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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 10:03 AM Original message |
Book Survey |
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Annces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
1. My reading often |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 10:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. The book "Hurricane: |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
3. Reading "Brothers" right now |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 10:56 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. It's good. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 11:36 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Its hard to argue w/ evidence presented |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
5. I'm reading "The Letters of the Younger Pliny" and "Long Road to Freedom". |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 03:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Interesting. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 03:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Ira Berlin has written extensivley on slavery. |
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jcla (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
6. Books are fun to think! |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I had been |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. That one is next on my list |
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Time for change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
7. How true |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 03:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Those sound like |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
9. I see two options .... |
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Annces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 03:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Why don't you |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. Ha! |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. Here is my list... |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 07:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
51. My older son |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 10:03 PM Response to Reply #51 |
72. ... |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 04:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
35. The third... |
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wildeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 05:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
42. Some of my best friends are books. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 07:20 PM Response to Reply #42 |
50. My friend Rubin |
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Laurab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 01:11 AM Response to Reply #9 |
83. I read a lot - I read the Kennedy book not too long ago. |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
12. thanks for this....too depressed to read political books anymore. can't sleep when |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Thank you for those. Bryson alone is worth a thank you. I love his humor! |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 05:07 PM Response to Reply #23 |
128. A Walk in the Woods |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
13. "The Arraignment" by Steve Martini |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 07:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
52. It looks like |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 10:39 PM Response to Reply #52 |
74. It's "bubble gum" ... legal/detective/crime novels for recreational reading. |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
17. Strike a blow against censorship... read THE ROAD |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 07:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
53. Interesting. |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 07:58 PM Response to Reply #53 |
62. ICON |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 11:33 PM Response to Reply #62 |
80. If it was as "clipped as ... Hemingway" |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 01:36 PM Response to Reply #80 |
108. Second to fourth Palahniuk |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 10:32 PM Response to Reply #108 |
178. Mostly I was making a Hemingway joke, and I refuse to read "Diary" |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 11:37 PM Response to Reply #17 |
81. Just bought "The Road" this morning |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 01:34 PM Response to Reply #81 |
107. The Road |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 10:49 PM Response to Reply #107 |
179. Finished at 4:01 this afternoon |
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stranger81 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 12:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
100. Cormac McCarthy is amazing . . . . have you read Blood Meridian? |
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cgrindley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #100 |
109. Sparse is an awesome way to describe it, except |
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Me. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
18. Just Started 'Legacy of Ashes' |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 07:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
54. Police mysteries. |
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Me. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 11:25 PM Response to Reply #54 |
79. You Should |
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fenriswolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
19. reading snow crash again |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 07:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
55. Very good. n/t |
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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
20. I've got great news, I'll have new glasses later this week |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 07:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
59. That's good. |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
21. Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine is probably the most important book of 2007 |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 06:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
49. Hers will likely be the last political book I read. I suffer saturation and,... |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 07:54 PM Response to Reply #21 |
61. I'll be curious |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
24. Five books about the world press in Viet Nam .. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 08:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
64. Very good. |
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cilla4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
25. Great thread! |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 04:57 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. I like Alexie's work |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 08:55 PM Response to Reply #25 |
71. I've picked up |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
26. Right now? Kafka's "The Trial" |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 08:57 AM Response to Reply #26 |
88. Good choices. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
27. Currently reading |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 08:58 AM Response to Reply #27 |
89. Broken Government |
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bleever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
30. Still making my way through LBJ bio "The Path to Power". |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 09:02 AM Response to Reply #30 |
90. Caro's series |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
31. To be honest, |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 12:04 PM Response to Reply #31 |
96. Reading |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
32. Too many to list |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 08:41 AM Response to Reply #32 |
87. What do you do in your spare time? |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 10:10 AM Response to Reply #87 |
92. This: |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 04:45 PM Response to Reply #92 |
115. You do good work. Do somthing with the 'Ship of Fools' |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 05:12 PM Response to Reply #92 |
130. Marry me, Swamp Rat. |
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oldlady (513 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
33. vast difference in awareness |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 12:09 PM Response to Reply #33 |
97. Biafra |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
34. Some of the best I've read in the past couple of months... |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 12:10 PM Response to Reply #34 |
99. Great choices! |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 12:42 PM Response to Reply #99 |
105. Thank you... |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
36. I'm reading "Uprooting Racism" |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 12:13 PM Response to Reply #36 |
101. That sounds good. |
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troubleinwinter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
38. Oh, great. Ya just HAD to go and guilt-trip me as I look at my pile of books to read. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 12:15 PM Response to Reply #38 |
102. Interesting choices! |
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troubleinwinter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 09:51 PM Response to Reply #102 |
167. What drives me nuts is that they are all very good books. |
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dmr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
39. Thomas Cahill |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 06:42 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. Wasn't he great! |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 12:17 PM Response to Reply #39 |
103. Cahill |
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dmr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 02:19 PM Response to Reply #103 |
111. I discovered him about a year ago |
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wildeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
40. I just finished the Autobiography of Malcolm X, funny you should mention him. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 12:19 PM Response to Reply #40 |
104. The Autobiography |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
41. Connie Schultz: and His Lovely Wife |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 04:39 PM Response to Reply #41 |
112. One of the reasons |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 04:44 PM Response to Reply #112 |
114. Our house runneth over with books |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 04:47 PM Response to Reply #114 |
117. Right. |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
43. Not so much non fiction lately |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 04:40 PM Response to Reply #43 |
113. Fiction .... |
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personman (959 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
44. "A People's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 07:51 PM Response to Reply #44 |
58. Zinn's books are an incredibile "Eye Opener" for so many ...and he |
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cilla4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 08:22 PM Response to Reply #44 |
67. Same-same |
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personman (959 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 10:39 AM Response to Reply #67 |
93. I had a similar problem, but worse I think. |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 05:44 PM Response to Reply #44 |
176. I'd really like to hear your thoughts when you finish APHOTUSA |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
45. Right now? |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 04:46 PM Response to Reply #45 |
116. Pagels |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
46. Here were my September & October books: |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 04:49 PM Response to Reply #46 |
118. Good choices! |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
48. I'm currently reading "Historians at work: Herodotus to Frossart" |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 04:54 PM Response to Reply #48 |
120. They sound like great choices! |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
56. For those who are "Media Checkers"...here's what I've read or reading.. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #56 |
121. Very good! |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
57. Ok, here we go... |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 05:00 PM Response to Reply #57 |
122. Great books! |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
60. I just got "Assualt On Reason" from |
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YvonneCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 10:53 PM Response to Reply #60 |
76. Great choice... |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 05:01 PM Response to Reply #60 |
123. It's really good. |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
63. The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by Toobin |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 05:03 PM Response to Reply #63 |
127. The Nine |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 05:23 PM Response to Reply #127 |
136. I should expand |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #136 |
139. Okay. |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 06:08 PM Response to Reply #139 |
144. I'll have to pick up the Bugliosi book |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 06:18 PM Response to Reply #144 |
147. I found her |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 06:12 PM Response to Reply #139 |
145. Here's another about the Court form this year |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 06:19 PM Response to Reply #145 |
148. Sounds interesting! |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
65. Blackwater, by jeremy scahill |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 08:54 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. That's a #1 on my Xmas List for relatives looking to give me something! |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 06:48 PM Response to Reply #65 |
155. Blackwater is a must read, easy since it's a page turner |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
66. reading right now.. the last Harry Potter books (had to take a break from politics) on my list... |
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Me. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 10:48 PM Response to Reply #66 |
75. I'm Saving That One For |
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RebelSansCause (304 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
68. i am in the midst of "Godel, Escher, Bach" |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 08:55 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. Good Stuff! |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
73. End of America by Naomi Wolf |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 05:10 PM Response to Reply #73 |
129. Naomi Wolf's book |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
77. Next on my list: Thom Hartmann's "Cracking the Code" -- Finally, a Dem answer to Frank Luntz |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 05:12 PM Response to Reply #77 |
131. Outstanding! |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
78. "What books are you reading now?" |
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litlady (360 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 11:59 AM Response to Reply #78 |
95. Reading dozens of books for school (grad student in literature!) |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
82. I made this past summer the "Summer of Ancient Literature" |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 05:17 PM Response to Reply #82 |
132. I was introduced |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
84. "How to Bury Nuts for Winter, |
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joanski0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 04:54 AM Response to Original message |
85. I'm currently reading Dennis Kucinich's book, |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 05:19 PM Response to Reply #85 |
133. Sounds good! |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
86. I'm too drowned in history books to have a list. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 05:25 PM Response to Reply #86 |
137. They look good. |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 05:27 PM Response to Reply #137 |
138. Charlottesville, VA |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 05:31 PM Response to Reply #138 |
140. Thanks. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
91. a kick for for freedom of the press & reading |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
94. Now reading "The Great War for Civilisation" |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 05:43 PM Response to Reply #94 |
142. Good choices. |
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stranger81 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
98. now reading "Our Town" by Cynthia Carr about the 1930 lynching in Marion, IN, |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 06:25 PM Response to Reply #98 |
149. Good choices. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
106. Books currently reading: |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 06:26 PM Response to Reply #106 |
150. Great choices! |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 07:49 AM Response to Reply #150 |
175. Senator Dodd's book is an enjoyable read. |
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reprehensor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
110. "The Road to 9/11" - book of the year, IMO. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 06:30 PM Response to Reply #110 |
151. Very good! |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
119. I am curently reading Fair Game, Screwed, and Fiasco |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 06:37 PM Response to Reply #119 |
153. Good books! |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
124. The World Without Us |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 05:03 PM Response to Reply #124 |
126. I read Chapter 1 |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 05:21 PM Response to Reply #126 |
134. You haven't gotten to the good part yet. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 05:22 PM Response to Reply #134 |
135. the fight scene or the love scene? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 05:44 PM Response to Reply #135 |
143. The part in the underground tunnels |
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sss1977 (206 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
125. I actually have you to thank |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 06:42 PM Response to Reply #125 |
154. House of War |
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sss1977 (206 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 07:29 PM Response to Reply #154 |
159. agreed |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 07:39 PM Response to Reply #159 |
160. That had to |
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sss1977 (206 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 07:56 PM Response to Reply #160 |
162. The continued recasting of Ahab |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
141. I normally read a lot of bios and non-fiction but |
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jcla (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 06:14 PM Response to Reply #141 |
146. wlucinda, hey |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 09:50 PM Response to Reply #146 |
166. Thanks for the suggestion! I never think of books on CD. I'm determined |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 06:52 PM Response to Reply #141 |
156. You win |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 10:15 PM Response to Reply #156 |
169. I'm sorry for you loss...but it's wonderful that you have a literary "reminder" |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 10:20 PM Response to Reply #169 |
170. It was published |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 11:50 PM Response to Reply #170 |
174. This sums up my feeling exactly, about a LOT of things: |
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pdxmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
152. I'm reading "Broken Government" by John Dean right now, and |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 06:57 PM Response to Reply #152 |
157. "Broken Government" |
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pdxmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 08:31 PM Response to Reply #157 |
163. His books are pretty good. I've also had the opportunity to meet |
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robertpaulsen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
158. I just finished The Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 07:41 PM Response to Reply #158 |
161. Turner & Christian's book |
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Me. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 09:37 PM Response to Reply #161 |
164. Have You Said |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 09:43 PM Response to Reply #164 |
165. The books listed |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
168. Brothers (yeah, still!) going over all of Didion's essays. |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
171. Two from Glenn Greenwald, and beginning one from Naomi Wolf |
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MzNov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
172. I just read "Fair Game" by Valerie Plame Wilson |
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illinoisprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
173. I am reading: |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
177. In the Blink of an Eye, by Andrew Parker |
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lectrobyte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
180. Just finished American Theocracy. Wow. Want to read some Derrick Jensen when I can track them down. |
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