Last book you read?

[manboob]

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.

Well you say that - but go read some quantum mechanics... that will change your perspective. The real Heisenberg is a head-*.

 

[The rabbi]

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.

Brooke is not suggesting that they are the same thing. He is tracing the interaction through the history of science and religion in the west. It is "not" of a work of apologetic or polemic but of work of history.
And in my reading of the subject by the best of historical scholarship on the relationship between Science and Religion, or Science and Christianity specifically, the subject is far more interesting and complex than the rather flat narratives that I have encountered from popular culture.

 

[johncat]

Havent read a book in over a year, it was the last release of my favourtie serieis. R.a Salvatores "legend of drizzt" series is a favourite of mine and need to find the latest book

That's a huge series-there must be around 20 or 30 books all up.

How far into it did you get? I read the first couple, really enjoyed them, then got lost in something else.

 

[Matthew Jelley]

Just googled it and there are 2 books left i havent read. Started the series 15 years ago though and only just caught up on a few in the last 2 years

 

[Strangled Cat]

Well you say that - but go read some quantum mechanics... that will change your perspective. The real Heisenberg is a head-****.

Yeah, look... I'll be honest here and say that most of that stuff is slightly over my head. So, perhaps you could tell me in layman's terms how my opinion would change if I further educated myself in the field of quantum mechanics?

 

[manboob]

It would seem to suggest that our/the scientific method might not be all that it's cracked up to be. Simply, by observing (the process of doing so) something you are altering it (how it behaves).

 

[Partridge]

The Killer of Little Shepherds by Douglas Starr.

Excellent if you like true crime, and reading about a serial killer most people have never heard of.

 

[candiehappy]

I'm a big fan of Haruki Murakami, finally caught up with Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.

fabulous book

 

[cats23]

I'm a big fan of Haruki Murakami, finally caught up with Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage.

fabulous book

Another Haruki Murakami fan here!

I've read a couple of his books, Norwegian Wood and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, loved them both.

Have read some really positive reviews of the one you mentioned, I'll have to add it to the off-season reading list.

 

[candiehappy]

Another Haruki Murakami fan here!

I've read a couple of his books, Norwegian Wood and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, loved them both.

Have read some really positive reviews of the one you mentioned, I'll have to add it to the off-season reading list.

my favourite is Kafka by the Shore - enjoy !

 

[FredLeDeux]

my favourite is Kafka by the Shore - enjoy !

See Ladbrokes have got Murakami in the betting for the Nobel Prize this year, at 6/1, behind the well-known Svetlana Aleksijevitj at 3s.

 

[candiehappy]

See Ladbrokes have got Murakami in the betting for the Nobel Prize this year, at 6/1, behind the well-known Svetlana Aleksijevitj at 3s.

I think that he's been favourite 2 or 3 times, he might be the Buddha Hocking of the book world

 

[FredLeDeux]

I think that he's been favourite 2 or 3 times, he might be the Buddha Hocking of the book world

I think only Americans bet, he's very accessible and popular over there, and finally a translation of his very first book is available as well. They also have Roth (plausible) and (the FSM preserve us) Joyce Carol Oates on the list.

 

[manboob]

Anyone read his book of interviews about the Sarin subway attacks? I'm curious?

 

[candiehappy]

Anyone read his book of interviews about the Sarin subway attacks? I'm curious?

I haven't but think I will.

 

[Shell]

"Forget you had a Daughter" about a Brit who attempted to smuggle a small amount of heroin out of Bangkok, and of course got caught and ended up in the Bangkok Hilton, eventually being transferred to some of the scariest prisons in England, including one that housed Rose West.

An excerpt about Rosemary West on Fred West:
"Sandra" she would say "He was a ****ing psychopath. Do you know what a psychopath is?"
"No Rose" I replied "But I think you're going to tell me"
"Do you know why he hung himself?"
"No. To protect you. Or to take the easy way out."
"No, no," she screamed "I'll tell you, all their life they're planning the ultimate murder. Do you know what the ultimate murder is?.
"No Rose i dont"
"Their own. Their own murder. It's the ultimate murder for a psychopath. He planned his whole life to kill himself."

Yeah it's an interesting read.

 

[evolutionbaby]

Mindhunter by John Douglas. Its about the FBI's Serial Crime Unit. The author basically invented perpetrator profiling and turned it into a science. A facinating read.

 

[Partridge]

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

 

[FredLeDeux]

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Good book, but personally I preferred the true story.

 

[Curlee]

I have just discovered Robert Goddard books . Liking the one I am reading now "Days without Number" . I think I will read more. And also have a Wilbur Smith to start. Haven't read him before . although I know he has written for years

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

I read that a long time ago. Still remember most of it

 

[Shell]

Have not read a book yet over the summer.

The books I got from the Library so far have been an utter disappointment- read several pages then put them all down.

Moving onto a book I got about how they built the World Trade Centre and The Dressmaker. Hopefully they are better.

 

[Shell]

One book was an autobiography from the POV of an Irish girl who grew up under very tough circumstances.

I literally could not read it, because she "wrote like how she would speak" in everyday life. It was beyond annoying. Shame because I'm sure it's a great book.

 

[FredLeDeux]

Have not read a book yet over the summer.

The books I got from the Library so far have been an utter disappointment- read several pages then put them all down.

Moving onto a book I got about how they built the World Trade Centre and The Dressmaker. Hopefully they are better.

Is that The Dressmaker by Beryl Bainbridge, or the Australian one?

 

[Shell]

Is that The Dressmaker by Beryl Bainbridge, or the Australian one?

The movie one.

 

[FredLeDeux]

The movie one.

OK, don't know that one.