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| {uZa}Natasha_Fatale wrote: | | {uZa}Lonesome Eagle wrote: | | {uZa}Natasha_Fatale wrote: | | {uZa}Lonesome Eagle wrote: | | {uZa}Natasha_Fatale wrote: | I think this is a great idea! Thanks cynic!
I just finished reading : John Adams by David McCullough
Girls Like Us by Sheila Weller ( about Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Carly SImon
At the moment I am reading Empire Falls by Richard Russo..its a novel but it won a Pulitzer. |
Did you watch the 7-part John Adams series that was on recently based on this book? It was really good.
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Yes I did ...it was very well done I thought . Took me a while to get used to the actor they cast as Adams. For some reason I kept expecting him to do comedy.  |
He certainly wasn't the "leading man" type, but then if you look at contemporary portraits of Adams, he was in fact no "leading man" type himself...  |
That is true..in fact I think his wife was the brains of the operation. At least, she surely influenced his life in a positive way ....wonder if in real life she was a nag?  |
I usually am put off when a "history" gets all politically correct and revisionist and all of a sudden Attila the Hun's wife was the power behind the throne, but in this case I think it was very accurate. Abigale Adams was well known even her day as a smart cookie and someone that Adams listened to.
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I mostly listen to audiobooks because I am on the road so much. I have listened to all of the James Patterson's Alex Cross series, except his most recent one. I like Dean Koontz's, Odd Thomas books. They are a great read. When I actually read a book, I like to read WWII books. I recently finished the book Flags of our Fathers. I am surrounded by books everyday since I do tech work in 64 libraries in East TN. I have about 5-6 library cards...LOL!
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A couple I've read recently have been Pat Buchanan's State of Emergency that outlines [in his eyes] the effects of illegal immigration on the US; The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt that paints a somewhat bleak picture of our relationship with Israel and specifically the influence of Israel's AIPAC Lobby. I just finished The Reagan Diaries and enjoyed it a great deal. He was the one that said "a country that can't defend it's boarders isn't really a county any longer."
Next up is Alan Greenspan's The Age of Turbulence. I suppose I'm in a political mood since we have an important election coming up.
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Sat Aug 16, 2008 3:32 pm Post subject:
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I am reading a book by Arthur Herman called " Gandhi & Churchill" It sounds really dry and boring but it is a fascinating read about two very fascinating men. It deals with how both men led their nations through a pivotal time in history.
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Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:23 pm Post subject:
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| {uZa}Natasha_Fatale wrote: | | I am reading a book by Arthur Herman called " Gandhi & Churchill" It sounds really dry and boring but it is a fascinating read about two very fascinating men. It deals with how both men led their nations through a pivotal time in history. |
Churchill: "That half naked fakir!"
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Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:33 pm Post subject:
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| {uZa}Lonesome Eagle wrote: | | {uZa}Natasha_Fatale wrote: | | I am reading a book by Arthur Herman called " Gandhi & Churchill" It sounds really dry and boring but it is a fascinating read about two very fascinating men. It deals with how both men led their nations through a pivotal time in history. |
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Gandhi: "It does the sheep no good to blame the wolf..the sheep must learn not to fall into the wolfs' clutches "
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Gandhi : " In the end they will leave"
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Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:59 pm Post subject:
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Gandhi: "It does the sheep no good to blame the wolf..the sheep must learn not to fall into the wolfs' clutches "
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"The lion and the lamb may lay down together, but the lamb won't get much sleep..."
-- Unknown
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Sat Aug 16, 2008 5:30 pm Post subject:
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| {uZa}Lonesome Eagle wrote: | | {uZa}Natasha_Fatale wrote: |
Gandhi: "It does the sheep no good to blame the wolf..the sheep must learn not to fall into the wolfs' clutches "
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"The lion and the lamb may lay down together, but the lamb won't get much sleep..."
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It's hard to soar like an eagle when you're surrounded by turkeys.
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Sat Aug 16, 2008 5:41 pm Post subject:
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| {uZa}Natasha_Fatale wrote: | | {uZa}Lonesome Eagle wrote: | | {uZa}Natasha_Fatale wrote: |
Gandhi: "It does the sheep no good to blame the wolf..the sheep must learn not to fall into the wolfs' clutches "
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"The lion and the lamb may lay down together, but the lamb won't get much sleep..."
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It's hard to soar like an eagle when you're surrounded by turkeys.
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Hehe...
"If after ten minutes in a poker game you don't know who the pigeon is, you are the pigeon..."
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Sat Aug 16, 2008 5:44 pm Post subject:
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"I bought a dog the other day, and named him "Stay". It's fun to call him.."
-Stephen Wright
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Sat Aug 16, 2008 5:49 pm Post subject:
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I grew up in Europe, where the history comes from.
Eddie Izzard
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Sat Aug 16, 2008 6:03 pm Post subject:
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| {uZa}Lonesome Eagle wrote: | "I bought a dog the other day, and named him "Stay". It's fun to call him.."
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I have read some of his quote before....good ones...
I spilled spot remover on my dog. He's gone now.
If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?
Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7th of your life.
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So much for "literary" LOL
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