Matlab? Ma perche'?Quote:
Originally Posted by kratos86
That's terrible. Is it for work or school?
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Matlab? Ma perche'?Quote:
Originally Posted by kratos86
That's terrible. Is it for work or school?
The local Public Radio " A Chapter a Day" program is reading the "Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin to its listeners.
Thanks to a great local book store I now have, inexpensively, a small bound book of that title, printed in a very small type face and published probably in the early 20th Century.
The book, so far seems to not be Bowdlerized, Fortunately!
A wry self examination with a great bit of humor and pride seem to be his style. Would that i had studied it a half century ago!
~Richard
The Ben Franklin autobiography is a classic.
Bowdlerized. My new word for the day!
The Death of Money by James Rickards, a very good read if you want to know more about the currency wars being waged at the moment.
I just reread "The Price Of Honor" which I do believe was the only novel by Col. David Hackworth. It's really pretty good. Next, I plan to read the Lisbeth Salander/Millenium books . The Swedish movies were pretty entertaining. Yeah, I know the author was a card carrying commie bastard, but he seemed to have a knack for spinning a good story and since his will was declared invalid, the people who he wanted his money to go to when he died didn't get it, so I'm not supporting the Communist/Socilaist Party of Sweden by reading them. The money went to his greedy, money grubbing family instead. :rofl2:
Any word on the next one? They kind of changed their plans a couple of years ago and switched over to the post Butlerian Jihad stuff instead of filling in the gaps in the original story line. My understanding is that the "ancient prequels" actually performed better in the market the the "modern" ones that covered the period tight before Dune and particularly the books that filled in the gaps like Paul of Dune and Winds of Dune. I would like to see what the guys could come up with for the time period between Children and God Emperor.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phrank
That sounds like an interesting read. I've placed a hold for an e-copy of the book at the local library.Quote:
Originally Posted by nun2sharp
Thank you for the suggestion.
I'm reading Bunker Hill by Nathaniel Philbrick. It's not for everyone but for history buffs, it's a great read. It also dispels a lot of popular myths about the battle itself and the background of the revolution.
Now reading, "Command and Control" by Eric Schlosser, stunning read about how many various near accidents that caused basically worldwide nuclear holocaust...reading about the accident in middle America during the 80's was truly frightening, how close it came to an end....
I read Franklin's autobiography a long time ago. I have no idea if I still have the book any longer but I definitely would like to read it again.
Here is his brilliant epitaph:
THE BODY
OF
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN,
PRINTER
(Like the cover of an old book,
Its contents torn out,
And stript of its lettering and gilding,)
Lies here, food for worms.
But the work shall not be lost,
For it will (as he believed) appear once more
In a new and elegant edition,
Revised and corrected
by
The Author.
I was given "The Colour of Magic" when it was first published and have bought or been gifted every book since. He has genuinely been a part of my life from that first introduction and I will miss all the books he had left in him. I wish him whatever version of the afterlife he had envisaged for himself. Thanks for the post and commiserations to you on his passing OrvilleQuote:
Originally Posted by Orville
I read Neverwhere last week while on vacation. It was good, but not my kind of book. Now I'm reading No Country For Old Men.
I read Blood Meridian and thought the writing was excellent. I followed up with Outer Dark. I guess it was too dark because I don't plan to read any McCarthy books for a long while.Quote:
Originally Posted by holli4pirating
Paddy Whacked by TJ English
John
For the first time in far took long, I'm stretching my palaeographic muscles with this. It's an indenture settling a land dispute in Shropshire in 1409. As a recovering academic, it feels good to use this part of my brain again. :)
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Just finished a great read on my Kindle.
Book Is called stiff,All about how the dead are handled thru the ages and even today,should they be buried, cremated,macerated in a blender and used as fertilzer,plastized with Resins,What happends when you donate your body to science? great read.
Boy ,,, I can't wait to run out & buy that one Bill,,,:rolleyes: what kind of snacks should I buy with it ?? I like to eat a little while I read,,,:beer2:
Tapioca Pudding,thats sort of which you turn into:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Hirlau
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This afternoon I was thinking on the subject of donating bodies to science and remembered a documentary I watched a couple of years ago. The show visited a field site where bodies were left in various states of exposure so forensic scientists could study rates of decay.Quote:
Originally Posted by pixelfixed
I saw that, think it was called, "The Body Farm":Quote:
Originally Posted by Leatherstockiings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qZmLo8qIx4
All great stuff,the same beatles that chew up our horn scales,also eat us:)
More interesting Info:)Quote:
Originally Posted by pixelfixed
Flesh Eating Beetles Handbook | Dermestid Beetle Book | FleshEatingBeetles.com
Pretty much finished all my James A. Mitchener books as well as Insurgent. Just started Allegiant.
Back to back Bukowski's: Ham on Rye, Post Office, and Women.....should have read these when I was 17.......now starting Elephant Company by Vicki Constantine Croke a book about my least favorite creatures on earth and my most favorite, humans and elephants.
I just ordered a copy of Will's Music by our own member Obie.
Sorry, I forgot to add the link:
http://figlopress.com/wills-music/
I thought I heard Obie say the first 100 folks who get the book get a free custom Livi razor with solid Platinum scales and a 10 carat flawless diamond embedded in the scales.
Missoula.Turns Missoula montana is the rape capital of the U.S,Frightfull story:(
Will he autograph it for us ?Quote:
Originally Posted by lz6
I read the introduction on Obie book. One of the character's name is Mariette. This was the name of my high school girlfriend.
She dumped me my senior year for the Bojangles Chicken manager.:(
So how much time do you spend reading every day?Me,about 4hrs.
I spend about an initial 45 minutes with my morning coffee. If I am trying to avoid things like computer time or house cleaning, add an hour and a half to that. If it a book that is engrossing there isn't enough time in the day to finish it.
Typically one hour or so before bed for an "ok" book.
For a good book, any chance I get.
Just finished "The Summons" by John Grisham. A light and entertaining fiction book. Typical Grisham, which may be a good or bad thing for y'all.
Grisham falls under the mindless reading for me.
About 30 years ago my brother just finished school and had no money for gifts so at Christmas he put down 2 box's of books in front of my dad and I. Here is your present, alternate one each until they are gone he said. I din't have much money at that time either and I averaged a book a day for about 2 months!
Gentlemen,
Here is the link to a little blurb written by the editor of my novel Will's Music. Very kind of him to write it:
Will’s Music is Music to My Ears – FigloPress
I don't know if this will be my kind of book but I just ordered a copy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Obie
Thanks, my friend. Will's Music is a love story set in the world of radio and dance. It is sweet and sentimental, which is the way love should be. It is also about friendship, and about road lost and found. So there is quite a bit in the book. People have told me it is a good read. I hope you like it.Quote:
Originally Posted by 32t
I picked up Lock In the other day because I wanted something light and fluffy, and my school library had a copy on hand. I've been quite sucked in, and will probably finish it tomorrow. Also working on Absolute Zero: The Conquest of Cold. The writing is pretty bad, but it's an interesting book.
About 52% through pixel's fascinating recommendation of, "Vikings" and getting ready to head into Humphrey Hawksley, "The Third World War" - here is the synopis:
The novel portrays a world not unlike today, with various small-scale crises seemingly unconnected: bombastic threats from North Korea, Pakistan and India trading threats, and geopolitical competition between Russia, China and the United States.
As the novel goes on, several crises (Pakistan initiating a nuclear strike aimed at India, a rogue North Korean general announcing that he has biological weapons and many other threats), that are at first seen as containable regional problems, suddenly each get more serious, and connections between them appear ever more vivid.
Eventually, these seemingly small-scale crises begin to overlap and snowball, triggering a nightmarish World War III scenario involving nuclear and biological weapons, the world leaders powerless to put a halt to the growing insanity.
