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March 2009 book nominations
Since we seemed to have a hard time coming up with book nominations for February, I kind of thought it might be a good idea if we started thinking on the March book.
March Nonfiction (can be from anywhere, including our library) This way we can have a lot more books for voting on then we've had before. This is not to say I'm taking over from PilotBob. Not at all. I just feel it would be nice to maybe have at least 10 books to chose from if possible. Here are the current eBooks for March that have three nominations and will be up for voting. The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death by Laurie Notaro Quote:
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Here are the current eBooks with two nominations for March. They need a third to be voted on. The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard Quote:
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02-11-2009, 02:12 PM | #2 |
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This looks intriguing: http://www.fictionwise.com/ebooks/eBook37028.htm
I was still a little kid in the 60's, born in 1962, but my folks were hippies. I think I'll get this one. |
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02-11-2009, 02:50 PM | #3 |
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I have no problem letting your run the nominations and vote for this month. Knock yourself out.
That said, the category is so broad for the March book I really don't see a problem getting 10 books nominated. BOb |
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I agree, I don't think we'll have any issues at all.
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02-11-2009, 04:25 PM | #5 |
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Lilac_jive, you should nominate a book that's on your list of 1001 Books To Read Before You Die. That way, you can kill two birds with one stone.
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I nominate the following....
The Complete Book of Cheese by Robert Brown Quote:
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The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals Quote:
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02-11-2009, 04:33 PM | #7 |
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Per Johns last post,........I want Pilot Bob back..............
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Hrmm, I think I nominate "The Twelve Caesars" by Suetonius (I have to see if we have it, and if not if it's available, it should be). Or we could read "Origin of Species." MWAHAHAHAHA! (<--evil laugh) That wasn't serious, no flame wars plz. |
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I like cheese...
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02-11-2009, 06:34 PM | #10 |
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I'd like to nominate something by Ann Rule, preferably something I just bought, but haven't yet read, [] such as one of these two:
1) Dead By Sunset (from Publishers Weekly): Brad Cunningham was handsome, brilliant, a high-school hero in his native Seattle, a football star at the University of Washington. His family background was unusual, with a Native American mother of whom he was ashamed and an Anglo father who was contemptuous of women. As an adolescent, Brad was violent with his sisters and his mother. This pattern continued in his first, second and third marriages but reached its apogee with his fourth wife, Cheryl Keeton, a highly successful lawyer by whom he fathered three sons. When their marriage collapsed and she sought custody of their children, Brad, a bank executive, threatened her; in September 1986, she was found bludgeoned to death in her car on an Oregon highway. The case remained unresolved until Cheryl Keeton's estate filed a civil suit for damages against Brad in 1991. A criminal trial followed in 1993, in which Brad was found guilty of murder and sentenced to a minimum of 22 years. Rule (Small Sacrifices) provides a perceptive character analysis of a malignant, self-centered, charismatic con artist. It's a chilling, haunting portrait. Photos not seen by PW. 125,000 first printing; True Crime Book Club main selection; Doubleday Book Club, Literary Guild and Mystery Guild featured alternates; Reader's Digest Nonfiction Condensed Book Club selection; Tri-Star/NBC-TV miniseries to air in November. 2) Heart Full of Lies: A True Story of Desire and Death (from Publishers Weekly): Former Seattle police officer and crime author Rule (Small Sacrifices; Dead by Sunset, etc.) knows a good drama when she finds one: it involves love, betrayal, greed and violence. In the story of Liysa Northon, a woman who murdered her third husband, Chris Northon, in order to collect his insurance money, Rule has found a real-life soap opera. In the fall of 2000, Liysa convinced Chris to go on a camping trip with her and their small son in the remote forests of Oregon. But the idyllic vacation didn't last long; Liysa would later admit to ending her husband's life by shooting him in the head in an act of "self-defense." From where she sits today (in an Oregon state prison), she still professes to have shot Chris only in innocence and fear-emotions she said were caused by her years as a victim of domestic violence. But according to her husband's parents and other sources, Liysa is a manipulative sociopath who spent years crafting a public façade of abuse persuasive enough to justify the cold-blooded murder of her husband. Rule has done an impressive amount of research to reconstruct the history of Liysa's crime and the stories of the main people involved, interviewing dozens of police officers, investigators and private citizens across the country. And if the author's prose is somewhat flat, the fascinating and perplexing drama should be more than enough to keep most readers turning pages. Don |
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Ooh tempting. My mom has read every single Anne Rule book. Oh if we are doing any book, free or not, I'd like to recommend "Professor and the Madman." I've read it, but seriously, it's so good. |
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OK, trying to make some nominations that fit in the eBooks and eBook readers... Here are two:
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make A Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell The premise of this facile piece of pop sociology has built-in appeal: little changes can have big effects; when small numbers of people start behaving differently, that behavior can ripple outward until a critical mass or "tipping point" is reached, changing the world. Gladwell's thesis that ideas, products, messages and behaviors "spread just like viruses do" remains a metaphor as he follows the growth of "word-of-mouth epidemics" triggered with the help of three pivotal types. The Long Tail by Chris Anderson In The Long Tail, Chris Anderson offers a visionary look at the future of business and common culture. The long-tail phenomenon, he argues, will "re-shape our understanding of what people actually want to watch" (or read, etc.). While Anderson presents a fascinating idea backed by thoughtful (if repetitive) analysis, many critics questioned just how greatly the niche market will rework our common popular culture. How To Really Stink At Golf by Jeff Foxworthy As a longtime golfer, Jeff Foxworthy has learned something important about the grand auld game: It’s not who has the highest score, it’s who has the least fun playing it. And now, in his hilarious primer How to Really Stink at Golf, Foxworthy shares his invaluable tips for a lifetime of horrible drives and putts. (On Intelligence and The Cukko's Egg I wanted to add, but neither was an ebook, at least not in the Kindle store.) There's tons of good stuff... Like The World is Flat, Outliers, When Your Engulfed in Flames too. But the above three are my official noms. BOb Last edited by pilotbob; 02-12-2009 at 02:02 PM. |
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