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- Sun Aug 19, 2012 3:07 am
- Forum: What non-fiction book should we read and discuss next?
- Topic: WANTED: Book Suggestions for our Sept., Oct. and Nov. NON-FICTION discussion!
- Replies: 26
- Views: 12372
Re: WANTED: Book Suggestions for our Sept., Oct. and Nov. NON-FICTION discussion!
Well, that was certainly quick and painless! That's the way to do it. I'll go ahead and order my copy.
- Sun Aug 12, 2012 1:47 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Vacation in Greece
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4492
Re: Vacation in Greece
Pres, extremely hot there at the moment so be prepared. And don't be surprised if the food is luke warm (it's supposed to be). My daughter will be on San Turin for her best friend's wedding at the same time (send happy thoughts). And don't confuse dried capers for pistachios )
Have fun!
Have fun!
- Sun Aug 12, 2012 1:44 pm
- Forum: What non-fiction book should we read and discuss next?
- Topic: WANTED: Book Suggestions for our Sept., Oct. and Nov. NON-FICTION discussion!
- Replies: 26
- Views: 12372
Re: WANTED: Book Suggestions for our Sept., Oct. and Nov. NON-FICTION discussion!
And one to "combine" the above two suggestions :) Susan Heiman's "Evil in Modern Thought: an alternative history of philosophy". From Amazon: Evil threatens human reason, for it challenges our hope that the world makes sense. For eighteenth-century Europeans, the Lisbon earthquak...
- Sat Jul 07, 2012 12:21 pm
- Forum: Religion & Philosophy
- Topic: Leprechauns vs YECs at the Giant's Causeway
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1635
Leprechauns vs YECs at the Giant's Causeway
This was in the Guardian online this morning: Andrew Brown guardian.co.uk, Friday 6 July 2012 12.22 BST What made the creationist footprints in the Giant's Causeway visitor centre? The National Trust isn't endorsing the nonsense of the young Earthers – it just knows the value of the crank pound Stac...
- Tue Jun 26, 2012 6:45 am
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: What does your BookTalk.org username mean?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 17531
Re: What does your BookTalk.org username mean?
My name comes from a poem by one of my favorite poets, John Clare, entitle "I am" "I am: yet what I am none cares or knows, My friends forsake me like a memory lost; I am the self-consumer of my woes, They rise and vanish in oblivious host, Like shades in love and death's oblivion los...
- Tue Jun 26, 2012 6:41 am
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Survey of Readers and Reading Online
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6601
Re: Survey of Readers and Reading Online
Thanks for the link and congratulations on the survey. I have to admit I was surprised (and pleased) discovering that most of us buy our books from a bookstore and prefer the printed copy. Thanks for sharing!
- Wed Jun 20, 2012 7:31 am
- Forum: A Passion for Poetry
- Topic: Poem on your mind
- Replies: 253
- Views: 110444
Re: Poem on your mind
And I usually don't like D.H.Lawrence! Thanks for this......I need to revise my opinion.
- Mon Jun 18, 2012 6:55 am
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Reading for pleasure! What are you reading now? (Part 2)
- Replies: 29
- Views: 8426
Re: Reading for pleasure! What are you reading now? (Part 2)
I'm reading "Forgotten Country" by Catherine Chung and am diligently working my way through Amihai Mazar's "Archaeology of the Land of the Bible: 10,000-586 BCE. The latter is taking quite a while, but I'm enjoying it. And I'm even enjoying World War Z in spite of myself.
- Mon Jun 18, 2012 3:50 am
- Forum: World War Z - by Max Brooks
- Topic: Ch. 1: Warnings
- Replies: 47
- Views: 33577
Re: Ch. 1: Warnings
I really, really hate to admit this, but I've found myself actually lenjoying the book. Whether Zombies, chemical warfare or pandemics--of which we have had a few scares in the last couple of years--the book touches just enough on reality to actually make it scary. I don't know whether or not I'll c...
- Sat Jun 16, 2012 10:49 am
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Glad to be aboard
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2693
Re: Glad to be aboard
Cattleman, although this sounds like a Zombie story, it is much more (Zombies are more or less the frame)...I was hesitant to read it at first as well but am glad I relented. I think we do have a rather nice standard here and we wouldn't be reading it otherwise :; I'm sure you'll find a discussion o...