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Post by rastewart on May 4, 2022 11:49:29 GMT -5
Reading The Dawn of Everything. A New History of Humanity by Graeber and Wengrow. A fascinating take on history that's entirely different from that generally written. Looks at neolithic peoples and later as being far more intelligent than we give them credit for. |
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Post by Plainsman on May 4, 2022 11:52:53 GMT -5
We always seem to be discovering planet-sharers that are “smarter than we thought”— like dogs. It’s all part of the dismantling of the apexian fixation.
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Post by misfittoy78 on May 4, 2022 14:21:17 GMT -5
Industrial Society and It's Future. And no, before anyone even asks. It is just an incredible read, like 1984, but shorter.
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Post by misfittoy78 on May 4, 2022 14:27:37 GMT -5
Nonfiction: Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks ( The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat). Sketches of different neurological cases involving--you guessed it--hallucinations. Fascinating. I don't think Grateful Dead concerts will be discussed. Emily I am also ("audiobook") reading Food for the Gods by Stamets which I have a feeling you may like. I am a clumsy amateur myco guy so Stamets is kind of a hero of mine and more so the more I read. |
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Post by oldcajun123 on May 4, 2022 14:47:11 GMT -5
 The Death and Life of Bobbie Z by Don Winslow!
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Post by Zach on May 4, 2022 16:44:50 GMT -5
Nonfiction: Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks ( The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat). Sketches of different neurological cases involving--you guessed it--hallucinations. Fascinating. I don't think Grateful Dead concerts will be discussed. Emily I am also ("audiobook") reading Food for the Gods by Stamets which I have a feeling you may like. I am a clumsy amateur myco guy so Stamets is kind of a hero of mine and more so the more I read. Paul Stamets is phenomenal. We need many more men like him in the world. |
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Post by misfittoy78 on May 4, 2022 16:57:25 GMT -5
Emily I am also ("audiobook") reading Food for the Gods by Stamets which I have a feeling you may like. I am a clumsy amateur myco guy so Stamets is kind of a hero of mine and more so the more I read. Paul Stamets is phenomenal. We need many more men like him in the world. Amen to that. I need one of him right now to help with my cordyceps. |
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Post by instymp on May 4, 2022 17:10:22 GMT -5
Dream Town (An Archer Novel)
David Baldacci
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Post by toshtego on May 9, 2022 20:28:19 GMT -5
Another Robert Harris WW2 novel. This one is Munich.
Yep, it is 1938 and old boy Neville Chamberlain is doing his level best to appease Herr Hitler and prevent another war. Meanwhile, over in the Grunewald, a team of good Germans are trying to get rid of that Adolph pest.
This is one of four WWII novels by Harris, arguably the best spy/mystery/thriller novelist since that John Le Carre dude of some years back.
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Post by don on May 10, 2022 1:01:08 GMT -5
“Musashi: The Bushido Code” This is book four of Eiji Yoshikawa’s classic. Excellent series.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 10, 2022 12:32:02 GMT -5
Got mildly turned off of Hillerman when he had Chee “take the safety off his Ruger revolver.”
Puts me in mind of Jim Butcher's Dresden Files series. I read through the first five about fifteen years ago and hope to get back to them at some point. They aren't Tolkien- or Rowling-level literature, but they are, to use an old Britishism that is most apt here, ripping yarns. But I had one of Those Moments in the first chapter of the first novel, Storm Front, in which Dresden introduces himself:
Grr. My hometown of half a century has a downtown, a.k.a. the Loop. We have a neighborhood called Uptown. But outside of the occasional real-estate ad, we don't have a Midtown. So from page two, I knew the author had never lived in Chicago, and it shows. To give Butcher his due, apparently he started the series as a 25-year-old student, and I do appreciate his taking my city as a setting. Still, at least in those first five books, Chicago and its suburbs are like a not very artfully painted stage set; the city never comes to life, the way it does in, say, Sara Paretsky's books.
Pardon the ramble. I'm not a gun guy, but I'm a Chicago guy, and I get how irritating it can be when an author gets it wrong about something you care about.I've always wanted to see Chicago, the downtown area with the museums. I've only been to Rolling Meadows and O'Hare. I've watched the Bears and Broncos play with a crowd in a Chicago bar and it was a very enjoyable experience. You don't go to a bar in the South unless you want to get shot. I must say that Rolling Meadows was the most "white", segregated place that I've ever been. I am used to being surrounded by all races and the lack of color was somewhat discomforting. |
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Post by jeffd on May 10, 2022 13:04:17 GMT -5
Musashi - Book 3 - The Way of the Sword Fantastic. Yoshikawa's book is just plain epic. Even if you are not into the samurai era, or swords, or Japan, or even history - the book is just a wonderful and large story. Like a Tolstoy novel, about so many things. |
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Post by Ronv69 on May 10, 2022 14:32:28 GMT -5
Should be easy for an author, or an editor, to find a “gun guy” they could hit up for a quick check. Or any other expert for that matter. Fact-checkers do it all the time. I’m afraid too many go by the old “nobody will notice” rule so dear to film directors. Kinda like “I don’t know that so nobody else will either.” You will also hear bullshit on occasion from “gun guys”. No one is ever 100% accurate. Sometimes I think directors actually enjoy annoying firearms enthusiasts with blatant errors. Like in the movie “Posse” when Mario Van Peebles fires his Colt SAA, or maybe it was a Remington 1873 single action, and an entire 45acp cartridge comes out of the muzzle. So over the top ridiculous, that when I saw it, I think it may have caused blood to squirt from my eyes. No one is more annoying than the "gun guys" with opinions. |
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Post by Ronv69 on May 10, 2022 16:09:05 GMT -5
If you guys would like a good Western Yarn, try reading Paradise Sky by John Lansdale, I’m reading it now, Damn good! I'm going to look for that one. If you like westerns check out The Shopkeeper series by James D Best. A series of very fun books. |
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Post by exbenedict on May 31, 2022 18:25:42 GMT -5
The Blood Telegram- Nixon, Kissinger, and the Forgotten Genocide.
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Post by Plainsman on May 31, 2022 19:21:54 GMT -5
Dee Brown, THE FETTERMAN MASSACRE.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 31, 2022 20:23:55 GMT -5
Dee Brown, THE FETTERMAN MASSACRE. You f*ck with people over and over and then you get surprised when they go off on you. |
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Post by Gandalf on Jun 4, 2022 22:09:37 GMT -5
Started reading "The Forgotten Fifteenth: The Daring Airmen Who Crippled Hitler's War Machine" by Barrett Tillman.
It's about the 15th Air Force who flew out of southern Italy to bomb all over Europe.
The 8th Air Force, who flew out of Britain got all the press/glory - so the 15th AF didn't get the recognition they deserved.
It's interesting.
My uncle was a ball turret gunner in the 744th Bomber Squadron / 456th Bomber Group - part of the 15th AF - based out of Stornara, Italy.
Hoping to pick up some information about his squadron from this book.
He wouldn't talk about the war when he got back. No one even knew where he was based or what he was involved in until I started digging during my genealogy research. I'm amazed at what I'm finding.
In the winter, sleeping in tents, they had to make homemade heaters, and wear their flight suits to bed to stay warm.
In the spring, the base was a mud pit.
In the Summer, even though it was hot, they were ordered at times to wear long sleeve pants and shirts - with the pants tucked into their boots, the sleeves rolled down and buttoned and the collars buttoned - because of mosquitos/malaria.
And the combat itself was brutal.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 4, 2022 22:12:10 GMT -5
Started reading "The Forgotten Fifteenth: The Daring Airmen Who Crippled Hitler's War Machine" by Barrett Tillman. It's about the 15th Air Force who flew out of southern Italy to bomb all over Europe. The 8th Air Force, who flew out of Britain got all the press/glory - so the 15th AF didn't get the recognition they deserved. It's interesting. My uncle was a ball turret gunner in the 744th Bomber Squadron / 456th Bomber Group - part of the 15th AF - based out of Stornara, Italy. Hoping to pick up some information about his squadron from this book. He wouldn't talk about the war when he got back. No one even knew where he was based or what he was involved in until I started digging during my genealogy research. I'm amazed at what I'm finding. In the winter, sleeping in tents, they had to make homemade heaters, and wear their flight suits to bed to stay warm. In the spring, the base was a mud pit. In the Summer, even though it was hot, they were ordered at times to wear long sleeve pants and shirts - with the pants tucked into their boots, the sleeves rolled down and buttoned and the collars buttoned - because of mosquitos/malaria. And the combat itself was brutal. These are the people who we owe a big debt. |
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Post by Gandalf on Jun 4, 2022 22:20:32 GMT -5
Started reading "The Forgotten Fifteenth: The Daring Airmen Who Crippled Hitler's War Machine" by Barrett Tillman. It's about the 15th Air Force who flew out of southern Italy to bomb all over Europe. The 8th Air Force, who flew out of Britain got all the press/glory - so the 15th AF didn't get the recognition they deserved. It's interesting. My uncle was a ball turret gunner in the 744th Bomber Squadron / 456th Bomber Group - part of the 15th AF - based out of Stornara, Italy. Hoping to pick up some information about his squadron from this book. He wouldn't talk about the war when he got back. No one even knew where he was based or what he was involved in until I started digging during my genealogy research. I'm amazed at what I'm finding. In the winter, sleeping in tents, they had to make homemade heaters, and wear their flight suits to bed to stay warm. In the spring, the base was a mud pit. In the Summer, even though it was hot, they were ordered at times to wear long sleeve pants and shirts - with the pants tucked into their boots, the sleeves rolled down and buttoned and the collars buttoned - because of mosquitos/malaria. And the combat itself was brutal. These are the people who we owe a big debt. Yes, we do |
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Post by oldcajun123 on Jun 5, 2022 9:04:06 GMT -5
The Man Who Fell To Earth, started watching the series on Reg TV, got interested and found out it was from a book, got it and it was a good read.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 5, 2022 9:59:56 GMT -5
The Man Who Fell To Earth, started watching the series on Reg TV, got interested and found out it was from a book, got it and it was a good read. Cool! That book was a major inspiration for the Hippie movement. Are you going to tune in, turn on and drop out? |
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Post by toshtego on Jun 6, 2022 22:16:00 GMT -5
Harris is a good guy...we all are on meds that play with our minds (in my case there isn't much mind to befuddle). Robert Harris's Lustrum...a continuation of Tiro's recollections of Cicero and the intrigues of Rome. I started that series but halted to read the Pompei book. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 6, 2022 23:02:45 GMT -5
1066, The Year That Changed Everything.
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Post by instymp on Jun 7, 2022 16:40:24 GMT -5
Jack Carr, In the Blood.
A couple of lines in there reminded me of Oldcajun.
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Post by toshtego on Jun 8, 2022 9:33:50 GMT -5
1066, The Year That Changed Everything. I named my ram "Harold", in memory of old Godwinson. He seems to like the name and perks up when I call him. I can just imagine what they thought back then; first the Romans, then the Saxons, then the Vikings, now the Normans. Like a bloomin' train station, it is! |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 8, 2022 11:53:47 GMT -5
1066, The Year That Changed Everything. I named my ram "Harold", in memory of old Godwinson. He seems to like the name and perks up when I call him. I can just imagine what they thought back then; first the Romans, then the Saxons, then the Vikings, now the Normans. Like a bloomin' train station, it is! It was one of the Great Courses series and very well done. I knew all the parts of the story but the teacher puts everything together so that you can understand the whole story better. You read about the battle of Hastings and Stamford Bridge and the other Harold's and such, but this course really puts it all together. I have a new appreciation for The Bastard. He was lucky and smart which is a tough combination. Note that this was an audio book. |
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Post by exbenedict on Jun 9, 2022 22:42:25 GMT -5
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Post by oldcajun123 on Jun 10, 2022 7:24:12 GMT -5
John Harts The Last Child, one of the best books I’ve read in a long while, been reading books about the South, it’s people, customs, we are different here, very interesting!
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Post by Plainsman on Jun 10, 2022 18:01:18 GMT -5
A Geronimo bio by Robert Utley. Amazing how much we think we know about him is sheer rubbish.
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The Death and Life of Bobbie Z by Don Winslow!
