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What book are you reading?

Last post by Gord « Wed Sep 20, 2017 11:34 pm
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by Skepchick » Thu Apr 07, 2005 7:49 pm
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I always like some recommendations.

I have several dozen books I am planning to read. I tend to read several books at once, in different genres....

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In fact, last month, four authors (and maybe more) suddenly and completely disappeared from amazon, along with several dozens of their books. No...
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Wed Sep 20, 2017 11:34 pm
Favourite Quotes.

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by Gawdzilla Sama » Fri Dec 04, 2009 11:28 am
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"Once upon a time there was a Martian named Valentine Michael Smith."

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"Gorgeous is right" Eightstein Shouldn't it be "Achtstein?" :mrgreen: That's a lot of Bier.
And, apparently, she likes to give a...
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Tue Sep 19, 2017 7:05 pm
What’s with Acharya S.

Last post by Upton_O_Goode « Fri Jul 28, 2017 8:55 pm
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by Chadvoodoo » Wed May 11, 2005 3:54 am
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I just ordered the book ‘Suns of God: Krishna, Buddha & Christ Unveiled’ and am looking forward to reading it. I had previously read parts of her...

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I don't know Acharya, but by coincidence, yesterday I received an e-mail from a person of that name in Nepal, who wanted some references on number...

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Fri Jul 28, 2017 8:55 pm
"Blood Lies" by Grover Furr

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by Denying-History » Mon Nov 21, 2016 1:23 am
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For a short introduction to the author a few facts must be made clear.

◘ Grover Furr is an is an American professor in an unrelated field of...

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Furr is an ignorant nutjob. I exposed him in a link DH posted above. He couldn't get the simplest fact straight about the Katyn documents. A total...

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Sun Jul 16, 2017 10:31 am
"Are Numbers Real?" by Brian Clegg

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by Upton_O_Goode » Sat Jul 08, 2017 3:41 pm

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I just checked this book out of the public library. Couldn't resist it, numbers geek that I am. The author is a British physicist who writes a lot of...

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To be fair to Mr. Clegg, he's actually a science writer rather than a physicist and he's done a lot to popularise science for the Great Unwashed....

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Sat Jul 08, 2017 9:02 pm
Immortality for sale

Last post by bobbo_the_Pragmatist « Tue Jul 04, 2017 5:59 am
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by Upton_O_Goode » Sat Jul 01, 2017 4:23 pm
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I just this morning checked out an interesting book from the library. It’s called “To Become a Machine” and it’s by an English/Irish writer named...

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My better self is not about trying to change anybody's mind about anything. I do enjoy challenging all opinions including my own. Lots of overlap...

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Tue Jul 04, 2017 5:59 am
My Big TOE by Tom Campbell

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by sayer » Sat Jun 24, 2017 5:14 pm
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I thought this book was absolutely fascinating. Style is somewhat dense and humorous rather than technical in places. Campbell presents a Unified...

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Hot damn Matthew you are leading the troops; I surrender. You're like Joan of Arc today man.

I don't lead any troops and I get corrected by...

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Fri Jun 30, 2017 1:34 am
America the Anxious, by Ruth Whippman

Last post by bobbo_the_Pragmatist « Wed Jun 28, 2017 8:29 am
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by Upton_O_Goode » Wed Jun 07, 2017 10:02 pm
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The author is a fortyish Jewish woman from Britain, who moved to California with her husband and son and gave birth to a second son in California....

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TJ--I recently thought a bit about all the smiling faces and clapping hands and adulation we see from NK. Years ago, took a trip to the NK border and...

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Wed Jun 28, 2017 8:29 am
War on Science

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by Lausten » Mon Jun 19, 2017 9:36 pm

Just want to recommend this recent book by Shawn Otto. It is about a year old, but I think it will hold up well. It makes an easy to read romp...

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Mon Jun 19, 2017 9:36 pm
JRR Tolkien book Beren and Lúthien

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by Gord » Thu Jun 01, 2017 11:42 am
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I ain't read this, I just wanted to mention its existence:

A new book by Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien is going on sale - 100 years after...

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Thu Jun 01, 2017 11:42 am
"The Beautiful Dead" by Belinda Bauer

Last post by bobbo_the_Pragmatist « Tue May 30, 2017 4:31 am
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by Upton_O_Goode » Mon May 29, 2017 3:24 pm
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I'm about one-third of the way into this mystery/thriller, and finding it superb.

What I especially like is Bauer's writing style: forthright and...

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Does sound like a good "set up." "The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3" might have been somewhat similar: who the narrator of the story is...

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Tue May 30, 2017 4:31 am
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance

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by brownskinnedskeptics » Sun Apr 09, 2017 11:33 pm

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I picked up this book a few weeks ago and only completed a quarter it. I attend small college in the big city of Toronto and it's needless to say...

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depends on how black .

Rachel Dolezal is an example of someone being better off pretending to be black .
im guessing anyone who met her would assume...

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Wed Apr 12, 2017 1:44 am
Finks: How the CIA Tricked the World's Best Writers

Last post by Tom Palven « Mon Mar 20, 2017 9:46 am

by Tom Palven » Mon Mar 20, 2017 9:46 am

The story of the CIA's 60-year history of fake news:

Reviewed by Amazon:

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Mon Mar 20, 2017 9:46 am
A Book for Southerners

Last post by Tom Palven « Sat Feb 18, 2017 8:52 pm

by Tom Palven » Sat Feb 18, 2017 8:52 pm
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The Liberal Redneck Manifesto

If y'all love biscuits and gravy and all things Southern (I've been here 10 years and I do) except the religious...

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Sat Feb 18, 2017 8:52 pm
The Moral Arc by Michael Shermer

Last post by Gord « Sat Dec 31, 2016 2:04 am
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by Tom Palven » Tue Jul 26, 2016 6:43 pm

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Just began reading the book, and on page 4 in the prologue Michael states:

"improvements in the domain of morality are evident in many areas...

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His head is fine, he's never had any problems there let me tell you.
Ok, I will let you tell me.

How are you defining 'fine'?
He's heard it,...

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Sat Dec 31, 2016 2:04 am
Killing Hope by William Blum

Last post by Tom Palven « Sun Dec 18, 2016 3:28 pm
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by Tom Palven » Fri Dec 16, 2016 4:24 pm
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Am reading Killing Hope: US Military and Cia Intervention Since WW II which Noam Chomsky said is "far and away the best book on this...

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I just ordered a used version of Freeing the World to Death from Amazon.

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Sun Dec 18, 2016 3:28 pm
god is not great

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by FredLewis » Tue Aug 30, 2016 12:23 pm
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The subtitle is "How Religion Poisons Everything". Somewhere I read the response, "Really? Even knitting?", and elsewhere a query...

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I`m fairly sure that it only has two feet.
Regardless of the number of feet, religion hasn't a leg to stand on.

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Wed Aug 31, 2016 6:14 pm
Dissecting The Holocaust

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by RizoliTV » Mon Jul 11, 2016 9:03 pm
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Since this is the book review section I would hope I'm able to talk about the controversial book I'm reading now....
Hopefully books of this type are...

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I believe only one in the HD subforum said your presence wasn't needed if you all you did was spam your propaganda and neglected to participate or...

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Sun Jul 17, 2016 5:21 pm
Did Moses Exist? The Myth of the Israelite Lawgiver

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by Zeus22 » Fri Mar 20, 2015 7:32 pm
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Did Moses Exist? The Myth of the Israelite Lawgiver

"...In recent months or over the last year or so I have interviewed Frank Zindler...

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Jeez, lookit that. Posting at 5:32 am makes me messy!

They some of the first Europeans in the Southern Hemisphere
They were some of the first...
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Sun Jun 19, 2016 8:36 pm
The Way of the Heathen

Last post by bobbo_the_Pragmatist « Fri Jun 17, 2016 11:35 pm
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by Lausten » Fri Jun 17, 2016 4:31 pm
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Greta Christina's latest book
I'm going to go ahead and recommend this after only reading the first few chapters. I should be done soon, I'll...

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Gee Whiz Oleg===>you present as one big fat contradiction.

I made the mistake of equating/conflating "understanding" with...

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Fri Jun 17, 2016 11:35 pm
All Honorable Men by JAMES STEWART MARTIN

Last post by Gord « Sun Jun 12, 2016 10:38 pm
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by psychiatry is a scam » Sun Jun 12, 2016 2:47 am

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what wood Arsenio Hall say ?
people laff when I suggest the Nazi pharmaceutical giants are monsters . :burn:

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It's wikipedia, we all have the power to do that.

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Sun Jun 12, 2016 10:38 pm
The New Intelligent Design, Turning The Scientific World

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by Winfield » Sun Dec 15, 2013 3:11 am
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Hi all,

How would you label this book that I've written entitled, "The New Intelligent Design <id>, Turning The Scientific World Upside...
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Thu Apr 28, 2016 1:38 am
When Can You Trust the Experts? Dan Willingham

Last post by kayanco « Sun Mar 27, 2016 2:17 pm
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by kayanco » Wed Mar 23, 2016 2:43 pm
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Hi guys,

Has anyone read the book "When Can You Trust the Experts: How to Tell Good Science from Bad in Education" by Daniel Willingham ?...

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Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the book.

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Sun Mar 27, 2016 2:17 pm
Finnegans wake; anyone read it?

Last post by bobbo_the_Pragmatist « Fri Dec 11, 2015 5:21 pm
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by zeuzzz » Fri Dec 11, 2015 4:26 pm
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It took James Joyce 17 years to write. It seems to keep coming up in the circles I tend to circulate.

As if I should read it. There are even Joycean...

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That societies use a culturally bound axiomatic scope of internal reference points that are more culturally bound that global.
Very Joycean.

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Fri Dec 11, 2015 5:21 pm
The Moral Arc

Last post by letsbefriends « Mon Jun 08, 2015 6:44 pm
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by Frank Hoffman » Tue Mar 17, 2015 6:14 pm

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I have just begun reading The Moral Arc by Michael Shermer, and will put a review here once I have completed the 439 pages. I just wanted to let...

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Update: finished it and the rest is great! Absolutely recommended for anyone interested in philosophy of ethics, naturalized ethics and well-reasoned...

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Mon Jun 08, 2015 6:44 pm
New Book - Most Wanted

Last post by letsbefriends « Fri Jun 05, 2015 3:47 pm
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by letsbefriends » Tue Jun 02, 2015 5:49 pm

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I was just thinking today about books I'd like to see that haven't been written yet. Ever have the experience of being into a topic - and going to...

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Not quite what you're asking but I'd like to read a history about modern society in which religion, if extant, is a purely private matter without any...

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Fri Jun 05, 2015 3:47 pm
The Demon Haunted World by Sagan

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by Monster » Tue Jul 27, 2010 1:34 pm
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I'm reading The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan. While excellent, it reads as if it's a 500 page long issue of Skeptic Magazine. Maybe if I read...

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wizards may have existed and might still now.....do some scientists make up theories? I think so....they get paid to do that...if they're not making...
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Wed May 27, 2015 2:44 am
Self-doubt & Modern Philosophy: The Roots of Scepticism

Last post by RonPrice « Wed Mar 25, 2015 11:19 am

by RonPrice » Wed Mar 25, 2015 11:19 am

SECOND BEST

Self-doubt is both the originating matrix of modern philosophy and the source of a considerable part of its energy. For the last three...

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Wed Mar 25, 2015 11:19 am
This Idea Must Die

Last post by Frank Hoffman « Tue Feb 17, 2015 11:47 pm

by Frank Hoffman » Tue Feb 17, 2015 11:47 pm

This Idea Must Die
Scientific Theories That Are Blocking Progress

Edited by John Brockman

Some concepts require a full book or two in order to...

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Tue Feb 17, 2015 11:47 pm
Best introduction to Kafka?

Last post by Austin Harper « Fri Jan 23, 2015 4:39 pm
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by sedna » Fri Jan 23, 2015 12:34 pm

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What's a good first work to read to get into Kafka's philosophy. Works that usually are attributed the term "Kafkian". Is The Trial usually...

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I've only read The Metamorphosis but I didn't like it very much so that's all I ever read.

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Fri Jan 23, 2015 4:39 pm
Just read this killer essay in Best American Essays 2014

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by kennyc » Wed Oct 08, 2014 8:47 pm
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by Kristin Dombek - Letter from Williamsburg first published in the Paris Review.

She really mixes it up with religion, sex and life.

The...

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A killer essay sounds too dangerous to read...

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Thu Oct 09, 2014 12:06 am
Pew Research Reading surveys

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by kennyc » Sun Sep 14, 2014 3:51 pm

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Reading:

Library usage:

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How does one read an audiobook? :|
Synesthesially.

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Sun Sep 14, 2014 8:12 pm
Cognitive Science

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by Guitar » Mon Apr 04, 2005 3:21 am

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I've been reading Philosophy in the Flesh by Lackoff and Johnson and find it very interesting. I was wondering if anyone else has read it and would...

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Regarding cognition, perception, paying attention, working memory, executive functions - try:

Nerves in Collision book by Walter C. Alvarez...

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Thu Jul 10, 2014 3:09 pm
Conversations With God - Neale Donald Walsch

Last post by Charles Wild « Thu Jul 10, 2014 3:02 pm
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by geology rocks » Mon Sep 19, 2011 12:34 am
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Conversations With God - Neale Donald Walsch....

What can I say? Ordinarily, this is a book I wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole but it's the...

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Neale Donald Walsch has a short segment in the 2006 film - The Secret (about the law of attraction). Walsch believes that a person's mission in life...

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Thu Jul 10, 2014 3:02 pm
George, George, George.....

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Thu Jun 05, 2014 11:53 am
Scared to Death by Jon Entine

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by Gord » Thu May 29, 2014 10:35 pm
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Has anyone read this book? It's available as a pdf online somewhere now. Or you can buy it at Amazon:

Before I start reading it, I'd like to hear...

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Whoa!

Entine, who describes himself as an "author, think tank scholar, leadership and sustainability consultant, media commentator, and public...

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Fri May 30, 2014 11:23 am
Jane Kenyon (1947-1994)

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by kennyc » Fri May 23, 2014 12:29 pm

Today would have been her birthday. She's one of my favorite poets.
Bio at the poetry society:

Otherwise
by Jane Kenyon

I got out of bed
on...

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Fri May 23, 2014 12:29 pm
Love. love, love….

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by nmblum88 » Sat May 10, 2014 1:26 am

Richard Feynman, "Quantum Man," by Lawrence Krauss…
Saw my old copy of this wonderful biography/critique on table in my house early this...

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Sat May 10, 2014 1:26 am
Farley Mowat died yesterday

Last post by Gord « Fri May 09, 2014 11:16 pm
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by Gord » Thu May 08, 2014 12:06 am

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Farley Mowat, one of Canada's best-known authors and a noted environmentalist, has died at age 92.

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And it will give you further license to disparage Americans.
Accurately or not.
If I don't need accuracy, why would I need a license? :heh:

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Fri May 09, 2014 11:16 pm
The beginning of the end-Capital in the Twenty-First Century

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by kennyc » Wed Apr 23, 2014 6:03 pm

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When it is #1 at Amazon, then the politics, the revolution will follow.

By Ricardo Lopez
April 23, 2014, 10:26 a.m.
Move over, "Fifty Shades...

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...is generating so much interest among economists and policy makers that it's temporarily out of stock on Amazon....
Both types are known for...

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Wed Apr 23, 2014 9:18 pm
The Joy of Science and A Fleeting Existence (poems)

Last post by kennyc « Tue Apr 22, 2014 7:19 pm

by kennyc » Tue Apr 22, 2014 7:19 pm

My latest collections of poetry “The Joy of Science” and “A Fleeting Existence” are now available at Amazon (ebooks only).

The Joy of Science is...

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Tue Apr 22, 2014 7:19 pm
Spring Issue of Star*Line

Last post by kennyc « Sun Apr 13, 2014 8:00 pm

by kennyc » Sun Apr 13, 2014 8:00 pm

In case anyone is interested in SF Poetry.

The Spring issue of Star*Line is out and includes my poem "Visitors."
Gotta love that 'pretty...

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Sun Apr 13, 2014 8:00 pm
Amazon issues credit in Apple/Publishers settlement

Last post by kennyc « Tue Mar 25, 2014 7:06 pm
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by kennyc » Tue Mar 25, 2014 3:23 pm
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I go an $11 credit. :D

Amazon customers: Get your e-book credit
By Aaron Smith @AaronSmithCNN

E-book consumers in 33 states will get credited...

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I got a rock.
Lump of coal, eh? :D

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Tue Mar 25, 2014 7:06 pm
From The Immense Journey by Loren Eiseley

Last post by kennyc « Wed Mar 19, 2014 3:50 pm

by kennyc » Wed Mar 19, 2014 3:50 pm

a small excerpt from the opening essay, The Slit :

Some lands are flat and grass-covered, and smile so evenly up at the sun that they seem forever...

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Wed Mar 19, 2014 3:50 pm
"the Unwinding" by George Packer…

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by nmblum88 » Thu Mar 06, 2014 4:29 pm

Jus noticed while skimming through today's New Yorker, that George Packer's interesting and very serious look at the consequences of America's...

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Thu Mar 06, 2014 4:29 pm
Google celebrates Steinbeck!

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by kennyc » Thu Feb 27, 2014 4:26 pm

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112th birthday of one of the greatest writers ever:

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The Hemingway Deluxe. That's what you should call your Wi-Fi stapler!

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Fri Feb 28, 2014 1:08 am
Amazon's 100 Books to read in a Lifetime

Last post by Monster « Tue Feb 25, 2014 4:05 pm
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by kennyc » Tue Feb 25, 2014 1:10 pm
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Good list! I love that it is both fiction and non-fiction:

and here it is ranked by Goodreads readers:

I'm read a lot of them, but many many I...

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This is offensive to me:

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

The name of the book is Alice's Adventures in Wonderland!

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Tue Feb 25, 2014 4:05 pm
[The Case Against] The Case for Christ

Last post by Monster « Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:51 pm
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by Austin Harper » Mon Feb 17, 2014 5:05 pm
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An evangelical coworker of mine recently found out I'm an atheist. We've had a few amicable discussions on the matter in which we discuss our reasons...

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I've been listening to the show to find where they did the facepalm. I thought it was a woman caller. It was a guy. The call starts at 12:25.

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Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:51 pm
Letters to a Young Scientist - E. O. Wilson

Last post by kennyc « Wed Jan 01, 2014 10:48 pm

by kennyc » Wed Jan 01, 2014 10:48 pm

Spent the day reading E. O. Wilson's - Letters to a Young Scientist

4/5 stars -- excellent overview and insight into a career as a scientist. He...

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Wed Jan 01, 2014 10:48 pm
The final mystery of Edgar Allen Poe

Last post by Bart Stewart « Mon Nov 11, 2013 2:19 pm
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by kennyc » Thu Oct 03, 2013 1:31 pm

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On this date (10/3) in 1849), Edgar Allan Poe was found unconscious outside a pub in Baltimore — "in great distress and ... in need of immediate...

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I heard it from Garrison Keillor on his radio show for writers, the Writers Almanac. Poe had these fanatical enemies in the publishing world, one guy...

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