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Onto Conrad Black's bio on FDR lots of shenanigans will about I'm sure!
 
manboob said:
Onto Conrad Black's bio on FDR lots of shenanigans will about I'm sure!
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How's the Roosevelt bio going? Bet it's an interesting read.

I've been down at Wilson's Prom this week, so finished a couple of books, despite my pesky wallaby friend who continually tried to pry the book from my hands if I read outside. :confused: Here he is getting ready to pounce on my book...

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The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss was a pretty good one, a fantasy novel full of magic and wizards. Got a bit ''Harry Potter'' at times, but enjoyed it overall.
 
Good Catgal! I skipped a bit to the part where he is calling Chamberlain out for being a little bitch :D
 

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Finished reading billy slater's autobiography nice read, didn't fall in love with it, now onto Richie benaud autobiography, it is a little dated though to be honest was first published in 2011
 
catgal23 said:
How's the Roosevelt bio going? Bet it's an interesting read.

I've been down at Wilson's Prom this week, so finished a couple of books, despite my pesky wallaby friend who continually tried to pry the book from my hands if I read outside. :confused: Here he is getting ready to pounce on my book...

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The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss was a pretty good one, a fantasy novel full of magic and wizards. Got a bit ''Harry Potter'' at times, but enjoyed it overall.
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Your very own Skippy CG, could've been handy if you'd gotten yourself lost. ;)

The second book, The Wise Man's Fear, is worth a read-a bit less of the "Harry Potters" about it, as the main character finishes uni. Think there's a third book to round out the series in the pipeline too.
 
johncat said:
Your very own Skippy CG, could've been handy if you'd gotten yourself lost. ;)

The second book, The Wise Man's Fear, is worth a read-a bit less of the "Harry Potters" about it, as the main character finishes uni. Think there's a third book to round out the series in the pipeline too.
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I'll persevere with the series, thanks for the info-glad to hear he moves on from uni.

Don't start me on Skippy though (wrong thread and all, I know), I'm crazy for it. I should have seen if our Skippy could make a cup of tea, catch some bad ass baddies or play a mean tune on piano or drums for us :D...
 
I'm sure there's Skippy books out there you could read and review here CG. ;) You'll no doubt appreciate this description of Skippy's talents........

Skippy is a remarkable kangaroo. Capable of near-human thought and reasoning, she can understand everyone, can open doors, carry things in her pouch, cross streams on narrow logs, foil villains, rescue hapless bushwalkers, untie ropes, collect the mail, and even operate the radio. In one episode she plays drums in a band, in another she places a bet - and wins - on a horse at Randwick Racecourse.
http://www.classicaustraliantv.com/Skippy.htm

Onto a book I've just started reading, Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy). Only 100 or so pages in, intense read so far.
 
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I just finished "Lambs to the Slaughter" by Debi Marshall.

Could not put this one down, highly recommend this read if you are into true crime. Obviously tosses up a lot of questions and most remain unanswered -ie. not going to exactly solve the case of the missing Beaumont children in less than 400 pages-, but yeah regardless is a great read into the completely sadistic, twisted, horrific and deviant world of the child killer that is/was Derek Percy.

So frustrating was his "inability" to remember anything and just point blank refusing to answer any questions about other murder cases. The only reason he got caught in the first place, cause one of his victims broke free. And the mum. The mum is something else- in complete and utter denial + covering up for him!!:mad:

Honestly, the world is a better place now that sadist is dead. :thumbsu:
 
Shell said:
I just finished "Lambs to the Slaughter" by Debi Marshall.

Could not put this one down, highly recommend this read if you are into true crime. Obviously tosses up a lot of questions and most remain unanswered -ie. not going to exactly solve the case of the missing Beaumont children in less than 400 pages-, but yeah regardless is a great read into the completely sadistic, twisted, horrific and deviant world of the child killer that is/was Derek Percy.

So frustrating was his "inability" to remember anything and just point blank refusing to answer any questions about other murder cases. The only reason he got caught in the first place, cause one of his victims broke free. And the mum. The mum is something else- in complete and utter denial + covering up for him!!:mad:

Honestly, the world is a better place now that sadist is dead. :thumbsu:
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Read this one a few years back. One of the best books I've read. Love true crime literature.

This guy was so sadistic!
 
BlitzenTrapper said:
Read this one a few years back. One of the best books I've read. Love true crime literature.

This guy was so sadistic!
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Can recommend this one if you like: "Looking for Madeleine"- about the missing Madeleine McCann case.

Only got it from the library a few days ago, cannot put it down. Great read so far. :thumbsu:
 
I've just finished reading River God by Wilbur Smith. It's the first of his books that I've read, and I thought that it was a fantastic book. I will start reading the sequel shortly and very much forward to reading the rest of the series.
 

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I've just finished reading River God by Wilbur Smith. It's the first of his books that I've read, and I thought that it was a fantastic book. I will start reading the sequel shortly and very much forward to reading the rest of the series.
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I just may have that book on my shelf. Might read it , What is the sequel , S C ?
 
Shell said:
I love teen fiction.

-there I said it-

Read "Eleanor and Park", set in Omaha in 1986. Loved it and apparently is being made into a movie.
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At least you have no shortage of su jects to wax lyrical with about teenage fiction every day when you go to work. I suppose you watch the TV version of teen fiction: Home & Away and Neighbours?
 
I just finished the memoir "A Piece of Cake" by Cupcake Brown.

Trust me this aint no cook book- was a brutal story about a woman who basically went through this: happy childhood > finds mother dead > father (not on the scene) claims her > shunts her off to a foster home > is treated as a slave, beaten, raped, etc over a no. of years > runs away becomes a teen prostitute > joins the crips gang in LA > gets moved back into foster homes > gets emancipated > gets a flat/job > gets addicted to alcohol/ weed/ crack/ and every other drug you can think of > finally gets help > gets clean > holds down a job ok > goes back to school > goes to college > goes to Law School > becomes a Lawyer.

Amazing story.
 
I recently finished reading Science and Religion:Some Historical Perspectives By John Hedley Brooke.
A very good overview and commentary of the issues by a genuine scholar in the History of Science.
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John Hedley Brooke offers an introduction and critical guide to one of the most fascinating and enduring issues in the development of the modern world: the relationship between scientific thought and religious belief. It is common knowledge that in western societies there have been periods of crisis when new science has threatened established authority. The trial of Galileo in 1633 and the uproar caused by Darwin's Origin of Species (1859) are two of the most famous examples. Taking account of recent scholarship in the history of science, Brooke takes a fresh look at these and similar episodes, showing that science and religion have been mutually relevant in so rich a variety of ways that no simple generalizations are possible.

  • A fresh look at the difficulties of the coexistence of science and religion
  • Reveals the subtlety, complexity and diversity of the interaction between science and religion without bias
  • A wide-ranging study that does not assume specialist knowledge
John Hedley Brooke, University of Oxford, Emeritus
John Hedley Brooke is Professor of Science and Religion at the University of Oxford.

http://www.cambridge.org/us/academi...e-and-religion-some-historical-perspectives-1​
 
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I recently finished reading Science and Religion:Some Historical Perspectives By John Hedley Brooke.
A very good overview and commentary of the issues by a genuine scholar in the History of Science.
9781107664463.jpg


John Hedley Brooke offers an introduction and critical guide to one of the most fascinating and enduring issues in the development of the modern world: the relationship between scientific thought and religious belief. It is common knowledge that in western societies there have been periods of crisis when new science has threatened established authority. The trial of Galileo in 1633 and the uproar caused by Darwin's Origin of Species (1859) are two of the most famous examples. Taking account of recent scholarship in the history of science, Brooke takes a fresh look at these and similar episodes, showing that science and religion have been mutually relevant in so rich a variety of ways that no simple generalizations are possible.

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    • A fresh look at the difficulties of the coexistence of science and religion
    • Reveals the subtlety, complexity and diversity of the interaction between science and religion without bias
    • A wide-ranging study that does not assume specialist knowledge
John Hedley Brooke, University of Oxford, Emeritus
John Hedley Brooke is Professor of Science and Religion at the University of Oxford.

http://www.cambridge.org/us/academi...e-and-religion-some-historical-perspectives-1​
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It sounds like an interesting book. One thing is for certain though, nothing will ever change the fact that science is based on the pursuit of determining facts, while religion is based on the promotion of faith in scriptures which have been formulated from nothing more than conjecture and misinterpretation.
 
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