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Re: What are you reading now?

Post by maiforpeace » Tue Jul 27, 2010 3:22 pm

Frank Talk II by Frank Devlyn. :hehe:
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Post by Animavore » Tue Jul 27, 2010 5:22 pm

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A book of advice for living the good life.
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Post by Animavore » Tue Jul 27, 2010 5:27 pm

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And also this. Sociologist becomes a gang leader for the day.
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Re: What are you reading now?

Post by charlou » Wed Jul 28, 2010 2:39 am

Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha .. found in a sh bookshop in Hahndorf
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Re: What are you reading now?

Post by JimC » Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:18 am

Charlou wrote:Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha .. found in a sh bookshop in Hahndorf
That brings back memories - read that ages ago, along with "The glass bead game"...

Great author, and even if the books have aspects of woo, it is subtle, understated and a very humanistic form of woo...
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Post by Faithfree » Sun Aug 08, 2010 3:11 pm

Nomad by Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

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Post by Robert_S » Sun Aug 08, 2010 4:15 pm

JimC wrote:
Charlou wrote:Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha .. found in a sh bookshop in Hahndorf
That brings back memories - read that ages ago, along with "The glass bead game"...

Great author, and even if the books have aspects of woo, it is subtle, understated and a very humanistic form of woo...
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Re: What are you reading now?

Post by Jay G » Wed Aug 11, 2010 7:16 pm

Lyrical and Critical Essays by Albert Camus
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Re: What are you reading now?

Post by Pappa » Tue Aug 17, 2010 7:46 am

J. B. S. Haldane - Science and Everyday Life (Price Five Shillings)
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Re: What are you reading now?

Post by tattuchu » Tue Aug 17, 2010 1:48 pm

Pappa wrote:J. B. S. Haldane - Science and Everyday Life (Price Five Shillings) Percy Gets Probed by the great American author tattuchu
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Re: What are you reading now?

Post by Pappa » Tue Aug 17, 2010 1:53 pm

tattuchu wrote:
Pappa wrote:J. B. S. Haldane - Science and Everyday Life (Price Five Shillings) Percy Gets Probed by the great American author tattuchu
:fix:

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:fp: I will get off my arse and read it. :oops: :oops: :oops:
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Re: What are you reading now?

Post by Ronja » Fri Aug 20, 2010 7:14 pm

leo-rcc wrote:
ebeth wrote:right now i'm re-reading Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and wishing i could carry wikipedia around in my pocket.

...i totally just realized people can do that. except i don't have the money for a phone with internet or an ipod touch or anything.

but still

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Re: What are you reading now?

Post by klr » Mon Sep 06, 2010 8:09 pm

Just finished it in double-quick time, 'cos it was so good:

http://www.amazon.com/Empires-Sea-Battl ... 0812977645

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