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Notes From a Small Island by Bill Bryson

The Lord of the Rings (Movie Art Cover) by J.R.R. Tolkien

Next of Kin ...What Chimpanzees Have Taught Me About Who We are by Roger Fouts

A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age by William Manchester

On the Road by Jack Kerouac

Visiting our past : America's historylands by Ross S. Bennett

Harvey Penick'S Little Red Book: Lessons And Teachings From A Lifetime In Golf by Harvey Penick

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Library308 books — see library

Reviews25 reviews — see reviews

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Tagspaperback (254), non-fiction (196), history (127), TBR (123), fiction (112), library (94), ushistory (77), read (56), hardback (54) — see all tags

Groups1001 Books to read before you die, American History, American Politics, American Revolution & Founding Fathers History, BookMooching, Evolve!, Genealogy@LT, Happy Heathens, Historical Fiction, I See Dead People['s Books] — show all groups

Favorite authorsStephen Baxter, Daniel J. Boorstin, Orson Scott Card, Jared Diamond, Neil Gaiman, Stephen Jay Gould, Neil Howe, S.M. Stirling, William Strauss, Connie Willis, Simon Winchester (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresBarnes & Noble Booksellers - Alderwood, Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Northgate, Barnes & Noble Booksellers - University Village, Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Woodinville, Third Place Books (Lake Forest Park), Third Place Books (Ravenna), University Book Store (Mill Creek Town Center), University Bookstore

Favorite librariesBothell Regional Library, The Seattle Public Library, Central Branch

About me Retired but still curious.

About my library Trying to get control of a rather unruly collection. As you can see I buy more books than I get around to reading. I was going to catch up when I retired. As it turns out, that just gave me more time to buy books.
About my book status tag:
wishlist - books I want to read but do not have
TBR - books I have but have not read
read - books I have and have read but will not keep
library - books that I will keep (favorites and reference)
memories - books I have read and no longer have

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My retirement is set for August 2009, thank you. My wife and I have been making plans for a year and a half already! ;-)

posted by smithwil at 11:19 am (EST) on Dec 18, 2007

Hi Bill,
I am still fairly new to this. I certainly enjoyed browsing your books. What are you reading now that you like? I am ready "the stuff of thought" which is ok and Gorgon, which is surprisingly fun.
David

posted by davesmind at 11:59 am (EST) on Nov 24, 2007

I liked your review of Generations very much, maybe because I could have signed my name to it! I agree with all. As I remember, Strauss and Howe themselves said in the book that a cohort is formed by about 70% of those who make it up, so any given generation has 30% who are "different." I believe they gave Jim Carter as an example, as he doesn't fit the same mold as the other GI Presidents, and that may account for some of his difficulties in office.
We only have the two Generations books in common, but we sure feel the same way about 'em! Martha Huntley

posted by MarthaHuntley at 3:34 pm (EST) on Nov 13, 2007

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