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Jory
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06 Dec 2011, 10:10 pm

The Ends of the Earth: An Anthology of the Finest Writing on the Arctic and the Antarctic (2007) by Elizabeth Kolbert, Francis Spufford

This book is awesome. It's exactly what the title says. It's a nice hardcover with a list price of $29.95, but I got a new copy for just a few bucks on Amazon. There's a two-volume edition, but the one I got has them fused together into a single volume, like this:

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06 Dec 2011, 10:11 pm

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. It's...interesting.

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07 Dec 2011, 6:55 am

Arisa wrote:

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. It's...interesting.

It's different. Quite a good read... didn't really move me much, but I didn't regret reading it.

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07 Dec 2011, 7:32 am

Started The Forgotten Warrior yesterday, the fifth book in the Warriors Omen of the Stars arc.

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13 Dec 2011, 3:10 pm

REAMDE was okay, but a bit of a disappointment. There were some funny lines, but the plot was very disjointed and implausible, and the aspect of it I'd found most interesting - the virtual game world - was sidelined (leaving some plot strands hanging) in favour of literally hundreds of pages of gunfight at the end, and there was an annoying bias towards the protagonists (minor, unpleasant protagonist gets bumped off, much wailing and gnashing of teeth; innocent bystanders get mowed down by the dozens, hardly get acknowledged.)

On to some light reading with The Silmarillion.

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15 Dec 2011, 10:42 pm

Just finished God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

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15 Dec 2011, 11:15 pm

WhiteWidow wrote:

Just finished God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

I have very fond memories of that book.
God bless you, Mr. Vonnegut!

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

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16 Dec 2011, 10:40 pm

Unforgettable English songs (A lyric book of about 40s-90s classic, world-reputation English songs)
Guderian- Panzer Leader
Mellenthin- Panzer Battles
Many, many sociological graduate level books (as reading assignments :{

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17 Dec 2011, 1:46 am

the book of paradox by lewis cooper. good little small book i found at the libary on my way out the door.

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17 Dec 2011, 2:58 am

Sandra Bloodworth's 'When Workers Took Power: The 1917 Russian Revolution'
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"Ten Days That Shook the World" by John Reed. both very good books and colourful recounts of the russian revolution.

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17 Dec 2011, 4:10 pm

Matthew Collin "Altered State: The Story Of Ecstasy Culture And Acid House"

currently re-reading this, it's the history of electronic dance music and rave culture from its origins in the 70s disco scene to the present day. It's a great music book, but it will also be interesting to anyone with an interest in sociology and modern history!

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17 Dec 2011, 7:51 pm

Wow, haven't posted here in awhile.

A First-Rate Madness: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness by Nassir Ghaemi
Published 2011
pg. 102/340

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18 Dec 2011, 10:06 am

College Mathematics : The essentials of algebra , trigonometry , analytic geometry , calculus - Kaj L. Nielsen

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19 Dec 2011, 8:00 pm

I've been enjoying David Baldacci's Camel Club series as of late. Reading them totally out of order though. Started with Divine Justice (fourth in the series), moved onto The Collectors (second in the series), and followed that up with Stone Cold (number three). :oops: . Really hoping that I get the original Camel Club for Christmas. I very much enjoy the characters and the Washington DC setting for the books.