Have you read any of Christopher Paolini's books?Originally Posted by Marcus Aurelius
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Have you read any of Christopher Paolini's books?
If the freedom of speech is taken away
then dumb and silent we may be led,
like sheep to the slaughter.
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You..... dumbass!!!
Of course. I found it fascinating that he wrote Eragon when he was 15.
Have you read any of Christopher Paolini's books?Originally Posted by Marcus Aurelius
For about the 20th or so time in my life... The Hobbit.
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Me too. And to have such a grasp on the subtleties of "racial prejudices" even with fantasy characters, and how they had to drop the barriers and band together to fight a greater enemy.
If the freedom of speech is taken away
then dumb and silent we may be led,
like sheep to the slaughter.
George Washington (1732-1799) First President of the USA.
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I like that they still didn't "like" each other, it's more of a "we've got bigger fish to fry" kind of thing. That and the point that he didn't beat the readers over the head with it. Eragon still distrusted them, but realized that, for the greater good, he had to give the urghals a chance at redemption.
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I keep running out of books. I'm all caught up on Song of Fire & Ice, finished up the Inheritance Cycle, The Sword of Truth series, and now I'm stuck waiting for more books to come out since I'm caught up or finished with all of my series.
I read the entire Dresden Files series as well, and I'm going back through some of my older novels again, including my Nora roberts books.
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Have you read any of James Rollins? Nice series and he always starts with an element of truth but turns it into fiction to the point that it scares the hell out of you to think it is really happening. Series featuring Sigma Force. The one about the seed vault hit me the hardest. I think it's called Doomsday Key.
If the freedom of speech is taken away
then dumb and silent we may be led,
like sheep to the slaughter.
George Washington (1732-1799) First President of the USA.
...mischief managed!
Right now: Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Should have read this a long time ago, but for whatever reason, never got to it until now.
So far, two burnt & cut thumbs up. He actually tells stories well, but many cooks/chefs can, especially those trained on the East Coast.
Very entertaining. My favorite parts so far are when he describes his liking working with women line cooks that don't take shit and things they have done to thwart the harassment and debauchery within the staff, and telling about a place he worked at that was in a high rise near Central Park and for entertainment, cooks would toss profiteroles out the one window you could open that high up to hit pedestrians with them.
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I just finished a biography on Thomas Jefferson called The Art of Power by Jon Meacham which I checked out from the Library. I liked it so much, I asked my wife to order my own hard copy so I could re-read and make my own "scholarly" notes on the matter. In addition to the Jefferson book, my wife purchased another Jon Meacham biography on Andrew Jackson called American Lion. I have eagerly awaited both of their arrivals.
In the meantime I picked up the first and second books in the Sigma Series by James Rollins. I'm on Map of Bones and today my biographies arrived.
Sorry Jefferson and Jackson, you have been put officially on hold
Seriously, while Rollins starts with little nuggets of truth and takes them to crazy proportions, not unlike Dan Brown, those little nuggets of truth are fascinating enough to send you to the library on your own research project!
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Recently finished Uranium by Tom Zoellner. Was actually quite interesting. From the first realization of what that 'waste rock' was, to developing the bomb to the current focus on expanding nuke power.
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Well, I don't go to the library to do research but I like to delve further into his references. I was all over the internet about the Seed Vault and discovered that Bill Gates has a huge stake in Svalbard. Sources say he has invested over $30M.I just finished a biography on Thomas Jefferson called The Art of Power by Jon Meacham which I checked out from the Library. I liked it so much, I asked my wife to order my own hard copy so I could re-read and make my own "scholarly" notes on the matter. In addition to the Jefferson book, my wife purchased another Jon Meacham biography on Andrew Jackson called American Lion. I have eagerly awaited both of their arrivals.
In the meantime I picked up the first and second books in the Sigma Series by James Rollins. I'm on Map of Bones and today my biographies arrived.
Sorry Jefferson and Jackson, you have been put officially on hold
Seriously, while Rollins starts with little nuggets of truth and takes them to crazy proportions, not unlike Dan Brown, those little nuggets of truth are fascinating enough to send you to the library on your own research project!
PS ... has anyone other than myself invested in their own seed vault? Maybe this should be a completely separate thread?!So when Bill Gates decides through the Gates Foundation to invest some $30 million of their hard earned money in a project, it is worth looking at.No project is more interesting at the moment than a curious project in one of the world’s most remote spots, Svalbard.
Bill Gates is investing millions in a seed bank on the Barents Sea near the Arctic Ocean, some 1,100 kilometers from the North Pole. Svalbard is a barren piece of rock claimed by Norway and ceded in 1925 by international treaty (see map).On this God-forsaken island Bill Gates is investing tens of his millions along with the Rockefeller Foundation, Monsanto Corporation, Syngenta Foundation and the Government of Norway, among others, in what is called the ‘doomsday seed bank.’ Officially the project is named the Svalbard Global Seed Vault on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, part of the Svalbard island group.
The seed bank is being built inside a mountain on Spitsbergen Island near the small village of Longyearbyen. It’s almost ready for ‘business’ according to their releases. The bank will have dual blast-proof doors with motion sensors, two airlocks, and walls of steel-reinforced concrete one meter thick. It will contain up to three million different varieties of seeds from the entire world, ‘so that crop diversity can be conserved for the future,’ according to the Norwegian government. Seeds will be specially wrapped to exclude moisture. There will be no full-time staff, but the vault’s relative inaccessibility will facilitate monitoring any possible human activity.
Did we miss something here? Their press release stated, ‘so that crop diversity can be conserved for the future.’ What future do the seed bank’s sponsors foresee, that would threaten the global availability of current seeds, almost all of which are already well protected in designated seed banks around the world?http://www.globalresearch.ca/doomsda...arctic-2/23503
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If the freedom of speech is taken away
then dumb and silent we may be led,
like sheep to the slaughter.
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Yes! I'd be fascinated to read about what you've learned.
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Have you read the "Wheel of Time" series by Robert Jordan. Its a 13 book series that was finally finished a few years after Jordan death by Brandon Sanderson.. You could also try the "Mistborn Trilogy" by Sanderson. Very good books and LOTS to read....
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Just finishing book 3 of the Inheritance Cycle. Book 4 is still in the mail, should have been here days ago. It's nice to escape from this bizarro world into some good fantasy.
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Awesome series from a very talented young writer. I look forward to his next book. Any word on whether he's written anything else?
If the freedom of speech is taken away
then dumb and silent we may be led,
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