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AmericanExile
Joined: 04 May 2009
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| yingwenlaoshi wrote: |
| "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson. |
Loved this. Every Chicagoan has heard of Daniel Burnham and his plan that Chicago is largely based on. I had no idea he was responsible for the fair. Larson does a great job of description.
H.H. Holmes was a truly sick evil genius. Jack the Ripper was a pansy amateur by comparison. Freaky.
I'm currently reading The Fountainhead in which Ayn Rand rails against the architecture of the 1893 world's fair. |
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Pa Jan Jo A Hamnida
Joined: 27 Oct 2006
Location: Not Korea
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| Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 10:44 pm Post subject: |
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Currently enjoying on my Kindle:
Dream of Perpetual Motion by Dexter Palmer
Flight From Monticello: Thomas Jeferson At War by Michael Kranish
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill aka Stephen King's son
New York by Edward Rutherfurd
The Language of Life by Francis S. Collins
The Silent Sea by Clive Cussler
Atlas Strugged by Ayn Rand
The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins. |
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tefain
Joined: 19 Sep 2007
Location: Not too far out there
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| Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 1:03 am Post subject: |
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| The Tao of Leadership: Leadership Strategies for a New Age by John Heider |
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mulligc3
Joined: 04 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 11:58 am Post subject: |
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The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory.
This is all about Catherine of Aragon so I'm learning History too!!
Philippa Gregory is one of my favourite authors.
I've read 8 of her books.
Need a new author now. |
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thoreau
Joined: 21 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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| 'god is not Great.' Christopher Hitchens |
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Arthur Dent
Joined: 28 Mar 2007
Location: Kochu whirld
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| Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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| thoreau wrote: |
| 'god is not Great.' Christopher Hitchens |
I read Dawkins book, The God Delusion. Are you enjoying Hitchens' book? |
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Jane
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 8:23 am Post subject: |
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I've been on a Japanese literature kick these days.
My most recent gem: Deep River Shusaku Endo |
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Sleepy in Seoul
Joined: 15 May 2004
Location: Going in ever decreasing circles until I eventually disappear up my own fundament - in NZ
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| Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 8:46 am Post subject: |
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| Jane wrote: |
| My most recent gem: Deep River Shusaku Endo |
I've never heard of 'Deep River Shikatsu Endo'... what's it about? And who wrote it? |
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Summer Wine
Joined: 20 Mar 2005
Location: Next to a River
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Communication: Organisation and Innovation.
Its actually quite interesting learning the different ways that we communicate and how we can improve our communication. I found that I am guilty of making a number of mistakes in my listening to what is being said.
I also have to find ways to improve my non conflict type of communicating ideas. |
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Pa Jan Jo A Hamnida
Joined: 27 Oct 2006
Location: Not Korea
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| Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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Oprah: A Biography by Kitty Kelley. One book guaranteed to be Not recommended by the book club.  |
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Jane
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 9:02 am Post subject: |
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| Sleepy in Seoul wrote: |
| Jane wrote: |
| My most recent gem: Deep River Shusaku Endo |
I've never heard of 'Deep River Shikatsu Endo'... what's it about? And who wrote it? |
Deep River by Shusaku Endo
Five Japanese, each with their own history, travel to India in search of different things. It's a spiritual conquest, each hoping for absolution or resolve.
One of the best books I've read in a long time.
If you like Japanese literature, another one I enjoyed, but for different reasons is Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata. Kawabata received a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968.
If anyone can recommend other good Japanese novels, post them here! |
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thoreau
Joined: 21 Jun 2009
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| Arthur Dent wrote: |
| thoreau wrote: |
| 'god is not Great.' Christopher Hitchens |
I read Dawkins book, The God Delusion. Are you enjoying Hitchens' book? |
It's basically a historical look at all the inconsistencies in the bible and the church as well as much of the evil that has been done in the name of god.
I think its a good book but not what I was looking for. I'll check out the God Delusion next. |
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megandadam
Joined: 28 Dec 2008
Location: toronto, canada
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i've liked hitchens' stuff but there is something about him that puts me on edge a little bit. i think it's the neo-con in him.
reading 'collapse' by jared diamond and just started 'shock doctrine' by naomi kline. love reading diamond's stuff and kline's book has been really good so far. |
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Jane
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| megandadam wrote: |
i've liked hitchens' stuff but there is something about him that puts me on edge a little bit. i think it's the neo-con in him.
reading 'collapse' by jared diamond and just started 'shock doctrine' by naomi kline. love reading diamond's stuff and kline's book has been really good so far. |
The Shock Doctrine is another gem that should be required reading in university IMO.
Jared Diamond is great too.
Have you read anything else that you can recommend? |
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rogue123
Joined: 23 Aug 2009
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Monopoly Capital (Paul Sweezy)
My Antonia
Post Office (Bukowski)
The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton Volume 1
The Soft Cafe: Surveillance in America from Slavery to the War on Terror (Christian Parenti)
Foundations of Economics (Yanis Varoufakis)
Born to Run
The Botany of Desire
The Great Financial Crisis (Foster and Magdoff)
Tortilla Flats (Steinbeck)
Cannery Row (Steinbeck)
Wall Street (Henwood) for free online: http://www.wallstreetthebook.com/
God's Bits of Wood (Ousmane Semb�ne)
The Fiction of a Thinkable World (Steinberg)--especially for those caught up with Ayn Rand
just last night: The Ecclesiastes |
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