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1 posted on
04/21/2018 8:59:03 AM PDT by
Kalamata
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To: Kalamata
37 posted on
04/21/2018 9:53:35 AM PDT by
EEGator
To: Kalamata
Time to read some more Nero Wolfe
Wolfe says: .. You can depend. on a woman for anything except constancy.'' And: .. When they stick to the vocations for which they are best adapted, such as chicanery, sophistry, self-advertisement, cajolery, mystification, and incubation, they are sometimes superb creatures."
If you need some tough guy antics, too, Archie Goodwin, Fred Durkin and even Lt. Cramer can provide those.
38 posted on
04/21/2018 10:02:32 AM PDT by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: Kalamata
I remember reading one or two teen books in my youth, but then I discovered the adult Library and great books!
One of the first was Captain Blood by Raffiel Sabatini, read all three of them, then Beat to Quarters trilogy, the Beau Geste trilogy, Manila Galleon, The Saracen Blade. Flew many an imaginary mission over Germany, and dug for lost treasure in Apache Gold and Yaqui Silver and Coronado’s Children in my readings.
Then Si-fi books. Dracula, H.P. Lovecraft, Issac Asimov, Ray Bradbury and many others. In my life I have read hundreds of great books.
When the librarian tried to get me a “juvenile library card” I demanded and got an Adult card. I was 14 years old and did not like “teen” books.
Strange, I did not care for Westerns for some reason, and I absolutely HATED the English literature books forced on us in school. Loved Homer and Herodotus.
In movies I have the same tastes but love the old Westerns. just saw The Big Trail with John Wayne a few nights ago.
To: Kalamata
The chickification of the American male continues.
41 posted on
04/21/2018 10:06:54 AM PDT by
clintonh8r
(Truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth.)
To: Kalamata
If they want someone who checked his privilege, they should check out
This Guy
To: Kalamata
Buy all the older detective stories you can!!
To: Kalamata
Self-Publish on the Internet, and bypass the publishers.
Wider audience.
We don’t NEED them anymore.
52 posted on
04/21/2018 11:16:05 AM PDT by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
To: Kalamata
That’s fine, I can purchase real literature off of ebay at less than $5 shipped. I have yet to read P.C. Wren, Rafael Sabatini, Walter Scott, etc. I think i’ll survive modern publishing trends.
If you do want something current, check out the offerings from http://www.castaliahouse.com/downloads/category/all/
54 posted on
04/21/2018 11:25:53 AM PDT by
yuleeyahoo
(Those are my principles, and if you do not like them...well I have others. - Groucho Marx)
To: Kalamata
What then? Fairy-faced girly boys?
56 posted on
04/21/2018 11:36:54 AM PDT by
I want the USA back
(Leftism is an elaborate system for hiding shame behind a cheap mash of virtue. -Klavan.)
To: Kalamata
“You white guys, stop being so great! We want to live in the civilization you built but we feel inadequate and want you to change!”
58 posted on
04/21/2018 11:58:15 AM PDT by
Vision
(Obama corrupted, sought to weaken and fundamentally change America; he didn't plan on being stopped)
To: Kalamata
59 posted on
04/21/2018 12:00:16 PM PDT by
ethom
To: Kalamata
These ball-less men have been around a while. They’re the main reason I can’t watchange many new productions. Turned on ‘American Gothic’ on Prime to see if I’d like it. Never saw so may stupid pussies in one place. There are a few males in the production but no Men.
64 posted on
04/21/2018 12:06:35 PM PDT by
TalBlack
(It's hard to shoot people when they are shooting back at you...)
To: Kalamata
Usain Bolt does not qualify. The Jamaican sprinter paused the interview by NBC when the Star Spangled Banner was playing. He’s not American, but has more respect for our own national anthem than many who were born here.
76 posted on
04/21/2018 12:41:45 PM PDT by
Fred Hayek
(The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
To: Kalamata
No one ever went broke feeding women’s vanity.
86 posted on
04/23/2018 3:11:08 PM PDT by
papertyger
(Bulverism: it's not just for liberals anymore.)
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