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Topic 2 of 57: What I'm reading right now

Mon, Nov 4, 1996 (07:56) | Paul Terry Walhus (terry)
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 Response 224 of 367: Alexander Schuth  (aschuth) * Mon, Jul  5, 1999 (04:59) * 5 lines
I read the letter - especially the youthful love letters - of Franziska zu Reventlow.

Born a countess in Husum (coast of the North Sea) around 1870, she was quite the bohemian, living from around 1893 to her untimely death 1911 in the famous bohemia of Schwabing, a part of Munich.

In my early youth, I guess I was much in love with her. I read all that was just being put in print - republished novels and essays, but most of all her diaries, unpublished before. What an extraordinary person! I can't describe it all to you, I just thought she was the most adorable person I ever heard of, read about or met.

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 Response 225 of 367: Wolf  (wolf) * Mon, Jul  5, 1999 (14:47) * 1 lines
so how do we get a hold of her diaries?

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 Response 226 of 367: Alexander Schuth  (aschuth) * Tue, Jul  6, 1999 (04:47) * 7 lines
Don't know if anything is available in English. Sorry.

She was such a complex person, constantly in opposition with her own urges and needs. Very liberal for that time... A person with much love, but never sure for whom.

All so difficult to express for me without making her seem an easy gal or cheap. Especially since she was not famous, but infamous, and had at times to resort to strange means to support herself, especially after she had a son (whose father was NEVER disclosed by her, not in letters nor diaries I've read).

Hard to describe... Let's put it this way: patterns in live pretty much spread these days - not neccessarily all desirable - were lived by her over hundred years ago in the rigid society of Wilhelminian Germany, deep when it was an Imperial state, and state-service, military and order were the basis of the society. She was the prototypical nonconformist. Died for it, too, in the end.

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 Response 227 of 367: Alexander Schuth  (aschuth) * Tue, Jul  6, 1999 (04:57) * 17 lines
Just checked Amazon... There are books on theology by a Henning Graf Reventlow, doubtless a relative, and one title that discusses several women of late-19th century Germany (book in German, sorry):

Übergangsgeschöpfe: Gabriele Reuter, Hedwig Dohm, Helen Böhlau, und Franziska von Reventlow

by Ludmila Slavova
Our Price: $43.95

Hardcover (October 1998)
Peter Lang Publishing; ISBN: 0820439622

Book Description

Im Weiblichkeitsdiskurs um 1900 wurde die Frau weitgehend als Sinnbild der Sexualitt oder als sprachloses Objekt dargestellt. Man sprach den Frauen schpferische Fähigkeiten ab. Dieses Buch befaßt sich mit der Problematik weiblicher Sprachlosigkeit und Kreativitt in ausgewhlten Frauenromanen der
Jahrhundertwende. Es untersucht die ambivalente Haltung dieser Autorinnen zu ihrem Geschlecht sowie die Frage, inwieweit ihre Werke von den standartisierten Weiblichkeitsbildern der Zeit beeinflußt wurden.

BOOK SYNOPIS IN ENGLISH The discourses on femininity in nineteenth-century
Germany considered women as speechless objects and as incarnation of sexuality. The discursive practices denied women creative capabilities. This book focuses on female speechlessness and creativity in selected novels by four turn-of-the century women writers. The study examines the ambivalent attitude of these authors towards their gender and the question of how their works were influenced by the prevalent images of femininity.

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 Response 228 of 367: wer  (KitchenManager) * Sun, Jul 25, 1999 (22:44) * 3 lines
Wenesday, Thursday and Friday I read Jean M. Auel's
The Clan of the Cave Bear and
The Mammoth Hunters

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 Response 229 of 367: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Mon, Jul 26, 1999 (12:17) * 1 lines
reading another Koontz... "Sieze the Night"

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 Response 230 of 367: Wolf  (wolf) * Sun, Aug  8, 1999 (18:14) * 1 lines
my mother forbade me from reading that book (clan of the cave bear) while i lived in her house. and you know, i haven't read it since moving out on my own! saw the movie, though.

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 Response 231 of 367: wer  (KitchenManager) * Mon, Aug  9, 1999 (00:05) * 5 lines
finished the fourth in the series, also, and read Almost Adam
by Petru Popescu last week...

My Mom never forbid me to read any book although she asked me
to wait until I was older to read The Exorcist...

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 Response 232 of 367: Wolf  (wolf) * Mon, Aug  9, 1999 (19:46) * 1 lines
she was afraid the sexual scenes would frighten me....

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 Response 233 of 367: wer  (KitchenManager) * Mon, Aug  9, 1999 (23:47) * 2 lines
in the first book? okay, I can see that...the rest have way more
explicit scenes, though...

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 Response 234 of 367: Stacey Vura  (stacey) * Wed, Aug 18, 1999 (13:12) * 4 lines
Finished HANNIBAL (follow-upto Silence of the Lambs)
Fantastic!

Reading "The Informers" now...

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 Response 235 of 367: Wolf  (wolf) * Sun, Aug 22, 1999 (20:51) * 1 lines
they do? golly, maybe i oughta...hmmmmmmm *grin*

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 Response 236 of 367: Stacey Vura (stacey) * Tue, Oct  5, 1999 (15:54) * 5 lines
Just finished "Where the Heart Is"
loved the story and became quite fond of the characters...
Started "Louisiana Fever" last night
cross between "The Hot Zone" and a Nancy Drew novel..
gotta love mind candy!

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 Response 237 of 367: Amy Keene  (Irishprincess) * Wed, Oct 27, 1999 (10:49) * 2 lines
I'm reading "The Queen's Bastard" by Robin Maxwell, and I can't put it down! It involves Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley having a secret child, and this child is switched at birth (on purpose, of course) with a stillborn child. The Queen's baby is given to commoners to raise, and he never knows until he's grown that he was the son of the Queen. The romantic scenes between Elizabeth and Robert are really beautiful--not tasteless at all, but speaking of two people who, if circumstances were different, woul
have been married.

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 Response 238 of 367: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Oct 29, 1999 (16:12) * 1 lines
....when she should be reading Mary Stewart's Merlin Trology!

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 Response 239 of 367: Amy Keene  (Irishprincess) * Fri, Oct 29, 1999 (16:17) * 1 lines
Come on now--I'm not supposed to be reading anything at all! I'm supposed to be grading these analyses of "Valmont" and writing a paper!

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 Response 240 of 367: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Oct 29, 1999 (16:34) * 2 lines
How bac can THAT be??? Make the little trolls give the actor a good report
if nothing else =) I thought you got an extension on that papaper!

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 Response 241 of 367: Amy Keene  (Irishprincess) * Fri, Oct 29, 1999 (16:57) * 3 lines
I did get an extension on that paper, but I was supposed to turn it in today, which isn't going to happen! I haven't gone to the library yet, either! I've fallen into full-scale slacker mode!

And believe me, these "Valmont" essays are not that exciting to read...no one has said much of anything about Colin Firth!

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 Response 242 of 367: Marcia (MarciaH) * Fri, Oct 29, 1999 (21:36) * 2 lines
Make them watch it again for your own enjoyment. Too bad you did not have a room full
pf Droolians to teach. Can you imagine the essays we would have created for your enjoyment!

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 Response 243 of 367: Amy Keene  (Irishprincess) * Fri, Oct 29, 1999 (21:38) * 1 lines
Nah, I couldn't do that--it took 3 class periods to get all the way through it, and we're running out of time in this semester! I can say that most all of them did like it, though.

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 Response 244 of 367: Marcia (MarciaH) * Sat, Oct 30, 1999 (00:17) * 1 lines
I still think you should be teaching it to Droolians for a truly edifying experience *grin*

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 Response 245 of 367: Alexander  (aschuth) * Tue, Nov  2, 1999 (14:52) * 2 lines
"Dear Boy", the biography of Keith Moon, one of the greatest drummers ever. When he died, the Who were history.
superstar will review this very substantial book, published by Omnibus Press, UK.

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 Response 246 of 367: Stacey Tinianov  (stacey) * Wed, Dec  8, 1999 (10:17) * 2 lines
Just finished Moo by Jane Smiley
enjoyed it... enjoyed the characters... full of quaint little commentaries on life, real life and fantasy lives that we would all love to lead at times

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 Response 247 of 367: Alexander  (aschuth) * Fri, Dec 10, 1999 (04:10) * 1 lines
The Keith Moon-thing was really heavy reading. John B. oughta take a look at this. Extremely good coverage of Sixties and early seventies music scene.

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 Response 248 of 367: Alexander  (aschuth) * Fri, Dec 10, 1999 (04:14) * 1 lines
Current read: The Johnny Cash-autobiography in German.

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 Response 249 of 367: Alexander  (aschuth) * Tue, Mar 14, 2000 (13:21) * 3 lines
I'm currently yawning my way through that guy Guralnick's 2-volume Elvis-bio.

While obviously a labor of love with infinite detail fans will love, much of the detail is made up, as he admits to in the endnotes. Weeeeell.

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 Response 250 of 367: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Tue, Mar 14, 2000 (16:02) * 3 lines
Cannot believe anything Elvis could ever be a yawn for you, Alexander!

I am plowing through the Hawaiian Creation Myth: "The Kumulipo" which is a translation done be Liliuokalani of Hawaii, the Queen. It is rough going since it was translated into Victorian English and is full of allusions to other things which must be looked up before continuing. The second book I am reading is "Legends and Myths of Hawaii" written in story form by Kalakaua of Hawaii, the King. (These two monarchs were not consorts; each ruled in his/her own right.)

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 Response 251 of 367: Alexander  (aschuth) * Wed, Mar 15, 2000 (14:17) * 8 lines
See, Marcia, Guralnick goes like "Then then he and all the guys went there and there, ate this 'n' that. Elvis wore ....", all tremendously generic crap, and then he tell you in the end note, that Elvis was dressed like this AROUND that time, it's documented, yes, but IT IS NOT DOCUMENTED FOR THE DESCRIBED EVENT.

He's discussing stuff IN DETAIL which he guesses at, generalizes things, and knows how people feel EXACTLY. That's making it all so very exciting. [yawn]




The only Hawaii thing I eyer read were the tales by Jack London.

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 Response 252 of 367: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Wed, Mar 15, 2000 (14:59) * 3 lines
Michener is good on Hawaii, as is Robert Louis Stevenson. And, Mark Twain

Sounds like a really worst-case read, at best. Soulda named it "Elvis: The Trivia Continues..."

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 Response 253 of 367: Maggie  (sociolingo) * Sun, Apr  9, 2000 (03:02) * 8 lines
I read Michener on Hawaii a long time back. Forgotten most of it!

I've just finished the two books of the Stephen Lawhead Arthurian trilogy that I have. Must find the third sometime.

I'm now well in to Bruce Chatwin's travelogue, The Songlines, about the ancient invisible pathways connecting up all over Australia, ancient tracks made of songs which tell of the creation of theland. It's another old favourite and I'm 'comfort reading'.

What I'm supposed to be reading is a brand new book by Birgit Brock-Utne, Whose education for all?? The recolonization of the African mind. Since 1990 when the phrase 'education for all' was first coined at the World Bank conference in Jomtien, a battle has raged over the its meaning and impact on education in Africa. The argument goes that education for all really means western primary schooling for some and none for others, robbing Africans of their indigenous knowledge and language which then starves highereducation in Africa and perpetuates western dominance. OK, I'm off my hobby horse! It's a good read though if I can concenrate.


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 Response 254 of 367: Alexander  (aschuth) * Sun, Apr  9, 2000 (12:58) * 9 lines
CHATWIN!!!!!



Great author if there ever was one!!! Wot a shame he's dead. Positively LOVE that book, even if some stuff has since been shown to be not as factual as it appears in his writing...


If you're deep in the book, you'll notice it's not about the Songlines at all, but about the "where I come from, where me go to"-thang. And then, looking at the species he actually explores himself.


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 Response 255 of 367: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Sun, Apr  9, 2000 (13:03) * 2 lines
Maggie, I expect a full report on Geomythology creation legends...*grin*
Capital letters?! Must hunt up a copy... (Aloha, Alexander!)

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 Response 256 of 367: Maggie  (sociolingo) * Sun, Apr  9, 2000 (14:14) * 5 lines
Do find one Marcia. I got it originally from the library and it took me ages to find a second hand copy to own.

Alexander - have you read in Patagonia? I have it on tape not paper.

I love Chatwin's humanity and searching which shine through. I like the way he realtes to people as people not just objects of research. 

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 Response 257 of 367: Alexander  (aschuth) * Mon, Apr 10, 2000 (14:29) * 4 lines
Chatwin - got the whole load of them! Incl. the photo book which only has a introduction by him, his book with Theroux, the novels (Utz, made a movie with Armin Müller-Stahl, and the other thing, filmed with Klaus Kinski, can't think of the name). Patagonia I read auf deutsch, but nearly all the rest I ordered in his tongue.


Loved his "What am I doing here", which he compiled through all the in and out of hospitals, what was at the end what he was busy with: dying, and editing scraps, essays and articles for that MARVELOUS and WONDROUS tome.

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 Response 258 of 367: Maggie  (sociolingo) * Mon, Apr 10, 2000 (17:33) * 1 lines
Oh alexander i am jealous!! I still keep my out in the second hand shops, but as i said only found songlines recently.

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 Response 259 of 367: Maggie  (sociolingo) * Tue, Apr 11, 2000 (14:22) * 1 lines
Alexander have you read Chatwin: Anatomy of Restlessness:selected writings 1969-1989???

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 Response 260 of 367: Alexander  (aschuth) * Wed, Apr 12, 2000 (13:15) * 4 lines
No, haven't heard of it. Must be a post-humous collection of stuff he did for mags and papers.


I got most of my Chatwin stuff for Christmas or birthday from people who know my tastes.

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 Response 261 of 367: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Wed, Apr 12, 2000 (15:38) * 1 lines
....and from people who actually know when your birthday is...!

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 Response 262 of 367: Maggie  (sociolingo) * Wed, Apr 12, 2000 (16:13) * 3 lines
Talking of that ....... Has to be May or June Marcia (you I mean not Alexander)

Yes the Anatomy of Restlessness book is post-h. There's a chapter in songlines which is journal jottings, and I keep looking at where to post some of them!

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 Response 263 of 367: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Sun, Apr 16, 2000 (20:07) * 1 lines
I was fishing for Alexander's, of course. We all know when the rest of ours is from Paraspring conference...

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 Response 264 of 367: Maggie  (sociolingo) * Tue, Apr 18, 2000 (03:43) * 4 lines
You may, but i don't

More comfort reading
Elizabeth Goudge, Herb of Grace

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 Response 265 of 367: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Tue, Apr 18, 2000 (15:49) * 1 lines
I need something comfort - maybe the book you sent will finally be opened and read - ahead of the others waiting for my attention...

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 Response 266 of 367: Maggie  (sociolingo) * Tue, Apr 18, 2000 (17:43) * 1 lines
Please do I think it will help. HUG!

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 Response 267 of 367: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Tue, Apr 18, 2000 (18:26) * 1 lines
Thanks, Maggie. I really need something other than crying. 

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 Response 268 of 367: Maggie  (sociolingo) * Wed, Apr 19, 2000 (01:06) * 1 lines
Have another hug, and cuddle up with it.

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 Response 269 of 367: Wolf  (wolf) * Wed, Apr 19, 2000 (17:03) * 1 lines

* H U G S *



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 Response 270 of 367: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Wed, Apr 19, 2000 (17:45) * 1 lines
Oh Wow...*sniff* that is so special...thanks for the support. It means so much right now!

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 Response 271 of 367:  (sprin5) * Wed, Apr 19, 2000 (20:23) * 1 lines
Wow, what book? Did you dig in to it?

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 Response 272 of 367: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Wed, Apr 19, 2000 (22:45) * 1 lines
Maggie had Amazon.com send me Hinds' Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard and I have not looked past the cover. I shall this evening. My soul is sore and needs the comfort, even though things are cool here again this evening. I'll be happy to report on it as soon as I can - even in parts!

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 Response 273 of 367: _cosmo_  (aa9il) * Tue, Apr 25, 2000 (20:44) * 16 lines
Greetings all

Reading some of the postings provoked me to pull a book
from the back of the queue to open up:
"Wireless Imagination - Sound, Radio, and the Avant-Garde"
(Dada Radio -or- Radio Dada?)

Also, currently on the reading list is:
"The Legacy of Luna" (in progress...)

Im suddenly finding fractions of free time here and there
which is good since I can read more but then I start
too many parallel reading projects.

Mike aka _cosmo_


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 Response 274 of 367: bookspring (sprin5) * Tue, Apr 25, 2000 (21:13) * 1 lines
What'What's the Legacy of Luna about?

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 Response 275 of 367: bookworm  (MarciaH) * Fri, Apr 28, 2000 (14:21) * 1 lines
Mike, I can relate to multiple reading projects underway. I have three books going plus a stack of journals waiting for me. *sigh*

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 Response 276 of 367: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Fri, Apr 28, 2000 (14:21) * 1 lines 
 


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 Response 277 of 367: bookspring (sprin5) * Sun, Apr 30, 2000 (10:26) * 1 lines
Which books and which journals?

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 Response 278 of 367: bookworm  (MarciaH) * Sun, Apr 30, 2000 (14:54) * 16 lines
Journals:
*Archaeology
*Biblical Archaeology Review
*Archaeology Odyssey
*Antiquity and other British Archaeology publications(online)
*Various Geological tech journals forwarded by my son
*Astronomy

Books:
*In Gardens of Hawaii - Marie C. Neal (THE reference book for green and growing)
*Sarum - Rutherford (the only fiction)
*Norma Lorre Goodrich books on Arthurian characters
*The KUMULIPO - Queen Liliuokalini of Hawaii
* Maggie's book

All but the latter and Sarum are reaearching for Geo and other conferences on Spring. I Love doing research - it is like treasure hunting!

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 Response 279 of 367: _cosmo_  (aa9il) * Sun, Apr 30, 2000 (22:27) * 15 lines
Greetings all

"Legacy of Luna" is the story of Julia Butterfly Hill
and her efforts to stop clear cutting of the old growth
redwoods in Northern California.

The Radio book is another facet of my inquiry into
the fact that there were (and are) unique radio broadcasts
out there aside from the rubbish that the media conglomerates
are spewing out.

Fight for Free Radio!

Mike aka Cosmo


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 Response 280 of 367: bookworm  (MarciaH) * Mon, May  1, 2000 (00:03) * 1 lines
Believe it, Mike! I am am also a DX-er of some devotion and swl with great regularity logging in the new, the ephemeral and the truly weird. What can we do to help? My son lives in North-central California, and we are truly dedicated to outdoors and preserving it (he is a geologist).

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 Response 281 of 367: Maggie  (sociolingo) * Mon, May  1, 2000 (00:14) * 12 lines
I'm still into Elizabeth Goudge, and ploughing through the copies I borrowed from a friend.
Have finished 'Herb of Grace' (it's on it's way marcie to join your pile when I get to the Post office!)
Have just (last night) finished 'the White Whitch' (set in my area of the Chilterns)
Am now starting a real old favourite 'City of bells'
Also re-reading Paul Gallico's 'Jennie'

Academically I have such a long list of books I'm working on which have to go back to Uni library next week that I'm ashamed to put them in here. Should have finished working on them ages ago!

Journals:
*journal of multilingual and multicultural development
*prospects (UNESCO)
*international journal of educational development

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 Response 282 of 367: Mike Griggs  (mikeg) * Tue, Feb  6, 2001 (13:53) * 1 lines
I'm starting to get into "Captain Corelli's Mandolin", by Louis de Bernieres. Bit of a slow starter but I'm enjoying it now!

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 Response 283 of 367: nick a'hannay  (pmnh) * Thu, Mar  1, 2001 (14:20) * 17 lines
reading 'autobiographies', from yeats collected works series...
really astonishingly good... vivid, honest portrayals of many
of his contemporaries (esp. wilde, morris, shaw, mde. blavatsky)...
highly recommended reading, to anyone interested...

re-read frank dobie's 'tales of old-time texas' other night...
(for probably the twentieth time)...
combine that with the damn earthquake... and the bluebonnets,
indian paintbrushes that'll be showing up along the highways
all over texas any day now...
and the fact that NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY it is not
possible to find any real mexican food in this damn place-
or a real chicken-fried steak, or even a damn hamburger, for
that matter-
(plenty of frigging lattes, though, if you're of a mind)
-and i'm really really homesick...
(i think i even miss the scorpions)

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 Response 284 of 367: Mike Griggs  (mikeg) * Sun, Mar 25, 2001 (06:51) * 1 lines
I finished "Captain Corelli's Mandolin", by Louis de Bernieres. Fantastic book!!!!! Buy it immediately it is absolutely wonderful. One of the finest pieces of literature I have e.ver read

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 Response 285 of 367: Wolf  (wolf) * Tue, May 22, 2001 (17:47) * 1 lines
i am reading BB&H (thanks to marcia for sending me such a wonderful gift). let me paraphrase the title: Fatherless Sons, Female Dogs, and Heros. didn't want to offend anyone with the actual language though it is appropriate. anyway, am roughly half-way through it and am touched by the whole thing.

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 Response 286 of 367: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Wed, May 23, 2001 (23:06) * 3 lines
Wolfie!!! That is the most wonderful book. I want to create a topic for it and encourage others to read what it was like being innocent victims of WW2 from a highly unusual source. The book is subtitled "A Memoir" and is by Herman I. Neuman. More about the book can be read at http://herobooks.com/

Links at the bottom will lead you onward. The author has become a good friend and I treasure knowing him. It is a book not only of great courage, but in true survival and creating Heroes where none wanted to exist.

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 Response 287 of 367: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Wed, May 23, 2001 (23:12) * 6 lines
Terry, I note that I cannot create a topic in here. Might you please do so for me?! Title: BB&H - A Memoir by Herman I. Neuman

Text area: BB&H is a book not only of great courage, but in true survival and creating Heroes where none wanted to exist.

Thanks!!!


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 Response 288 of 367: Herman I Neuman  (HeroBooks) * Thu, May 24, 2001 (09:03) * 3 lines
Hi Marci, Terry and Wolfie,
I am excited to meet you here. Thank you, Marcia, for inviting me. Looking forward to many visits.
Herman

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 Response 289 of 367: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, May 24, 2001 (09:26) * 1 lines
It's great you're here, we'd love to have you visit us as many times as you like!

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 Response 290 of 367: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Thu, May 24, 2001 (15:14) * 6 lines
Terry, This man is my favorite person on the entire globe. Welcome and Aloha, Herman. And, a big welcoming *HUG* from la lady who lives on /\~~~ (which did not work last time I tried to change my login name to this.) Herman, I still think your creasted just for me volcano is adorable, and I use it every chance I get. Wolfie has her homework to finish on the book. She is about 2/3 through where Maxo enters your life. More as we trade thoughts on this most wonderful book.

Btw, I was just writing you a letter to tell you how to login. I see you did not need my advice! Happy me to find you here. May we do your most excellent book justice - it is both inspirational and healing for those who are trauma-scarred - and who amongst us is not?!

Again, Aloha and *GREAT BIG WARM HUGS*
/\~~~

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 Response 291 of 367: Wolf  (wolf) * Thu, May 24, 2001 (18:55) * 5 lines
hi herman!! so glad to meet you and find you here to boot!!!!! i must say, i am so glad you found the courage (perhaps reluctantly/accidently?) to write your story.

well, i've made it to the escape with much relief! and the pictures are great, i think i spent more time looking through them than reading last night!

marcia, again, thank you for sending me this book--you ARE my twin!! *HUGS*

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 Response 292 of 367: Mike Griggs  (mikeg) * Fri, May 25, 2001 (06:38) * 1 lines
OK, my interest is piqued...what is all this about girls?

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 Response 293 of 367: Herman I Neuman  (HeroBooks) * Sun, May 27, 2001 (09:06) * 10 lines
Dear Marcia /\~~~, Wolfie, Terry and Mike,

I can hardly wait for /\~~~ to start a topic for my memoir. I admire her warm heart and inquisitive mind. And judging by her hand writing, she is also very artistic.

I held the second signing for my, (as Wolfie refines it): "Fatherless Sons, Female Dogs, and Heroes." The responses has been overwhelming, and I as a mere "boat people," am not used to such recognition and adoration.

Humbly I suggest, that I have so many lessons and experiences to share, to hopefully inspire and educate others, those in the top echelon from whence guidence must flow, and those at the bottom from whence I climbed, who require hope and role models to emulate.

Thank you,
Herman

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 Response 294 of 367: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, May 27, 2001 (09:26) * 1 lines
That's great on having a topic for the /\~~~ memoir. Explain about being "boat people" ok?

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 Response 295 of 367: Wolf  (wolf) * Sun, May 27, 2001 (13:49) * 1 lines
well, i have just finished this book and i am hungry for more. 

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 Response 296 of 367: Wolf  (wolf) * Sun, May 27, 2001 (13:51) * 1 lines
marcia, i've just opened a topic for this book. you had mentioned troubles trying to do this but it must be fixed now. 

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 Response 297 of 367: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Sun, May 27, 2001 (18:23) * 6 lines
(the create topic was missing from my assortment of buttons on this conference but see it has been corrected - thanks!)

Along with BB&H, which I am finishing for the second time, I am also reading
North from the Mountains by John S. Kessler and Donald B. Ball. Subtitled A Folk History of the Carmel Melungeon Settlement, Highland County, Ohio

I have created a Melungeon topic in Cultures Conference (topic 35) because it was so new to me. There is an awakening awareness of this sub-culture which has existed in the United States perhaps longer than any other. It is also the only tri-racial group known to exist here. Surely there are others who have read about their existance? They have been in hiding for so long since they managed to be discriminated against by one segment or another of their own bloodlines for centuries. This is not only a scholarly reliable book, it is great reading, as well. More as I digest it and re-read it. And, mich more in Cultures 35 for all things Melungeon.

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 Response 298 of 367: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Sun, May 27, 2001 (18:45) * 1 lines
I have just discovered that many such mixed-blood groups existed in isolated pockets of the Eastern United States. This particular book deals with one such group.

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 Response 299 of 367: Wolf  (wolf) * Sun, May 27, 2001 (20:48) * 1 lines
i've only heard of that group through you, marcia...

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 Response 300 of 367: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, May 28, 2001 (09:08) * 1 lines
I'm glad the cultures topic is getting some play, since William Meyers has vanished from the scene, that conference has been pretty moribund. Are you a host there Marci? If not, would you like to acquire hostdom there? It's hard for some people to understand what the cultures conference is all about, but there are some pretty cool topics there already. 

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 Response 301 of 367: Herman I Neuman  (HeroBooks) * Wed, May 30, 2001 (10:26) * 12 lines
Dear Terry,

Explain about being "boat people" ok?

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My mother sent me to America on an ocean liner. We sailed through a hurricane, lost a propeller and were thrown off course. Within two or three hours after my 6000 mile journey to my final destination, I had to milk dairy cows. Only then did I begin to realize that I had become a slave.

But I triumphed greatly. Life is a blast!
Herman

P.S. This is an interesting, civilized and well-designed site, for that I thank you.

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 Response 302 of 367: Mike Griggs  (mikeg) * Thu, May 31, 2001 (16:30) * 1 lines
Sounds like an interesting story, Herman.... care to share more of it?

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 Response 303 of 367: Herman I Neuman  (HeroBooks) * Thu, May 31, 2001 (18:15) * 7 lines
Dear Mike,

There's so much that it would take hours, days. Have you looked my Web pages linked in Response 286 above? I'll be glad to anwer your quetions.

Thank you for your interest; I have learned so much from my experiences that I want to share.

Herman

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 Response 304 of 367: Wolf  (wolf) * Thu, May 31, 2001 (20:20) * 1 lines
mike, look in this conference under BB&H (can't remember the topic number)

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 Response 305 of 367: Mike Griggs  (mikeg) * Tue, Jun  5, 2001 (15:17) * 1 lines
ok, will do...

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 Response 306 of 367: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Aug 12, 2001 (20:46) * 1 lines
Joeeph Cambell's The Power of Myth.

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 Response 307 of 367: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Sat, Aug 25, 2001 (18:07) * 5 lines
Read that several times over - you'll love it, Terry.

I'm reading Tutankhamun - The Untold Story by Thomas Hoving. It was recommended to me by an archaeologist (no, not that one.) You'd be agahast how much was stolen and sold on the black market by the discoveres to maintain their elevated lifestyles.



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 Response 308 of 367: Maggie  (sociolingo) * Sun, Aug 26, 2001 (08:57) * 1 lines
Did you ever read the book/s I sent you Marcia???

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 Response 309 of 367: Mike Griggs  (mikeg) * Sun, Aug 26, 2001 (12:53) * 1 lines
Great Expecatations by Charles Dickens. Great stuff.

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 Response 310 of 367: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Sun, Aug 26, 2001 (15:16) * 3 lines
Great Expectations is a book you will read many times over your lifetime. Dickens is just like that.

I took my Tutankamun book with me last night to the volleyball game and have no clue who won. It is absolutely riveting. Not everything you thought you knew about his discovery and the final resting place for the goodies they discovered ended up where you think they did!!!

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 Response 311 of 367: nick a'hannay  (pmnh) * Mon, Oct 15, 2001 (11:13) * 3 lines
re-reading fitzgerald's short stories, a new collection (43, in all), gleaned from the many smaller collections...
haven't read these in a long time, and had forgotten how splendid... how exquisite... they are...
(urgently recommended)

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 Response 312 of 367: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Mon, Oct 15, 2001 (13:09) * 3 lines
Aloha Nick! Good to see you back at the Spring!

I'm reading 5 books at once - per uusual. "Ramapo Mountain People" I think will be the one I take on the plane.... or "Tutahnkamum: The Untold Story" by Thomas Hoving. Will note your urgent recommendation and look for it when I return from my son's wedding.

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 Response 313 of 367: Jackie2  (Jackie2) * Tue, Oct 16, 2001 (06:44) * 1 lines
I am reading Girl with Pearl earring and I recommend it.

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 Response 314 of 367: Wolf  (wolf) * Thu, Nov  1, 2001 (20:10) * 1 lines
i'm reading the thomas guide to L.A. and Orange Counties 2002 *laugh*

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 Response 315 of 367: Wolf  (wolf) * Tue, Feb  5, 2002 (21:25) * 1 lines
ok, now that book is tabbed and tucked away in my car! now on to leisure reading---Amy Tan's newest is now out in paperback and I have it--The Bonesetter's Daughter. just started it yesterday but she is great and has taught me a lot about China and i've come to appreciate it and Asian culture (not the communism part of it mind you). her books deal with the enigma of families, particularly mother-daughter relationships of the mothers from old world china and their children who are americanized. 

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 Response 316 of 367: S B Robinson  (SBRobinson) * Mon, Apr 22, 2002 (14:42) * 3 lines
Right now i'm reading Kathy Munger's Casey Jones series. There's about 5 of them (i'm on #2) - and they're a fun easy read. Set in the South they're all about the misadventures of one Casey Jones -unlicensed PI extradinare.
First one is called Legwork. I'd recommend it if you like Southern-based mysteries with a gutsy heroine. 


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 Response 317 of 367: Sam Blob  (AlFor) * Fri, Apr 26, 2002 (23:00) * 1 lines
Just finished reading an issue of Motorcyclist magazine...

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 Response 318 of 367: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Fri, Apr 26, 2002 (23:11) * 6 lines
I've been burrowing my way through Volcanoes in the Sea for a whole new topic on instructive sort (new for me) on how the Earth became inhabitable.

I'm also reading archaeological monographs because they interest me and I have a whole bunch of others I grab from time to time to graze upon like curling up with an old friend. I know the authors, and that makes them very special

Bastards, Bitches and Heroes Herman I Neuman
North from the Mountains John S. Kessler and Donald B. Ball

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 Response 319 of 367: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Fri, Apr 26, 2002 (23:12) * 1 lines
Sam, is that bathroom reading or just indulgence in your fascination with the internal combustion powered machines?

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 Response 320 of 367: Sam Blob  (AlFor) * Sun, Apr 28, 2002 (07:02) * 1 lines
Both. Had a feature on Power Cruisers (which don't impress me much) with an aside about the V-Max (which DOES!) and also featured a performance comparison of the Suzuki GSX-R1000 and the Chevrolet Corvette Z06, both piloted by motorcycle and NASCAR racer Kevin Schwantz. Advantage: GSX-R1000, in all areas of performance (then again, they probably didn't do a skidpad test; I'll have to re-read it...) They also had a biography about the former Mike Duff, who won motorcycle GP races in the Sixties.

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 Response 321 of 367: S B Robinson  (SBRobinson) * Mon, Apr 29, 2002 (16:41) * 3 lines
i've just started a new series by Christine Feehan,
It's a vampire series, a totally new genre for me. cant decide if i like it or not~


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 Response 322 of 367: Wolf  (wolf) * Mon, Apr 29, 2002 (17:38) * 1 lines
you haven't read anne rice? i thought she was the vampire expert (i've not read any of her stuff either)

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 Response 323 of 367: S B Robinson  (SBRobinson) * Mon, Apr 29, 2002 (18:16) * 2 lines
Nope, haven't read Anne Rice -i think she may be a little to creepy for me. This series (by Christine Feehan) is kinda dark, but there's a definate battle between good and evil -with good triumphing.
The vampire thing may be alittle to paranormal for me thought. not sure if i'm going to read the whole series...

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 Response 324 of 367: Sam Blob  (AlFor) * Tue, Apr 30, 2002 (20:22) * 3 lines
Read Shall We Tell The President? by Jeffrey Archer today. This was the original one, written in 1977 and set in 1983, based on the premise that Edward Kennedy had defeated Carter in the '80 Democratic Primary and the Republican cnadidate in the '80 Presidential Election, and that there was a plot to kill this second President Kennedy in 1983.

Very well done, but I can understand why Archer re-wrote it and made it the third Florentina Kane novel. It would be difficult for those weak in imagination to imagine a world in which Ronald Reagan never existed. It was a lot easier to do so in 1977 when he really didn't exist (except in California...)

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 Response 325 of 367: Sam Blob  (AlFor) * Tue, Apr 30, 2002 (20:25) * 1 lines
I guess it's time for me to try to find the rewritten Shall We Tell The President?. Then again, maybe I should read The Prodigal Daughter first. And The Fourth K, too. I can't remember who wrote The Fourth K; I think it was Mario Puzo.

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 Response 326 of 367: S B Robinson  (SBRobinson) * Mon, Jun  3, 2002 (13:16) * 1 lines
I'm currently halfway through Nora Roberts' Face the Fire, the third book of her three sisters triology. It's a pretty good read -typical NR. I'm not that impressed with Sam (the Hero) though, or maybe it's just that Nora hasnt fully explained why he disappeared 10 years before, breaking the heroine's heart. Course, maybe i'm not supposed to, since the Heroine doesnt know why he did either(but usually the reader has some clue). Not that THAT keeps the heroine from sleeping with him. (like i said. typical NR)

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 Response 327 of 367: S B Robinson  (SBRobinson) * Wed, Jun  5, 2002 (17:04) * 3 lines
I started Elizabeth Lowell's new hardcover, Running Scared last night. It's the sequel to Moving Target, and the second in her most recent series. I'm enjoying it, but not quite as much as her Donovan series. Although, the Donovans are secondary characters in this new antiquities series. (i'm still hopefull that Justin & Lawe will get their own books *fingers crossed*)
I have to admit that there is a natural tie-in between the two series -gems and antiquities. To be perfectly honest, i keep expecting April Joy to show up leading a FBI investigation. :-D
(anybody else read Elizabeth Lowell? ...have any clue what i'm talking about?)

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 Response 328 of 367: S B Robinson  (SBRobinson) * Fri, Jun  7, 2002 (12:56) * 6 lines
*laughing*
was reading Running Scared again last, and who shows up leading a FBI investigation, but ...April Joy! LOL

okay - will stop my yammering re: Elizabeth Lowell books, as apparently nobody else reads them but me :-)

(yammering. Can you tell i lived in the South for 5 years?) ;-)

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 Response 329 of 367: S B Robinson  (SBRobinson) * Thu, Jun 20, 2002 (10:49) * 7 lines
Last Night finished British Book called, Hens Dancing.

it's Diary format -smiliar to Bridget Jones, and is about a single mother of three living on a farm in the country. It's a fun read and the kids are a hoot!

I recommend it if you're a Jenny Colgan/Helen Feilding fan.



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 Response 330 of 367: S B Robinson  (SBRobinson) * Tue, Jun 25, 2002 (16:38) * 3 lines
i'm in the middle of Completely Smitten by Kristine Grayson, it's the third in a series of romantic comedies with a fairy tale/Greek gods twist. Not a great work of literature, but still a fun read. :-)

Tonight i'll start book four (West of Bliss) in Suzann Ledbetter's series. I love her books, the kooky characters, off-the-wall mysteries and romantic relationships are as close as i've found to Janete Evanovich's books. 

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 Response 331 of 367: S B Robinson  (SBRobinson) * Wed, Jul  3, 2002 (18:29) * 1 lines
At lunch today i picked up Summertime, the sequal to Hens Dancing. Cant wait to start it! :-D 

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 Response 332 of 367: S B Robinson  (SBRobinson) * Wed, Jul 10, 2002 (19:34) * 5 lines
i'm nearing the end of Jemima J by Jane Green - which i'm finding V. amusing.
British Girl meets cute california guy on the Internet -fun fluff, just right for Lite Summer reading :-)




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 Response 333 of 367: S B Robinson  (SBRobinson) * Tue, Aug 27, 2002 (14:27) * 2 lines
Read Purity in Death by JD Robb this weekend.
it's a great addition to the In Death series. Has anybody else read it yet? i'm dying to chat about Mavis' big news with someone, and how it will affect Eve - 

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 Response 334 of 367: jeb charleu  (jebcharleu) * Mon, Sep  9, 2002 (12:52) * 14 lines
A friend of mine lent me a Steven King book on his life as a writer. It's the first thing I've read by him. I skimmed the autobiographical stuff. Most of the advice on writing comes out of Strunk and White, whom he credits. The rest of his advice is very similar to some essays on writing by Shirley Jackson.

When We Dead Awaken by Ibsen. Not the place to start if you are new to Ibsen, but for a fan it was lots of fun. The Penguin Classics edition has terrific notes that relate the play to earlier drafts and to Ibsen's life. It is one of the strangest Ibsen plays-- in the same realm of eerie strangeness as The Lady From the Sea and Master Builder, but even weirder. Those two plays are possible to picture really happening, although they are improbable and spooky. Reading When We Dead Awaken is like seeing a Gustav Moreau or Klimt painting brought to life.
It was nice getting reacquainted with Ibsen and his world. Ibsen's credo is that all revolutions are useless except an inner, individual revolution; society is changed one person at a time, and that is the only true and lasting revolution. I find Ibsen's credo in harmony with the Christian belief that individual souls are the building blocks of God's kingdom (Ephesians 2v19-22, 1st Peter 2v5) and that the individual soul is the greatest value (Mark 8v36), though I don't think Ibsen was a Christian.

The Awakening in Wales by Jesse Penn Lewis-- that's small enough to fit in my pocket and it's on a subject that intrigues me very much, mass spiritual renewal (the best book on revival is Dynamics of Spiritual Life by Lovelace).

Darkness Visible by William Stryon, a memoir of his depression. Does anyone know any other good books on this subject from a literary point of view? Darkness Visible was good but too short (tho plenty long for Stryon, I guess).

I am reading Intellectuals by Paul Johnson, just finished the chapters on Hemmingway, Tolstoy, and Ibsen. Was anyone surprised to learn that the most influential intellectuals of the past 200 years were scoundrels in their personal lives? Some of his attacks seem petty or absurd. For example, he introduces Ibsen and credits him as the inventor of modern drama, and someone who, through the writing of A Doll's House, has more than any other man put the idea of the rights of woman on the table. Then he spends several pages lampooning Ibsen because he was cold, pompous, and worst of all, liked to wear medals. He makes the case that Ibsen was a cold and inattentive father, then he makes the case that Ibsen was an over-protective and neurotically-concerned father. The former point is disproved through the examples he sites to prove the latter point.

Also: a Tin-tin adventure called the Castifiore Emerald, which is very funny; some Yeats poems; a terric journal of arts and religion called Image-- I just discovered that.

Ezekial, an Old Testament prophet, New International Version. I also have a CD of Ezekial recorded by an actor, Max McClane. Ezekial was of the priestly class and he wrote during the time when the jews were in captivity in Babylon. The book is totally absorbing. It uses bizarre and terrifying imagery to convey truths about the holiness of God, his justice and mercy and wrath, the sinfulness of man, suffering, and the alien strangeness of God's angelic creation. I am almost intoxicated by the book but it is an intoxocation that brings clarity and insight. A lot of the truths in Ezekial are stated in Paul's epistles, but Ezekial uses a purely aesthetic medium-- as opposed to Paul's logical, well-reasoned arguments interspersed with brilliant metaphors. Leland Rykken's Reading the Bible as Literature has been my guide to reading Ezekial. 

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 Response 335 of 367: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Sun, Mar 23, 2003 (00:24) * 6 lines
I ma finishing Thomas Hoving (former director of the Metropolitan Museum of ART in NYC) Tutankhamun, the untold story. Don recommended it to me and it was an eye-opener but not as much as another book he has for me to read - Carter's archaeologiccal report leaving much out and even more in his own pocket.

My trip back to Louisville will include reading The Story of Yew whihc I had misplaced or it would have gone with me the first time. Moon, I'll get to it!

The book that always travels with me is North from the Mountains by
John Kessler and Donald B. Ball. I was privileged to have dinner with both of them and they signed my book. It was worth the 9 hour 6000 mile flight to accomplish!

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 Response 336 of 367: Marcia  (MarciaH) * Sun, Mar 23, 2003 (00:25) * 1 lines
Stephen King ! His day mares are worse than any night mares and I do not need more help on that score. What is his appeal? 

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 Response 337 of 367: S B Robinson  (SBRobinson) * Fri, Mar 28, 2003 (18:07) * 4 lines
(Marica) Stephen King ! His day mares are worse than any night mares and I do not need more help on that score. What is his appeal?

i can't read Stephen King either (if read even one, i'd never sleep through the night again!)
i'm enjoying re-reading Diana Gabaldon's Fiery Cross and Suzanne Brockmann's Letters to Kelly, which is a sweet story, and a particularly poignant plot. Jax -the main character was held hostage and tortured by his captors, he survives his experience by writting letters to Kelly in his mind. I love Suzanne Brockmann's books. This is a deviation from her usual stories. Jax is a journalist rather than a Navy SEAL, but it's a good one all the same :-)

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 Response 338 of 367: Stacey   (stacey) * Wed, Apr 23, 2003 (21:39) * 15 lines
I just finished:

Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult (sp?)
Themed in mother-daughter relationships, this was an atypical read for me with the heavy religious references but I did enjoy it completely.


Second Chance by James Patterson
The book is a 'sequel' to First to Die which I've never read. I really enjoyed the plot but didn't think much of his writing ability.



Currently reading:
Super BabyFood


The Painted House by John Grisham.
I've not read but two of his previous works and am finding this book well written and engaging.


I am certianly a binge reader, devouring six or seven books in a week before finding fault with a current novel and giving up for a month or so!


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 Response 339 of 367: Wolf  (wolf) * Sun, Sep 14, 2003 (11:44) * 1 lines
am tackling Lord of the Rings (only because I watched the two installments and must know what happens--and like to check when movies are based on books, whether or not they stayed true)

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 Response 340 of 367: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Sep 17, 2003 (22:19) * 2 lines
What's the next movie going to be called?


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 Response 341 of 367: Wolf  (wolf) * Wed, Sep 29, 2004 (17:25) * 3 lines
i think we know the answer to terry's query by now (LOFR-Return of the King)....

anyway, i've actually picked up a book again -- Pearl S. Buck's "The Good Earth" very good book and I'm so involved with it right now.

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 Response 342 of 367: S B Robinson  (SBRobinson) * Fri, Oct  1, 2004 (16:14) * 8 lines
I saw the reissue of "The Good Earth" at Target Wolf, and was pleased to see a classic amoungst all the new releases. :-)

I'm making my way through a stack of Katie Fforde and Jenny Colgan right now. Can't get enough British Chick Lit (reveving up for the Bridget Jones sequel to hit the theaters!)

i'm also eagerly anticipating the release of Sandra Hill's Wet & Wild.
Hill's always good for a light hearted read and She's SO FUNNY!
This book has a 10th century Viking coming forward to modern day Corondo Beach in Calif, smack dab in the middle of Navy SEAL training. The Navy things he's one of their SEAL trainees, and he thinks he's been captured by the Anglos and that their intense training is whimpy English torture methods. LOL! Can't wait! :-) 


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 Response 343 of 367: Wolf  (wolf) * Fri, Oct  1, 2004 (18:21) * 7 lines
*LOL*

finished reading "The Good Earth" last night. left it wide open too. did you know that it is the first of a trilogy? Yup, neither did i. the trilogy is called "House of Earth." Second book is "Sons" and the last is "A House Divided" am gonna have to check them out.

i've read all of Amy Tan and was comparing the culture of PSB's novel with AT's and found that they are similar. it makes since since PSB lived there most of her life. the novel styles are similar and you can't help but to care about the characters.

esbee, thanks for letting me know the movie's at Target. will have to pick it up.

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 Response 344 of 367: S B Robinson  (SBRobinson) * Fri, Oct  1, 2004 (19:22) * 8 lines
Ooops!
it's the book at Target not the movie Wolf -don't want to send you on a wild goose chase :-)

had no idea it was a trilogy! live and learn... Havent read Amy Tan, but know she's a popular write.

...okay, to be honest, havent read PSB either. LOL! but she's on my 'to read one day' list :-) 



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 Response 345 of 367: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Oct  1, 2004 (19:51) * 1 lines
I remember picking up the Good Earth as a very young child off my mom's book shelf and it left an impression. And I too didn't realize it was part of a trilogy. What a great title.

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 Response 346 of 367: gena  (zx6rider) * Fri, Oct  8, 2004 (15:19) * 12 lines
Hi y'all.

Am reading a few things at the moment:

Trace - Patricia Cornwell
HTML for Dummies - who knows
Anna Karenina - Tolstoy
Rewriting History - Dick Morris

I read alot... haven't read Good Earth though.

Love James Patterson - read The Jester a while back. It was an interesting departure from his usual murder myteries.

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 Response 347 of 367: S B Robinson  (SBRobinson) * Sat, Oct  9, 2004 (15:07) * 1 lines
Ooohh, i've been considering reading Rewriting History. what do you think so far? i primarily do fiction, (with only the occasional thought provoking tome) but i usually find my self agreeing with Dick Morris when i catch him on a talking head program -so seemed like something i might try...

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 Response 348 of 367: gena  (zx6rider) * Sat, Oct  9, 2004 (16:29) * 5 lines
Well, to tell the truth, it's in the pile... haven't turned a page yet. I think I want to read Hillary's "Living History" first, so I know what Morris is rebutting. I keep forgetting to ask my friend to loan me her copy of Hillery's. Perhaps tomorrow I'll get my hands on it and can start.

Hmmm, perhaps read them side by side... that would be an interesting trick ;-)

I am a mostly fiction grrl myself. But it is the times...

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 Response 349 of 367: Laura McCarthy  (LauraMM) * Fri, Nov 19, 2004 (08:17) * 1 lines
I am currently reading Garth Nix' Abhorsen Trilogy. I'm on the second one which is Lirael; I've been into fantasy lately!;)

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 Response 350 of 367: Wolf  (wolf) * Sun, Nov 21, 2004 (08:48) * 1 lines
picked up leo tolstoy's anna karenina (haven't started it yet)

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 Response 351 of 367: Wolf  (wolf) * Thu, Jul 21, 2005 (11:07) * 3 lines
put that one down and am reading "My Friend Leonard" by James Frey, so far so good but the writing takes some getting used to (lack of punctuation so it looks like running thoughts, probably the intent because it works).

finished reading "The Idiot Girls Action-Adventure Club" by Laurie Notaro, a columist. it's a collection of essays on her real life. this thing had me laughing outloud, something very few authors do. am going to find her other stuff to read too. something most of us gals who have felt like outsiders can really relate to.

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 Response 352 of 367: Wolf  (wolf) * Fri, Sep 23, 2005 (19:45) * 3 lines
James Frey--My Friend Leonard. had to get used to the writing style but once in, i was hooked. now i realize it's a sequel to A Million Little Pieces so guess what i have to go find! and i learned today that the latter is going to be made into a movie (2006).

am reading Mother of Pearl--actually, just starting it. also picked up the Dead Sea Scrolls (non-fiction) and another book (The Apothecary or something) with the removed books from the Old Testament.

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 Response 353 of 367: Wolf  (wolf) * Thu, Sep 29, 2005 (20:26) * 1 lines
am nearly finished with Mother of Pearl and it's great!!! can't believe it's the first book for this author, really amazing!

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 Response 354 of 367: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Sep 30, 2005 (11:14) * 1 lines
Great, can you share more?

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 Response 355 of 367: Wolf  (wolf) * Fri, Sep 30, 2005 (16:38) * 8 lines
let's see, it's set in the 50's in Mississippi.......a small town called Petal has its share of characters.....they all end up interacting with each other in one way or another during the course of events...what i love is the character development and the distinct personalities of each of them:

one young and one old man who discuss things at length
two young teenagers who are coming of age (one whose dad is unknown, whose mom is a wh**re, whose grandmother recently passed, and has no other siblings that she knows of)
a crazy lady who lives in the woods that can see things
a family that completely falls a part--a dad, a comatose mom, 2 crazy sons, and a housekeeper/caretaker

the story is so carefully written that you'd think this woman wrote a bunch of novels beforehand--not saying that the first one out is going to be terrible, but it's a rare thing.

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 Response 356 of 367: Wolf  (wolf) * Sat, Oct 15, 2005 (20:23) * 3 lines
finished "mother of pearl" and loved it! didn't want it to end....in fact, hoping for a sequel.

picked up "a million little pieces" by james frey--the prequel to "my friend leonard" read an interview somewhere and these stories are at least semi-autobiographical which is amazing to me that he survived all of it.

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 Response 357 of 367: Wolf  (wolf) * Tue, Oct 18, 2005 (12:19) * 1 lines
ok, am waiting to read "a million little pieces" for the plane so in the mean time, i picked up Laurie Notaro's "We Thought You Would Be Prettier". this woman knows me, i think. her essays are classic and everyone of us "dork girls" can totally relate!!

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 Response 358 of 367: Wolf  (wolf) * Sun, Oct 30, 2005 (08:35) * 3 lines
finished "a million little pieces" and i could just hug the author. i could feel his pain during recovery, just amazing. also was thinking about a movie and who would play him....was thinking christian bale (because of his acting in the machinist)......

have picked up Amy Tan's newest--Saving Fish From Drowning. have only started it so will let you know. also picked up a Karen Slaughter book and Nabokov's "Lolita".

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 Response 359 of 367: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Oct 31, 2005 (12:50) * 3 lines
We just had a big book festival in Austin, Bill Clinton was the big speaker and he was a big hit at the fest.

Wow, wolf, you have some reading to do. How's it going with these books?

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 Response 360 of 367: Wolf  (wolf) * Mon, Oct 31, 2005 (20:32) * 1 lines
trying to balance reading with homework (college), cross stitching, family, and here! (oh, did i mention work too?)

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 Response 361 of 367: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Oct 31, 2005 (21:25) * 1 lines
I didn't know you were going to college!

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 Response 362 of 367: Wolf  (wolf) * Tue, Nov  1, 2005 (19:50) * 1 lines
oh yeah, taking on-line courses (have to write a ton of papers for each course). thankfully, the profs are flexible! working on my BSBA (got a long way to go too)...

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 Response 363 of 367: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Nov  1, 2005 (19:54) * 1 lines
BS in Baseball?

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 Response 364 of 367: Wolf  (wolf) * Tue, Nov  1, 2005 (19:57) * 1 lines
as in a Bull-S Business Admin degree *laugh* (really, though, a Bachelor's--have 2 Associates awarded). still don't know what i want to be when i grow up. 

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 Response 365 of 367: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Nov  1, 2005 (20:21) * 1 lines
You're smart to go for the business degree. You'll be rich someday.

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 Response 366 of 367: Wolf  (wolf) * Wed, Nov  2, 2005 (20:02) * 1 lines
nah, not interested in the corporate world....wanna do my own thing but a business background will help....

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 Response 367 of 367: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Nov  3, 2005 (03:32) * 1 lines
It will really help, you're making a very good move. Why did I get a BUP (urband planning) degree instead of a MBA? I guess because I didn't know any better at the time and didn't take the time to hang out with my grandpa Ed and Cousin Barney more as a kid.
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