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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2014

Post by Sean Hayden » Tue Feb 25, 2014 7:45 pm

1) Head First Java
2) Ethics: a contemporary introduction
3) Tortilla Flat
4) Head First Design Patterns

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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2014

Post by Bella Fortuna » Sat Mar 01, 2014 2:56 am

1. Come Home, Charlie, and Face Them - RF Delderfield
2. The Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships & Other Adventures - Easton & Hardy
3. God Bless America - Karen Stollznow
4. The World Without Us - Alan Weisman
5. The Telling Room: A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge, and the World's Greatest Piece of Cheese - Michael Paterniti
6. To Hull and Back - Tom Chesshyre
7. Call the Midwife - Jennifer Worth
8. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking - Susan Cain
9. On the Beach - Nevil Shute
10. Call the Midwife: Shadows of the Workhouse - Jennifer Worth
11. Call the Midwife: Farewell to the East End - Jennifer Worth
12. Empty Mansions:The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune - Dedman & Newell
13. The Woman Upstairs - Claire Messud
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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2014

Post by Clinton Huxley » Sat Mar 01, 2014 1:11 pm

1) The Byzantine Wars by John Haldon
2) The Simpsons And Their Mathematical Secrets by Simon Singh
3) Catastrophe by Max Hastings
4) Third Man In Havana by Tom Rodwell
5) The Ocean At The End Of The Lane by Neil Gaiman.
6) The British: A Genetic Journey by Alistair Moffat
7) In The Blink Of An Eye by Andrew Parker
8) Ring Of Bright Water by Gavin Maxwell
9) The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham
10) The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
11) Filthy English:The How, Why, When and What of Everyday Swearing by Peter Silverton
12) Snuff by Terry Pratchett
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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2014

Post by Clinton Huxley » Wed Mar 05, 2014 6:29 pm

1) The Byzantine Wars by John Haldon
2) The Simpsons And Their Mathematical Secrets by Simon Singh
3) Catastrophe by Max Hastings
4) Third Man In Havana by Tom Rodwell
5) The Ocean At The End Of The Lane by Neil Gaiman.
6) The British: A Genetic Journey by Alistair Moffat
7) In The Blink Of An Eye by Andrew Parker
8) Ring Of Bright Water by Gavin Maxwell
9) The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham
10) The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
11) Filthy English:The How, Why, When and What of Everyday Swearing by Peter Silverton
12) Snuff by Terry Pratchett
13) Bomber Command by Max Hastings
14) The Mind's Eye by Oliver Sacks
"I grow old … I grow old …
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled"

AND MERRY XMAS TO ONE AND All!

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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2014

Post by Clinton Huxley » Sat Mar 08, 2014 8:46 pm

1) The Byzantine Wars by John Haldon
2) The Simpsons And Their Mathematical Secrets by Simon Singh
3) Catastrophe by Max Hastings
4) Third Man In Havana by Tom Rodwell
5) The Ocean At The End Of The Lane by Neil Gaiman.
6) The British: A Genetic Journey by Alistair Moffat
7) In The Blink Of An Eye by Andrew Parker
8) Ring Of Bright Water by Gavin Maxwell
9) The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham
10) The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
11) Filthy English:The How, Why, When and What of Everyday Swearing by Peter Silverton
12) Snuff by Terry Pratchett
13) Bomber Command by Max Hastings
14) The Mind's Eye by Oliver Sacks
15) Interpreting Old Ironsides by various
16) The Vampyre by John Polidori
"I grow old … I grow old …
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled"

AND MERRY XMAS TO ONE AND All!

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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2014

Post by Jason » Sat Mar 08, 2014 11:57 pm

Făkünamę wrote:The Circle
The Colour of Magic
Armor - John Steakley (Thank you for recommending it Zilla)
Animal Farm
Brave New World

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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2014

Post by Sean Hayden » Mon Mar 10, 2014 2:00 am

1) Head First Java
2) Ethics: a contemporary introduction
3) Tortilla Flat
4) Head First Design Patterns
5) A Short History of Ethics
6) The Fifth Elephant

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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2014

Post by Bella Fortuna » Thu Mar 13, 2014 1:53 pm

1. Come Home, Charlie, and Face Them - RF Delderfield
2. The Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships & Other Adventures - Easton & Hardy
3. God Bless America - Karen Stollznow
4. The World Without Us - Alan Weisman
5. The Telling Room: A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge, and the World's Greatest Piece of Cheese - Michael Paterniti
6. To Hull and Back - Tom Chesshyre
7. Call the Midwife - Jennifer Worth
8. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking - Susan Cain
9. On the Beach - Nevil Shute
10. Call the Midwife: Shadows of the Workhouse - Jennifer Worth
11. Call the Midwife: Farewell to the East End - Jennifer Worth
12. Empty Mansions:The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune - Dedman & Newell
13. The Woman Upstairs - Claire Messud
14. The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion - Jonathan Haidt
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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2014

Post by Svartalf » Thu Mar 13, 2014 2:00 pm

1) White Ninja by Eric Lustbader
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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2014

Post by Clinton Huxley » Thu Mar 13, 2014 6:20 pm

Svartalf wrote:1) White Ninja by Eric Lustbader
Racist!

Read that years ago. Someone makes a parachute out of their trousers, as I recall.
"I grow old … I grow old …
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled"

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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2014

Post by Clinton Huxley » Sun Mar 16, 2014 10:07 pm

1) The Byzantine Wars by John Haldon
2) The Simpsons And Their Mathematical Secrets by Simon Singh
3) Catastrophe by Max Hastings
4) Third Man In Havana by Tom Rodwell
5) The Ocean At The End Of The Lane by Neil Gaiman.
6) The British: A Genetic Journey by Alistair Moffat
7) In The Blink Of An Eye by Andrew Parker
8) Ring Of Bright Water by Gavin Maxwell
9) The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham
10) The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
11) Filthy English:The How, Why, When and What of Everyday Swearing by Peter Silverton
12) Snuff by Terry Pratchett
13) Bomber Command by Max Hastings
14) The Mind's Eye by Oliver Sacks
15) Interpreting Old Ironsides by various
16) The Vampyre by John Polidori
17) Spectator In Hell by Colin Rushton
18) The Winter Ghosts by Kate Mosse
19) Rowing After The White Whale by James Adair
20) Gossip From The Forest by Sara Maitland
"I grow old … I grow old …
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled"

AND MERRY XMAS TO ONE AND All!

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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2014

Post by Svartalf » Sun Mar 16, 2014 10:13 pm

Clinton Huxley wrote:
Svartalf wrote:1) White Ninja by Eric Lustbader
Racist!

Read that years ago. Someone makes a parachute out of their trousers, as I recall.
Actually, that was The Miko, a much better volume
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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2014

Post by Clinton Huxley » Mon Mar 17, 2014 7:42 am

Svartalf wrote:
Clinton Huxley wrote:
Svartalf wrote:1) White Ninja by Eric Lustbader
Racist!

Read that years ago. Someone makes a parachute out of their trousers, as I recall.
Actually, that was The Miko, a much better volume
:tup:

I've got all those books somewhere. Entertaining.
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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2014

Post by Ayaan » Mon Mar 17, 2014 8:06 am

1. The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells
2. Stardust by Neil Gaiman
3. Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey
4. Armor by John Steakley
5. The TV Detective by Simon Hall
6. The 7th Victim by Alan Jacobson
7. Grimm’s Fairy Tales by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
8. The Man Who was Thursday by G. K. Chesterton
9. Art of War by Sun Tzu
10. At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft
11. I Bring the Fire by C. Cockel
12. The Troubled Man by Henning Mankell
13. The Crime of Julian Well by Thomas H. Cook
14. The Origin of Species (6th London Edition) by Charles Darwin
15. Moving the Mountain by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
16. The Prince (trans. W. K. Marriott) by Nicolo Machiavelli
17. Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
18. The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine
19. The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
20. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
21. Initials Only by Anna Katharine Green
22. The Leavenworth Case by Anna Katharine Green
23. Standing in Another Man’s Grave by Ian Rankin
24. The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
25. The Thing from the Lake by Eleanor M. Ingram
26. The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow by Anna Katharine Green
27. Cat Fear No Evil (Joe Grey Series #9) by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
28. Murder at Bridge by Ann Austin
29. Ghost in the Machine by Ed James
30. The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
31. The Fur Country by Jules Verne
32. Leave No Stone Unturned (Lexie Starr Series #1) by Jeanne Glidewell
33. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
34. The Coming Race by Edward Bulwer, Lord Lytton
35. Head to Head by Linda Ladd
36. Life in a Thousand Worlds by William Shuler Harris
37. An Antarctic Mystery or The Sphinx of the Ice Fields by Jules Verne
38. Random by Craig Robertson
39. Unwanted by Kristina Ohlsson
40. The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
41. The Ghosts of Belfast by Stuart Neville
42. The Marble Faun by Nathaniel Hawthorne
43. Operation: Outer Space by Murray Leinster
44. After Midnight by Richard Laymon
45. That Affair Next Door by Anna Katharine Green
46. Concerning Cats by Helen M. Winslow
47. The Dragon of Wantley by Owen Wister
48. Its Like This, Cat by Emily Neville
49. Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling
50. Ringworld by Larry Niven
51. Billy Boyle by James R. Benn
52. Napoleon's Pyramids (Ethan Gage Series#1) by William Dietrich
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Re: 50 Book Challenge 2014

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