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I've got to move this one up the TBR list
I may be small, but I'm slow.
A veteran - whether active duty, retired, or national guard or reserve is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to, "The United States of America ", for an amount of "up to and including my life - it's an honor." -
Phillip Larkin to be memorialized in Poet's Corner.
"Guitar groups are on their way out, Mr Epstein."
Upon rejecting the Beatles, Dick Rowe told Brian Epstein of the January 1, 1962 audition for Decca, which signed Brian Poole and the Tremeloes instead.Comment
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Just finished Dead Wake by Erik Larsen. It is about the sinking of the Lusitania prior to US entry into WWI. This is the author of Devil and the White City. He is an excellent writer. Highly recommended."There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
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I havent even been able to crack the top 10 on the library wait list for this one. Might have to break down and buy it.Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View PostComment
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I'll second this - It read it last spring and it is an excellent read!Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
I gave it 4 stars on GoodreadsLast edited by happyone; 12-09-2015, 10:43 AM.
I may be small, but I'm slow.
A veteran - whether active duty, retired, or national guard or reserve is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to, "The United States of America ", for an amount of "up to and including my life - it's an honor."Comment
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finally got around to seeing this. i just couldn't get past jason segel caricature of dfw. and for some reason i want to punch jesse eisenberg in his face every time i see him.Originally posted by SteelBlue View PostTe Occidere Possunt Sed Te Edere Non Possunt Nefas Est.Comment
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I just read Krakauer's latest book Missoula, about rape cases and prosecutions at the University of Montana. Had this one for a while and even though I like Krakauer's other stuff I was putting this off because of the subject matter. I thought this was a really important book, surprisingly interesting -- I read it in 2 days.
This book makes you grateful for BYU and its no drinking and no sex culture, that's for sure. Kind of thinking that every college freshman, whether girl or boy, should read this book.Comment
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I’m looking for a couple of recommendations. I know a couple of people on here have referenced reading (not necessarily in this thread) a couple of modern English translations of the Bible. I have spent the last 30 minutes searching the forum but can’t find the specific posts. Anyone know which versions are the most respected among biblical scholars?Comment
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I love the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV). This one is a great study bible:Originally posted by USUC View Post
http://www.amazon.com/Annotated-Revi...ds=oxford+nrsv
I also recommend the YouVersion Bible app for your phone and tablet. It lets you switch between a ton of different translations for comparison."There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
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Thank you. This is exactly what I'm looking for. I'll look into the YouVersion bible app.Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View PostComment
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Lebowski posted the link to the 3rd edition. You might want to try the 4th edition which is less expensive and also has Kindle and paperback versions: http://www.amazon.com/New-Oxford-Ann...=UTF8&qid=&sr=Originally posted by USUC View PostComment
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The Rent Collector. Novel about a family that literally lives in a garbage dump in Cambodia. Not bad.
To Kill a Mockingbird. Don't laugh. I have seen the movie a couple times but never got around to reading the book. Shame on me. What a wonderful novel.
When the Legends Die. Revisited one of my favorite young adult books. Brought back a lot of memories."There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creeksterComment
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I finally finished Purity sometime ago. I think that ironically, this book is indeed about youth and its promise and fleeting wisdom that inevitably disappears with age (hence I wish there were an epigraph in it from Nietzsche, who fervently believed that the world was made for and ought to belong to the young and vital, and made no apologies for it), and Frantzen is a bit clunky in trying to write a hipster’s novel about the Internet—its subject matter and action are rather passe as Julian Assange, Wikileaks, and Edward Snowden are probably more interesting than this novel that they inspired and they themselves are already rather passe. New York should probably put a moratorium on literary novels about the Internet. Meanwhile, Nietzsche continues to be the most influential of all those dead philosophers.Originally posted by SteelBlue View PostWhen a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.
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Still moving slowly through Chernow's Alexander Hamilton. I really like it, but unfortunately 95% of my spare time for reading is taken up by reading football and basketball rules lately.Comment
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It reminded me of Jennifer Egan's descriptions of future technology in "A Visit from the Good Squad". She got a lot of credit for her prescience, but I thought she was essentially describing an iPhone.Originally posted by SeattleUte View PostComment
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