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Amazon ^ | March 2004 | Anatoly T. Fomenko

Posted on 07/11/2004 9:34:44 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

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I plan to use this thread to post books and the like that interest me. As far as I can tell, this is going to be in the 'blogger section of FR. If it hasn't turned out that way, don't write in, okay?

This book is a great big load of crap. Among other things, the author claims that Thucydides was medieval, that King Arthur was Russian, and that none of the historical medieval British kings existed per se. IOW, he's an a-hole.


George W. Bush will win reelection by a margin of at least ten per cent.

1 posted on 07/11/2004 9:34:44 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: FairOpinion; ValerieUSA
[my old comment] It's like blowing the dust off a long-lost bottle of wine, or somethin'. Here's a book I've had for years in the library, beats me from where, maybe an estate sale. I was surprised that it was still around. I must add it to one of my listmanias...
The Scientist vs The Humanist The Scientist vs The Humanist
ed by George Levine
and Owen P. Thomas
W W Norton & Co; (June 1963)

2 posted on 07/11/2004 9:38:44 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
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The First Scientist: A Life of Roger Bacon The First Scientist:
A Life of Roger Bacon

by Brian Clegg

3 posted on 07/11/2004 9:39:48 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
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I've never read the book, but watched my niece's copy of the DVD version of the movie. It's just plausible enough to suck me in, but whether it's true that Edmond James Windsor was Chuck Barris' real father, and was really a serial killer, and went to the electric chair in 1939, isn't immediately clear to me. Barris is an entertainer, after all, and other than his well-known TV shows also is known as the writer of a number two pop song.
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Sam Rockwell, George Clooney
paperback
hardcover

4 posted on 07/11/2004 9:42:42 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
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Raised Catholic. His bit on the 72 virgins was pretty funny. As we all know, he is proud to have GWB as his president. See my review of this DVD, under my Amazon nick, "HolyOlio".
Raw Feed Raw Feed
by Dennis Miller

5 posted on 07/11/2004 9:44:25 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
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To: SunkenCiv

Can you find me a history book written in the 20's or 30's without all the leftist bias?


6 posted on 07/11/2004 9:45:19 PM PDT by GeronL (wketchup.com)
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in observance of the 30th anniversary of his death, a new album, with a name taken from one of his worst songs:
Made to Love Magic Made to Love Magic
Nick Drake

7 posted on 07/11/2004 9:45:29 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
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To: SunkenCiv

and no... I doubt you look anything like Barnes, Nobles or Amazons


8 posted on 07/11/2004 9:47:39 PM PDT by GeronL (wketchup.com)
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I highly recommend this book (see my Amazon review); da Vinci and Machiavelli lived in Florence during the time of the Medici, and worked together on the project described. I'd never heard of the project, and it had never crossed my mind that the two men knew each other. Two biographies in one, good read, good value:
Fortune Is a River: Leonardo Da Vinci and Niccolo Machiavellis Magnificent Dream to Change the Course of Florentine History Fortune Is a River:
Leonardo Da Vinci and Niccolo Machiavelli's
Magnificent Dream
to Change the Course of Florentine History

by Roger D. Masters

9 posted on 07/11/2004 9:47:43 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
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see my review, "Been Done, Earlier, and Better":
Solving the Exodus Mystery Solving the Exodus Mystery
by Ted Stewart

10 posted on 07/11/2004 9:49:11 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
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To: *Gods, Graves, Glyphs
I got the first of these (also see the "in reply to" link) for Christmas, and checked the second out of the library early this year. The one from the library is fascinating, dealing as it does with the modern events surrounding the discovery of the tomb, skullduggery, the character of Howard Carter, etc:
The Mysterious Death of Tutankhamun The Mysterious Death of Tutankhamun
by Paul Doherty
Tutankhamun: The Untold Story Tutankhamun:
The Untold Story

by Thomas Hoving

11 posted on 07/11/2004 9:53:58 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
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To: GeronL

Well, you could just eschew books that old and read newer ones. :')


12 posted on 07/11/2004 9:58:21 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
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This magazine is of uneven quality, but still pretty good, worth subscribing to:
Ancient American Ancient American

13 posted on 07/11/2004 10:01:15 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
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not sure I've reviewed it per se, but have loved this mag from the beginning. Same publisher as BAR, but does not have a Biblical focus. Beats the pants off "Archaeology" magazine, and basically it put "Discovering Archaeology" out of business, despite suppression by a certain bookstore chain, which shall remain nameless.
Archaeology Odyssey Archaeology Odyssey
Biblical Archaeology Society

14 posted on 07/11/2004 10:05:07 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
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If It's Not Close, They Cant Cheat: Crushing the Democrats in Every Election and Why Your Life Depends on It If It's Not Close, They Can't Cheat:
Crushing the Democrats
in Every Election
and Why Your Life Depends on It

by Hugh Hewitt

FR topic


15 posted on 07/14/2004 11:43:25 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
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To: blam

America B.C. America B.C.
by Barry Fell

find it in a nearby library
Saga America Saga America
by Barry Fell

find it in a nearby library
Bronze-Age America Bronze-Age America
by Barry Fell

find it in a nearby library
Kon-Tiki Kon-Tiki
Thor Heyerdahl

DVD documentary


16 posted on 07/14/2004 11:45:06 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
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To: *Gods, Graves, Glyphs

The Battle of Salamis: the Naval Encounter That Saved Greece -- and Western Civilization The Battle of Salamis:
the Naval Encounter That Saved Greece --
and Western Civilization

by Barry Strauss


17 posted on 07/14/2004 12:02:13 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
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To: FairOpinion

Did the Greeks Believe in Their Myths?  An Essay on the Constitutive Imagination Did the Greeks Believe in Their Myths?
An Essay on the Constitutive Imagination

by Paul Veyne


18 posted on 07/14/2004 12:03:39 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
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To: ValerieUSA
Officer and Page are a little infamous now having penned this title in which they claimed that no mass extinction per se has never taken place, the Chicxulub impact could not possibly have caused a mass extinction, and that no such impact even took place. I bought my copy off the remainder table. Jake Page is a ghostwriter specializing in science books, Charles Officer is a scientist with a little fluffy dog, and the two have collaborated on at least one other title (about global warming, gee, what a shocker):

The Great Dinosaur Extinction Controversy The Great Dinosaur Extinction Controversy
by Charles Officer
and Jake Page


19 posted on 07/14/2004 12:06:37 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
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To: All

Science and Its Limits: The Natural Sciences in Christian Perspective Science and Its Limits:
The Natural Sciences in Christian Perspective

Del Ratzsch

Faith and Philosophy listmania


20 posted on 07/14/2004 12:07:59 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
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