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 Posted: 06/06/03 - 16:54 Post subject: Wht are you reading right now?
I am reading
Enemy at the Gates
(not the sniper stuff, like the movie. That though is mention, The title is taken from a correspondence from the general in charge of the defense of Stalingrad stating that the "Enemy is at the gates of the City).
It is about the Battle of Stalingrad. From its beginings to the end. It is a well written book. The book was written in 1973 but is probably the pinnacle of the books written on the battle.
It is horrible what happened there by both sides involved. The author does a fair job presenting without really judging.
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keltic63
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Posted: 06/06/03 - 17:03 Post subject:
I am reading this thread.........
and the last book I read was "Down By the Station" a brief but pithy novel about rail transportation
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akern
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Posted: 06/06/03 - 17:10 Post subject:
I just finished The Vampire Lestat about 5 minutes ago! Moving on to Queen of the Damned this evening.
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jrjo
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Posted: 06/06/03 - 17:15 Post subject:
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kristin31
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Posted: 06/06/03 - 17:51 Post subject:
"Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and the Exploitation of Labor in the Black MArket" by Eric Schlosser
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Cappy
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Posted: 06/06/03 - 17:58 Post subject:
Slander: Liberal Lies about the American Right by Ann Coulter
Just finished Let Freedom Ringby Sean Hannity
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akern
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Posted: 06/06/03 - 18:06 Post subject:
| kristin31 wrote: | | "Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and the Exploitation of Labor in the Black MArket" by Eric Schlosser |
Sounds like a whopper of a tale....
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coachmarkos
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Posted: 06/06/03 - 18:10 Post subject:
Dennis Miller Ranting Again
I tried giving the Celestine Prophecy another go, but it wouldn't take.
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akern
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Posted: 06/06/03 - 18:12 Post subject:
Anyone ever read The Grapes of Wrath? I tried but it bored me to tears. 
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kristin31
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Posted: 06/06/03 - 18:15 Post subject:
| akern wrote: | | kristin31 wrote: | | "Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and the Exploitation of Labor in the Black MArket" by Eric Schlosser |
Sounds like a whopper of a tale.... |
It's actually very interesting. Well researched and documented.
I've read "Grapes of Wrath" and didn't find it too bad...but for the life of me I don't think I'll ever get through Ulysses no matter how i try.
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Cappy
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Posted: 06/06/03 - 18:20 Post subject:
| akern wrote: | | Anyone ever read The Grapes of Wrath? I tried but it bored me to tears. |
19 years ago in High School.
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copteacher
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Posted: 06/06/03 - 18:25 Post subject:
| Cappy wrote: | | akern wrote: | | Anyone ever read The Grapes of Wrath? I tried but it bored me to tears. |
19 years ago in High School. |
One book that is not on my re read list. Steinbeck and I do not get along.
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AlaninTX
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Posted: 06/06/03 - 19:15 Post subject:
| akern wrote: | | Anyone ever read The Grapes of Wrath? I tried but it bored me to tears. |
Come on, Rosasharron, get back on the flatbed. Read it in high school, and thought it was pretty good.
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AlaninTX
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Posted: 06/06/03 - 19:20 Post subject:
So Big by Edna Ferber. Won the Pulitzer for fiction in 1924. Pretty good book. A whole lot better than One of Ours, which I was afraid it might be like.
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Cappy
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Posted: 06/06/03 - 20:05 Post subject:
| AlaninTX wrote: | | akern wrote: | | Anyone ever read The Grapes of Wrath? I tried but it bored me to tears. |
Come on, Rosasharron, get back on the flatbed. Read it in high school, and thought it was pretty good. |
It was a first edition then 
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