What Book Are You Reading? Volume 9
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I've finished two books:
The History of Chile by John L. Rector. Exactly what it says on the tin. Okay book, not great.
Crescent and Star: Turkey Between Two Worlds by Stephen Kinzer. A journalistic account of Turkey. I didn't really like it as it seemed a little simplistic and pat in its thinking. FUN FACT: the university's library copy was donated by the Turkish embassy.
The History of Chile by John L. Rector. Exactly what it says on the tin. Okay book, not great.
Crescent and Star: Turkey Between Two Worlds by Stephen Kinzer. A journalistic account of Turkey. I didn't really like it as it seemed a little simplistic and pat in its thinking. FUN FACT: the university's library copy was donated by the Turkish embassy.
I just finished rereading Carl Sagan's Contact and am beginning Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park. It's my first Crichton read, and I chose it based on my familiarity with the movie it inspired.
Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
Ansar
Détente avec l'été
General Chemistry by Linus Pauling
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
Been wanting to read the second one for a while. Finally have the time
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
Been wanting to read the second one for a while. Finally have the time
bestrfcplayer
Steppin' up!
"Twelve Mighty Orphans"- Freshman summer reading for my highschool. Interesting book. It's a sports book.
madviking
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General Chemistry by Linus Pauling
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
Been wanting to read the second one for a while. Finally have the time
Chem/physics major?
Airstrike92
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Twilight
Just finished Jurassic Park. I'll probably read American Nerd: the Story of my People next, although I "should" try Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises given my increasing interest in the Spanish Civil War.
My daughter insisted I read "The Life of Pi" So I started it today.
Airstrike92
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Jurassic Park: Which came first, the movie or the book?
Thorvald of Lym
A Little Sketchy
'Crichton' comes before 'Spielberg', ergo...
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The God Delusion- Richard Dawkins
The Communist Manifesto- Karl Marx
The Communist Manifesto- Karl Marx
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Jewel Runner
Night by Elie Wiesel
The book was first, although Crichton only wrote a sequel to it (The Lost World) so they could make a movie sequel.
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The Godfather by Mario Puzo.
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Mayor of H-Marker Lake
Consider yourself lucky if you can also see the TBS movie version starring Charlton Heston and a very young Christian Bale.
Just finished Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott. The subtitle is "How various schemes to improve the human condition have failed." I was expecting a history of brutal collectivization plans, but it instead focused more on how Western faith in the universality of scientific achievements has led to a demise of some very valuable local expertise.
That brief description hardly does the book justice. I don't usually read philosophy but found the book very though provoking.
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