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Post by Darin on Nov 2, 2023 17:23:32 GMT -5
Re-reading a bunch of Bertrand Russell essays. Pipe worthy material! Good stuff! |
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Post by Ronv69 on Nov 3, 2023 17:02:57 GMT -5
Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais. Old stories that no one expects. Pretty funny in small doses.
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Post by toshtego on Nov 4, 2023 10:54:02 GMT -5
Re-reading a bunch of Bertrand Russell essays. Pipe worthy material! Good stuff! Indeed. He is a wonderful writer. I had a copy of his History of Philosophy which someone took.... I must order another copy. Thanks for the reminder. |
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Post by toshtego on Nov 4, 2023 10:56:09 GMT -5
"Confessions of a Yakuza" by Junichi Saga Since you mentioned Yakuza, there is a very good movie with that title made in the 1970s with Robert Mitchum and Ken Tanaka. Worth watching. Filmed in Japan, of course. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Nov 4, 2023 18:46:17 GMT -5
"Confessions of a Yakuza" by Junichi Saga Since you mentioned Yakuza, there is a very good movie with that title made in the 1970s with Robert Mitchum and Ken Tanaka. Worth watching. Filmed in Japan, of course. Tanaka is always good for a watch. Ditto Mitchum. |
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Post by toshtego on Nov 16, 2023 15:35:14 GMT -5
Reading C.S. Forester's "Brown on Resolution". Made into two movies. One with Jeffery Hunter as Brown which I enjoyed. The earlier version, 1935, with John Mills, I am looking forward to seeing if I can find it. Great tale.
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Post by don on Nov 16, 2023 17:41:56 GMT -5
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Post by tree16 on Nov 17, 2023 10:40:53 GMT -5
Just finished All Quiet on the Western Front - our local school district has been doing book sales twice a year and I always keep an eye out for any classics. They're basically giving them away at this point - I paid $5 for a legal document box filled to the brim.
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Post by exbenedict on Nov 19, 2023 17:33:09 GMT -5
Weapons of Mass Delusion
Robert Draper
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Post by mgtarheel on Nov 25, 2023 16:50:56 GMT -5
"The Last Yakuza" by Jake Adelstein
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Post by Ronv69 on Nov 25, 2023 19:20:01 GMT -5
Lost Horizon by James Hilton.
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Post by Ronv69 on Nov 25, 2023 19:27:32 GMT -5
Liberal Misery: How the Hateful Left Sucks Joy Out of Everything and Everyone
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Post by exbenedict on Nov 25, 2023 22:16:46 GMT -5
Reading Southern Poverty between the Wars, 1918–1939
Godden,Crawford
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Post by urbino on Nov 28, 2023 21:57:22 GMT -5
Finished reading Salem's Lot, the first Stephen King I've read, I think. Starting Tuchman's The Distant Mirror.
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Post by exbenedict on Dec 5, 2023 19:05:33 GMT -5
Preparing For War
Bradley Onishi
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Post by toshtego on Dec 6, 2023 10:08:57 GMT -5
Liberal Misery: How the Hateful Left Sucks Joy Out of Everything and Everyone Sounds depressing. |
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Post by toshtego on Dec 6, 2023 10:09:54 GMT -5
Lost Horizon by James Hilton. I read that twice over the decades. Good story, well written. |
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Post by toshtego on Dec 6, 2023 10:11:51 GMT -5
Our Marines had a tough slog. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 6, 2023 13:56:47 GMT -5
Liberal Misery: How the Hateful Left Sucks Joy Out of Everything and Everyone Sounds depressing. Yeah, I just skimmed a summary. That was in response to a certain person who also posts stuff that he probably doesn't read either. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 6, 2023 13:58:31 GMT -5
Just finished The Golden Ocean by Patrick O'Brian. Good story well told.
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Post by tree16 on Dec 8, 2023 22:18:16 GMT -5
Since Spotify has started audio books, I have been listening to Master and Commander with a very good narrator - Patrick Tull
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Post by mgtarheel on Dec 10, 2023 17:34:57 GMT -5
"Musashi" by Eiji Yoshikawa
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Post by bangzoom on Dec 19, 2023 21:18:53 GMT -5
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Out of print and interesting...(author is controversial)
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Post by exbenedict on Dec 19, 2023 21:30:56 GMT -5
Yeah, I just skimmed a summary. That was in response to a certain person who also posts stuff that he probably doesn't read either.  |
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Post by exbenedict on Dec 19, 2023 21:32:25 GMT -5
The White House and The Freemasons
C. Ruli
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Post by bangzoom on Dec 21, 2023 9:34:24 GMT -5
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Post by exbenedict on Dec 26, 2023 19:19:42 GMT -5
Fighting Their Own Battles
B. Behnken
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Post by don on Dec 30, 2023 10:41:52 GMT -5
"Musashi" by Eiji Yoshikawa A great read. I thoroughly enjoyed that one. |
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Post by lizardonarock on Dec 30, 2023 20:52:40 GMT -5
The Dying Citizen , Victor Davis Hanson A hard look at the modern era in America.
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Post by Plainsman on Dec 30, 2023 21:21:43 GMT -5
Jim Harrison, RETURNING TO EARTH. Read in a single seating today. Harrison has that effect on me. He has a deceptively easy-going style that makes you want to see what he has to say next. At least it works that way on me.
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