What books are you reading right now
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duke o' york
It don't mean a thing....
Are they those books which have some kind of preposterous theory that the pyramids were build by aliens because they are in some kind of "pattern" based on the shape of constellations, and those temples in India are also build in the shape of another constellation?
Hamlet
Manic Depressive
The Republic - Plato
Dracula - Bram Stoker
Trotsky - The eternal revolutionary - Dmitri Volkogonov
The Rise and fall of The Soviet Empire - "
1700 - Scenes from London life - Maureen Waller
Dracula - Bram Stoker
Trotsky - The eternal revolutionary - Dmitri Volkogonov
The Rise and fall of The Soviet Empire - "
1700 - Scenes from London life - Maureen Waller
highway chile
Chieftain
Well i just finished recently Chickenhawk which was a very interesting read and before that Saigon was is one hell of a good book/novel (in my opinion anyway) and recommend it to anyone remotely interested.
other than that, ive been re-reading my Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop manuals and ...believe or not, my DOS-5.0 manual!!!!
Who needs fancy little pop-up icons and 'Windows' when u can just type in c:\civ and be conquering the world in no time!!
other than that, ive been re-reading my Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop manuals and ...believe or not, my DOS-5.0 manual!!!!
Who needs fancy little pop-up icons and 'Windows' when u can just type in c:\civ and be conquering the world in no time!!
amadeus
Bishop of Bio-Dome
An American Life by former President Ronald Reagan
That's about it
That's about it
BigBirdZ28
Fundamentalist in a Z28
"The Miracle in the Ant" by Harun Yahya
It's writen by a muslim for muslims, but IMO carries significant info for anyone of any religion.
I'm not hesitant to say this because even though the book has a muslims flavour to it (ie, saying Allah instead of God), it is not a book on Islam as such & can/will not offend any creationist.
That's how it was writen, past the massive cloud of different religions, it is infact a science book.
If your intreseted, i'd gladly send it to you once im done, a week or so.
Khalil.
It's writen by a muslim for muslims, but IMO carries significant info for anyone of any religion.
I'm not hesitant to say this because even though the book has a muslims flavour to it (ie, saying Allah instead of God), it is not a book on Islam as such & can/will not offend any creationist.
That's how it was writen, past the massive cloud of different religions, it is infact a science book.
If your intreseted, i'd gladly send it to you once im done, a week or so.
Khalil.
BigBirdZ28
Fundamentalist in a Z28
Rowan
Warlord
Polymath ,yes:crazyeyes Duke of York; no it's one of those preposterous books that ask questions like...... how did ancient peoples know that sirius was a binary star when we only found that out quite recently!
duke o' york
It don't mean a thing....
I'm going to hope that this response does not throw the thread wildly off-topic, but I'm going to reply to what Rowan has just said.
"..how did ancient peoples know that Sirius was a binary star.."
They did not know that Sirius was a binary star as they didn't even know what a binary star was. We can only say that Sirius is a binary star because someone invented the term "binary star" and it happens to apply to Sirius. But no-one has ever been close enough to Sirius to verify this, and for all we know, when you get closer it could turn out to be something completely different entirely.
Even had they known what a binary star was, who are we to say that these ancient images depict Sirius as a binary star? This is merely the interpretation of recent experts who claim that it is Sirius depicted. Don't forget that the universe changes, and that the star (if that is what it is) may have since changed and is now different from the one they are supposed to have represented. You could argue that with a Barthesian critical bent, then once the artist has produced a piece, then it is out of his hands entirely and the true art is in each person's interpretation so if your expert claims that this is indeed Sirius depicted then that is as valid an argument as my saying that it looks more like a plate of scrambled egg. I doubt however, that you would allow this and so we return to the question that haunted pre-Barthes artistic criticism: "It seems like a satire on middle-class mores, but is that what the author intended?" Who are we to say whether the artist producing this "Sirius" image actually meant to depict Sirius?
Are your experts not exhibiting pride in attributing particular traits to ancient peoples they know very little about?
"..how did ancient peoples know that Sirius was a binary star.."
They did not know that Sirius was a binary star as they didn't even know what a binary star was. We can only say that Sirius is a binary star because someone invented the term "binary star" and it happens to apply to Sirius. But no-one has ever been close enough to Sirius to verify this, and for all we know, when you get closer it could turn out to be something completely different entirely.
Even had they known what a binary star was, who are we to say that these ancient images depict Sirius as a binary star? This is merely the interpretation of recent experts who claim that it is Sirius depicted. Don't forget that the universe changes, and that the star (if that is what it is) may have since changed and is now different from the one they are supposed to have represented. You could argue that with a Barthesian critical bent, then once the artist has produced a piece, then it is out of his hands entirely and the true art is in each person's interpretation so if your expert claims that this is indeed Sirius depicted then that is as valid an argument as my saying that it looks more like a plate of scrambled egg. I doubt however, that you would allow this and so we return to the question that haunted pre-Barthes artistic criticism: "It seems like a satire on middle-class mores, but is that what the author intended?" Who are we to say whether the artist producing this "Sirius" image actually meant to depict Sirius?
Are your experts not exhibiting pride in attributing particular traits to ancient peoples they know very little about?
Rowan
Warlord
Wow ; thanks for your reply your Grace! I think we know it's a binary cause we see it with deep space scopes.....but as this is getting off the subject, thanks again for your thoughts!
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Chieftain
The return of the Shadow by Christopher Tolkeim
The other wind by Ursal k. Leguin (earthsea trilogy #5)
Shaq talks back by Shaq Oneil
You only Live Twice by Ian Fleming
The Man in the Iron mask by Dumas
Give me more to read. I need a suggestion for a readible and brief into to English History.......
The other wind by Ursal k. Leguin (earthsea trilogy #5)
Shaq talks back by Shaq Oneil
You only Live Twice by Ian Fleming
The Man in the Iron mask by Dumas
Give me more to read. I need a suggestion for a readible and brief into to English History.......
duke o' york
It don't mean a thing....
Well as far as something that is easy to read is concerned, then you couldn't go far wrong with 1066 and all that by Sellar and Yeatman. 
Here it is at amazon!
Caution: not for history buffs!
Here it is at amazon!
Caution: not for history buffs!
Sixchan
Emperor
Speaking of trilogies, has anyone ever read the HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy? The three books were The Golden Compass (also known as The Northern Lights), The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. These three books were almost as good - if not as good - as LotR. They are by Philip Pullman, and you'll probably find them in the teen fiction section (although these books are good no matter what age you are).
Globber
Professional Slacker
I just finished 2001:Space Odyssey (fitting for new year) and am on The Two Towers of the LOTR series. Probably up next will be Red Dragon by Thomas Harris, the prequel to the Hannibal Lecter series. Silence of The Lambs really freaked me out.
Hamlet
Manic Depressive
Haven't you heard of the edit button?
I was practically threatened with account suspension for this sort of thing. Talk about uneven application of the rules.
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