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Post by ConceptDesign on Dec 18, 2007 22:47:59 GMT -5
Nope. My forum name has nothing to do with that. Most people wouldn't get the reference. You some sort of History of Warfare buff?
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Ishman
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Post by Ishman on Dec 18, 2007 23:06:27 GMT -5
I'm reading Plan of Attack by Bob Woodward. It's supposed to be about how the decision was made to go to war with Iraq, but it seems more like that decision was made a long time ago, and the book is more about how Bush and Cheney sold everyone on it.
By the way, has anyone read How Soccer Explains the World? I've got a vacation coming up and was thinking of giving it a try.
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Post by avax on Dec 18, 2007 23:30:55 GMT -5
stumbled across 'Beowulf' in a .25 cent bin and figured what the hell.maybe it's the translation,but despite all the action i was bored to tears.couldn't finish it.last thing i read was a bio of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy.interesting read,but you never really get a sense of there being anything about her with which you could identify,despite the way she presented herself during campaigns. Beowulf is quite boring. But I found it interesting. The àction scenes don`t seem to end though, so it`s almost like one anti-climax after another. There`s a film out now. I have not seen it. _____________________ Quick question to all: What do you do with books you own but don`t want É I am thinking of dropping them outside a local library. Do you sell them to used bookstores É or É or give them away to friendsÉ
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tbw
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Post by tbw on Dec 19, 2007 1:49:04 GMT -5
"The Internet. Now in handy book form!" Its not quite a novel, but it can be found in the 'comedy' or 'funny' section in most book stores. Literally a parody of the internet in the form of a book. You are essentially reading [spoofed funny] webpages in the form of a book. I got this initially as a present for a geek friend who spends his life on the internet, but since going to wrap it up I have been chuckling at all the small jokes in it about the web I also bought 'Mao's Last Dancer' for a read sometime soon this summer...
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Post by Altan on Dec 19, 2007 4:05:44 GMT -5
Day Of Reckoning...Pat Buchannan Independents Day...Lou Dobbs
Ultra Cons in the house and Patriots!
Pax Americana-the era of U.S. Global dominance-is over!
A struggle for world hegemony among the United States, China, a resurgent Russia and radical Islam has begun!
Torn apart by the culture war, America has begun to Balkanize and break down along class, cultural, ethnic, and racial lines!
The Third World invasion through Mexico is a graver threat to U.S. survival than anything happening in Afghanistan or Iraq!
May the Patriotic Americans fight against the tyranny!
If you thought you were safe think again...America is cleaning house.
About time.
All I got to ask them are Chinese unloyal Americans?
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Post by attilathehun513 on Dec 25, 2007 23:05:43 GMT -5
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
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Post by meep on Feb 27, 2008 5:37:15 GMT -5
Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte
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Post by mekaga on Mar 19, 2008 18:54:02 GMT -5
I will be starting the Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Murakami. My friend couldn't stop raving about it. The only book by Murakami i've read is Sputnik Sweetheart, which was a quick read regarding a lonely love triangle between a man and two women (one younger than the other). The man is chasing after the young woman while she is chasing after the older one. The story strings you along via desire and unfufillment of sorts. its rather drawn out, although with a bit of poetic notion. Isn't true of life that often the one we want is unavailable, and the one that wants us we are unavailable to them!
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cris
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Post by cris on Mar 21, 2008 5:13:20 GMT -5
The Autograph Man by Zadie Smith, very good book though it didnt receive as mush attention as her first book White Teeth. i highly recommend it, plus main character is also Eurasian..
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Post by ...austhai/... on Mar 23, 2008 21:36:31 GMT -5
Chicken Soup for the Soul Mothers and Daughters. By Jack Canfield.
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Post by clara on Mar 27, 2008 21:17:57 GMT -5
Amusing Ourselves to Death: (Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business) by Neil Postman... commentary on how the media (in particular tv) affects society, brilliant so far...
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Post by penguinopolipitese on Mar 28, 2008 2:11:09 GMT -5
wow some long-ass, picture filled posts these days. Thank god for DSL.
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Post by ConceptDesign on Mar 29, 2008 9:54:34 GMT -5
American Gods - Neil Gaiman
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Post by viruslabrat on Mar 29, 2008 9:56:29 GMT -5
^I heard that it was crap. Are you liking it so far?
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Post by ConceptDesign on Mar 29, 2008 10:00:10 GMT -5
Its was great. I bought the 'Authors' prefered text' version. Apprently its longer and etc...
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