Member: odkins

Thanks for your friends invite.

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posted by HiTechCharities at 4:29 pm (EST) on Jun 22, 2009

Thanks for accepting my friend request!!!!

posted by JeffRiveraAuthor at 4:45 am (EST) on Jun 15, 2009

Hi,

Just having a much-postponed look at your books. You have some interesting ones !

Are you finding many groups on LT that reflect your/our interests ? I found it a bit of a disappointment in some ways, though I`ve hardly even dabbled with LT in recent months. I`m not a great one for being indoors too much and working on the computer quite a bit, I usually can`t wait to get away from it.

I must admit our previous exchanges may have been a bit disjointed at my end - at around the time you got in touch, my father had just died after many years of health problems, so as you`ll appreciate, my mind was on other things.

I am considering buying a copy of In Battle For Peace which a friend has in his shop. Have you ever read it ?

Anyway, I`m a bit short of time today nut would be good to hear from you.

Best,

Nick

posted by nickhoonaloon at 6:12 am (EST) on Dec 22, 2008

I apologize for taking so long to get back to you, I haven't checked my profile for a while. I find most of my books at library book sales, so that is most likely where I got my Betty Cavanna books. Only occasionally do I find the ones from the teen romance genre at bookstores. But the thrill is in the hunt, right?! :) Thanks for expressing an interest in my library, I'll have to check yours out.
Trina

posted by happy99 at 11:16 pm (EST) on Oct 21, 2008

(Sorry for being so long getting back to your comment.) Anderson is one of my favorite science fiction writers - a lot of his stuff is just mediocre, but even then it's almost always competent and colorful; and his better stuff is superb. I've been intermittently collecting him & hope to eventually have copies of all his commercially published books.

posted by tredegartrafalgar at 4:24 pm (EST) on Sep 14, 2008

As you`ll see from the terrible grammar in my message of earlier today, I`m not feeling that much better !

Nick

posted by nickhoonaloon at 10:55 am (EST) on May 29, 2008

I was aware that he was marginalised towards the end of his life. I only recently realised how little known he is in the US. I have read Paul Robeson`s Here I Stand more than once. I really like it - I once gave a copy to my late father as a birthday present, then borrowed it so often I think I read it more frequently than he did ! I also love Shirley Graham`s His Day is Marching On.

I`ve have found the discussions on LT an education in American political life, and not one I`ve found very enlightening ! Of course, I bear in mind that people who spend long periods participating in online discussion groups may not always have the most rounded personalities !

At some point I will return to the Du Bois group I started on LT, if only to add a few useful links - sadly, I rather doubt if many people will be interested. Still, I ought to do it.

Nick

posted by nickhoonaloon at 7:14 am (EST) on May 29, 2008

Odkins,

I'm pleased you found my library interesting.I'll check yours out soon.

Nzingha

posted by Nzingha at 12:46 am (EST) on May 28, 2008

Thanks for your message re : Du Bois.

I`m just getting over a brief illness - nothing serious - so if I ramble a bit, perhaps you could be patient with me !

You`ve probably noticed I`m in the UK. As a youngster I was always drawn towards anti-racist groups, anti-unemployment campaigns etc. In my twenties I was in work and involved a bit in the trade union movement and campaigns on third world poverty, but found them frustrating and narrow in outlook.

I don`t recall in detail how I became interested in Du Bois - I did give one two talks on internationalism and other things to interested groups and think it came from background reading for that initially.

I like him because he provides an explanation, a way of understanding the world.

I`m sure I`ve waffled on much too much here, probably without making much sense but hope that answers your question.

When I feel a bit better I`ll have a look through your library.

Best,

Nick

posted by nickhoonaloon at 10:45 am (EST) on May 27, 2008