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Post by spaniard on Jul 14, 2006 14:28:48 GMT -5
Quoting sarahlee: Since you're talking about pirate/privateer books, I always enjoyed the Hornblower stories. Finally an Horatio I like
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Post by sarahlee on Jul 14, 2006 20:33:55 GMT -5
ROFL!
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Post by hannah on Feb 11, 2007 20:18:59 GMT -5
I'd recommend the book SPEAK by Laurie Halse Anderson.
It's about a girl who just entered high school and everyone hates her because she ruined a party by calling the cops. The reason she called the cops was because at the party she was raped. No one knows, even her friends hate her and she finds out her ex- bestfriend is now dating her rapist.
She ends up having this great connection with an art teacher. You know, one of those teachers who keep you intrested, dont totally go by the rules, and have huge effect on you.
She finds comfort in a broom closet (i think) were she paints.
Its a book filled with irony and dark humor. Its amazing though. And they made a movie from it and its on liftime sometimes.
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Post by jeffan on Nov 14, 2008 16:29:41 GMT -5
I would highly recommend Daphne Du Maurier's The House On The Strand. It was published in 1969, became a best-seller and is now considered a classic. I bought it for practically peanuts in a second-hand bookstore (love rummaging) and have only quite recently finished reading this book. I normally avoid historical fact/fiction like the plague, but I couldn't put down the 288 pages until I had turned the final page. The following is a short synopsis to give you an idea of the storyline:
"At a crossroads in his life, Dick Young agrees to experiment with a new drug his friend Magnus is developing - a drug that offers him an extraordinary escape route from his own unsatisfactory world.
Transported to the fourteenth century, Dick witnesses the vivid life of the Cornish manor of Tywardreath: its intrigues, adulteries and violent deaths seen through the eyes of the strangely compelling Roger. Increasingly obsessed by Roger and the magnetic Isolda Carminowe, he resents more and more the time he must spend in the modern world.
Despite Magnus's warnings and the shocking example of the tragedy, Dick escapes more often and more recklessly into this other reality - and, in a final, defiant risk, throws his whole life in the balance".
I cannot recommend this book highly enough!
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Post by deathroe on Nov 14, 2008 17:47:14 GMT -5
That sounds like a really interesting book. I love Rebecca!
Anyone here on goodreads? ...
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Post by Leonore on Nov 15, 2008 0:59:43 GMT -5
If you like Daphne Du Maurier I'd suggest My Cousin Rachel and a collection of short stories including "Don't Look Now." Both were made into movies, but the words grip you and the suspense builds...good reads for a dark and stormy night!
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Post by outerbankschick on Nov 20, 2008 23:19:00 GMT -5
I highly recommend The Age Of Innocence by Edith Wharton. No book I have ever read has so brilliantly portrayed - and brilliantly skewered - old New York society. I also like books by Luanne Rice and Nora Roberts. Nora's great in any style, but when she writes her novels with the twist of murder and mystery in them (like The Villa), they're really great. Not deep and cerebral, just really great stories with lots of romance to keep your heart going pitter-pat, provided you like that sort of thing.
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Post by deathroe on Nov 21, 2008 4:25:00 GMT -5
Since this thread is chugging along nicely ... I always recommend J. Humphreys' Rich In Love. The movie (starring KE) is a bit different from the book, although it's clear that the author influenced the script and performances. It is a very well-written book.
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Post by jeffan on Nov 24, 2008 12:56:47 GMT -5
I really like this thread and I'm already compiling a list of 'must reads'. Thank you for all the recommendations.
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Post by leanonme on Jan 31, 2009 21:04:20 GMT -5
Hi all, I thought I would pull up this thread because I just finished a good non- fiction. It was Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. A really fun, easy read, with lots of good information for types like us. It is about the power of thinking without thinking... that "blink " when we make snap decisions. To quote the website, "What is going on inside our heads when we engage in rapid cognition? When are snap judgments good and when are they not? What kinds of things can we do to make our powers of rapid cognition better?" How can we read minds? All through the book I kept thinking of Bobby Goren. Words like "micro-frown" kept coming to mind.... It has something for everyone, including lessons from war stories, product testing, musical auditions, etc. AND, there are detailed law enforcement examples, along with psychology, face recognition, etc. The basic idea is this... in a world of information overload, how do we make a good decision? When do we trust our gut, and when do we think it through? Malcolm Gladwell, who has worked for The New Yorker, and The Washington Post, does a great job of taking a lot of expert information and making it accessible and useful for everyone. Has anyone read it? If you have, or if you do, I would LOVE to talk about it. Its a good book to prepare for the upcoming season. Here is the website... www.gladwell.com/blink/index.html
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Post by deathroe on Jan 31, 2009 22:57:41 GMT -5
This sounds like a great recommendation You know, I saw Gladwell on TV in November, and the names of his books intrigued me from a CI perspective. Wheeler refers to Tipping Point during S6 (she uses the term "tipping point," although I cannot remember which episode this was from). And then there was the episode name "Blink," although that couldn't be connected because the episode predates the book of that name. I hope I get a chance to read that book Thanks for the recommendation.
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Post by jeffan on Feb 2, 2009 8:55:18 GMT -5
Leanonme wrote: "Has anyone read it? [Blink] If you have, or if you do, I would LOVE to talk about it."
I usually shun books such as this but like to think I'm open-minded so I've ordered it from Amazon. My area of interest is more in the realm of Jungian psychology, archetypes and the collective unconscious etc. I'm sure I'll find parallels in Blink . So, if we can find a spark to ignite a discussion, I too would love to join in!
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Post by leanonme on Feb 2, 2009 15:35:31 GMT -5
This sounds like a great recommendation You know, I saw Gladwell on TV in November, and the names of his books intrigued me from a CI perspective. Wheeler refers to Tipping Point during S6 (she uses the term "tipping point," although I cannot remember which episode this was from). . DR, Let me know if you read it! I found the quote, thanks for reminding me of it... Country Crossover, season 6 epi 7 Megan Wheeler: The one-five's overwhelmed. There's too many clubs, too much crime. The mayor is worried Chelsea's reached a tipping point. Mike Logan: Tipping point? Megan Wheeler: The last moment before an outbreak turns into an epidemic I remember this quote stood out to me in the episode, and I couldn't place it at the time. They did a great job of summarizing it.
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Post by leanonme on Feb 2, 2009 16:14:57 GMT -5
My area of interest is more in the realm of Jungian psychology, archetypes and the collective unconscious etc. I'm sure I'll find parallels in Blink . So, if we can find a spark to ignite a discussion, I too would love to join in! Jeffan, I have those areas of interest as well. Thanks for your comments, my best friend and I spent the afternoon discussing how these ideas fit with the ideas in Blink. It was a lot of fun! We decided ( on a very simple level, mind you) that the ideas presented in Blink provide a framework, and explanation, for the how of how we experience Jungian psychology, archetypes and the collective unconscious. The focus of the book is really more on the mechanics of the process. Practically, I just really liked the law enforcement examples, and getting into the minds of the cops involved in various incidents. Also, with me, well to quote someone, "its about control" (hehe- and I think Bobby has the issue as well); I like having any information that helps me, in any way, understand the goings-on around me. Oh, and one of the most interesting things to me was the study of autism, and the way the autistic understand the world around them, in contrast to the way most of us do. I know in Probability Wally had aspergers, and I liked the chance to "get inside his head" a bit more. So, yeah, I am up for discussion- obiviously. Not even sure if I am making sense here, but I have to run out!
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Post by deathroe on Feb 2, 2009 20:37:03 GMT -5
Ahh--many thanks, leanonme. Very good catch. Strikes me that that quotation worked to characterize Wheeler in a way that subsequent renditions have not.
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