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03-12-2006, 12:24 AM | #16 |
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Witness by Whitaker Chambers and I was reading Bobby Knight's unauthorized biography before I accidentally left it in a pile of clothing bound for goodwill.
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03-12-2006, 01:16 AM | #17 | |
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03-12-2006, 01:43 AM | #18 |
You think you can get by this?
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If I ever get done with Cider House Rules, then I must choose between False Memory by Dean Koontz or 1984 by what's-his-face.
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03-12-2006, 01:45 AM | #19 |
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Funny you mention it today. I finally, after all these years, got "Moneyball" by Michael Lewis. Always wanted to read it, never gotten around to doing so. I guess I should turn in my baseball geek card.
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03-12-2006, 06:02 AM | #20 |
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The Theory of Everything- Stephen Hawking
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03-12-2006, 07:10 AM | #21 |
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Zen Guitar by Philip Toshio Sudo
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03-12-2006, 07:14 AM | #22 |
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I'm reading the Last Stand of the Tin Can Soldiers by James D. Hornfischer. It's about Task group Taffy 3, a contingent of Destroyers facing Adm. Toyada and his pacific fleet in the Sumar strait in the battle of Luzon in WWII.
Good book so far. |
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03-12-2006, 08:02 AM | #23 |
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Does Popular Mechanics count? I have a subscription.
Also, I'm reading Oliver North's The Assasins. It's the 3rd novel in a trilogy about terrorist, gov't corruption, and some marines. Aw crap, I'm not very good at describing these things. I'll just say that I think it's a great book and a great trilogy. If you want to see better descriptions, go here: Book 1: Mission Compromised Book 2: The Jerico Sanction Book 3: The Assasins |
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03-12-2006, 08:36 AM | #24 | |
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03-12-2006, 09:18 AM | #25 |
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Finally got around to reading 'In Cold Blood.' Deserves the accolades.
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03-12-2006, 09:42 AM | #26 |
It Goes On
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I don't have a lot of time to read books (that aren't assigned, I won't even go into those). But, I just finished a coffee-table style book on the history of KC, which was interesting. Now I have started a book about Nixon, titled appropriately, "President Nixon" by Richard Reeves.
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03-12-2006, 10:14 AM | #27 |
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I've been rereading "The Last Lion". It's a fantastic bio. of Sir Winston.
Also reading "The Long and the Short of it" by Borski, which is an analysis of some of Gene Wolfe's fiction. |
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03-12-2006, 10:16 AM | #28 | |
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If you are a WW2 buff, I also suggest any of the three histories written by Cornelious Ryan (Last Battle, A Bridge too Far, and The Longest Day). |
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03-12-2006, 02:45 PM | #29 | |
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03-12-2006, 02:50 PM | #30 |
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Candide - Voltaire
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