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Re: Books you just read discussion
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10/24/14 01:19 PM
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Agreed! THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE was the first book I received as a gift. So like you, I grabbed books 1-5 (because 7 wasn't out yet) and I've loved the series since then. It's been years since I've read them. In fact, prior to this run, I hadn't read a Harry Potter book since book 7 was released back in 2007! Same here. I tore through Book 7 in just a few days after it's release, and (until a couple weeks ago) hadn't revisited the series. I re-read THE SORCEROR'S STONE on my flight back from Maryland a couple weeks ago, and am finishing up CHAMBER OF SECRETS right now. There has been no other series of books that has captured my imagine quite like the Potter series. I literally feel like a spectator at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry while reading them. Each to their own i guess.. You should give them a shot DE NIRO. You just might like them! ![smile smile](/threads/images/graemlins/classic/smile.gif) No thank you, i'm not into fantasy books, i only tend to read True Crime books..
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Re: Books you just read discussion
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12/15/14 01:32 PM
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I just finished Eugenie Scott's Evolution vs. Creationism. Her approach was to present state laws, court cases, testimony, school board policies and presentations, and books and articles about either.
Creationism and its adaptation, Intelligent Design (ID), are, essentially, Evidence Against Evolution (EAE). I've read several tomes on Creationism such as The Case for a Creator by Lee Strobel and Of Pandas and People by William Dembski et al both of which are EAE. None of the Creationism tomes provides any science to support their thesis although they punctuate their argument with contentions such as Irreducible Complexity which itself has no scientific support.
In any case, I recommend Scott's tome and others on this subject.
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Re: Books you just read discussion
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12/31/14 01:33 PM
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Almost finished this book about the disappearances of two hunters from suburban Detroit, David Tyll & Brian Ognjan. 18 years later, two brothers, JR Duvall & Coco Duvall, were convicted and sentenced to life for their murders, despite no physical evidence tying them to the crime. They allegedly beat them to death, fed them to pigs and junked their Ford Bronco. The eyewitness testimony that ultimately damned them was harrowing and gripping. Very good read. I started reading this and the Al De Meo book at the same time but this book stole my attention.
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Re: Books you just read discussion
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01/06/15 05:05 PM
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I just finished Eugenie Scott's Evolution vs. Creationism. Her approach was to present state laws, court cases, testimony, school board policies and presentations, and books and articles about either.
Creationism and its adaptation, Intelligent Design (ID), are, essentially, Evidence Against Evolution (EAE). I've read several tomes on Creationism such as The Case for a Creator by Lee Strobel and Of Pandas and People by William Dembski et al both of which are EAE. None of the Creationism tomes provides any science to support their thesis although they punctuate their argument with contentions such as Irreducible Complexity which itself has no scientific support.
In any case, I recommend Scott's tome and others on this subject. I still don't get why this issue is so contentious. It strikes me as navel gazing. What is the harm in allowing people to believe this? So you can lord how much brighter you are than a working class guy (not really on your own ability to comprehend the actual science but to repeat the talking points of some expert)? People are probably happier and more content overall if they can at least believe it has some ultimate purpose.
Should probably ask Mr. Kierney. I guess if you're Italian, you should be in prison. I've read the RICO Act, and I can tell you it's more appropriate... for some of those guys over in Washington than it is for me or any of my fellas here
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Re: Books you just read discussion
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01/26/15 05:29 PM
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Just finished "Special Deluxe," by Neil Young. Could have been subtitled, "My Life as a Car - an Auto-Biography." Young has been fascinated by cars since he was a little kid. He offers a thin account of his life circulated around the cars his family and then he owned. Not a lot of detail about his early groups, Buffalo Springfield, CSNY or Crazy Horse, but plenty about the cars he bought impulsively. He has a weakness for huge, old American cars, like Buick Roadmasters, Lincoln Connies, and hearses (good for moving equipment). It was pretty interesting in a modest, unassuming way. But Young couldn't resist getting preachy at the end about emissions, etc. Quick read. Recommended.
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Re: Books you just read discussion
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01/26/15 05:45 PM
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But Young couldn't resist getting preachy at the end about emissions, etc. I'll bet. He's the original hippie nature nut. Young makes Carl Hiaasen look pro-development. And that's really saying something. Talented guy, though. I like some of his early stuff.
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Re: Books you just read discussion
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10/06/15 10:25 AM
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The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band The Dirt is an autobiography of Mötley Crüe written by all four members being Tommy Lee, Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil and Mick Mars. The band members take turns telling stories which becomes one cohesive story detailing the band members early lives, success with the band and eventual break up. Some segments are written by their manager at the time and some are written by music executives. This book is absolutely insane. It is filled stories of sex, drugs and rock n' roll. All four members were addicts and it's a wonder they are still alive after reading some of the stories. This is a very entertaining read and I highly recommend it. I like the idea that the book involves all memebers and others perspectives. I may read this, have two books going now, ( Murder Machine & a James Joyce book. Thanks B
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Re: Books you just read discussion
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10/06/15 03:55 PM
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Thomas Sackville and the Shakespearean Glass Slipper, by Sabrina Feldman. http://www.amazon.com/Sackville-Shakespe...asap_bc?ie=UTF8I have a weakness for fringe theories, including Shakespeare authorship questions. This a fascinating book that expresses a theory that is similar to the Earl of Oxford ideas (i.e, that Oxford's life seems much more closely connected to the Shakespeare canon than than William Shakespeare's life does), but puts forth Sir Thomas Sackville as the likely real author. Sackville fits better in various ways - he lived longer than Oxford and so doesn't require a complicated explanation for completion of the later Shakespeare plays; and Sackville was also an innovative poet and dramatist as a young man, before turning to a life of public service (he ended up as Lord Treasurer under both Elizabeth and James). Shakespeare authorship is a very interesting field now: various plays have been added to the canon by orthodox scholars in recent years, as co-written by Shakespeare. There's now a lot of debate about second-rate versions of many of the plays that were for many years seen as pilfered, unauthorized versions, but are now receiving reconsideration as edited, popularized versions of court productions that the common Londoner might enjoy. Doctor Feldman (a physicist at the Jet Propulsion Lab in California) has an earlier book that postulates that William Shakespeare of Stratford wrote this line of crowd-pleasing plays, plus others that nowadays are known as "the apocryphal plays"?": http://www.amazon.com/Apocryphal-William...asap_bc?ie=UTF8
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