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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #375 on: February 11, 2013, 11:09:56 AM »
I'm "over the hump" with Pendulum. Man, Dan Brown, what a hack.

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #376 on: February 11, 2013, 12:09:39 PM »
Reading Liars Poker by Michael Lewis. Really interesting look into Wall Street/London City spun into an entertaining story.

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« Reply #377 on: February 11, 2013, 12:17:52 PM »
Just started Pendulum.  The first chapter was probably the nerdiest I have ever read outside of a text book.

No hate, just an observation regarding his love affair with points that have no dimension or size and cannot move.

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« Reply #378 on: February 11, 2013, 12:53:22 PM »
Just started Pendulum.  The first chapter was probably the nerdiest I have ever read outside of a text book.

No hate, just an observation regarding his love affair with points that have no dimension or size and cannot move.

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #379 on: February 27, 2013, 06:30:28 PM »
going for this for non-fiction:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Information-History-Theory-Flood/dp/1400096235/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1362011384&sr=8-1&keywords=the+information

And I need something for my next fiction. Maybe I'll try Hemingway again.

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #380 on: February 27, 2013, 06:38:08 PM »
Did some un-thinkable and AMAZING things during his life.

http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Thunder-Carson-Conquest-American/dp/1400031109


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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #381 on: February 27, 2013, 06:42:08 PM »
Did some un-thinkable and AMAZING things during his life.

http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Thunder-Carson-Conquest-American/dp/1400031109

Didn't I already post this one?  Good read for sure.  On the drive to Phoenix I told the entire RV the story of Kit Carson.  Showed them Mt Taylor on the drive by, etc.

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« Reply #382 on: February 27, 2013, 06:44:26 PM »
Did some un-thinkable and AMAZING things during his life.

http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Thunder-Carson-Conquest-American/dp/1400031109

looks awesome. Fun fact: one of my first reports ever was written about Kit Carson. I think I chose him because I thought his name was cool.

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« Reply #383 on: February 27, 2013, 08:24:20 PM »
"a heartbreaking work of staggering genius"

Got it as a Christmas present in '06 by a girlfriend. Loved the crap out of it.

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #384 on: March 07, 2013, 02:41:29 PM »
The Sotweed Factor (very funny book) by John Barth (I have read almost all of his stuff an like it, but this is his best)

started reading this. It is very funny. I think I will enjoy it.

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« Reply #385 on: March 07, 2013, 02:45:45 PM »
I just got done with the Steve Jobs biography. Very well written and a pretty easy read. I like reading biographies though, so that just might be me
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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #386 on: March 07, 2013, 04:39:24 PM »
Almost done with The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate.

Really good book if you are into history and geopolitics.

Also started Superfusion: How China and America Became One Economy and Why the World's Prosperity Depends on It.

Was written by a hedge fund manager who ran a China-US growth fund.

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #387 on: March 07, 2013, 04:54:47 PM »
Almost done with The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate.

Really good book if you are into history and geopolitics.

Also started Superfusion: How China and America Became One Economy and Why the World's Prosperity Depends on It.

Was written by a hedge fund manager who ran a China-US growth fund.

I bet you've either already read The Prize (Yergin) or would really enjoy it.

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #388 on: March 07, 2013, 05:03:14 PM »
If anyone is into existential philosophy, I just finished History of the Concept of Time by Martin Heidegger.  This book blew my mind regarding my very perception of time and even had me questioning the nature of infinite time based on my linear existence.  It's a pretty dense book, but rewarding!
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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #389 on: March 11, 2013, 11:01:27 AM »
If anyone is into existential philosophy, I just finished History of the Concept of Time by Martin Heidegger.  This book blew my mind regarding my very perception of time and even had me questioning the nature of infinite time based on my linear existence.  It's a pretty dense book, but rewarding!

Yep. "Being and Nothingness" by Satre is one of my faves.

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« Reply #390 on: March 11, 2013, 11:36:34 AM »
If anyone is into existential philosophy, I just finished History of the Concept of Time by Martin Heidegger.  This book blew my mind regarding my very perception of time and even had me questioning the nature of infinite time based on my linear existence.  It's a pretty dense book, but rewarding!

Yep. "Being and Nothingness" by Satre is one of my faves.

could one read these before you go to bed, or will it put you right to sleep?

also, really enjoying sot-weed. Ebenezer seems like such a great listener.

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« Reply #391 on: March 11, 2013, 12:08:37 PM »
If anyone is into existential philosophy, I just finished History of the Concept of Time by Martin Heidegger.  This book blew my mind regarding my very perception of time and even had me questioning the nature of infinite time based on my linear existence.  It's a pretty dense book, but rewarding!

Yep. "Being and Nothingness" by Satre is one of my faves.

could one read these before you go to bed, or will it put you right to sleep?

also, really enjoying sot-weed. Ebenezer seems like such a great listener.

There are several essays and lectures that are shorter and not as in depth that I find good reads before bed. With existentialists I find myself having to re-read several paragraphs in order to make sure I understand fully what they are getting at, so with the longer novels I tend to stay away from reading just before bed. You also run the risk of drastically changing your understanding of the world, which could keep you up for hours on end in contemplation.

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« Reply #392 on: March 11, 2013, 12:13:14 PM »
You also run the risk of drastically changing your understanding of the world, which could keep you up for hours on end in contemplation.

I don't know. I'm usually pretty sleepy at bedtime. but yeah, the rereading thing.

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #393 on: March 11, 2013, 12:52:27 PM »
Almost done with The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate.

Really good book if you are into history and geopolitics.

Also started Superfusion: How China and America Became One Economy and Why the World's Prosperity Depends on It.

Was written by a hedge fund manager who ran a China-US growth fund.

I bet you've either already read The Prize (Yergin) or would really enjoy it.

Have not read it, just ordered it off amazon.

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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #394 on: March 11, 2013, 01:03:26 PM »
Almost done with The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate.

Really good book if you are into history and geopolitics.

Also started Superfusion: How China and America Became One Economy and Why the World's Prosperity Depends on It.

Was written by a hedge fund manager who ran a China-US growth fund.

I bet you've either already read The Prize (Yergin) or would really enjoy it.

Have not read it, just ordered it off amazon.

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« Reply #395 on: March 11, 2013, 01:24:25 PM »
Finished this a while ago The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy

Very "Academic" book but there are some crazy stories in there about the USSR's Bio/Chemical/Nuclear weapon programs, some good ones off the top of my head....

We signed some treaty in the 70's banning development of chem/bio weapons. The Soviets just ignored it because they figured we were ignoring it too. We weren't  :frown:

This incident, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sverdlovsk_anthrax_leak ...Bunch of Anthrax gets out of their production facility and kills over 100 people. Soviets blame it on "tainted meat".

High level soviet scientists got paid crap, especially right after the USSR fell.

The USSR used to just ship bio/chem/nuclear weapons in "Armoured Train cars" which were basically just standard train cars with some Steel bolted on the side.


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Re: book recommendations
« Reply #396 on: March 12, 2013, 08:04:11 AM »
I just listened to the World War Z audiobook. It was pretty good with a full cast of voices. But it seems like it is going to take a lot of adaptation to make it into a movie with a comprehensive storyline.

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« Reply #397 on: March 12, 2013, 09:16:52 AM »
I just listened to the World War Z audiobook. It was pretty good with a full cast of voices. But it seems like it is going to take a lot of adaptation to make it into a movie with a comprehensive storyline.

Loved the book but I just know they will butcher the movie. IIRC it has been in "Development" for like 2 years now....FIGURE IT OUT BRAD PITT  :shakesfist:

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« Reply #398 on: March 12, 2013, 09:21:19 AM »
You guys I'm about 80 pages into my 2nd attempt at A Tale of Two Cities. SO good. The first time I tried to read it I was 14 or 15. Too young I guess, because it's great.  :D

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« Reply #399 on: March 12, 2013, 09:34:19 AM »
Got Empire of the summer moon, great look at Native American history and culture.  INcredibly easy read as well.

I've yet to read an indian book where the particular indian tribe wasn't the baddest of them all.  I've seen it said now about the Sioux, the Cherokee, the Apache, and now the Comanche.  WHO DO I BELIEVE?! :runaway:

they are out there but tend to be academic and very dry.  EOTSM was written by a journalist and reads like it.

there is some truth to the notion that the sioux, apache(geronimo and cochise's bands etc) were in fact the baddest of their time and region.