What are you reading now? - Page 64

Pariah · March 6th, 2008, 09:46 AM

I'm losing steam on that physics book. It's not dumbing it down enogh for me, which is making reading it too much like work. I might not finish it.

But, I have a substitute "physics" book waiting in the wings: Uncertainty: Einstein, Heisenberg, Bohr, and the Struggle for the Soul of Science

I'm thinking this will be less math and more history.

krepitch · March 8th, 2008, 05:22 PM

I had the opportunity to review an advanced copy of The Translator, which is the story of a man who survived a great deal of tragedy in Darfur. I highly recommend it for anyone with an interest in Darfur. It's a quick read and highly emotional, but definitely worth reading.

http://www.amazon.com/Translator-Tri...5025583&sr=8-1

Hollywood · March 8th, 2008, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by dodie53

i'm going to read bourne betrayal next (part 5)

I didn't know there was a part 4 let alone a part 5. What is the name of part 4?

Renz · March 9th, 2008, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Hollywood

I didn't know there was a part 4 let alone a part 5. What is the name of part 4?

The Bourne Legacy by Eric Van Lustbader.

Chandler Mike · March 9th, 2008, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Renz

The Bourne Legacy by Eric Van Lustbader.

The last two aren't supposed to be near as good as Ludlum's versions...

coyoteshockeyfan · March 9th, 2008, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Hollywood

I didn't know there was a part 4 let alone a part 5. What is the name of part 4?

There's also a part 6, The Bourne Sanction by Eric Van Lustbader, coming this July.

Hollywood · March 10th, 2008, 05:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Renz

The Bourne Legacy by Eric Van Lustbader.

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Originally Posted by Chandler Mike

The last two aren't supposed to be near as good as Ludlum's versions...

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Originally Posted by coyoteshockeyfan

There's also a part 6, The Bourne Sanction by Eric Van Lustbader, coming this July.

Oh, different author? I think I will pass. Thanks guys.

dodie53 · March 10th, 2008, 06:55 PM

i'm reading Bourne Betrayal..

wow,
it's cool that there's a part 6.
nice.

Shane H · March 13th, 2008, 07:04 PM

Im currently reading this: http://www.amazon.com/Ice-Man-Confes...5460178&sr=8-1

It is GREAT!

Pariah · March 14th, 2008, 06:24 AM

"In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto"

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From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. In his hugely influential treatise The Omnivore's Dilemma, Pollan traced a direct line between the industrialization of our food supply and the degradation of the environment. His new book takes up where the previous work left off. Examining the question of what to eat from the perspective of health, this powerfully argued, thoroughly researched and elegant manifesto cuts straight to the chase with a maxim that is deceptively simple: Eat food, not too much, mostly plants. But as Pollan explains, food in a country that is driven by a thirty-two billion-dollar marketing machine is both a loaded term and, in its purest sense, a holy grail. The first section of his three-part essay refutes the authority of the diet bullies, pointing up the confluence of interests among manufacturers of processed foods, marketers and nutritional scientists—a cabal whose nutritional advice has given rise to a notably unhealthy preoccupation with nutrition and diet and the idea of eating healthily. The second portion vivisects the Western diet, questioning, among other sacred cows, the idea that dietary fat leads to chronic illness. A writer of great subtlety, Pollan doesn't preach to the choir; in fact, rarely does he preach at all, preferring to lets the facts speak for themselves. (Jan.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

This is a really, really well-written book. The subject matter may not seem so interesting, but damn it's well written.

Mathew81 · March 17th, 2008, 05:33 PM

Just finished The Godfather and am now starting to reread Harry Potter.

Assface · March 17th, 2008, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Mathew81

Just finished The Godfather and am now starting to reread Harry Potter.

Yeah, those books just flow right in to each other.

Hollywood · March 17th, 2008, 10:28 PM

Started reading the Bible last week.

Mathew81 · March 18th, 2008, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Assface

Yeah, those books just flow right in to each other.

Oh, come on! You don't see the similarities between Harry Potter and Michael Corleone?

Zeno · March 19th, 2008, 04:42 PM

I've just read...

House to House by David Bellavia, its about his experiences with the Army in Fallujah.

We Were One, by Patrick O'Donnell, its about a Marine platoon in Fallujah. Excellent book, almost as good as Bing West's No True Glory.

Star Wars: Revelation, by Karen Traviss. Jacen Solo son of Han & Leia is a Sith Lord and killed Luke SKywalkers wife (so I'm a dork).

I'm able to read a lot while I am away from home. I have about 5 other books sitting on my dresser waiting to be read....everything from political, to military history and finally to Sci Fi (the new V book).