Chuck Nessa Posted March 20, 2008 Report Posted March 20, 2008 Can't imagine what Bill McCloskey woud make of the reading material listed. Quote
Big Al Posted March 21, 2008 Report Posted March 21, 2008 On the not at all serious side, Florida Road Kill by Tim Dorsey. I can't recall reading a book that's made me laugh out loud at least a half a dozen times, and that's in just the first 60 pages. If you didn't know you could be killed by a pair of Levis 501's, a Barbie Doll or the Space Shuttle, then this is the book for you. As one of the back-of-the-jacket reviews says, "Imagine Hunter Thompson and Groucho Marx sharing a by-line." I couldn't say it any better. After reading this post in an attempt to find something good to read, I went to the library and picked up Cadillac Dreams (will get to FR eventually). This one is hilarious as well. Thanks for recommending this guy, Dave! Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted March 21, 2008 Report Posted March 21, 2008 I am on my third chunk of that right now, I get to a point where I start getting angry and have to put it down. It does make you angry. And Fisk is not afraid to show his anger, especially about the way politicians and the media gloss over complexities. Two other sections of the book really unnerved me - the description of the carnage on the road out of Kuwait as the Iraqi army retreated in 1991; and his lengthy account of the impact of the 1990s sanctions on Iraq. And I really knew very little about what has been happening in Algeria. Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted March 26, 2008 Report Posted March 26, 2008 Been rereading Basil Davidson's "History of West Africa 1000-1800". Good overview which is used in Anglophone West African countries as school text book. MG Quote
jazzbo Posted March 26, 2008 Report Posted March 26, 2008 arley-Davidson and Philosophy. Full-Throttle Aristotle. Edited by Bernard E. Rollin, Carolyn M. Gray, Kerri Mommer, and Cynthia Pineo Quote
Van Basten II Posted March 28, 2008 Report Posted March 28, 2008 Started reading this. Don't really know much about him, hope it's a great starting point. Quote
poetrylover3 Posted March 29, 2008 Report Posted March 29, 2008 The Pillars of The Earth. Highly enjoyable mind candy, laid in the Middle Ages. Night-Elie Weisel. Still one of the most horrifying, powerful memoirs ever written. High Times, Hard Times-Anita O'Day. So far an engrossing read... Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted April 5, 2008 Report Posted April 5, 2008 Really enjoying this - built from a series of interviews with Konitz + short interviews with other musicians about him. He comes across as someone with a clear vision of what he wants to do, is not afraid to express his disinterest in things he does not like, even criticises...yet always does it humbly and with a sense that the music he does not care for is seeking different goals rather than being 'wrong'. Very open about his own initial hostility to music which he later came to understand. Quote
jimi089 Posted April 5, 2008 Report Posted April 5, 2008 Working on reading this (per a recommendation from seeline): Fascinating stuff so far, although this book is going to end up costing me a fortune with all the music I need to buy to understand what they're talking about! Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted April 6, 2008 Report Posted April 6, 2008 Working on reading this (per a recommendation from seeline): Fascinating stuff so far, although this book is going to end up costing me a fortune with all the music I need to buy to understand what they're talking about! Yeah - the region is the music equivalent of Bollywood. MG Quote
BillF Posted April 6, 2008 Report Posted April 6, 2008 Richard Ford: The Lay Of The Land A fine book, although a glossary of current Americanisms would help the British reader! Seriously, it inspired me to go on to read the other books in his trilogy. Quote
paul secor Posted April 8, 2008 Report Posted April 8, 2008 Richard Bausch's Thanksgiving Night - A novel with a plot that touches on trust, understanding and acceptance, forgiveness, family, and faith, and with characters I found myself identifying with because I found a part of myself in almost every one of them. Quote
paul secor Posted May 2, 2008 Report Posted May 2, 2008 Georges Simenon: Maigret and the Gangsters - Hadn't read any of Simenon's Maigret novels in a long time, so I picked this up at the library. Quote
jlhoots Posted May 3, 2008 Report Posted May 3, 2008 (edited) Louise Erdrich: The Plague Of Doves Edited May 3, 2008 by jlhoots Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted May 3, 2008 Report Posted May 3, 2008 Picked this up from the library last week. Lightweight on history, heavy on illustrations, but a decent overview, which is all I wanted. Now started reading this It's my wife's book. But she gave up on page 55, so I'm having a go. I suspect it's rather too full of foot by foot accounts of the battles and, if that's the case, I'll probably give up, too MG Quote
ejp626 Posted May 3, 2008 Report Posted May 3, 2008 A page turner supreme. I'll get to this one day. Have you read The Night Watch, also by Waters? I enjoyed it, though I admit it left me wanting more (perhaps an epilogue that returned to "the present" after WWII and explained a few more details). But on the whole very interesting. Quote
AllenLowe Posted May 3, 2008 Report Posted May 3, 2008 bio of Tsvateyea, Russian poet. Henry Hurt, Reasonable Dount (about the JFK assassination) Quantam Physics for Dummies Quote
kinuta Posted May 3, 2008 Report Posted May 3, 2008 A page turner supreme. I'll get to this one day. Have you read The Night Watch, also by Waters? I enjoyed it, though I admit it left me wanting more (perhaps an epilogue that returned to "the present" after WWII and explained a few more details). But on the whole very interesting. No, this is the first book I've read by her. I might try Affinity next. Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted May 3, 2008 Report Posted May 3, 2008 Quantam Physics for Dummies OK, you win - I've got to ask. Is that real? MG Quote
jazzbo Posted May 3, 2008 Report Posted May 3, 2008 "Pharaohs of the Sun" Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Excellent catalog and scholarly compilation (okay, some of the essays are excellent) of the Amarna Period. Quote
BillF Posted May 3, 2008 Report Posted May 3, 2008 (edited) Quantam Physics for Dummies OK, you win - I've got to ask. Is that real? MG As real as The Rusty Bed by I. P. Knightley. EDIT: Apologies! Just found Einstein for Dummies on Amazon! Edited May 3, 2008 by BillF Quote
AllenLowe Posted May 3, 2008 Report Posted May 3, 2008 see - you guys think I make this stuff up - Quote
porcy62 Posted May 3, 2008 Report Posted May 3, 2008 Give me a call when someone will found on eBay 'AllenLowe for Dummies'. Quote
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