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Am only on page 167 of Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand but for anybody interested in WWII this is a phenomenal account. Don't want to give it away but so far haven't been able to put the dook down....
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I got this book Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand electronically from the library. I was 17 of 17 on the waitlist when I first put a hold on it to read it. Been waiting for months to get it. It was a...
My latest read or book is one written by Fareed Zakaria. Love his writing and his TV show GPS. Fareed is from India, is politically brilliant and is able to explain complex political/social/economic...
I've had a Kindle for a while now and suddenly realized I haven't read a 'real' book for quite some time. Have to say I absolutely adore and love my ebook. It is a new invention that I just love. I...
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You can also dowload the Kindle software (for free) to your PC or laptop and get the same service as you would with a Kindle, obviously this is not the same as reading on the actual device.
Just finished reading this book about an Iranian turned Canadian journalist who was in Iran to cover the last election. He ended up in Evian (nooooo that is the bottled water) Evin Prison, was...
I'm reading Then They Came for Me by Maziar Bahari. Anybody else read this one?
I'm partial to biographies and am finding this one a good one.......
Don't want to give anything away but if you...
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I have not read the book myself, but I am familiar with the words which I have always found to be very moving and very true.
They were first spoken by Martin Niemoller, a conservative German...
Heres something a bit different, tonight I sat and watched the movie Australia, starring Hugh Jackman and Nichole Kideman. It was your typical Aussie movie about droving cattle through the outback,...
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OMG!!! H!!! At first I thought the Man from Snowy River was that cowboy movie about the 2 gay cowboys. :P :lol: :P THAT is what I thought WI was objecting too!!!!!!! :P :P :)
Add on your own lines to keep the poem going......
In days of old
When men were bold
And women listened to the stories told............
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The RUDENESS of prattle , will lead to more battle , JOJO I am gonna hurt you
:P :P I didn't decide until the last minute the identity of the 'Phantom Farter' but your name just tripped off the...
Must have been that this past winter has been one of the crummiest, coldest, wetest on record that has led me to pick up one book after another.....Reading voraciously lately. Used to do this as a...
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I concur with Christine. Going to be hard to know what is happening in the entire area for a while.....Hopefully things will start to settle so you can get a feel for where you might want to holiday...
I just started reading Rage Against the Veil: The Courageous Life and Death of an Islamic Dissident. Haven't been able to put it down. Forced myself to bed last night at 11pm otherwise I'd of been...
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Maybe this change will happen in the not too distant future ? With all that is happening in the Muslim world these days the religion will have no choice but to bow to the needs of it's people and...
I'm reading Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda by Romeo Dallaire. Excellent reading with interesting observations of the UN. Haven't been able to put it down since I...
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I finished the book and have to say it was really good. Same author, Dallaire has another book due out May 10th (On Kindle) titled: They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children: The Global Quest...
Am now reading Egypt on the Brink . Am about half way through. Interesting observations about Nassar and his leadership of Egypt. Anybody else read this one?
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What went wrong?
An interesting read on this very question...
Whatever Happened to the Egyptians? Changes in Egyptian Society from 1950 to the Present by Galal Amin. The American University in...
I just started reading, In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom Paperback (Sept. 1, 2008) by Qanta Ahmed.
I've finished the first half dozen chapters or so and...
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Not yet LLL, but I recently saw a story on her on BBC News: her anger at how sadly her life has not changed since returning home from her public exposure in the Western world media.
Just finished reading The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo , The Girl Who Played with Fire and am 33% (as per my Kindle) through the last of the 3, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Steig Larson....
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The Steig Larson books were GREAT! I've read all 3 and thoroughly enjoyed all of them.
As the Christmas holiday is now over and most of us will be looking forward to the new year, I thought that I would give you one last reminder of what the UK Winter has been like this year. My little...
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I agree with you totally about animals doing things to please their owner, but often they do it just for the hell of it. Think about horses rolling on their backs in a field or Dolphins leaping out...
I'm needing some inspiration in finding really good novels. My taste in reading is pretty expansive. I love fiction that has a reality base and I like really almost text book type books...
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Girlfriend in the office today told me that she has been reading books by and author whose last name is Barbara Kingsolver. She raved that this author is really good.
Every day is Christmas
When you have the kind of mind,
That stores up all the goodness
And the sweetness it can find.
When you don't need an occasion,
To spread a bit of...
This book was set as the book of the month for my reading group and is not one I would have chosen for myself. It was only when reading it that I realised how...
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