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| June 27, 2014
| Tax-chick
Posted on 06/27/2014 8:33:15 AM PDT by Tax-chick
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To: Tax-chick
Kit Carson Days - Edwin Sabin
A Conservative History of the American Left - Daniel J Flynn
FDR Goes to War - Burt and Anita Folsom
American Sniper - Chris Kyle
Unintended Consequences - John Ross
A Jornal of the Plague Year - Daniel Defoe
The Logical Foundations of Constitutional Liberty - James M Buchanan
To: Tax-chick
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell... recommended by a Freeper...
Blood Feud by Edward Klein
A Table in the Presence by Lt. Carey H. Cash... Lt. Carey H. Cash is a battalion chaplain to infantry Marines in the United States Navy. In Operation Iraqi Freedom, his unit was the first ground combat element to cross the border into Iraq.
The Aeneid with my sons
The Republic and the Laws--Cicero... with my son
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posted on
06/27/2014 8:47:47 AM PDT
by
latina4dubya
(when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
To: Leaning Right
Those are lovely books - I have them all and reread them constantly.
I’m reading “The Maligned King,” by Annette Carson, an excellent look at Richard the Third and his contributions to making England a more equitable country. He was an adopted Yorkshireman like James Herriot (Alf Wight).
To: notdownwidems
“Theodore Plievier” isn’t in my library catalog. Are you sure that’s spelled correctly? Are the books fiction or nonfiction?
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posted on
06/27/2014 8:47:59 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Let the storm rage on ... the cold never bothered me anyway.)
To: Tax-chick
It’s about a girl who was the daughter of a Russian defector in Sweden; she was thought to be schizophrenic and a few other complicated syndromes, but she had an eidetic memory and knew how to hack into almost any computer in the world.
Her fight to be “normal” involves a lot of peripheral stories that all come together about half-way through the third book.
Riveting, is about all I can say.
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posted on
06/27/2014 8:48:08 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(The biggest lie I tell myself is, "I don't need to write that down. I'll remember it."- Aunty Acid)
To: Tax-chick
Nothing right now. But I have a book saved up for my vacation this week -Alliance: The Paladin Prophecy Book 2 by Mark Frost
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posted on
06/27/2014 8:49:02 AM PDT
by
knittnmom
(Save the earth! It's the only planet with chocolate!)
To: latina4dubya
oops—forgot one... Education of a Wandering Man by Louis L’Amour
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posted on
06/27/2014 8:49:03 AM PDT
by
latina4dubya
(when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
To: Tax-chick
I seem to be on an Australian history kick at the moment...all books by Peter FitzSimons.
“Batavia”, the story of a shipwreck/mutiny in 1629 of the Dutch East Indies Co. flagship en-route from The Netherlands to the spice islands near Java.
“Eureka” the story of the Australian gold rush (which dwarfed our own) and the revolution it caused.
“Tobruk” The story of Australia’s struggle in WWII and Victoria’s Cross recipient, John Edmondson.
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posted on
06/27/2014 8:49:09 AM PDT
by
gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)
To: Monkey Face
Thanks! I’ll have to consider them when I have time to be riveted again after Chaim Potok ;-).
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posted on
06/27/2014 8:49:45 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Let the storm rage on ... the cold never bothered me anyway.)
To: latina4dubya
Education of a Wandering Man by Louis LAmourI read that, too, when it came out. It's disappointing that his son never seems to have completed a full biography of Louis.
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posted on
06/27/2014 8:50:37 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Let the storm rage on ... the cold never bothered me anyway.)
To: Tax-chick
Not anything at the minute.
Isn’t Walt Whitman, Bill Clinton’s favorite author.
Everyone should read Thucydides’ “The Peloponnesian War”.
Everyone probably has read Dickens’ “Great Expectations” and rightly so.
Also Churchill’s six volume “History of World War II”.
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posted on
06/27/2014 8:50:44 AM PDT
by
yarddog
(Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
To: Tax-chick
There were a few “slow” parts, but only because so much of it moved so fast.
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posted on
06/27/2014 8:50:56 AM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(The biggest lie I tell myself is, "I don't need to write that down. I'll remember it."- Aunty Acid)
To: Tax-chick
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posted on
06/27/2014 8:51:47 AM PDT
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: gorush
Darn, not in my library. I’d have requested “Tobruk” if they were!
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posted on
06/27/2014 8:51:58 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Let the storm rage on ... the cold never bothered me anyway.)
To: Tax-chick
Hour of Peril-Stashower
Events from Lincoln’s election to his train trip to DC for the first inauguration. How Pinkerton helped him through baltimore where there was a plot to assassinate him when he switched trains.
Good background on Pinkerton’s life and how he built his agency.
Lot’s of stories of Lincoln’s inner circle.
Lots of info on the politics taking place during a time when 7 states succeeded.
Good read.
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posted on
06/27/2014 8:52:25 AM PDT
by
morphing libertarian
( On to impeachment and removal (IRS, Taliban, Fast and furious, VA, Benghazi)!!!)
To: Tax-chick
I just requested this from the library ...
You won't be disappointed. Although it's a long read (384 pages), it's very well written.
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posted on
06/27/2014 8:52:32 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: Tax-chick
It was hard to get through the opening sequence about the calf-delivery, but after that it picked up. Yep! Herriot could have perhaps chosen a better opening. But even then the sequence had its share of humor. Do you remember Uncle, who was observing, and making unhelpful suggestions the whole time?
By the way, Herriot's books are now on Audible. I'm actually listening to the Audible version of the book. Like you, I read the hard-copy version years ago.
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posted on
06/27/2014 8:52:45 AM PDT
by
Leaning Right
(Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
To: Tax-chick
I'll confess.
[enters the confessional]
I do most of my reading in FanFiction. I know, there's more than a little bit of dross out there, but much of it is written in earnest, and I find quite a few diamonds in the rough.
Oh, and I [ahem] write some myself.
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posted on
06/27/2014 8:53:24 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
To: latina4dubya
When I typed “Carey Cash” into the library catalog (open in the next window ;-), I felt bad for him that his parents stuck him with that name! (Book isn’t there. Is it new?)
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posted on
06/27/2014 8:53:31 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Let the storm rage on ... the cold never bothered me anyway.)
To: morphing libertarian
I was thinking I read that ... and then I realized I was thinking of the same events as presented in Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter, which is better than one might expect, greatly superior to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
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posted on
06/27/2014 8:55:29 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Let the storm rage on ... the cold never bothered me anyway.)
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