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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #375 on: July 31, 2012, 09:35:24 PM »
Give me some Ideas on ancient history.

Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.  Never read it myself but they say it's the one if you have several spare weeks and horrific insomnia.

The Teaching Company has tons of stuff on audio and video which can be purchased from them or obtained through other more swashbuckling means.  Yale U's Intro to Ancient Greek History was a good survey and can hopefully still be DL free and legal from their site.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #376 on: August 01, 2012, 06:22:18 AM »
Give me some Ideas on ancient history.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #377 on: August 01, 2012, 06:45:27 AM »
Give me some Ideas on ancient history.

it isnt ancient.. but its very good..

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #378 on: August 01, 2012, 08:54:34 AM »
Didnt know tht.  Dont know much about computers at all.  I knkw people have a beef with apple.  But didnt really know why.  I have an ipad and iphone they are pretty cool devices.  99% of apps are worthless shit.  Wouldnt spend the extra to get  a mac though.  Pc has been fine for me.  

I agree that their products have a cool look, but I prefer something that is versatile and can run very specific applications. In case you only ask for a device that plays music & vids, some internet stuff and reading an ebook, an i-pod/pad/phone/etc is just fine. But keep in mind that Apple only wants you to use your device for simple tasks like that.
If you fit in that vision, you're fine, else you will become frustrated.
To submit an app to their store (I can't even sell an app myself!), there all all kinds of restrictions/limitations. On the Windows and esp Linux side, both users as developers have way more freedom.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #379 on: August 01, 2012, 03:14:30 PM »
Thanks for the ideas gentleman.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #380 on: August 02, 2012, 06:11:53 AM »
Sharpe's Revenge-Bernard Cornwell

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« Reply #381 on: August 02, 2012, 06:17:29 AM »
Sharpe's Revenge-Bernard Cornwell Stark

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #382 on: August 02, 2012, 01:23:02 PM »
Justice, Gender, and the Family- by Susan Moller Okin

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #383 on: August 06, 2012, 02:31:33 PM »
How to Write a Lot- by Paul Silvia

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #384 on: August 06, 2012, 02:39:42 PM »
Why do people read fiction?  It never has interested me one bit. I will keep my fantasy to movies.  I like historical or autobiographical books.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #385 on: August 07, 2012, 04:04:40 AM »
Why do people read fiction?  It never has interested me one bit. I will keep my fantasy to movies.  I like historical or autobiographical books.
I feel the same way 99 percent of the time, but once in a while, I read some fiction.

Have you ever read 'Grapes of Wrath' or 'Forrest Gump'? I recommend them both.

I'm currently reading 'Salem's Lot' after reading the non-fiction Stephen King book 'On Writing'.

'Salem's Lot' is enjoyable.

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« Reply #386 on: August 07, 2012, 09:56:36 AM »
I feel the same way 99 percent of the time, but once in a while, I read some fiction.

Have you ever read 'Grapes of Wrath' or 'Forrest Gump'? I recommend them both.

I'm currently reading 'Salem's Lot' after reading the non-fiction Stephen King book 'On Writing'.

'Salem's Lot' is enjoyable.



That is recommended for motivation in my How to Write a Lot book; I thought about checking it out, is it any good?

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #387 on: August 07, 2012, 11:31:26 AM »
Finished 'The Afrika Reich' by Guy Saville. A hyped debut novel, it is an alternate history, with Nazi Germany and Great Britain at a shaky, post-war peace; Germany in control of Africa. Poor writing, cartoonish plot and villains, and seen-it-before action sequences belie any suspension of disbelief. If you're looking for better examples, try Len Deighton's 'SS-GB,' Philip Dick's 'The Man in the High Castle,' or Robert Harris' 'Fatherland.'

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« Reply #388 on: August 07, 2012, 11:38:42 PM »
That is recommended for motivation in my How to Write a Lot book; I thought about checking it out, is it any good?
I think so.

It's part memoir, so it keeps it moving along well. Some interesting things about his life, including past drug use.



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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #389 on: August 08, 2012, 01:50:23 AM »
Why do people read fiction?  It never has interested me one bit. I will keep my fantasy to movies.

Novels are like movies...only in your head.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #390 on: August 08, 2012, 02:22:04 PM »
Not reading much as it's too nice outdoors.

This though is terribly clever and you can dip in and out, just browse.  I only really read seriously in the winter months.  Plus I'm watching the Olympics...  We're "medalling" and we're "about to podium".

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #391 on: August 08, 2012, 02:30:57 PM »
Novels are like movies...only in your head.

I disagree.  Firstly, movies are in your face, right in your eyes.  It's all right there right now?

Novels (good ones) cleverly urge you to imagine, to think ahead, to comprehend human nature, to wonder and to learn stuff about how you feel...



I haven't seen a good movie for ages, but that's because I don't like crime or guts and gore or war or vampires or romcom or any of that low-life, can't stand it.



There are more great novels out there than I have years left to read them
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #392 on: August 13, 2012, 06:06:01 PM »
The Elements of Style- Strunk and White

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #393 on: August 13, 2012, 07:30:17 PM »
The Elements of Style- Strunk and White
Wow, taking me back to ninth grade with that one.  :o
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« Reply #394 on: August 13, 2012, 07:41:18 PM »
Wow, taking me back to ninth grade with that one.  :o

Step up from Ebonics for sure. 

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« Reply #395 on: August 13, 2012, 07:44:51 PM »
Step up from Ebonics for sure. 
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #396 on: August 13, 2012, 07:53:39 PM »
Beyond chutzpah, on the misuse of anti-semitism and the abuse of history. by  Norman Finkelstein.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #397 on: August 14, 2012, 05:26:42 AM »
Wow, taking me back to ninth grade with that one.  :o

I never got around to reading it  ;D

also reading The Elements of Legal Style by Bryan Garner

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #398 on: August 14, 2012, 06:40:03 AM »
Finished 'The Afrika Reich' by Guy Saville. A hyped debut novel, it is an alternate history, with Nazi Germany and Great Britain at a shaky, post-war peace; Germany in control of Africa. Poor writing, cartoonish plot and villains, and seen-it-before action sequences belie any suspension of disbelief. If you're looking for better examples, try Len Deighton's 'SS-GB,' Philip Dick's 'The Man in the High Castle,' or Robert Harris' 'Fatherland.'

Very good read.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #399 on: August 15, 2012, 05:48:59 PM »
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