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Post by macdoc » Mon Mar 22, 2010 9:49 am

Two incredible books on China - first person stories and both amazing
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Swans

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which is simply astounding....

http://www.licunxin.com/

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currently

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author got me hooked on the history despite the lame plot....

South Africa is quite the story....amazing and it's very real now- in the sense of very much for the country....not like reading things that happened far in the past....

If you've not read Mandela's auto-bio I highly highly recommend it....
this actually fleshed out many of the people and events

Interesting it won the

Commonwealth Writers' Prize

for africa in 1996 ...trite plot conceit and leaning toward lurid but well researched and the tale flows
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Post by Rum » Mon Mar 22, 2010 9:56 am

New Scientist (paper version). Cover story is called 'Relativity's final frontier' and how really accurate measurements of pulsars stand a chance of detecting the elusive gravity wave(s). Also the possibility that they might shoot a big hole in relativity.

Wish I understood it a bit better. :oops:
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Post by Clinton Huxley » Mon Mar 22, 2010 10:53 am

The Secret Life of Trees by Colin Tudge and The Mauritius Command by Patrick O'Brian.
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Post by Trolldor » Mon Mar 22, 2010 10:55 am

The Necronomicon.
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Post by Pappa » Mon Mar 22, 2010 2:04 pm

New Scientist #2750
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Post by leo-rcc » Mon Mar 22, 2010 2:23 pm

The Double life of Witold Pilecki
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Post by anna09 » Mon Mar 22, 2010 2:27 pm

For a college class I just finished "The Catcher in the Rye" (IMO, completely over-rated) and on my own, I'm in the middle of "The Stuff of Thought" by Steven Pinker.
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Re: What are you reading now?

Post by JimC » Mon Mar 22, 2010 9:21 pm

Clinton Huxley wrote:The Secret Life of Trees by Colin Tudge and The Mauritius Command by Patrick O'Brian.
Sometime later this year I will probably commence the re-read of the whole series...
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Post by JimC » Mon Mar 22, 2010 9:22 pm

anna09 wrote:For a college class I just finished "The Catcher in the Rye" (IMO, completely over-rated) and on my own, I'm in the middle of "The Stuff of Thought" by Steven Pinker.
Is Pinker, is good! :tup:
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Post by Bolero » Fri Mar 26, 2010 12:05 am

Probably well-known, already. Some really interesting stuff in it, like how legalised abortion has led to lower crime rates in the US. Highly recommended.
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Post by Trolldor » Fri Mar 26, 2010 12:06 am

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

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The Picture of Dorian Grey
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Post by Bolero » Fri Mar 26, 2010 12:07 am

Oh, and if anyone can tell me how to insert an image without having to "attach" it, I'd be most grateful. This interweb thing gets me sometimes. :oops:


b-a-a : Is Pride and Prejudice and Zombies any good? I keep seeing it in the bookstore and wondering.
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Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Fri Mar 26, 2010 12:16 am

Bolero wrote:Oh, and if anyone can tell me how to insert an image without having to "attach" it, I'd be most grateful. This interweb thing gets me sometimes. :oops:
If the image is on the web somewhere, right click on it and click on "copy image address" (or similar - it varies according to OS) - then just paste it between the IMG tags.
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Post by Bolero » Fri Mar 26, 2010 12:19 am

Thank you! :td:
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Post by Trolldor » Fri Mar 26, 2010 12:21 am

Bolero wrote:Oh, and if anyone can tell me how to insert an image without having to "attach" it, I'd be most grateful. This interweb thing gets me sometimes. :oops:


b-a-a : Is Pride and Prejudice and Zombies any good? I keep seeing it in the bookstore and wondering.
Having read the Original Pride and Prejudice is probably a good start (Quite enjoyed that, oddly) but a lot of PAPAZ is the original text which means you end up skipping over most of the original stuff.

A lot of the jokes are funnier with a little background, though.
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