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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: The postmaster of Ipswich : William Stevenson Fitch, antiquary and thief by Janet Ing FreemanMessage edited by its author, Sep 7, 2009, 10:29pm. The Forgotten Man by Robert Crais - part of a mystery/thriller series that I am following; read in 2007 I believe The Forgotten Memoir of John Knox A Year in the Life of a Supreme Court Clerk in FDR's Washington edited and with a Foreword and Afterword by Dennis J. Hutchinson and David J. Garrow (read 15 Feb 2005) a fascinating look at one of the worst Supreme Court justices of all time Message edited by its author, Sep 8, 2009, 5:54am. The Tender Bar: A Memoir by J.R. Moehringer. Read earlier this year. A wonderful story about a boy who came of age in the company of men at the local bar owned by his uncle. a fine and private place by Peter S. Beagle *read during my PSB phase, which occurred before, and was the cause of, my belated discovery of Tolkien in the 70's. Message edited by its author, Sep 8, 2009, 12:44pm. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley *he used to live on our street in Berkeley, CA when i was at Cal. at 17, i thought that very wonderful. it made me feel quite worldly. one of my housemates rushed up to him in the street one day and gushed, "oh, Mr. Huxley, 1984 is one of my favorite books." needless to say, this did not sit well with Mr. Huxley. Message edited by its author, Sep 8, 2009, 2:39pm. This message has been deleted by its author. Journal of a Residence in the Sandwich Islands by C.S. StewartThe Horse Goddess by Morgan Llywelyn Message edited by its author, Sep 8, 2009, 9:14pm. A Horse of Your Own by M.A. Stoneridge; a college text from half a lifetime ago. #31 - good to know, I've been eyeing it. Horse Heaven by Jane Smiley; own but as yet unread. Never mind, too slow. How about: People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks Message edited by its author, Sep 8, 2009, 9:49pm. OK People of the Book (sorry gang) :) by Geraldine Brooks Message edited by its author, Sep 8, 2009, 9:53pm. Companion to Charles Lamb : a guide to people and places, 1760-1847 by Claude A. PranceThe Wolf: the Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species by L. David MechWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy - read it for the last time in 1999 (in Russian) and before this ~1995 in Bulgarian. This message has been deleted by its author. He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys by Greg Behrendt The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper The Last of the Sky Pirates by Paul Stewart Past Caring by Robert Goddard. Read in December of 2002. Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree: The Village Blacksmith in Rural America As Evidenced by Early Smiths in Harford County, Maryland by Henry C., Jr. Peden Embezzled Heaven, by Franz Werfel (read 4 Feb 1945) Message edited by its author, Sep 10, 2009, 5:49am. Leave her to Heaven by Ben Ames WilliamsMessage edited by its author, Sep 10, 2009, 6:18am. Canaris: the Life and Death
of Hitlerʻs Spymaster by Michael Mueller Love in the Time of Cholera
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw by Agatha Christie Death Instinct by Bentley Little Message edited by its author, Sep 10, 2009, 4:49pm. The Fall of Rome and the End of Civilizaion by Bryan Ward-Perkins Message edited by its author, Sep 10, 2009, 5:29pm. End as a Man by Calder Willinghamread long ago (in the 1950s?) Still a classic to me; one of the few books I retain from that era. The author is perhaps best known, not as he should be for his novels, but as a co-screenwriter of the movie The Graduate Criminal man by Cesare Lombroso. My grandfather's book -- he was a police reporter at the end of the 19th Century. Message edited by its author, Sep 10, 2009, 7:33pm. European capital, British iron, and an American dream : the story of the Atlantic & Great Western Railroad. No touchstone with an ampersand in the title. Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman, a favorite Message edited by its author, Sep 10, 2009, 10:55pm. The Nashville Sound: Bright Lights and Country Music by Paul HemphillDoctor No by Ian Fleming. Read sometime in the early 60's. The White Giraffe by Lauren St. John - read earlier this year. pretty good for a kids book. Queen Victoria's Daughters, by E. F. Benson (read 25 July 1945) Coppers, thanks for #144--It wasn't around when I was a child, but it is an all-time favorite. One of the few books I've read twice, and I enjoyed it as much the second time as the first... Big Birdʻs Book about the Earth and Sky
by Golden Books This message has been deleted by its author. How Harvard Rules by Jack Trumpbour Monkey Business: the True Story of the Scopes Trial by Marvin OlaskyChildren and Childhood in Western Society since 1500 by Hugh CunninghamMessage edited by its author, Sep 13, 2009, 1:58pm. The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne* Read this in childhood (childʻs illus. edition, and probably abridged) and didnʻt like it. I was too young to appreciate Verne. I found it in a used magazine & book shop on a visit to Tonga. I can read French, but didnʻt read this; I donated it to the Hawaiʻi Public Library System, and they actually put it into their small non-English Language collection. Paradise Falls by Don Robertson. I'm really happy to get a chance to insert one of Robertson's books. He had been (died 2005) called the best unknown writer in America, though Paradise Falls was a Book-of-the-Month Club selection, and The Greatest Thing that Almost Happened was made into a movie. Lucky Bob, by Francis J. Finn, S.J. (read in about 1940 or maybe early 1941--sorry I can't be more exact, but in those days I did not realize the importaance of noting the day I finished a book. The first day I noted the day finished in my roster of books read was Nov 12. 1942) The New Bill James Historical Baseball
Abstract by Bill James*
I donʻt own this, unfortunately, and it isnʻt the kind of book you would read from cover to cover.
I have responded to a"Questions for Bill James" thread in the NYT Online. Five Days in Philadelphia The Amazing "We Want Willkie!" Convention of 1940 and How It Freed FDR To Save the Western World, by Charles Peters (read 29 Oct 2005) This was really a fun book to read and its thesis is right and the result of the 1940 Convention is one of the amazingest political events of the 20th century. History of the Wars, Secret History, and (Justinianʻs) Buildings by Procopiusread it, --well, the 2nd of these 3 titles, anyway, (in the 90s) but not in this edition. Gave my owned ed., which was only the English, to the Public Library System. Message edited by its author, Sep 15, 2009, 2:00pm. There Goes My Everything White Southerners in the Age of Civil Rights, 1945-1975, by Jason Sokol (read 26 Oct 2007) The best part of books like this is to learn of how much has changed since those hate-filled days in the time since--for instance one of the buildings at the University of Georgia is named for the first black students there and in 1988 one of those students was the commencement speaker This message has been deleted by its author. There Goes the Middle East
by Alfred Lilienthal Black Bartlemyʻs Treasure* by Jeffrey Farnol* read this at about 11 years old; fair, somewhat disappointing; didnʻt make me want to search for other Farnol novels. Brother of the Wind; A Story of the Niagrah Frontier by Jerry WolfertI was Dancing by Edwin OʻConnor This message has been deleted by its author. Thaddeus Stevens: A Being Darkly Wise and Rudely Great, by Ralph Korngold (read 5 Oct 1987) This biography is very favorable to him--too obviously so. I think a more objective approach would have better served Stevens. But I agree with much of the book, and while the defense of Stevens' effort to impeach Johnson is not convincing, much which is written on the rightness of Stevens' Reconstruction policy is convincing. The Continental Prophecies (from) The Illluminated Books by William BlakeItʻs a Magical World: A Calvin and Hobbes
Collection by Bill Watterson The Battle of Antietam: the Bloodiest Day of Battle by Larry HamaThe Greatest Day in History How, on the Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month, the First World War Finally Came to an End, by Nicholas Best (read 17 Jun 2009) (it tells of the days from Nov 4,1918 through 11 Nov 1918. It is mainly made up of parts of memoirs and biographies which tell of those days, and quite a bit is of high interest--though I was disappointed there was no follow-up, telling what happened after Nov 11 to the various people mentioned. Some of the description of celebrations on Nov 11, 1918 was over-inclusive. The book does no analyzing--leaving it to the reader. All in all, good reading) Four Dubliners: Oscar wilde, William Butler Yeats, James Joyce, and Samuel Beckett by Richard Ellmanletters to a young poet by Rainer Maria Rilkeread often and often over the last, oh, 25 years, i guess. *edited to try to get touchstone to turn on when i submit. it won't. nerts! Message edited by its author, Sep 19, 2009, 12:58am. The Curly Pyjama Letters by Michael Leunig - my favourite poet/cartoonist/social commentator. Read several times and surely due for a reread. :-) Message edited by its author, Sep 19, 2009, 2:54am. From Algebra to Pyjama: Arabs in the Flemish Culture* by Gunther Dauwen* title translated from the Dutch This message has been deleted by its author. There's now Another Silly Game Part 30 - see message 361 (back to top)
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