02-24-2011, 07:27 PM | #31 |
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Second Orthodoxy.
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02-24-2011, 07:36 PM | #32 |
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If nominations are still open I would like to nominate Just Kids by Patti Smith. The winner of the [US] National Book Award for Nonfiction. This iconic artist and punk rocker recounts the early days of her time in the NYC art and literary scene and her relationship with famed photographer Robert Mapplethrope.
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02-24-2011, 09:00 PM | #33 | |
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I'd like to nominate a true book that I feel everyone should read. It will show you some of the reasons why the world is as screwed up as it is and show you how it got to be there.
The Dark Side The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals by Jane Mayer Quote:
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02-24-2011, 09:21 PM | #34 |
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02-24-2011, 11:58 PM | #35 |
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Post #23 has the update on nominations with seconds and thirds (to this point).
Please let me know if there are any errors. |
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02-25-2011, 12:29 AM | #36 |
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Interesting...
I am in the Middle East and Every Breath You Take is available through Amazon's website. Maybe it isn't available to all countries or perhaps only through Amazon. |
02-25-2011, 12:30 AM | #37 | |
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I'd like to second this book!
Remember why you play. I was just watching a Youtube video about this today. I didn't even know there was a book. What an encouraging story
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02-25-2011, 02:45 AM | #39 |
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I nominate The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.
From Wikipedia: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the traditional name for the unfinished record of his own life written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790; however, Franklin himself appears to have called the work his Memoirs. Although it had a tortuous publication history after Franklin's death, this work has become one of the most famous and influential examples of autobiography ever written. |
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02-25-2011, 09:53 AM | #41 | |
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02-25-2011, 12:05 PM | #42 |
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I second Einstein: His Life and Universe
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02-25-2011, 12:10 PM | #43 |
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02-25-2011, 12:43 PM | #44 |
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I'll nominate Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath which is sitting on my TBR pile.
Here, from Michael Norman and Elizabeth M. Norman, is the story of the worst defeat in American military history, the four-month fight for the tiny peninsula of Bataan in the Philippine Islands – the first major land battle for America in World War II. On April 9, 1942, more than 76,000 men under American command surrendered to their Japanese captors, who set them walking sixty-six miles to prison camp, a notorious walk that came to be known as "The Bataan Death March." |
02-25-2011, 02:04 PM | #45 |
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Will a mod offer us some clarity as this is the second month in a row (and both months that I've been reading these threads) that this has come up - To be eligible for the book club, does a book need to be available somewhere as an e-book, or everywhere?
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