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Emerson: The Mind on Fire by Robert Richardson. Great book that I'm visiting again, inspired by the reading of American Philosophy: A Love Story, where Emerson is an important part of the main character's outlook on life. Richardson is one of my favorite biographers, and his bio's on William James and Henry David Thoreau are also well worth reading.

American Philosophy: A Love Story by John Kaag

Restless Pilgrim: The Spiritual Journey of Bob Dylan by Scott M. Marshall with Marcia Ford

Dylan Redeemed: From Highway 61 to Saved by Stephen H. Webb

I'm with Paul on this, ARod burned his bridges many years ago. A sad end to what should have be a glorious career.

A Canterbury Tale.

Been shifting my bedtime reading between these two books: Dante Gabriel Rossetti -- Collected Poetry and Prose: Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson I'm enjoying them both a great deal. I'm starting to come around on the Victorian writers, I have to admit that I pretty much gave them a dismissive blow-off for most of my life... a serious mistake on my part.

I'll have to check the Knox biography out, I just finished reading the sermons of Ronald Knox, and they're interesting. Sounds like an interesting family. I need to look into the novels also.

Edward Bourne-Jones: A Biography by Penelope Fitzgerald. A very interesting biography, the first one by Fitzgerald that I've read, and I need to get her others.

The Last Hurrah by Edwin O'Connor. O'Connor seems to be a forgotten writer nowadays, as this book, and The Edge of Sadness are the only two books of his that are readily available. He wrote on themes that turned out to be transitional, Boston-Irish politics, and with TEOS, the priesthood. Both books well worth the read, though The Edge of Sadness is a book about a time, Catholic Church, and a priesthood that has completely changed. Both books have a strong current of melancholy to them, which given the topics, is understandable. There are two other books by O'Connor that I'll have to buy, as they are cheap off Amazon.

Abraham Lincoln by Carl Sandburg. Always wanted to read this, as I heard so much about this biography when I was growing up. On volume one, and it is a smooth, enjoyable read.

The Moviegoer by Walker Percy

Reading your reviews inspired me to start reading the Chronicles of Barsetshire -- enjoying The Warden very much. Thanks for the push to read something I always meant to.

The Warden by Anthony Trollope. A very enjoyable read.

The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Season 1. Season one has some outstanding episodes, but overall, a bit dated.

It is an interesting anthology. It's great to especially hear the voices from the past preaching to the congregation! The book also contains sermons from non-Christians, so it is a good overview of the topic.

Preaching With Sacred Fire: An Anthology Of African American Sermons, 1750 To The Present.

Shows you where my head is at: I thought this was about the ex-singer of Marillion. Abe was a great actor though, RIP

Connie Mack and the Early Years of Baseball by Norman L. Macht. Volume One of a three volume, 1,800+ page biography of Connie Mack, the old owner / manager of the Philadelphia Athletics. If you're a baseball fan, it is very interesting to read about the early days of MLB, and the characters that crossed his path. Looking forward to the other two volumes.

**** Spoiled Californian Alert **** 43 here (that's 6c) and to me, it's freezing!

Kind of a different mystery is involved "who sold a person out", but I'd recommend The Untouchable by John Banville. I think it's a great novel.

Lost Horizon by James Hilton

Concerning The Spiritual In Art by Wassily Kandinsky.

robert lax poems (1962-1997). This is a great volume from the very underrated poet Robert Lax. It's forcing me to re-examine how I read poetry.

How do you like it? I've heard very good things about the book, and I'm being very tempted...