Another Silly Game Part 187
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//Pony//
The Pony Express: A Saga by The United States Postal Service
Suggested Rules of the Game:
1. Please play on the most recent correct post.
2 Please verify that no one else has posted while you were preparing your post.
3. The title of the book cited must have one word, at least, which is the same as a word in the previous title.
4. The repeated word in the new title must be other than an article ("a," "an," or "the").
5. 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."
6. The repeated word must be in the title as shown in a LT library listing, or on the title page of the book. A sub-title or a series name can be included if the sub-title or series name is included in the title of a LT library listing, or is printed on the title page of the book.
7. A hyphenated word is one word, not two, e.g., "thunder-clouds," and if used must be repeated in full, not in part only.
8. No repeats on current thread.
9. If you have read the book it would be informative that you so indicate and tell when you read it, if you can.
10. 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
//Pony//
The Pony Express: A Saga by The United States Postal Service
Suggested Rules of the Game:
1. Please play on the most recent correct post.
2 Please verify that no one else has posted while you were preparing your post.
3. The title of the book cited must have one word, at least, which is the same as a word in the previous title.
4. The repeated word in the new title must be other than an article ("a," "an," or "the").
5. 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."
6. The repeated word must be in the title as shown in a LT library listing, or on the title page of the book. A sub-title or a series name can be included if the sub-title or series name is included in the title of a LT library listing, or is printed on the title page of the book.
7. A hyphenated word is one word, not two, e.g., "thunder-clouds," and if used must be repeated in full, not in part only.
8. No repeats on current thread.
9. If you have read the book it would be informative that you so indicate and tell when you read it, if you can.
10. 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
4Schmerguls
// Saga //
4255. Ship of Ghosts The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of Her Survivors, by James D. Hornfischer (read 9 Jan 2007)
4255. Ship of Ghosts The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of Her Survivors, by James D. Hornfischer (read 9 Jan 2007)
11Schmerguls
// Night //
5185. Friday Night Lights A Town, a Team, and a Dream, by H. G. Bissinger (read 28 Jul 2014)
5185. Friday Night Lights A Town, a Team, and a Dream, by H. G. Bissinger (read 28 Jul 2014)
13Schmerguls
Can't play on "Friday" 11 is the only title I've read which contains it--So
// Club //
4206. The Most Exclusive Club A History of the Modern United States Senate, by Lewis L. Gould (read 3 Sep 2006)
// Club //
4206. The Most Exclusive Club A History of the Modern United States Senate, by Lewis L. Gould (read 3 Sep 2006)
15Schmerguls
// Exclusive //
1994. The Ratzinger Report: An Exclusive Interview on the State of the Church, by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger with Vittorio Messori, translated by Salvator Attanasio and Graham Harrison (read 2 Apr 1986)
1994. The Ratzinger Report: An Exclusive Interview on the State of the Church, by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger with Vittorio Messori, translated by Salvator Attanasio and Graham Harrison (read 2 Apr 1986)
17Schmerguls
// Report //
3939. The 9/11 Commission Report Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (read 23 Sep 2004)
3939. The 9/11 Commission Report Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (read 23 Sep 2004)
20LynnB
// Commission //
Defending a Contested Ideal: Merit and the Public Service Commission, 1908-2008 by Luc Juillet. Read in April, 2010
Defending a Contested Ideal: Merit and the Public Service Commission, 1908-2008 by Luc Juillet. Read in April, 2010
21Schmerguls
// Defending //
5343. Defending the Damned Inside Chicago's Cook County Public Defender's Office, by Kevin Davis (read 14 Jan 2016)
5343. Defending the Damned Inside Chicago's Cook County Public Defender's Office, by Kevin Davis (read 14 Jan 2016)
25Schmerguls
// German //
3127. The German Center Party 1870-1933: A Study in Political Catholicism, by Ellen Lovell Evans (read 10 Nov 1998)
3127. The German Center Party 1870-1933: A Study in Political Catholicism, by Ellen Lovell Evans (read 10 Nov 1998)
33LynnB
// One //
One Red Paperclip: Or How an Ordinary Man Achieved His Dream with the Help of a Simple Office Supply by Kyle MacDonald. Read in May, 2011
One Red Paperclip: Or How an Ordinary Man Achieved His Dream with the Help of a Simple Office Supply by Kyle MacDonald. Read in May, 2011
35LynnB
// One //
The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't by Robert I. Sutton. Read in December, 2007
The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't by Robert I. Sutton. Read in December, 2007
40Schmerguls
// Season //
3829. The Sweet Season A Sportswriter Rediscovers Football, Family, and a Bit of Faith at Minnesota's St. John's University, by Austin Murphy (read 29 Nov 2003)
3829. The Sweet Season A Sportswriter Rediscovers Football, Family, and a Bit of Faith at Minnesota's St. John's University, by Austin Murphy (read 29 Nov 2003)
42LynnB
// Family //
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker. Read last January.
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker. Read last January.
43Schmerguls
// Family //
5712. The Splendid and the Vile A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz, by Erik Larson (read 19 Oct 2020)
5712. The Splendid and the Vile A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz, by Erik Larson (read 19 Oct 2020)
44LynnB
// Family //
The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family by Lindsay Wong. Read in April, 2019
The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family by Lindsay Wong. Read in April, 2019
57Schmerguls
#54 does not play on #53 but #55 does so I am playing on #56:
// Clay //
5727. Heirs of the Founders The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants, by H.W. Brands (read 28 Dec 2020)
// Clay //
5727. Heirs of the Founders The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants, by H.W. Brands (read 28 Dec 2020)
61moibibliomaniac
//Other//
Other People's Books: Association Copies and the Stories They Tell by G. Thomas Tanselle
I am one of the 52 authors.
Other People's Books: Association Copies and the Stories They Tell by G. Thomas Tanselle
I am one of the 52 authors.
63LynnB
// Other //
The Valleys of the Assassins: and Other Persian Travels by Freya Stark. Read in June, 2007
The Valleys of the Assassins: and Other Persian Travels by Freya Stark. Read in June, 2007
73Schmerguls
// Times //
3424. The Triple Crown An Account of the Papal Conclaves From the Fifteenth Century to Modern Times, by Valerie Pirie (read 23 Mar 2001)
3424. The Triple Crown An Account of the Papal Conclaves From the Fifteenth Century to Modern Times, by Valerie Pirie (read 23 Mar 2001)
76LynnB
// Shot //
The Fight for English: How Language Pundits Ate, Shot, and Left by David Crystal. Read in July, 2007
The Fight for English: How Language Pundits Ate, Shot, and Left by David Crystal. Read in July, 2007
77Schmerguls
// Shot //
5458, Shot Down The true story of pilot Howard Snyder and the crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth, by Steve Snyder (read 7 Apr 2017)
5458, Shot Down The true story of pilot Howard Snyder and the crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth, by Steve Snyder (read 7 Apr 2017)
78LynnB
// Shot //
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai. Read in November, 2015
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai. Read in November, 2015
83LynnB
// So //
A Force So Swift: Mao, Truman, and the Birth of Modern China, 1949 by Kevin Peraino. Read in September, 2018
A Force So Swift: Mao, Truman, and the Birth of Modern China, 1949 by Kevin Peraino. Read in September, 2018
85LynnB
// So //
Internal Time: Chronotypes, Social Jet Lag, and Why You're So Tired by Till Roenneberg. Read in March, 2018
Internal Time: Chronotypes, Social Jet Lag, and Why You're So Tired by Till Roenneberg. Read in March, 2018
87LynnB
// Time //
The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time by Maria Konnikova. Read last month.
The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time by Maria Konnikova. Read last month.
93quondame
// War // or // Not // or // Lose //
How not to lose the trade wars by cultural gaffes by John Pfeiffer
How not to lose the trade wars by cultural gaffes by John Pfeiffer
97Schmerguls
Actually. 91 accidentally played on 89 but....
// Dreams //
5608. American Dreams The United States Since 1945, by H. W. Brands (read 15 Jan 2019)
// Dreams //
5608. American Dreams The United States Since 1945, by H. W. Brands (read 15 Jan 2019)
102Schmerguls
// Orange //
5081. Orange Is the New Black My Year in a Women's Prison, by Piper Kerman (read 1 Nov 2013)
5081. Orange Is the New Black My Year in a Women's Prison, by Piper Kerman (read 1 Nov 2013)
128Schmerguls
// Frontier //
5392. Custer's Trials A Life on the Frontier of a New America, by T. J. Stiles (read 18 Jul 2016) (Pulitzer History prize in 2016)
5392. Custer's Trials A Life on the Frontier of a New America, by T. J. Stiles (read 18 Jul 2016) (Pulitzer History prize in 2016)
136Schmerguls
// Man //
827. The Phenomenon of Man, by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin English translation by Bernard Wall (read 30 Oct 1965)
827. The Phenomenon of Man, by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin English translation by Bernard Wall (read 30 Oct 1965)
141Schmerguls
// Again //
972. Never Again: A President Runs for a Third Term, by Herbert S. Parmet and Marie B. Hecht (read 26 Oct 1968)
972. Never Again: A President Runs for a Third Term, by Herbert S. Parmet and Marie B. Hecht (read 26 Oct 1968)
142LynnB
// Again //
No Matter How Much You Promise to Cook or Pay the Rent You Blew it Cauze Bill Bailey Ain't Never Coming Home Again by Edgardo Vega Yunque. Read in March, 2008
No Matter How Much You Promise to Cook or Pay the Rent You Blew it Cauze Bill Bailey Ain't Never Coming Home Again by Edgardo Vega Yunque. Read in March, 2008
151Schmerguls
// Gude //
2808. The Insider's Guide to the Top Fifteen Law Schools, by Cynthia L. Cooper (read 10 Dec 1995)
2808. The Insider's Guide to the Top Fifteen Law Schools, by Cynthia L. Cooper (read 10 Dec 1995)
155LynnB
// Above //
Why We Make Mistakes: How We Look Without Seeing, Forget Things in Seconds, and Are All Pretty Sure We Are Way Above Average by Joseph T. Hallinan. Read in December, 2010
Why We Make Mistakes: How We Look Without Seeing, Forget Things in Seconds, and Are All Pretty Sure We Are Way Above Average by Joseph T. Hallinan. Read in December, 2010
160LynnB
// Silver //
The Lodger Shakespeare: His Life on Silver Street by Charles Nicholl. Read in August, 2008
The Lodger Shakespeare: His Life on Silver Street by Charles Nicholl. Read in August, 2008
166Schmerguls
// Tribute //
3094. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother, by James McBride (read 18 Jul 1998)
3094. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother, by James McBride (read 18 Jul 1998)
169LynnB
// Color //
The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair. Read last January -- a beautiful book with each page bordered in the colour under discussion.
The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair. Read last January -- a beautiful book with each page bordered in the colour under discussion.
170Schmerguls
// Color //
5542. A World Without Color A True Story by Bernard Jan translated from the Croatian by Bernard Jan (read 10 Mar 2018)
5542. A World Without Color A True Story by Bernard Jan translated from the Croatian by Bernard Jan (read 10 Mar 2018)
174DonaldandMaryHyde
//fixed//
Fragments on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening : Including Some Remarks on Grecian and Gothic Architecture, Collected From Various Manuscripts, in the Possession of the Different Noblemen and Gentlemen, for Whose Use They Were originally written; the Whole Tending to Establish Fixed Principles in the Respective Arts by Humphrey Repton
Fragments on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening : Including Some Remarks on Grecian and Gothic Architecture, Collected From Various Manuscripts, in the Possession of the Different Noblemen and Gentlemen, for Whose Use They Were originally written; the Whole Tending to Establish Fixed Principles in the Respective Arts by Humphrey Repton
175Schmerguls
// Theory //
430. Oedipus Myth and Complex: A Review of Psychoanalytic Theory, by Patrick Mullahy (read 4 May 1952)
430. Oedipus Myth and Complex: A Review of Psychoanalytic Theory, by Patrick Mullahy (read 4 May 1952)
179LynnB
// Guide //
A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe: Mathematical Archetypes of Nature, Art, and Science by Michael S. Schneider. Read in June, 2008
A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe: Mathematical Archetypes of Nature, Art, and Science by Michael S. Schneider. Read in June, 2008
181Schmerguls
// Art //
1821. A Dance to the Music of Time Third Movement: The Valley of Bones The Soldier's Art The Military Philosophers by Anthony Powell (read 13 Jan 1984)
1821. A Dance to the Music of Time Third Movement: The Valley of Bones The Soldier's Art The Military Philosophers by Anthony Powell (read 13 Jan 1984)
184Schmerguls
// Life //
1783. The Structures of Everyday Life: The Limits of the Possible Civilization and Capitalism 15th-18th Century Volume I, by Fernand Braudel Translation form the French Revised by Sian Reynolds (read 11 June 1983)
1783. The Structures of Everyday Life: The Limits of the Possible Civilization and Capitalism 15th-18th Century Volume I, by Fernand Braudel Translation form the French Revised by Sian Reynolds (read 11 June 1983)
186LynnB
// Everyday //
Viking Age: Everyday Life During the Extraordinary Era of the Norsemen by Kirsten Wolf. Read in June, 2017
Viking Age: Everyday Life During the Extraordinary Era of the Norsemen by Kirsten Wolf. Read in June, 2017
196Schmerguls
// Hell //
5479. Hell in the Pacific A Marine Rifleman's Journey From Guadalcanal to Peleliu, by Jim McEnery with Bill Sloan (read 22 Jun 2017)
5479. Hell in the Pacific A Marine Rifleman's Journey From Guadalcanal to Peleliu, by Jim McEnery with Bill Sloan (read 22 Jun 2017)
199LynnB
// All //
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee. Read last April.
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee. Read last April.
201LynnB
The Emperor of Paris BY CS Richardson. Read in January, 2015
204LynnB
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain. On the TBR shelves.
205Schmerguls
202 is incorrect since the word is not the same as 201. but 203 is of course right so
// Paris //
3724. Paris 1919 Six Months That Changed the World, by Margaret MacMillan (read 3 Apr 2003) (Duff Cooper prize for 2001)
// Paris //
3724. Paris 1919 Six Months That Changed the World, by Margaret MacMillan (read 3 Apr 2003) (Duff Cooper prize for 2001)
210LynnB
// Force //
A Force So Swift: Mao, Truman, and the Birth of Modern China, 1949 by Kevin Peraino. Read in September, 2018
A Force So Swift: Mao, Truman, and the Birth of Modern China, 1949 by Kevin Peraino. Read in September, 2018
211Schmerguls
// Force //
4792. Sea Cobra Admiral Halsey's Task Force and the Great Pacific Typhoon, by Buckner F. Melton, Jr. (read 17 Jan 2011)
4792. Sea Cobra Admiral Halsey's Task Force and the Great Pacific Typhoon, by Buckner F. Melton, Jr. (read 17 Jan 2011)
216LynnB
The Same Sea by Amos Oz. Read in June, 2015
219Schmerguls
// Time //
2270. The Spoils of Time: A World History from the Dawn of Civilization through the Early Renaissance, by C. V. Wedgwood (read 22 Mar 1990)
2270. The Spoils of Time: A World History from the Dawn of Civilization through the Early Renaissance, by C. V. Wedgwood (read 22 Mar 1990)
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