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Over My Dead Body by Rex Stout
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Inisfallen
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I’m reading (actually, I just finished it this morning) Sons of Saint Patrick: A History of the Archbishops of New York from Dagger John to Timmytown, by George Marlin and Brad Miner.
It’s a fascinating book. It’s marred slightly near the end because the authors went on a bit of a political rant, but if you ignore that and just read it for the history, it’s well worth it.
It’s a fascinating book. It’s marred slightly near the end because the authors went on a bit of a political rant, but if you ignore that and just read it for the history, it’s well worth it.
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cthulhubryan
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Changing to say “awesome” And having Wesley Crusher reading it makes it even more so.
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Potter
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I’ve been seriously tempted to consider my audible trial for it, but I can get the book for sooo much cheaper. Two more days to talk myself into it.
I just finished East of Eden, by John Steinbeck. Very obvious biblical themes at work there. I’m currently still working on Wendell Berry’s Unsettling of America.
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John_Lazarus
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I just bought The Story of English, connected to the old PBS (I think) series of the same name.
But, then again, I’m weird. I read Fowler’s Modern English Usage for fun.
But, then again, I’m weird. I read Fowler’s Modern English Usage for fun.
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Hunho
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*Thunder and Roses *by Mary Jo PutneyI just bought The Story of English, connected to the old PBS (I think) series of the same name.
But, then again, I’m weird. I read Fowler’s Modern English Usage for fun.
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Hideyplace
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Still reading Midnight in Ruby Bayou by Elizabeth Lowell
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jeannetherese
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Just finished A Little Learning by Evelyn Waugh, Blessed Miguel Pro: 20th Century Martyr by Ann Ball, and Kokoro by Natsume Soseki.
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cthulhubryan
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Just finished “The Operator” by Robert O’Neil and just started Astrophysics for people in a hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson.
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Hunho
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An Oblique Approach by Eric Flint and David Drake (Book 1 of the Belisarius Saga)
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Potter
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Listening to Redshirts, read by Wil Wheaton,
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jeannetherese
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. I’ve been meaning to read it for a long time and finally purchased it today.
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Potter
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Have you seen the film Blade Runner? It’s lightly based off of the book, but develops differently.
I just finished Cell, by Robin Cook; it’s a technothriller about a smartphone-based healthcare system that uses machine learning. Great premise, flat execution. On to some nonfiction, I think…either The Mexican Frontier or Consent of the Networked.
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jeannetherese
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I saw Bladerunner when it first came out and this was my incentive for tracking down the book.
Now I’d like to re-view the movie and re-read the book. I finished it this morning and am thinking of purchasing another by the same author. Any particular recommendations?
I’m currently reading Tell No One Who You Are: The hidden Childhood of Regine Miller By Walter Buchingam and then turning to Some Prefer Nettles by Jun’ichiro Tanizaki.
I’ve read a few books by Mr. Cook and appreciate his interest in ethical issues in relation to medicine.
Now I’d like to re-view the movie and re-read the book. I finished it this morning and am thinking of purchasing another by the same author. Any particular recommendations?
I’m currently reading Tell No One Who You Are: The hidden Childhood of Regine Miller By Walter Buchingam and then turning to Some Prefer Nettles by Jun’ichiro Tanizaki.
I’ve read a few books by Mr. Cook and appreciate his interest in ethical issues in relation to medicine.
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Potter
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Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child, Anthony Esolen.
Still doing the Redshirts audio book.
Still doing the Redshirts audio book.
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JimG
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Considering that sexual abuse cases are still in the news, I have been re-reading Dorothy Rabinowitz’ book “No Crueler Tyrannies.” She recounts numerous cases of alleged child sex abuse at daycare centers during the 1980’s. But the most outrageous aspect of these cases is that scores of innocent people were arrested, prosecuted, convicted, and sent to prison for crimes which simply did not happen.
Evidence was fabricated, “expert” witnesses simply made up evidence, children who repeatedly told prosecutors that nothing bad happened to them were badgered repeatedly until they finally came up with fantastical and impossible stories which they thought were expected of them. Judges allowed prosecutors to disregard rules of evidence and allowed things to be brought up which were neither alleged nor in evidence nor true of the defendants but simply meant to influence a jury. Self proclaimed experts in child abuse explained that if a child said he or she was abused, the claim was clearly true, and if he or she claimed that nothing happened, he was simply in denial. If a defendant vigorously proclaimed his innocence, that was evidence of his guilt. There were numerous travesties of justice.
Yes, children were abused, but not by the defendants. They were abused by prosecutors, self proclaimed experts, and others who led them to believe in crimes which never occurred.
I had thought that this sort of prosecutorial zeal and misguided hysteria was unique to this instance until I read of other such cases having nothing to do with child abuse. For example, in the case of the “Norfolk Four,” wherein four innocent men were convicted of rape and murder, even though, during the course of the case, another man already in prison admitted to the crimes.
Evidence was fabricated, “expert” witnesses simply made up evidence, children who repeatedly told prosecutors that nothing bad happened to them were badgered repeatedly until they finally came up with fantastical and impossible stories which they thought were expected of them. Judges allowed prosecutors to disregard rules of evidence and allowed things to be brought up which were neither alleged nor in evidence nor true of the defendants but simply meant to influence a jury. Self proclaimed experts in child abuse explained that if a child said he or she was abused, the claim was clearly true, and if he or she claimed that nothing happened, he was simply in denial. If a defendant vigorously proclaimed his innocence, that was evidence of his guilt. There were numerous travesties of justice.
Yes, children were abused, but not by the defendants. They were abused by prosecutors, self proclaimed experts, and others who led them to believe in crimes which never occurred.
I had thought that this sort of prosecutorial zeal and misguided hysteria was unique to this instance until I read of other such cases having nothing to do with child abuse. For example, in the case of the “Norfolk Four,” wherein four innocent men were convicted of rape and murder, even though, during the course of the case, another man already in prison admitted to the crimes.
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The Jewish Revlutionary Spirit, by E. Michael Jones…
This is a veritable tome, advancing the thesis that Jews, since their rejection of Jesus, have consistently undermined the Christian West, with a particular hatred for the Catholic Church. While I don’t agree with all of it, I find the fruits of the author’s in-depth research compelling. He’s anti-Semitic, fanatically Catholic, an energetic researcher, and excellent writer. I expect to be chastised here for posting this, but please remember I’m merely reading this book, not promoting it.
This is a veritable tome, advancing the thesis that Jews, since their rejection of Jesus, have consistently undermined the Christian West, with a particular hatred for the Catholic Church. While I don’t agree with all of it, I find the fruits of the author’s in-depth research compelling. He’s anti-Semitic, fanatically Catholic, an energetic researcher, and excellent writer. I expect to be chastised here for posting this, but please remember I’m merely reading this book, not promoting it.
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jeannetherese
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Watership Down by Richard Adams (with beautiful illustrations by Aldo Galli) and Being Logical: A Guide to Good Thinking by D. Q. McInerny.
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Hunho
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Fortune’s Stroke by Eric Flint and David Drake (volume 4 of The Belisarius Saga)
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