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jreddoch Offline
#1 Posted: Sun, Dec 8 2002, 12:25 PM EST
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I just started A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD. I'm trying to fill the gaps in my knowledge of history.
Tobasco Offline
#2 Posted: Sun, Dec 8 2002, 1:00 PM EST
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To be honest I rarely will read a book. I read very many magazine articles.
I guess I have a short attention span when it comes to reading.
I read: Cigar Aficianado, Mens Health,Sports Illustrated,The San Jose Mercury News & Best of all the interesting posts on this website!!

Mag
tarheel4lyf Offline
#3 Posted: Sun, Dec 8 2002, 1:11 PM EST
Joined: 09-23-2002
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Men's Health, Muscle & Fitness, Truckin' magazine. Like Mag, I also have a short attention span. What were we talking about, again?
BMW Offline
#4 Posted: Sun, Dec 8 2002, 2:28 PM EST
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jreddoch,

Mel Brooks "History of the World" will fill in the gaps.

Barry
Charlie Offline
#5 Posted: Sun, Dec 8 2002, 2:44 PM EST
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Just finished Dean Koonce, "The Door to December"!

Charlie
eleltea Offline
#6 Posted: Sun, Dec 8 2002, 3:02 PM EST
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Just finished "Kitchen Confidential" by Anthony Bourdain. This guy can write. Just before that, "A Cook's Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal" by the same outlaw-chef-turned-author. Both highly recommended if you are a foodie or wannabe chef.
eleltea Offline
#7 Posted: Sun, Dec 8 2002, 3:03 PM EST
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or just like great writing.
jreddoch Offline
#8 Posted: Sun, Dec 8 2002, 3:24 PM EST
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Barry,

I have tried that source. I think it created more gaps than it filled. It's good to be the king.

JR
penzt8 Offline
#9 Posted: Sun, Dec 8 2002, 7:02 PM EST
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Maxim, Stuff, FHM
rayder1 Offline
#10 Posted: Sun, Dec 8 2002, 7:18 PM EST
Joined: 06-02-2002
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I read this forum.
Tom Clancy
James Bond novels
assorted newspapers
CA mag
Popular Science
National Geographic

My wife reads about 2 novels a week. Sometimes 2-3 simultaneously. I've been on the same Tom Clancy book for 3 months.
SteveS Offline
#11 Posted: Mon, Dec 9 2002, 1:03 AM EST
Joined: 01-13-2002
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I've been a reader all my life ... but nothing special at the moment ... Rayder1, which of Clancy's novels are you taking 3 months with ?? I found them engrossing enough to be impossible to put down and read each in a fairly short time ... I will admit though, that the 1.5 hours I spend on the commute train each day is sure a golden opportunity to read and might have an advantage over you in that regard.
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#12 Posted: Mon, Dec 9 2002, 3:33 AM EST
Joined: 10-01-2000
Posts: 33,248
anything by
robert parker
evan hunter
ed mcbain just found "killer's payoff"
stuart kominski (except the toby peters series)
jim marrs
jreddoch Offline
#13 Posted: Mon, Dec 9 2002, 4:03 AM EST
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Rick, what about The Protocols Of The Elders Of Zion? ;)
gerber Offline
#14 Posted: Mon, Dec 9 2002, 7:46 AM EST
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Recently finished PHINEAS REDUX by Anthony Trollope, which is a great look into English politics during the Victorian era. I'm now beginning THE SILVER THORN by Hugh Walpole, my favorite author. This is a sequel to his novel THE DARK FOREST, and both take place in Russia during its war with Austria during the mid 1910s. Hugh Walpole is a wonderful author whose works, sadly, are for the most part not in print anymore. I recommend anything you can find--there's a lot of his novels available cheap on eBay. If you can find a copy of FORTITUDE, buy it! One of my favorite novels of all time. Most of Walpole's writings are set in historic England.
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#15 Posted: Mon, Dec 9 2002, 5:08 PM EST
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I mentioned it once before in an unrelated psot, so I'll use this opportunity to mention it again. If you haven't done so yet, YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK:

"A People's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn.

We get some spirited and well informed social and political debate on these boards, and I think you would find this book very interesting, informative, and eye-opening.

If anyone has already read it, I'd love to hear your thoughts on it...
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#16 Posted: Mon, Dec 9 2002, 7:08 PM EST
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jreddoch

heard about it, never read it.
jreddoch Offline
#17 Posted: Tue, Dec 10 2002, 2:54 AM EST
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Rick, I thought you were the author!
jreddoch Offline
#18 Posted: Tue, Dec 10 2002, 10:24 AM EST
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Jeffersonn, I tried reading the Zinn book a few years back. I gave up in depression. I'm all for setting the record straight and getting rid of historical myths, but this book seemed like more of an Anti-American diatribe. Maybe I'll try it again.
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