Posted on 01/12/2010 7:17:29 PM PST by MplsSteve
Discusses the post ice age- pre written history distribution of humans throughout the planet.
Going Rogue
I am researching and writing a book, so I am reading mob books. A Very Bad Boy (about mobster Frank Bompensiero), the Good Fight (Harry Reid), Of Rats And Men (Oscar Goodman).
A whole bunch of SEC filings.
Still reading Pindar’s Odes, though I hope soon to read THE ROAD, by Cormac. Hope it’s not too depressing.
It's one of the neglected propanda venues, the modern novel. Makes me sick. Give it a rest.
Go to Google, hit Advanced Search, then put “freerepublic” in the “search within a domain” box. Search for your screen name plus the title of one of the books, or whatever else you remember about your reply that is unique or unusual.
What in the hell are you talking about?
I would give you the page number but I’m not real fond of your attitude.
And I’m not real fond of being told to “give it a rest” when I’ve said nothing at all to you. And receiving a post with no prelude on something I posted....what....? Two weeks ago? I’m not even sure to which book you are referring.
"Give it a rest" etc. was obviously not meant for you but for the novelists who insist on crapping on their own books by sticking in a totally gratuitous slap at Bush.
I tend to do that above to make it clearer for the poster. Especially if it's on an older post.
I don't remember the Bush attack, but I've read a couple of books since then. But yes, I do get tired of the liberal BS that gets slipped into so many novels.
I was stuck at an airport for a while in late November and my current book was buried in my carry-on. Being lazy at the moment, I picked up a Stephen King short story collection someone had left on a chair ("After Sunset" or something like that) and began reading one of the short stories. I didn't finish it because of all of the unnecessary stabs at Bush; I just ended up digging my own book out.
I should have known better - I quit reading Stephen King years ago.
The Sandman, Volume I, a graphic novel compilation by Neil Gaiman
Dracula in London, an anthology edited by P. N. Elrod
A History of the Crusades: Volume 2, The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East (Cambridge University Press 1952) Steven Runciman
Currently reading G.K. Chesterson's essays on my Kindle
Recently finished:
Going Rogue by Sarah Palin
Protect and Defend by Vince Flynn
Love's Duet by Patricia Veryan
The Queen Mother by William Shawcross
I’m listening to “Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World” by Roger Crowley.
Its amazing the West survived at all.
The Unthinkable: who survives when disaster strikes — and why, by Amanda Ripley. What a fascinating book!
I have been enjoying all of Daniel Silva’s books, but for whatever reason have hit a wall with A Death in Vienna. A good book, but I’ve had a LOT of distractions lately.
Husband and I are also reading The All New Square Food Gardening, planning on growing some vegetables this year.
I’m reading the original Marco Polo with my 10 dd. Did you know it documents Christian persecution by the Caliph of Baghdad only to have him secretly convert when a cobbler prays to God for a mountain to be removed, and it is, when an earthquake hits? I had never heard that story before.
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