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What Are You Reading Now?
1/11/06 | Me

Posted on 01/11/2006 12:04:15 PM PST by MplsSteve

I'm gonna start doing this thread on a quarterly basis.

The last time I did it, I got some very interesting answers from Freepers.

What are you reading? It can be anything. A classic. A technical journal. A trashy pulp novel. Soldier of Fortune magazine. Anything.

I'll start. I'm reading: "The Campaign of the Century: Upton Sinclair's race for Governor of California and the birth of media politics".

So far, it's not a bad read. But what did you expect? I'm a Pol Sci major.

Well, what are you reading?


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KEYWORDS: books; literature
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To: MplsSteve
The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene. Quite interesting.
61 posted on 01/11/2006 6:35:44 PM PST by annie laurie (All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost)
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To: MplsSteve

Three Billion New Capitalists: The Great Shift of Wealth and Power to the East
by Clyde Prestowitz


Fascinating! Scary!


62 posted on 01/11/2006 7:09:31 PM PST by Chickensoup (The water in the pot is getting warmer, froggies.The water in the pot is getting warmer, froggies.)
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To: WhiteGuy
"Who Moved My Cheese"

BTTT

63 posted on 01/11/2006 7:49:45 PM PST by bobbyd (Damn, I've been tagged.....)
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To: MplsSteve

Depending on time of day, either some Regency novel or "Spanish for Gringos".


64 posted on 01/11/2006 9:09:35 PM PST by Moonmad27
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To: MplsSteve

Right now, I'm listening to Dale Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence People."

I'm reading "Not a Good Day to Die," all about Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan.


65 posted on 01/11/2006 10:05:05 PM PST by Choose Ye This Day (Win the war. Confirm the judges. Cut the taxes. Control the spending. Secure the border.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Great book, Guerilla Marketing. If I may, I'd also recommend:

"Selling the Invisible" by Beckwith

"How to Be a Rainmaker" by Fox

What kind of business do you have, if I may ask?


66 posted on 01/11/2006 10:11:42 PM PST by Choose Ye This Day (Win the war. Confirm the judges. Cut the taxes. Control the spending. Secure the border.)
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To: 7.62 x 51mm; 75thOVI; Adder; Androcles; albertp; asgardshill; bitt; BradyLS; Carolinamom; ...

My apologies to the Weekly Digest folks for the off-schedule ping, and to all for the off-list nature of this topic, but I'm guessing there are number of avid readers, and figured it would be nice to hear from you, since you hear from me nearly every day. :')

I'm reading a couple of books right now. The one that is farthest along is Eberhard Zannger's "The Future of the Past", but I've lost track of the book itself. Has to be around here somewhere, or lost in the car.


67 posted on 01/11/2006 10:40:10 PM PST by SunkenCiv (FReep this URL -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/pledge)
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To: SunkenCiv

I'm loving Ann Rynd.


68 posted on 01/11/2006 10:42:56 PM PST by cyborg (I just love that man.)
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To: MplsSteve

The Virtue of Selfishness!


69 posted on 01/11/2006 10:43:28 PM PST by cyborg (I just love that man.)
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To: cyborg

Is she anything like Ayn Rand? ;-)

I just finishted John Lutz' The Night Spider, and started The Night Watcher.


70 posted on 01/11/2006 10:45:29 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: MplsSteve
I'm reading "The Selected Works of Cicero" in the Penguin Classics edition. Amazing man.
71 posted on 01/11/2006 10:46:03 PM PST by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: Larry Lucido

If I spelled it right, then I'd be 100% perfect instead of 99% almost there to nirvana ;-)


72 posted on 01/11/2006 10:47:22 PM PST by cyborg (I just love that man.)
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To: GodBlessRonaldReagan
"Common Sense and Other Writings" by Tom Paine - received as a Christmas present.

I bought that in the fall too. I was amazed to see Paine recommend a progressive estate tax in "The Rights of Man."

73 posted on 01/11/2006 10:51:38 PM PST by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: SunkenCiv

The Italian Boy- Sarah Wise- Body snatching in 1830’s London

Life in a Medieval Village by Frances and Joseph Gies

The Battle of Maldon: Fiction and Fact- Janet Cooper

The Balkan Wars: Conquest, Revolution, and Retribution from the Ottoman Era to the Twentieth Century and Beyond- Andre Gerolymatos



74 posted on 01/11/2006 10:57:20 PM PST by Tyche (A half truth is a whole lie)
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To: MplsSteve

I am switching off between The Cambridge History of Ancient China and Dean Koonz' "Shadow Fires". I just finished "Mao : The Unknown Story" by Jung Chang, Jon Halliday, I would recomend it to any with an interest in modern China.


75 posted on 01/11/2006 11:03:14 PM PST by JimSEA (America cannot have an exit strategy from the world.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Saudi Arabia In The Nineteenth Century, by R. Bayly Winder. Published in 1965.

It commences with the Tree of the families of Saud and al-Wahhab. One long killing spree. Towns and cities razed, wells poisoned, date palms cut down, women and children taken captive, kidnappings, assassinations; just arabs being arabs...tribe against tribe.

Betrayal, revolt, cholera, famine, extortion, wars with Egypt, occupation by the Ottoman Turks, jihad, theft of livestock and chattels, nothing was safe or sacred...

There are two entries on the flyleaf;

(1)I did not finish this book, finding it very tedious to read.

(2)I found it FASCINATING!

Both comments are dated prior 9/11.


76 posted on 01/11/2006 11:38:01 PM PST by Fred Nerks (Read THE LIFE OF MUHAMMAD free pdf download - link on My Page)
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To: MplsSteve
I never read just one book at a time; I usually have about 3 going. I just finished re-reading Bernard DeVoto's edition of the Journals of Lewis & Clark (still going over some of the appendices and info about people on the expedition.

"The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership" by a group of archaeologists (Richard Coe, Linda Schele, et al) is an ongoing study project. It always delights with its amazing photographs of Olmec art and essays that help put it all into context. Finally I'm studying several texts on new research regarding ideal diamond cuts by the Gemological Institute of America and the American Gem Society. The search for the "best" cut seems unending but I find the optical challenges very interesting. Dull, huh?

77 posted on 01/11/2006 11:38:03 PM PST by Bernard Marx (Don't make the mistake of interpreting my Civility as Servility)
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To: MplsSteve

1776


78 posted on 01/11/2006 11:39:37 PM PST by Rocky (Air America: Robbing the poor to feed the Left)
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To: MplsSteve; Alex Murphy; HarleyD; Dr. Eckleburg; Forest Keeper; ItsOurTimeNow
Interesting thread with some good ideas for future reads!

Compartmentalized by theme, I am reading:

Faith:

The Bible, English Standard Version: God. Haven't read the entire Bible since the first Gulf War. I am taking my family through it over the next year. We do the Law on Sunday, The Gospels on Monday, The Epistles on Tuesday, Wisdom Books on Wednesday..... 3-4 chapters a night

The Institutes of The Christian Religion: John Calvin. Not in an organized manner, just picking it up, opening it, and reading a few random pages a day.

Leisure

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference: Malcolm Gladwell. An interesting little book. Not sure how much I agree with, but still a good read.

Italy 2006: by Rick Steves. Planning for a trip late next month and Steves is my favorite travel writer. A bit geeky, a bit sarcastic, a lot of fun.

Professional

Armies of Pestilence; The Impact Of Disease On History: R.S. Bray. A high-spirited romp through cholera, typhus, the plague.....

Preparedness & Community Response to Pandemics: School of Public Health, The University of Albany. Some light reading on Bird Flu. Need to read such things to keep my license current.

Waiting in the wings:

Foundations of the Christian Faith: James Montgomery Boice
The Origin of Paul's Religion: J. Gresham Machen

79 posted on 01/11/2006 11:54:31 PM PST by Gamecock (..ours is a trivial age, and the church has been deeply affected by this pervasive triviality. JMB)
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To: MplsSteve
FR, of course.

Seed catalogues...moving out of this place onto the ranch this spring, so have to set up a new garden; new berry patch; and new orchard.

A couple chapters a day of "Will Islam Be Our Future? — A Study of Biblical and Islamic Eschatology" FREE D/L copies available at
http://www.answering-islam.org/Authors/JR/Future/index.htm

Jeremiah...1-3 chapters per day, plus reference material as needed.

W. C. Jameson's "Billy the Kid: Beyond the Grave", examining the evidence that Pat Garrett shot the wrong man, and covered it up.

Bathroom reading is currently "Photoshop 5 For Dummies".

On deck, I have "The Wizard of Karres", Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint, & Dave Freer's sequal to James H. Schmitz's "The Witches of Karres".

Two or three hours yesterday looking up & reading on-line articles about Glacial Lakes Iroquois, Algonquian, Bonneville, and Missoula.
80 posted on 01/12/2006 12:05:56 AM PST by ApplegateRanch (Mad-Mo! Allah bin Satan commands ye: Bow to him 5 times/day: Head down, @ss-up, and fart at Heaven!)
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