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Upcoming Hospital Stay - Need Book Recommendation (Vanity)
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Posted on 12/06/2016 6:28:58 PM PST by Veggie Todd

After surgery, I'll be in the hospital for about five days. Not sure how much lucid time I'll have, but I want to take a good book. I like Nonfiction, History, Autobiographies, and of course, America.


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Chit/Chat; History
KEYWORDS: books; fiction; nonfiction; reading; vanity
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To: Veggie Todd

Brotherhood of the Rose, by David Morell.


141 posted on 12/07/2016 5:11:13 AM PST by GingisK
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To: Veggie Todd

“American Nations-A History of The Eleven Rival Regional Cultures Of North America” by Colin Woodward. Meets the majority of your criteria: Nonfiction, History, Autobiographies, and of course, America.


142 posted on 12/07/2016 5:54:32 AM PST by Nuocmam (Loose lips sink ships.)
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To: Veggie Todd

Anything by Rick Bragg. He’s a great southern author and is an amazing storyteller.

Start with “All Over But the Shoutin’.” Then check out his latest, “My Southern Journey.”


143 posted on 12/07/2016 7:28:16 AM PST by Tommygun99 (I've gone to look for myself. If I should return before I get back, keep me here!)
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To: Veggie Todd

The Smartest Places on Earth: Why Rustbelts Are the Emerging Hotspots of Global Innovation

https://www.amazon.com/Smartest-Places-Earth-Rustbelts-Innovation/dp/1610394356


144 posted on 12/07/2016 7:30:54 AM PST by ameribbean expat
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To: Veggie Todd

Read the dictionary; all other books are in it.


145 posted on 12/07/2016 7:31:06 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ ("Elections have consequences." Barack Obama)
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To: Grimmy

Robert Leckie is my favorite historical author. Any of his numerous books would be great. I have his histories of the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWII, and his book “The Wars of America,” which starts with the French and Indian War and ends with Desert Storm.


146 posted on 12/07/2016 7:57:03 AM PST by fredhead (Join the Navy and see the world.....77% of which is covered in water.)
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To: Veggie Todd
War and Peace and/or Crime and Punishment.
147 posted on 12/07/2016 8:42:32 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: BenLurkin

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The Mayans were an utterly lost people.

They knew nothing worth knowing that every other person on Earth didn’t already know.

Nothing there to decode.
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148 posted on 12/07/2016 9:10:37 AM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: gundog

Roger that..!


149 posted on 12/07/2016 3:21:12 PM PST by Osage Orange (Cover up after cover up...OUR GOVERNMENT is OUT OF CONTROL)
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To: Veggie Todd; pastorbillrandles

I highly recommend A sword on the Land by FR`s own Pastor Bill Randles it deals with Islam and the Muslim world in the end times


150 posted on 12/07/2016 7:30:02 PM PST by StoneWall Brigade
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To: Veggie Todd

Missing 411 by David Paulides. Somethings we all need to know.


151 posted on 12/07/2016 7:33:40 PM PST by Randy Larsen (I Support Trump/Pence in 2016!)
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To: Veggie Todd

My AMAZON REVIEW

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, Great Read., August 29, 2016

By

Chickensoup

The Mandibles: A Family, 2029-2047 (Hardcover)

Great book. Well written walk through a dystopian future that takes current policies and extends them to their logical conclusions. An excellent parsing of the differences between Keynesian and the Milton Friedman’s schools of economic thought. Managed markets and free markets. Some mistake this as a homage to Ayn Rand. People who do not know the difference between Austrian School of Economics and Objectivism. The characters stay on course during this tour de force through years of economic and societal breakdown. Worth the read. And you all know I am fussy.


152 posted on 12/07/2016 7:38:26 PM PST by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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To: Veggie Todd

shibumi


153 posted on 12/07/2016 7:53:17 PM PST by TomasUSMC (FIGHT LIKE WW2, WIN LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM.)
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To: StoneWall Brigade

give me an address and I will send a comp copy to keep you company in the hospital- we will pray for you also-


154 posted on 12/07/2016 8:53:55 PM PST by pastorbillrandles (ore and rebuild Jerusalem)
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To: pastorbillrandles

I’m not in the hospital Pastor Bill the FReeper who started the thread is and wanted recommendtion on books so I highly recommend your book I pinged you as a courtsey ping


155 posted on 12/07/2016 9:11:49 PM PST by StoneWall Brigade
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To: ntnychik

Did you read The Boys in the Boat about the U Washington crew time who competed in Nazi Berlin?


156 posted on 12/07/2016 9:40:55 PM PST by MHT (,`)
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To: StoneWall Brigade

Sorry,I thought this was going to them,thanks for recommending the book!


157 posted on 12/07/2016 9:42:30 PM PST by pastorbillrandles (ore and rebuild Jerusalem)
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To: StoneWall Brigade

Sorry,I thought this was going to them,thanks for recommending the book!


158 posted on 12/07/2016 9:42:31 PM PST by pastorbillrandles (ore and rebuild Jerusalem)
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To: MHT

Yes, The Boys in the Boat was another Book Club favorite! We discussed the book at a picnic at our host’s summer place (think rustic) on Seneca Lake. We had Jimmy Joy and his wife as our guests. He is the former rowing coach for Hobart and William Smith Colleges. He was warm and down to earth, and had just amazing stories to tell about rowing, coaching, and his experiences. He knew George Potock, builder of the cedar shells in the book, and his son, Stan. Jimmy added another dimension to the enjoyment of that wonderful book. We were so fortunate!

http://www.hwsathletics.com/coaches.aspx?rc=762


159 posted on 12/10/2016 8:50:48 PM PST by ntnychik
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To: ntnychik

Awesome book club experience! You were really lucky! I think that someone in our group said that rowing was the only competitive sport that required its teams to be “in sync” in breathing, metabolizing, and physical movement. Wonderful book about people with nothing who learned how to take their talents, work with them, and become winners instead of whiners. Quite a contrast to the “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” young people of today!


160 posted on 12/10/2016 10:06:02 PM PST by MHT (,`)
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