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I found two things in a copy of The Complete Father brown bought recently- a ticket stub to the California Angels spring training against the Oakland A's in 1994 and a postcard of Picasso's "Bullfight" dated 1991. ... read Holt but I know I've heard the name.
Summer of my German Soldier- I remember reading this when I was nine or ten.
The Complete Father Brown
In The Woods
The Ax
I stopped reading Father Brown because it became too repetitive. Now I'm well into The Night Watch by Sarah Waters. Some pages are very disturbing, but the story and the writing is gripping. A very striking book, for the moment. The Innocence of Father Brown - G. K. Chesterton
The Wisdom of Father Brown - id.
Both of these books were parts of a "Father Brown" Omnibus I picked at the library. And both can't be satisfyingly summed up because they are collections of short stories. Let just say that they all deal ... #186 That sounds very like the Father Brown omnibus I just finished after about 2 years of reading. Great for dipping into between novels but not really something I think anyone would want to read all in one go (I just kept wishing for him to stove in the villain's head with a cosh now and then) ... ... hard science, with a lot of concepts that left me puzzled.
After all this computer talk, I decided to read the lighter Father Brown omnibus that I borrowed from the library. I like it, but I suspect that 1000+ pages of Father Brown will be too much for me. He's delightful, but he's no Hercul ... ... The Napoleon of Notting Hill, which was not so easy for me to understand. I love Orthodoxy. If you haven't read the Father Brown mysteries, they are quite fun. It wasn't me (Crime / Mystery) (1)
1. Ruth Rendell - A Demon in My View
Possibilities:
G.K. Chesterton – The complete father Brown
Dashiell Hammett - Red Harvest
Dashiell Hammett - The Dain Curse
Dashiell Hammett - The Maltese Falcon
Dashiell Hammett - The Thin Man
... Cats and April Fools
7 The Love Letters of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn
8 The Birds
9 The Rendezvous
10 The Complete Father Brown
11 The Thief of Time
12 The Shell Seekers
13 The Rehearsal
14 Slaughterhouse 5
15 The Adventures of Pinocchio
16 Autumn Jour ... ... Peter Sheridan (Translation from Irish English)
6. Permutation City - Greg Egan (Translation from English)
7. Father Brown Omnibus - Gilbert Keith Chesterton (Translation from English)
8. The Night watch - Sarah Waters (Translation from English) ==> Currently reading
... I'm finding it a bit much so I think I'll alternate the books in that with the books of Father Brown stories included in The Complete Father Brown. That brings the TBR pile down to 74. I have read them before, but I can't remember why I put them in the TBR pile to re-read.
... sack for $10.
I got;
The People's Pope by George Sullivan, 1001 Things Everyone Should Know about Science,
The Wisdom of Father Brown By G.K.Chesterton, Memory and Identity by John Paul II, Go in Peace by John Paul II,
The Riddle and the Knight by Giles Milto ... ... it is a lot of fun and a nice "cozy" read just for fun. Have you read anything else by Chesterton? I highly recommend the Father Brown stories.
One of my favorite books by Chesterton is The Man Who Was Thursday, which is a very fantastical tale with lots of twists and turns and a point ... 14. Wisdom of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton
Father Brown uses the knowledge he gains from his interaction with people to solve crimes. 14. Audio Books-
The Wisdom of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton
Father Brown has learned alot about human nature through his interaction with people. And this knowlegde helps him solve crimes. A good collection of short stories. ... who helps solve crimes using his wisdom and knowledge of human nature. Was fun to listen to and looking forward to the Wisdom of Father Brown next. The Father Brown Stories by G. K. Chesterton
Look Here, Charlie Brown by Charles Schultz
Begin Here: The Forgotten Conditions of Teaching and Learning by Jacques Barzun
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors Carl Sagan
Kingdom of Shadows: A Novel by Alan Furst 7. Audio-books- (DONE)
1. The Innocence of Father Brown heard 1-07-2009
2. The Wisdom of Father Brown heard 1-14-2009
3. Day Boy Night Girl heard 1-07-2009
4. The Haunted Bookshop heard-12-31-2008
5. The Return of Sherlock Holmes heard 1-09-2009
6. The Wind In the Willows heard 2-1 ... ... one goes back to Tim Curry again! Anyway, I hope you enjoy the next few!
> 64: Prop2gether - I've got a selection of Father Brown stories lined up in my G. K. Chesterton pile, so you enthuse me all over again! However, when I mentioned that I was really enjoying his stuff to my ... ... Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other STories by Susanna Clark
Oscar Wilde
Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
The Complete Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton
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Edgar Allan Poe Yes
Not every night but from time to time. Having finshed Father Brown We're working our way thorugh The Complete Sherlock Holmes and normally manage a short story in one or two "sittings". I normally read.
It's a very plesant and sociable way of sharing time when reading can otherwise ... ... about his life ... I Alone Have Escaped to Tell You ... an FYI for akenned5.
Gilbert Keith Chesteron's Mysteries of Father Brown have a lot of Catholicism in them; he was a convert to the Faith. Besides these two, the other mystery authors that I have read, seem to be dependent on what P ... #17 Miss marple is sort of in the style of Chesterton's Father Brown - having seen so much of the world they have a very good feel for the liklihood of people to do evil, even though they themselves are almost completely 'pure'. She knits and gardens and watches people around her very closely. ... For mysteries, G. K. Chesterton's Father Brown stories or William Kienzle's The Rosary Murders
The Christy Awards are awarded for excellence in Christian fiction. The list of winners, current and past, could be used for more suggestions. ... ... story choice was a bit up in the air...
A quick addition - I haven't read that much Chesterson, but surely some of his Father Brown would also make the list? After all, it's our group's picture :)
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