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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1380 on: March 06, 2023, 10:35:55 AM »
A Star Trek book
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1381 on: March 06, 2023, 02:53:11 PM »
Found this for $5 at Half Priced Books this morning. I went to shop for LPs, but I always browse the bargain bins for books.

After some research online I find it to not be revered by the academics as a valid documentary work, but a used paperback is offered for thirty bucks on Amazon. Mine is hardbound and in great shape.
All I knew at the time is after ten minutes of shuffling through it, I could not put it back into the bin.
Giving this a read.

The Tribe Of Witches,  The Religion of the Dobunni and Hwicce
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The end result of life's daily pain and suffering, trials and failures, tears and laughter, readings and listenings is an accumulation of wisdom in its purest form.

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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1382 on: March 06, 2023, 04:25:45 PM »
All Dogs Great and Small - Graeme Hall

TV dog trainer, but a really good one.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1383 on: March 08, 2023, 04:13:07 PM »
A book called "Hollow Kingdom", recommended by my wife.

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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1384 on: March 09, 2023, 03:50:23 PM »
A Philosophy of Software Design - John Ousterhout
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1385 on: March 09, 2023, 07:43:55 PM »
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1386 on: March 10, 2023, 09:37:45 PM »
The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1387 on: October 06, 2023, 09:14:14 PM »
I'm reading the first of The Silo trilogy, called Wool. It's very wordy but I'm finding it a good read. It helps that I've seen The Silo first season.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1388 on: October 06, 2023, 09:51:35 PM »
Old intensity posts :P

I'm also periodicallly leafing through a spanish translation of Prince Caspian.  I'm often surprised how much of it I understand; and yet so many passages refuse to imprint themselves on my consciousness



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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1389 on: October 06, 2023, 11:33:03 PM »
I've read that - in English. You're pretty clever reading that in Spanish. :)
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1390 on: October 07, 2023, 06:04:47 AM »
I've read that - in English. You're pretty clever reading that in Spanish. :)

You are too kind.  Truth is, while I studied a number of languages in school, I never became fluent in any of them.  The book is just my latest haphazard attempt to remedy that.  Spanish, German, and Latin are my three nearest successes, however.  I'm quite fond of Spanish and I enjoy living in an area where I may very likely hear it spoken out loud on an ordinary day.  Also hear a lot of Arabic spoken and have given thought to trying to pick some up, though I no longer have any illusions about my probable competence



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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1391 on: October 07, 2023, 06:43:25 AM »
A biography of George Orwell.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1392 on: October 08, 2023, 08:37:27 PM »
I've read that - in English. You're pretty clever reading that in Spanish. :)
You are too kind.  Truth is, while I studied a number of languages in school, I never became fluent in any of them.  The book is just my latest haphazard attempt to remedy that.  Spanish, German, and Latin are my three nearest successes, however.  I'm quite fond of Spanish and I enjoy living in an area where I may very likely hear it spoken out loud on an ordinary day.  Also hear a lot of Arabic spoken and have given thought to trying to pick some up, though I no longer have any illusions about my probable competence
My partner at work is Chiléan (sp) and has a very strong Spanish accent. In conversation with her, she often searches for English words and I supply them. She doesn't mind me doing that.

I've always wanted to speak German or Japanese. They're my two favourite languages.
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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1393 on: October 08, 2023, 08:38:45 PM »
The Apology by Jiman Han

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Re: what... are... you... READING
« Reply #1394 on: October 09, 2023, 07:32:42 AM »
A volcano book by the British Vulcanologist, Clive Oppenheimer, he is a good writer for a scientist.  It's not loaded with science jargon, but, full of information that is easy to read for a layman like me.  But, doesn't "speak down" to me either.  The chapter I am on is particularly fascinating since he is writing about his time at a super volcano site in North Korea along the border with China and like Yellowstone it is quivering and shaking and has the North Koreans AND chinese very worried.  There has always so little info about it for obvious reasons politically that it is so fascinating for me to read.   :book:
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