reuben
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Post by reuben on Apr 15, 2018 14:55:59 GMT -8
Hey zeke, that sounds down right interesting. After reading a couple of reviews I've added to my wishlist. It's a good book. You might also want to read How The Irish Saved Civilization.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2018 9:19:11 GMT -8
I am re-reading River, by Colin Fletcher. I enjoyed that one, too. My favorite of his is still his first; 'The Thousand Mile Summer'.
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desert dweller
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Post by desert dweller on Apr 17, 2018 9:28:46 GMT -8
I just started Infinite Tuesday an autobiography by Michael Nesmith. The first paragraph starts off with having lunch with Timothy Leary. They were good friends. A few pages later Michael talks about some of his adventures with Douglas Adams (Hitchhikers Guide to the Universe). The member of the Monkees we all grew up with had a life most of us didn't know about.
When I ordered the book from his website, I asked for a personal dedication. He signed it exactly as I requested.
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rebeccad
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Post by rebeccad on Apr 19, 2018 9:21:36 GMT -8
I'm reading a bunch of brain candy alongside The Meaning of Everything, Simon Winchester's account of the writing of the Oxford English Dictionary. Nothing outdoor-related just now except maps
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Post by trinity on May 19, 2018 5:02:50 GMT -8
I'm finishing up The Fish's Eye, by Ian Frazier, appropriately described as "Essays about angling and the outdoors." It is beautifully written, I would consider it a must-read for any devoted angler, but anyone with a love of the outdoors and even a moderate interest in fishing will probably enjoy it. This is fishing literature at its finest.
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Post by echo on May 21, 2018 17:09:28 GMT -8
I’m finishing up “the Radium Girls” which is easy to read but intense emotions about how big money made “light” of the lives of teenage luminous dial painters.
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Post by tomas on May 22, 2018 7:52:20 GMT -8
More professional reading. This time it's America's War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History by Andrew Bacevich. Great book, but depressing as all heck. As he pointed out in the beginning virtually no US soldier dies in the Middle East between WW2 and 1980 and after 1990 virtually every US soldier who died in combat was killed there.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2018 8:23:13 GMT -8
Reading 'A Sierra Club Naturalist's Guide - The Southern Rockies - The Rocky Mountain Regions of Southern Wyoming, Colorado, and Northern New Mexico' by Audrey Delella Benedict.
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rebeccad
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Post by rebeccad on May 22, 2018 9:23:27 GMT -8
I recently listened to " Braving It: A Father, a Daughter, and an Unforgettable Journey into the Alaskan Wild." I read some reviews that groused about it, but I found it interesting, not just for the (actually 3) trips to Alaska, but the dynamic between father and daughter, and the father's struggles both to trust his daughter to handle things and to accept his own growing limitations of age. In other words, even in the wilds of Alaska, the parent-child dynamic is complex and both universal and unique. I enjoyed it, though it did NOT inspire me to want to run a wild Alaskan river. White water scares the carp out of me.
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Lani
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Post by Lani on Jun 5, 2018 11:02:30 GMT -8
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JiminMD
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Post by JiminMD on Jun 5, 2018 11:34:54 GMT -8
I'm currently reading two, very different books.
For my professional development, I'm reading "The Dose Makes the Poison: A Plain-Language Guide to Toxicology" by Patricia Frank and M. Alice Ottoboni. For my line of work, understanding this stuff and its potential as a weapon is pretty critical.
For my own personal growth, I'm re-reading "The 5 Love Languages" by Gary Chapman. My wife and I do see things like relationships differently and I think Chapman makes some excellent points.
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Post by Coolkat on Jun 6, 2018 4:53:27 GMT -8
I'm re-reading "The 5 Love Languages" by Gary Chapman. A very good book to re-read once in a while. It's good to treat your spouse in the way they see love. I just finished listening to this book. I already knew a little bit about this which is why I decided to listen to the book. I think he's got a couple of small things wrong but over all it's an eye opener that making sure we have good bacteria health helps even people with mental health challenges even tourettes and schizophrenia.
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Post by burntfoot on Jul 5, 2018 9:58:06 GMT -8
I recently went to visit my wife's family in the Philippines. While there I read some good books: Camino Island by John Grisham Skink by Carl Hiasson Inferno by Dan Brown Next by Michael Crichton Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton Utah Legends
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Post by starwalker on Jul 5, 2018 17:23:36 GMT -8
I'm reading John Adams by David McCullough. I read about the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, not intentionally, it just happened to be the right place at the right time.
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Post by BigLoad on Jul 5, 2018 18:56:14 GMT -8
I'm reading John Adams by David McCullough. I really enjoyed that one.
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