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Posted on 06/23/2006 11:05:36 AM PDT by samadams2000
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To: samadams2000
Psycho Cybernetics
by Maxwell Maltz
To: CaptRon
Some light, funny reading is anything by Carl Hiassen.
I also enjoy all of Harlan Coben's books. Lots of twists and turns.
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posted on
06/23/2006 11:39:57 AM PDT
by
surrey
To: samadams2000
if you want some "deep thoughts"...
"The Question of God" by Armand Nicolai, Jr.
Nice comparison/contrast of Freud's materialist worldview with C.S. Lewis'
perspective of spirituality.
Contains some interesting aspects of each man's life.
Anyway, the Harvard course that the book is based on is often standing-
room-only.
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posted on
06/23/2006 11:44:41 AM PDT
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VOA
To: surrey
To: samadams2000
I am reading Mark Bowden's book too (not very far into it just yet).
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posted on
06/23/2006 11:51:32 AM PDT
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Cecily
To: samadams2000
Great read. A page turner about building the Chicago's World Exposition and America's first serial killer. Not graphic, just historic and very well written.
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posted on
06/23/2006 11:56:24 AM PDT
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raynearhood
("Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them."- Ronald Reagan)
To: Red Badger
To: samadams2000
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posted on
06/23/2006 3:49:44 PM PDT
by
BruceysMom
(.I'm hot & not in a good way, menopause ain't for sissies.)
To: samadams2000
DO NOT GET THIS ONE. Nick Tosches touts this book as an historical work of the life of Arnold Rothstien, a Jewish New York Gangster of the 1920's. Instead it a confusing book with little to no linear thought. For a "biography" not to have at least a somewhat linear organization? Only about a third of the book is dedicated to the main character, the rest is a poorly formulated argument against the Deity of God and opinions of current events (i.e., the Iraq War) which were never attempted by the author to tie in significantly to the "biography." The book is pointless. Pass it up unless you need a book to justify veggin' out in front of the T.V. A waste of a week. I will avoid Tosches from here on out.
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posted on
06/23/2006 7:18:58 PM PDT
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raynearhood
("Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them."- Ronald Reagan)
To: samadams2000
Truth and Duty by Mary Mapes
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posted on
06/24/2006 1:17:49 PM PDT
by
lowbridge
(I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather. Not screaming, like his passengers.)
To: lowbridge
Yeah Im gonna run out and buy that one..../s
Thanks for recommendations! A lot of good summer reading.
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posted on
06/24/2006 1:20:51 PM PDT
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samadams2000
(Somebody important make The Call.....pitchforks and lanterns.!)
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