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    Re: So, whatcha reading?

    "Into the Country" by John McPhee
    "Going to Extremes" by Joe McGinniss

    Both are very good Alaskan travel books from the late 70s and were used by Brand & Falsey as the basis for the show "Northern Exposure".

    "The Guns of August" by Barbara Tuchman about the outbreak of WWI.


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    Re: So, whatcha reading?

    Dirty Job - by Christopher Moore.
    School's out. What did you expect?

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    Re: So, whatcha reading?

    Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A. Heinlein
    Turning and turning in the widening gyre
    The falcon cannot hear the falconer;

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    Re: So, whatcha reading?

    Also reading "Summer of 49" by David Halberstam
    "I came here to kick ass and chew bubble gum... and I'm all out of bubble gum."
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    "It takes a big man to admit when he is wrong. I am not a big man"
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    Re: So, whatcha reading?

    Quote Originally Posted by Puffy
    Also reading "Summer of 49" by David Halberstam
    fantastic book!
    School's out. What did you expect?

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    Re: So, whatcha reading?

    Baseball Dynasties by Rob Neyer and Eddie Epstein
    The Choice by Bob Woodward
    Real Grass Real Heroes by Dom DiMaggio
    The Majors by John Feinstein
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    Re: So, whatcha reading?

    FantasyLand: A season on baseball's lunatic fringe by Sam Walker
    The World is Flat by Thomas L Freidman
    Baseball Between the Numbers by BP Staff
    Games are won on run differential -- scoring more than your opponent. Runs are runs, scored or prevented they all count the same. Worry about scoring more and allowing fewer, not which positions contribute to which side of the equation or how "consistent" you are at your current level of performance.

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    Re: So, whatcha reading?

    Just finished reading "Biggest Brother". It's a biography of Major Dick Winters from The Band of Brothers of 506 PIR during WWII. Excellent read especially if you like the mini series,Band of Brothers.
    Reds Fan Since 1971

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    Re: So, whatcha reading?

    Quote Originally Posted by cumberlandreds
    Just finished reading "Biggest Brother". It's a biography of Major Dick Winters from The Band of Brothers of 506 PIR during WWII. Excellent read especially if you like the mini series,Band of Brothers.
    I saw that in the airport book store, looked through it, I love tha Mini Series, have the DVD and like those Ambrose books as well.

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    Re: So, whatcha reading?

    Little Dorrit
    “And when finally they sense that some position cannot be sustained, they do not re-examine their ideas. Instead, they simply change the subject.” Jamie Galbraith

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    Re: So, whatcha reading?

    Quote Originally Posted by Falls City Beer
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    Davey Coppergirl is what my wife calls that.

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    Re: So, whatcha reading?

    Quote Originally Posted by westofyou
    Davey Coppergirl is what my wife calls that.
    Better, IMO, than David Copperfield.

    Hard Times is the balls, though.
    “And when finally they sense that some position cannot be sustained, they do not re-examine their ideas. Instead, they simply change the subject.” Jamie Galbraith

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    Re: So, whatcha reading?

    The Jeff Daniel's character in "The Squid and the Whale", who is a writer and literary snob, tells his son that A Tale of Two Cities is "lesser-Dickens" and not to waste time w/ it. Somehow, it has fallen through the cracks of my reading. I've seen the movie w/ Ronald Colman and know the story is compelling. Should I waste my time? It's a far, far better thing...
    teach tolerance.

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    Re: So, whatcha reading?

    Quote Originally Posted by Falls City Beer
    Better, IMO, than David Copperfield.

    Hard Times is the balls, though.
    One of my two favorite writers ever. I just read Bleak House again a couple of weeks ago.

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    Re: So, whatcha reading?

    Quote Originally Posted by vaticanplum
    One of my two favorite writers ever. I just read Bleak House again a couple of weeks ago.
    I couldn't get through that about a year ago, it sits aside with about 250 pages to go, and I too love Dickens.


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