, 09:28 AM   #360
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Lost Christianities: The Battle For Faiths We Never Knew, by Bart Ehrman

Actually had this one on the bookshelf for a while and didn't get to it. Read his latest book, Who Wrote The Bible? a few months back. I actually like this one a bit better.

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