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Is that the book I see advertised all the time in the Ignatius Press catalog? --------- Adam Bede, by George Eliot. It's going slower than most books; I haven't really gotten into it yet.
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07-25-2006, 09:44 PM | #602 |
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Is good. Pearce is a v. good author, and I imagine it is; does it have a picture of four photos, one of Chesterton, one of Waugh, one of a woman I don't know, and one of a man I don't know?
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Reading A series of unfortunate events, and Cards on the table... Agatha Christie. Both very good.
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07-26-2006, 10:51 AM | #604 |
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Just finished "Act of War", by Dale Brown. Very well written, up to date information on the world situation plus good military facts left me with even more worry than I had before. A good read.
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FROM THE PUBLISHER From the corridors of power in Washington to the frontlines of the war on terror -- in Act of War, Dale Brown takes you to the heart of the action and introduces Jason Richter, his most exhilarating character to date. Near Houston, an oil refinery belonging to one of the world's largest energy companies is destroyed by a "backpack" nuclear device -- just one of many attacks being perpetrated around the world by a group whose mission is to stop global corporations and government organizations from plundering the world's natural resources in the name of profit. Jason Richter and his top-secret high-tech military unit, Task Force TALON, are called in to track down and defeat this new brand of international terrorism. Richter knows that the only way to snare his opponents is to beat them at their own game: Be unconventional, swift, and brutal. If he fails, it won't be just the lives of his team that are lost, but America itself. Sounds like propaganda to me.
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07-26-2006, 12:23 PM | #606 |
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Well, there's very little that isn't propaganda these days, Tel.
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07-26-2006, 01:00 PM | #607 |
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The Title of this topic is "Reading any good books lately". It is NOT 'books you want others to read'...and certainly not meant for attacks against those who post their opinions here.
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07-26-2006, 01:13 PM | #608 |
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We're lucky this isn't in GM, else it would be locked now!
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07-27-2006, 09:56 AM | #609 |
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Finished Shadowmancer a while back...it was a bit of a short read, but I liked it. Cool themes of spiritual warfare and all that stuff. I would completely love to have the Sword of Maeynce!
Going through the Three Musketeers now...quite an interesting book, actually. Although a bit longish...
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Ignatius Press has some great stuff...I bought two copies of Chesterton's Orthodoxy, one of them from Ignatius Press. Reading it now, about half-way through. Great Stuff
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07-27-2006, 08:00 PM | #611 |
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Yeah, Tolkien: Man and Myth. He also edited Tolkien: A Celebration. I have both; quite good.
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Not quite up to my desired reading routine this summer, but here's what I've covered:
Non-fiction: Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! - Richard P. Feynman Unveiling the Edge of Time - John Gribbin Fiction: Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom - Cory Doctorow To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson Around the World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne The Mysteries of Pittsburgh - Michael Chabon And a bit of short fiction from Runaway by Alice Munro. Thinking of finally getting to Philip Pullman next... he's been on my shelf for some time now, waiting his turn.
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I'm afraid I abandoned Adam Bede in favor of Calvin and Hobbes auf Deutsch.
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Wormwood, by GP Taylor. A sort of sequel to Shadowmancer. It was a pretty good book, a bit gross in some parts (that scene with all the hands in the street... ) although some parts of the plot kind of got lost, e.g. the Plague.
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I'm reading a book called Low Man on the Totem Pole by a guy named H. Allen Smith. He was a reporter in the early part of the 20th century, and this book was written in 1941 as a kind of humorous collection of essays about his experiences "so far." My dad had recommended it since my husband is a reporter, and he thought we'd enjoy it.
One of the chapters is about the beginning of his career, at the age of 16, when he was reporting for his town's paper. He wrote a "ribald tale" called "Stranded on a Davenport" and showed it to his friend, who then passed it around school. Smith ended up having to go to court for "authorship and circulation of lewd, licentious, obscene, and lascivious literature." It was pretty funny to see what a big deal it was in the town where he lived. |
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Currently reading Lord of the Flies by William Golding; it's not very easy to get into, but when you do it's really worth it!
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