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 1. Please play on the most recent correct post. 2. The title of the book cited must have one word, at least, which is the same as a word in the previous title. 3. The repeated word in the new title must be other than an article ("a", "an", or "the"). 4. The repeated word must be spelled exactly as the word was spelled in the previous title. E.g., "prune" is not the same word as "prunes", and "loyal" is not the same word as "loyalty." 5. The repeated word must be in the title as shown on the title page of the book--not, e.g., part of the series name unless such is part of the title as shown on the title page. 6. If you have read the book it would be informative that you so indicate and tell when you read it, if you can. 7. Try to use Touchstones. Put brackets around the title and double brackets around the author. If Touchstones don't work, try using an html link. 8. A hyphenated word is one word, not two: e.g., "thunder-clouds"; and if used must be repeated in full, not in part only. 9. Please verify that no one else has posted while you were preparing your post. My play: Johnsoniana; or, Supplement to Boswell: Being anecdotes and sayings of Dr. Johnson, by Samuel JohnsonMessage edited by its author, Aug 30, 2009, 4:34pm. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeI noticed a few that used the plural of a word in place of the word in the last game but didn't say anything because I already have the reputation of being the World's Champion Picker of Nits. >;-)Message edited by its author, Aug 30, 2009, 5:13pm. Rumour at Nightfall by Graham Greeneallegedly a novel about the Spanish Civil War that Greene did not want to be included in his "Collected Works" (I never heard why). So, it is probably only in a few libraries that had a good collection of contemporary 1930s British fiction. Does anyone know anything more than this about it? The Peace War by Vernor Vinge Edit:someone was too fast again.. Message edited by its author, Aug 31, 2009, 5:54am. Glossographia: or A dictionary, interpreting all such hard vvords, whether Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish, French, Teutonick, Belgick, British or Saxon; as are now used in our refined English tongue. Also the terms of divinity, law, physick, mathematicks, heraldry, anatomy, war, musick, architecture; and of several other arts and sciences explicated. With etymologies, definitions, and historical observations on the same. Very useful for all such as desire to understand what they read. by Thomas BlountMessage edited by its author, Aug 31, 2009, 7:38am. Message edited by its author, Aug 31, 2009, 6:04pm. The Bayeux Tapestry: the Norman Conquest
1066 by Norman (sic) Denny This message has been deleted by its author. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro - I read it earlier this year; it's kinda sci-fi The Blind Owl by Sadiq Hedayat. An amazing book tracking one man's madness and paranoia. Every line is memorable. So Wild A Dream by Win Blevins. First in his series about Mountain Men. Read in April 2008. THE MOST ANCIENT AND FAMOVS HISTORY OF THE RENOWNED PRINCE ARTHVR King of Britaine, Wherein is declared his Life and Death, with all his glorious Battailes against the Saxons, Saracens and Pagans, which (for the honour of his Country) he most worthily atchieued. As also, all the Noble Acts, and Heroicke Deeds of his Valiant Knights of the Rovnd Table. Newly refined, and published for the delight, and profit of the Reader. by Thomas Malory. Message edited by its author, Sep 1, 2009, 4:40pm. Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver - read it summer of 08 and it became a favorite! The Prodigal Women by Nancy Hale - bought at a church jumble sale a few years ago, and unread. Robin Hood's garland. Being a compleat history of all the notable and merry exploits perform'd by him and his men on divers occasions. ... Adorn'd with twenty-seven neat and curious cuts, proper to the subject of each song. No touchstone, though. One City - an anthology with stories by Alexander McCall Smith, Ian Rankin and Irvine Welsh The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls - started reading in Texas, finished reading somewhere on a train between Barcelona and Montpelier. A fascinating memoir. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl Message edited by its author, Sep 2, 2009, 1:28pm. This message has been deleted by its author. Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens (read 27 Jan 1974) Pretty obvious, I know, but I have not yet played to day so better while I can... Doomsday Book by Connie Willis - read it in February this year during a business travel in France. And loved it :) The Book: On the Taboo against Knowing who you are by Alan WattsStupid Cities of Paris* by Jacques Prevert*poem. The poem itself, in French, is shorter than its title. I donʻt know why "Cities" is plural, or even why Paris is in the title. Might as well quote it, in its entirety, since itʻs short: "Un certain Blaise Pascal. Etcetera." A New Life by Bernard Malamudread in 1961, when I was first a publc librarian after 8 years in a university library (pub. in 1960, about a decade after it takes place). This message has been deleted by its author. Bitter Recoil by Steven F. Havill - read in 1994. Good mystery set in southern New Mexico. Four Faces of Jesus; the Uniqueness of the Gospel
Narratives by Leslie Flynn Hitler's Gift:the True Story of the Scienctists expelled by the Nazi Regime by Jean Medawar The Best American Science Writing 2007 Gina Kolata editor. I'm the original science dummy. Not interested in science, don't want to read about it. Loved this one--an ARC I happened to be given. Well-written, easily understood by a scientifically-challenged person like me. Some facinating studies of the personalities involved in various science stuff. Many cool things going on in the science game. Biographical Directory of the American
Congress Morning, Noon & Night by Sidney Sheldon Winter Prey by John Sandford - another one from my massive TBR pile Winter Solstice by Gerald Warner Brace* *Braceʻs W. S. was published about 1959; no doubt as the Touchstones indicate others have used the title. I read W.S., and took Braceʻs "Creative Writing" course, about 1959. My Day: the Best of Eleanor Rooseveltʻs Acclaimed Newspaper Columns by Eleanor RooseveltThe Use of Personal Documents in Psychological Science b y Gordon W. Allport* *Havenʻt read this book, but took Allportʻs course, Social Relations 1A, probably the Harvard course of largest enrollment in its time. Da Jesus Book* *Book: pronounced (more or less) "bewk". Da Jesus Book is a translation of the New Testament into the dialect Hawaiʻi Creole, also (mis)called "Hawaiian Pidgin". Maybe it's just too early in the morning, but looks to me like 235 and 236 don't go together. My bad. Thanks Larxol! Message edited by its author, Sep 5, 2009, 6:15pm. A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin - not at all sure when I read this, but probably at least 25 years ago. The Making of the Atomic Bomb, by Richard Rhodes (read 13 May 1990) (Book of the Year) (Pulitzer Nonfiction prize in 1988) (National Book Award nonfiction prize in 1987) (National Book Critics Circle nonfiction award for 1987) It deserved all thsoe awards (the first one, Book of the Year, is the one I gave it at the end of 1990) Approaches, Contexts, and Problems of Social Psychology: A Book of Readings by Edward E. SampsonThe Call of the Wild, by Jack London.
I was supposed to read it for my "modern" American lit class, but I couldn't get myself to agree to. This author was considered safe and devoid of blasphemy by my tutor; she refused to discuss Mailer, Roth or even Salinger, on the grounds that they were filthy and talked a lot about "you know what". Eventually, she was asked to get an early retirement by massive majority voting and quite a few demonstrations outside the classrooms. You're welcome, Portnoy! Wild Hunt by Elizabeth Chadwick. An excellent historical fiction novel that I read in July 2009. The Marmot Drive* by John Hersey*I read it about 1962; the "drive" of the title ahas nothing to do with cars or roads. It was sort of an allegory of the "drive" by Sen. Joseph McCarthy in the previous decade against alleged Communists. This message has been deleted by its author. Apes, Men, and Morons by Earnest A. Hooton As baseball manager Dick Williams said about Jim Boutonʻs second book: "I DIDNʻT read it, and Im AGAINST it!" But it was a popular book (or as popular as anthropology ever gets) in my parentsʻ time. And I learn through LT that another figure of the 1920s-30s had it in his library: F. Scott Fitzgerald! All the King's Men, by Robert Penn Warren (read 21 Sept 1958) (Book of the Year) (Pulitzer Fiction prize for 1947) New Moon by Stephenie Meyer - read last year Drink, Play, F@#k: One Man's Search for Anything Across Ireland, Las Vegas, and Thailand by Andrew Gottlieb - read earlier this year on a recommendation from a friend. Sorry, I can never get the touchstones to work on this one. A New Zen for Women* by Perle Besserman*I havenʻt read it; my wife has. A gift to my wife from another writer, Perle Besserman , who has also written as Perle EpsteinTell Me, Stranger by Charles Bracelen FloodRead this in the decade of its publication (the 1950s). I didnʻt know the author, but he was in the class before me at Harvard. Couldnʻt find the title among Floodʻs titles found in "Search". Message edited by its author, Sep 18, 2009, 5:07pm. (back to top)
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