What book are you reading at the moment?

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Re: What book are you reading at the moment?

Posted by: Guest on Aug 21, 2007 12:37am

Jared Diamond--Guns, Germs and Steel

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alex the droog

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Re: What book are you reading at the moment?

Posted by: alex the droog on Aug 21, 2007 12:39am

Pies And Prejudice. In Search Of The North-Stuart Maconie.

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The Lizard King

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Re: What book are you reading at the moment?

Posted by: The Lizard King on Aug 21, 2007 12:44am

Orson Scott Card-Enders Game

"Rashomon" - Ryunosuke Akutagawa (brushing up my japanese)

Stephen Hawking - A brief history of time (re-reading it for the maybe the twentieth time or so...awesome!)

oh yeah? well, let me ask you this: shut up!

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asahi

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Re: What book are you reading at the moment?

Posted by: asahi on Aug 21, 2007 12:54am

uglyduck wrote:

Jared Diamond--Guns, Germs and Steel

very good book

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asahi

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Re: What book are you reading at the moment?

Posted by: asahi on Aug 21, 2007 12:55am

the fabric of the cosmos - brian greene

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labizzara

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Re: What book are you reading at the moment?

Posted by: labizzara on Aug 21, 2007 3:34am

kiran desai - The Inheritance of Loss

Pardon my English

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YunRui

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Re: What book are you reading at the moment?

Posted by: YunRui on Aug 21, 2007 5:59am

Just finished Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. I highly recommend it. Will start Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky. Anyone read that lately?

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Hutong_Harry

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Re: What book are you reading at the moment?

Posted by: Hutong_Harry on Aug 21, 2007 7:59am

Reading Tibetan Healing at the moment along with Aspects of Classical Tibetan Medicine (Sikkim Research Institute, Gantok, Sikkim)

If you build a man a fire, he's warm for a day. If you set a man on fire, he's warm for the rest of his life.

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Re: What book are you reading at the moment?

Posted by: admin on Aug 21, 2007 8:01am

this thread:

What books/novels are you reading these days?

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coffeeandtea

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Re: What book are you reading at the moment?

Posted by: coffeeandtea on Aug 21, 2007 8:04am

"Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave"

really fascinating, a must for anyone interested in American history

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Glenderful

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Re: What book are you reading at the moment?

Posted by: Glenderful on Aug 21, 2007 9:02am

"China Road: A Journey Into the Future of a Rising Power" by Rob Gifford.

A truly wonderful book! The author travels along Route 312 which is a road that goes all across China (Shanghai to Xinjiang). I really like the ancient and recent history that's included. Helps me understand China better!!

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superchica

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Re: What book are you reading at the moment?

Posted by: superchica on Aug 21, 2007 9:11am

Sunday finished "Sultana" and yesterday I started:

La Bruja de Portobello by Paulo Coelho

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bikechick

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Re: What book are you reading at the moment?

Posted by: bikechick on Aug 21, 2007 8:34pm

I'm finishing up Ian Rankin's "The Naming of the Dead" and will soon start on Thomas Friedman's "The World is Flat".

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Re: What book are you reading at the moment?

Posted by: Guest on Aug 21, 2007 11:05pm

bikechick wrote:

I'm finishing up Ian Rankin's "The Naming of the Dead" and will soon start on Thomas Friedman's "The World is Flat".

After that, try Thomas Friedman's "Lexus and Olive Tree"

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UTknoxvegas

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Re: What book are you reading at the moment?

Posted by: UTknoxvegas on Aug 22, 2007 10:01pm

Peter Hessler's Oracle Bones. Great read.

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Herbz

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Re: What book are you reading at the moment?

Posted by: Herbz on Aug 22, 2007 10:50pm

Philip K. d*** "The Man in the High Castle". I rate Bladerunner, so "Do androids dream of electric sheep?" might be next.

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chinarye

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Re: What book are you reading at the moment?

Posted by: chinarye on Aug 22, 2007 11:41pm

I'm currently reading Ghostwritten by David Mitchell. It takes a bit to get into, but once the pieces start falling together, you can't put it down. Going to read The Road by Cormac McCarthy next. It is supposed to be one of the best books of the year.

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Jimmyjangles

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Re: What book are you reading at the moment?

Posted by: Jimmyjangles on Aug 23, 2007 12:32am

I'm re-reading Herzog by Saul Bellow...a writer in his prime almost up there with Marquez...

All great civilizations have been based on loitering. -Jean Renoir

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UTknoxvegas

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Re: What book are you reading at the moment?

Posted by: UTknoxvegas on Aug 23, 2007 12:53pm

Quote:

I'm currently reading Ghostwritten by David Mitchell. It takes a bit to get into, but once the pieces start falling together, you can't put it down. Going to read The Road by Cormac McCarthy next. It is supposed to be one of the best books of the year.

I flipped through that in a bookstore. Looks really good -- though very dark.

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Hutong_Harry

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Re: What book are you reading at the moment?

Posted by: Hutong_Harry on Aug 23, 2007 10:14pm

UTknoxvegas wrote:

Quote:

I'm currently reading Ghostwritten by David Mitchell. It takes a bit to get into, but once the pieces start falling together, you can't put it down. Going to read The Road by Cormac McCarthy next. It is supposed to be one of the best books of the year.

I flipped through that in a bookstore. Looks really good -- though very dark.

Ask them to turn the lights on then.

8-)

If you build a man a fire, he's warm for a day. If you set a man on fire, he's warm for the rest of his life.

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liveandlearn

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Re: What book are you reading at the moment?

Posted by: liveandlearn on Aug 23, 2007 10:19pm

Hutong_Harry wrote:

UTknoxvegas wrote:

Quote:

I'm currently reading Ghostwritten by David Mitchell. It takes a bit to get into, but once the pieces start falling together, you can't put it down. Going to read The Road by Cormac McCarthy next. It is supposed to be one of the best books of the year.

I flipped through that in a bookstore. Looks really good -- though very dark.

Ask them to turn the lights on then.

8-)

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babochina

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Re: What book are you reading at the moment?

Posted by: babochina on Aug 23, 2007 11:24pm

just finished "the murder room"
by the same pd james

i am now in "the lincoln lawyer" by michael connelly

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spettro9

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Re: What book are you reading at the moment?

Posted by: spettro9 on Aug 23, 2007 11:25pm

1. Mapping Human History: Genes, Race, and Our Common Origins, by Steve Olson ..... also read some others like this, by Spencer Wells, Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, etc...

I want to read the Guns, Germs, and Steel book, i think it will have a lot of the same things to say...

2. Starcraft: Speed of Darkness (novel #3), Tracy Hickman... been reading this one for like a year, I think i only read it on the plane

3. Our Musical Heritage, by Curt Sachs,.... old-school book on musical theory/history

What China really needs:
- Bill Nye, "the Science Guy", to come teach them basic Science.
- Jared Diamond, Dan Brown, and Spencer Wells to teach them about world/human history.
- MLK and Gandhi and Einstein to teach them about what being human means.