busy91 Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Currently: Stoner by John Williams The Book Thief by Markus Zusak I usually read 2 or 3 books at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderlyh Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. It's about a group of people who end up in an unlikely literary society during German occupation of Guernsey, a Channel Island. So far, it's a light book to read in the sunshine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonzo2000 Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Wow, I'm in the middle of a bunch of books right now. A few of them I am reading for the second time. Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain The Lakota Way by J.M. Marshall III Seeker of Visions by John Lame Deer and Richard Erdoes The Sacred Pipe by Joseph Epes Brown War and Peace by Tolstoy A Life Wild and Perilous by Robert M. Utley The Short Reign of Pippin IV by Steinbeck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Dawg Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 I'm going to begin Moby-Dick today. I tried reading that once. I stopped when he began to describe Nantucket in about 100 pages. Currently reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidersandsnakes Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMAharaja Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 I think this is the first book I've read that has 5 stars on Amazon and I now I can see why. It's damn good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidersandsnakes Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 I think this is the first book I've read that has 5 stars on Amazon and I now I can see why. It's damn good. That's next on my list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busy91 Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Wow, I'm in the middle of a bunch of books right now. A few of them I am reading for the second time. War and Peace by Tolstoy How far along are you. Just downloaded this to my Kindle, not sure when I will read this, maybe not until next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMAharaja Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 That's next on my list I have to warn you that it's pretty heavy on the science. Also, you won't be able to properly enjoy an asteroid movie after reading this book. You'll just be shaking your head the whole time. If that doesn't bother you, enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecil. Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 A book about keeping bees, very out of date (1924 ed.)More of a diary than a guidebook. A very good read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonzo2000 Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 How far along are you. Just downloaded this to my Kindle, not sure when I will read this, maybe not until next year. Haha, funny you should ask because I am only about 35 pages into it so far (with 1350 to go!!). They say its the best novel ever written, so I'm going to give it a chance. I am usually a non-fiction guy but historical fiction can be great also. I am a big fan of Stienbeck. I've read about 18 of his books in the last couple of years. He has a wonderful way of providing a historically accurate and believable milieu within which to create ficticious characters. ...on another tangent: I love to listen to music while I read, am I the only one? My wife needs absolute silence to read and I wonder which one of us is (more) insane. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonzo2000 Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 Yeah, the guys from Muse obviously spend a lot of time reading 1984 before going into the studio! Their most recent album, the Resistance, is basically the musical biography of winston and julia. Cool. I just got the Muse cd and I have read 1984 a couple of times over the years. I will keep my ear out for the Orwellian influence. Zeppelin fans are wickid smaht!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlas Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidersandsnakes Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 Packing my summer books alongside snorkel and wetsuits :):) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlas Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/altimetry/katrina1.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlas Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Kerry Emanuel has been chosen as one of TIME Magazine's 100 People Who Shape Our World Named One of the Top Twenty Science Books of 2005 by Discover Magazine Description Imagine standing at the center of a Roman coliseum that is 20 miles across, with walls that soar 10 miles into the sky, towering walls with cascades of ice crystals falling along its brilliantly white surface. That's what it's like to stand in the eye of a hurricane. In Divine Wind , Kerry Emanuel, one of the world's leading authorities on hurricanes, gives us an engaging account of these awe-inspiring meteorological events, revealing how hurricanes and typhoons have literally altered human history, thwarting military incursions and changing the course of explorations. Offering an account of the physics of the tropical atmosphere, the author explains how such benign climates give rise to the most powerful storms in the world and tells what modern science has learned about them. Interwoven with this scientific account are descriptions of some of the most important hurricanes in history and relevant works of art and literature. For instance, he describes the 17th-century hurricane that likely inspired Shakespeare's The Tempest and that led to the British colonization of Bermuda. We also read about the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, by far the worst natural calamity in U.S. history, with a death toll between 8,000 and 12,000 that exceeded the San Francisco earthquake, the Johnstown Flood, and the Okeechobee Hurricane co Boasting more than one hundred color illustrations, frommbined. Boasting more than one hundred color illustrations, from ultra-modern Doppler imagery to classic paintings by Winslow Homer, Divine Wind captures the profound effects that hurricanes have had on humanity. Its fascinating blend of history, science, and art will appeal to weather junkies, science buffs, and everyone who read Isaac's Storm . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlas Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 National Weather Service JetStream - Online School for Weather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TypeO Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 Just finished Heretics, didn't have ChapterHouse: Dune, so I went backwards and started in on God Emperor of Dune. One of the poorest-designed covers in the whole series, btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TypeO Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 God Emperor on hold - I broke down and checked Chapterhouse out from the library. The spice must flow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrum Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Haven't read it for a while.... Hells Angels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderlyh Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Just finished Heretics, didn't have ChapterHouse: Dune, so I went backwards and started in on God Emperor of Dune. One of the poorest-designed covers in the whole series, btw. Why did I just snicker after seeing the cover? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGDAN Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Hi T Y'All, Shouldnt the "Menopause" be in there somewhere? i know my wife suffers from it everytime the tempreture rises above 40c and when i tell her she has her Head in the Clouds, around 31,000ft i think. Regards, Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TypeO Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Why did I just snicker after seeing the cover? Giving you the benefit of the doubt about having a dirty mind, I'll reiterate what a poorly-designed cover it is. Not only is it proportioned wrong, but it looks like he's made of blocks. There does, however, remain the possibility that you do just have a dirty mind, in which case the possibilities with that cover are infinite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pagemccartney95 Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Just finished reading the Bon Scott era fast and informative read thus far. I rented this from library just the other day and am about 3/4 done with it. I love it! I'm going between Maximum Rock'n'Roll and Every Living Thing by James Herriott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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