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What book are you reading? Trying to get better I have loads of time.
I just bought Umberto Eco's Focault's Pendulum, which will be a re-read. First read it waaay back. | |
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"Think" by Simon Blackburn.
I am thoroughly enjoying it. Put yourself on the worldwide org map! www.frappr.com/princeorg | |
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JimmyNothing said: "Think" by Simon Blackburn.
I am thoroughly enjoying it. Why? What is it about? | |
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"Time Travel in Einstein's Universe: The Physical Possibilities of Travel Through Time" - J. Richard Gott SUPERJOINT RITUAL - http://www.superjointritual.com
A Lethal Dose of American Hatred | |
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"Pnin" , Vladimir Nabokov.
Already read that once before but prof Pnin is such a nice character [one of Nabokov's nicest, most 'real' creations] that I just wanted to read it again. Very funny too. and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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The cat in the hat. | |
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gooeythehamster said: I just bought Umberto Eco's Focault's Pendulum, which will be a re-read. First read it waaay back. Cool. I read that about 3 or 4 years ago now. Perhaps it's been 5 years already. I don't remember much about it, except that it got pretty weird and something about "Garamond" publishing company or something. Hmm, you made me want to go and re-read it too now. I'm such a copy-cat. and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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gooeythehamster said: JimmyNothing said: "Think" by Simon Blackburn.
I am thoroughly enjoying it. Why? What is it about? It's a philosophy book that is written in a way that both the philosopher and the layman can understand without dumbing down. It tackles topics such as knowledge, consciousness, fate, God, truth, goodness and justice. I strongly reccomend it. There's a quote from the link below that says "Every smart person should read this in their lifetime!" Check out the link... http://www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-210024-6 Put yourself on the worldwide org map! www.frappr.com/princeorg | |
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I'm still moving through Jude Wanniski's The Way the World Works. Great stuff...
But I'm also digging into O'Reilly's Cascading Style Sheets - The Definitive Guide. CSS is cool... Fear is the mind-killer. | |
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The Org Times, by authors from around the globe.
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I never really paid attention in school and as a result I'm still unable to read or write. Some people are like Slinkies...
They're good for nothing but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs. | |
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10 Actual, Official LSAT PrepTests
Law School Admission Council | |
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DORA said:
10 Actual, Official LSAT PrepTests Law School Admission Council ----- i feel for you, but they can't be any worse than the MCAT prep books. all i am able to read as of late are cardiovascular texts. not much in the way of plot, but the pictures are cool. [This message was edited Sun Mar 2 11:18:55 PST 2003 by medoc2003] ------------------------------------------------
"babies, before this is over, we're all gonna be wearing gold plated diapers!" the bruce dickinson | |
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I'm reading The Gift of Asher Lev by Chaim Potok.
It's about a Jewish painter who's from a rather orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn, NY. It's the follow-up on the book My name is Asher Lev. He's been struggeling his whole life with his people to just be his talented self and to paint and draw. He's been banned by his people because to them art is a very bad thing and certainly a waist of time. Now he's returned to Brooklyn from France, where he's fled to, and the story continues. ___________________________
- Nothing is impossible - ~ Niets is onmogelijk ~ | |
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medoc2003 said: DORA said:
10 Actual, Official LSAT PrepTests Law School Admission Council --- i feel for you, but they can't be any worse than the MCAT prep books. all i am able to read as of late are cardiovascular texts. not much in the way of plot, but the pictures are cool. [This message was edited Sun Mar 2 11:18:55 PST 2003 by medoc2003] i dont have any pictures | |
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Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.
...However, I've layed it aside for the past couple of days, because I've discovered a great magazine called Taste of Home ( www.tasteofhome.com ) which has some really fabulous and easy to follow recipes...(this magazine has no advertisment, so, therefore, it's just front to back recipes, helpful tips, contests and prizes...lots of stuff...and, contains pictures on recipe cards to cut out and save of every recipe in each issue)...It's down-home, "stick to your ribs" cooking, but it's sensible this I love I back ordered a couple dozen plus a few issues...and, I am having a ball reading thru this stack and looking and learning to be a better cook. | |
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Just finished Kate Chopin's "The Awakening". I liked it, but it was too short. | |
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The Return Of The Prodigal Son
Based on Rembrandt's painting | |
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What's a 'book'? | |
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Heavenly said: What's a 'book'?
Main Entry: [1]book Pronunciation: 'buk Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bOc; akin to Old High German buoh book, Gothic boka letter Date: before 12th century 1 a : a set of written sheets of skin or paper or tablets of wood or ivory b : a set of written, printed, or blank sheets bound together into a volume c : a long written or printed literary composition d : a major division of a treatise or literary work e : a record of a business's financial transactions or financial condition — often used in plural | |
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"Sam I Am". Thanks to my daughter, it seems to be the only book I've read in the past week. | |
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althom said: "Sam I Am". Thanks to my daughter, it seems to be the only book I've read in the past week.
Don't be cheap! Get her another Dr. Suess book! | |
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Muse2noPharaoh said: althom said: "Sam I Am". Thanks to my daughter, it seems to be the only book I've read in the past week.
Don't be cheap! Get her another Dr. Suess book! She has tonnes of them. She just keeps picking out this one. I think she's actually doing it to frustrate me. | |
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Just finished Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z Brite for the 8 millionth time and now I'm gonna read The Karl Marx Library Vol 1: On Revolution. Chili Sauce. | |
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im currently reading my old notebooks... | |
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Rosie by Anne Lamott (I think that's her name)
It's easy reading... I don't know what to think of it yet. I mean, like, where is the sun? | |
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"Diario de un skin" by some Spanish journalist who infiltrated in a neo-nazi group for a year to find out the ways of the extreme right groups in modern Spain.
Very interesting sociological stuff. | |
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"The Golem" and probably after that "The Fantastic Voyage"... "Goodness will guide us when love is inside of us... The Force will be with you, always" | |
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PopcornFetus said: Just finished Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z Brite for the 8 millionth time and now I'm gonna read The Karl Marx Library Vol 1: On Revolution.
i read that exquisite corpse about a year ago afterwards i had to throw it away cos when i saw it peeping out of the bookshelves it actually made me feel queasy as fuck. You gotta in a perverse way, admire an author that can get to you that way, dont know if i could stomach it 8 million times tho! At the moment im reading a biography of Richard Francis Burton (not the actor!!) and "Death in the afternoon" Ernest Hemingway a book about bull fighting not politically correct but there ya go | |
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Its been ages since I've read a book.. I think the last one was a Harry Potter or something, I even gave up on that one, I can't sit around for hours just reading and reading, I need to be active!! | |
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