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McCullough's Truman is in the queue, which is...
McCullough's Truman is in the queue, which is probably a year long. I decided on just having some fun with the next one - Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut.
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Currently reading "The Accidental President"...
Currently reading "The Accidental President" about Harry Truman's momentous first four months in office. Imagine having a President whose motto was "The buck stops here."
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With no baseball, I'm finding some great baseball...
With no baseball, I'm finding some great baseball writing a solid replacement. An online sports magazine - The Athletic - rivals the writing of Sports Illustrated in its heyday, when it had Dan...
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"The Soul of Baseball, A Roadtrip through Buck...
"The Soul of Baseball, A Roadtrip through Buck Oneil's America" by Joe Posnaski. I was first introduced to Buck in Ken Burns' great Baseball documentary, and had the good fortune to hear him speak...
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04-14-2019, 08:55 PM
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The Quartet, by Joseph J. Ellis. A discussion of...
The Quartet, by Joseph J. Ellis. A discussion of the efforts involved in and odds against enacting the US Constitution.
Ellis has quickly become one of my favorite authors. He has a novelist's...
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Finished the Foundation Trilogy yesterday and...
Finished the Foundation Trilogy yesterday and then read Stars, Like Dust. Asimov makes for some obsessive reading.
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Nope, Amaranth. I got it used through Amazon. I...
Nope, Amaranth. I got it used through Amazon. I doubt that anyone in the business would miss the value you discuss. I am satisfied having some good escapism in a volume that I will enjoy having in...
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This should almost be in the "Latest Finds"...
This should almost be in the "Latest Finds" thread. I found a leather bound collection of 6 Isaac Asimov books in one volume: Foundation, Foundation and Empire, The Second Foundation, The Stars,...
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I'm on Book 2 of Isaac Asimov's Foundation...
I'm on Book 2 of Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy. Fun reading.
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Found a great old bookstore in Santa Monica. ...
Found a great old bookstore in Santa Monica. Picked up "Fate Worse Than Death" by Kurt Vonnegut. It was written in 1990. This is a telling quote. "The most extraordinary change I have seen in my...
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Calvin Trillin - Messages From My Father.
Calvin Trillin - Messages From My Father.
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I just ordered Volumes I and II of the Age of...
I just ordered Volumes I and II of the Age of Roosevelt series by Arthur Schlesinger. I had picked up Volume III at a thrift store a few years ago and found it fascinating.
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A biography: Archibald Cox - Conscience of a...
A biography: Archibald Cox - Conscience of a Nation. He is likely most famous for his role in the Watergate investigation, but I more frequently see his writings on labor law quoted by the courts. ...
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Last weekend it was a memoir by Doris...
Last weekend it was a memoir by Doris Kearns-Goodwin: Wait 'til Next Year. It was a nice comfortable read. She told the story of her idyllic childhood in the New York CIty suburbs commingled with...
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07-07-2014, 07:34 PM
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You are doing your bit to help the world with...
You are doing your bit to help the world with that exercise. Lots of studies show how involvement from family members or others creates a much greater chance for academic success. And Lord knows we...
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Just finished the joint biography of Muhammad Ali...
Just finished the joint biography of Muhammad Ali and Howard Cosell, "Sound and Fury." I remember much of the history described in the book. The intersection of two radically different lives makes...
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Sound and Fury - a book about the relationship...
Sound and Fury - a book about the relationship between Howard Cosell and Muhammad Ali.
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Got the feds filed. Since I work in one state...
Got the feds filed. Since I work in one state and live in another, the state returns are a little more complicated.
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01-27-2013, 07:47 PM
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Instructions for tax forms. Regards, ...
Instructions for tax forms.
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I'll have to remember your previous admonition...
I'll have to remember your previous admonition that, just because you find something funny, doesn't mean that you agree with it. :cool:
That was some funny stuff.
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Is he the physician who suffered the near death...
Is he the physician who suffered the near death experience? I heard him interviewed on NPR.
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Picked up a labor history, "There is Power in a...
Picked up a labor history, "There is Power in a Union: The Epic Story of Labor in America," by Philip Dray. It looks to be a fascinating and inspiring read.
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01-15-2013, 10:24 PM
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Finished "Theodore Rex." The level of...
Finished "Theodore Rex." The level of accomplishments by the man - before and during his presidency - leaves one feeling seriously inadequate. By the time he reached the White House, he had already...
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01-05-2013, 07:21 AM
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Just started another of my Christmas books:...
Just started another of my Christmas books: Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris. So far it is captivating. Morris does a wonderful job of making history come alive. He is as much a story-teller as a...
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I have to admit that I was a little disappointed...
I have to admit that I was a little disappointed by Waging Heavy Peace. It lacked any real structure, which some might find entertaining, but I found difficult to follow. At times it seemed like...
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