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I suck at books, I start one then start another, so every day I switch between each one!....
I'm reading Gonzo: The life of Hunter S Thompson (Written by about 40 people)
The Jokes Over: Memories of Hunter S Thompson by Ralph Steadman
And Kingdom Of Fear by... Yuuup, you guess it... Hunter S Thompson.
(I really like Hunter S Thompson if you didn't realise)
I'm reading Gonzo: The life of Hunter S Thompson (Written by about 40 people)
The Jokes Over: Memories of Hunter S Thompson by Ralph Steadman
And Kingdom Of Fear by... Yuuup, you guess it... Hunter S Thompson.
(I really like Hunter S Thompson if you didn't realise)
I bet that was better than any roller coaster ride.
Kudos to you senob...I didn't think anyone read short stories anymore...
Have you read stories by George Saunders, TC Boyle or Jonathan Lethem? Those 3 are maybe the closest thing to a modern O'Henry, imo....
"Mantle of Heroism" Its about the Battle of Tarawa. I like history books.
"The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins? I'm reading that too.
Excellent choice. A Song of Ice and Fire is my favorite series. It's delightfully brutal and depressing.
I can't wait for the next one.
I just noticed these posts. Have you heard about the HBO series that's being developed based on ASoIaF? Martin's intimately involved, so fingers crossed, it's going to do his novels justice.
I just need to get around to reading the prequels now, although I'm not sure where to buy them. Can't find them on Amazon -- only the graphic novels, and those aren't really my style. Apparently they're about Dunk and Egg... personally I would have preferred some more Daenerys. What a girl.
Lord Of The Flies by Sir William Golding
Nemesis - Chalmers Johnson
Like ancient Rome, America is saddled with an empire that is fatally undermining its republican government, argues Johnson (The Sorrows of Empire), in this bleak jeremiad. He surveys the trappings of empire: the brutal war of choice in Iraq and other foreign interventions going back decades; the militarization of space; the hundreds of overseas U.S. military bases full of "swaggering soldiers who brawl and sometimes rape." At home, the growth of an "imperial presidency," with the CIA as its "private army," has culminated in the Bush administration's resort to warrantless wiretaps, torture, a "gulag" of secret CIA prisons and an unconstitutional arrogation of "dictatorial" powers, while a corrupt Congress bows like the Roman Senate to Caesar. Retribution looms, the author warns, as the American economy, dependent on a bloated military-industrial complex and foreign borrowing, staggers toward bankruptcy, maybe a military coup. Johnson's is a biting, often effective indictment of some ugly and troubling features of America's foreign policy and domestic politics. But his doom-laden trope of empire ("the capacity for things to get worse is limitless.... the American republic may be coming to its end") seems overstated. With Bush a lame duck, not a Caesar, and his military adventures repudiated by the electorate, the Republic seems more robust than Johnson allows.
http://www.amazon.com/Nemesis-Ameri...d_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200259146&sr=1-2
Like ancient Rome, America is saddled with an empire that is fatally undermining its republican government, argues Johnson (The Sorrows of Empire), in this bleak jeremiad. He surveys the trappings of empire: the brutal war of choice in Iraq and other foreign interventions going back decades; the militarization of space; the hundreds of overseas U.S. military bases full of "swaggering soldiers who brawl and sometimes rape." At home, the growth of an "imperial presidency," with the CIA as its "private army," has culminated in the Bush administration's resort to warrantless wiretaps, torture, a "gulag" of secret CIA prisons and an unconstitutional arrogation of "dictatorial" powers, while a corrupt Congress bows like the Roman Senate to Caesar. Retribution looms, the author warns, as the American economy, dependent on a bloated military-industrial complex and foreign borrowing, staggers toward bankruptcy, maybe a military coup. Johnson's is a biting, often effective indictment of some ugly and troubling features of America's foreign policy and domestic politics. But his doom-laden trope of empire ("the capacity for things to get worse is limitless.... the American republic may be coming to its end") seems overstated. With Bush a lame duck, not a Caesar, and his military adventures repudiated by the electorate, the Republic seems more robust than Johnson allows.
http://www.amazon.com/Nemesis-Ameri...d_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200259146&sr=1-2
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great movie! =P
i like audio books, i listen to them while I work and stuff, currently listening to enders game by orson scott card good book!
good book!This looks good, I just recommended it to someone but haven't read it yet;
Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush's America - Molly Ivins
http://www.amazon.com/Bushwhacked-L...bs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200345611&sr=1-1
She tried to warn us: With the publication of Shrub in early 2000, syndicated columnist Molly Ivins detailed George W. Bush’s privileged rise and disastrous reign as governor of Texas in the mid- to late ‘90s. In Bushwhacked, she looks at his first term as president. The picture she paints is unremittingly bleak—unless, of course, you’re a big campaign donor well served by Bush’s prescription for all economic ills (deregulation, tax cuts for those who need them least, and lax enforcement of worker and environmental safety standards). As the only president in U.S. history to slash taxes and go to war simultaneously, Bush wins consistently low marks from Ivins for pursuing "crony capitalism" to its inevitably depressing extremes.
While many of the topics covered here have been covered extensively (Enron, the war in Iraq), Ivins does a good job of building on what’s already been written (proving Bush’s close ties to former Enron chief Ken Lay, and laying out the fundamentalist, apocalyptic view of Iraq and the Middle East that drives Bush’s foreign policy). Ivins is particularly good in taking arcane federal regulations and showing how the Bush administration’s lax oversight has hurt ordinary Americans, making their jobs, homes, water, and food less safe. Ivins is no distanced observer. She’s clearly incensed by Bush’s policies, but her reporting is so detailed and writing so witty that even those who come to the book undecided about Bush will likely be outraged by the time they finish it.
Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush's America - Molly Ivins
http://www.amazon.com/Bushwhacked-L...bs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200345611&sr=1-1
She tried to warn us: With the publication of Shrub in early 2000, syndicated columnist Molly Ivins detailed George W. Bush’s privileged rise and disastrous reign as governor of Texas in the mid- to late ‘90s. In Bushwhacked, she looks at his first term as president. The picture she paints is unremittingly bleak—unless, of course, you’re a big campaign donor well served by Bush’s prescription for all economic ills (deregulation, tax cuts for those who need them least, and lax enforcement of worker and environmental safety standards). As the only president in U.S. history to slash taxes and go to war simultaneously, Bush wins consistently low marks from Ivins for pursuing "crony capitalism" to its inevitably depressing extremes.
While many of the topics covered here have been covered extensively (Enron, the war in Iraq), Ivins does a good job of building on what’s already been written (proving Bush’s close ties to former Enron chief Ken Lay, and laying out the fundamentalist, apocalyptic view of Iraq and the Middle East that drives Bush’s foreign policy). Ivins is particularly good in taking arcane federal regulations and showing how the Bush administration’s lax oversight has hurt ordinary Americans, making their jobs, homes, water, and food less safe. Ivins is no distanced observer. She’s clearly incensed by Bush’s policies, but her reporting is so detailed and writing so witty that even those who come to the book undecided about Bush will likely be outraged by the time they finish it.
i am reading a book that caught my eye in the buck-a-book bin at the market, it is by patricia cornwell who is a famous mystery writer i guess. this is her conjecture on who jack the ripper was called "Portrait of a Killer - Jack the Ripper: Case Closed" , can't say i am buying her take on things though .
