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Welcome Catherine. I love your choices.
Oh, could I feel as I have felt, or be what I have been,
Or weep as I could once have wept, o'er many a vanished scene;
As springs in deserts found seem sweet, all brackish though they be,
So, midst the withered waste of life, those tears would flow to me.
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| Posts: 2231 | Location: The ever silent spaces of the East | Registered: 12 February 2007 | |
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Just started reading "American Pastoral" by Philip Roth, loved "The Human Stain" so I have high expectations. Just finished Samantha Powers' "The Problem from Hell: America in the Age of Genocide" which is one of the great genocide works of all time. A Pulitzer Prize winner for a reason, a must-read if you are at all interested in IR or American policy.
I never hated any of you/I loved you all at the time
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| Posts: 563 | Location: Sweden | Registered: 27 September 2006 | |
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Posted by Dr.Awesome quote: Samantha Powers' "The Problem from Hell: America in the Age of Genocide" which is one of the great genocide works of all time.
Completely agree. Terrific work.
Oh, could I feel as I have felt, or be what I have been,
Or weep as I could once have wept, o'er many a vanished scene;
As springs in deserts found seem sweet, all brackish though they be,
So, midst the withered waste of life, those tears would flow to me.
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| Posts: 2231 | Location: The ever silent spaces of the East | Registered: 12 February 2007 | |
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Finished "American Pastoral" which I found to be a bit of a let down. Reading Leszek Kolakowski - "Main Currents of Marxism (3 Volumes)" and Ryszard Kapuschinski - "Travels With Herodotus".
I never hated any of you/I loved you all at the time
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| Posts: 563 | Location: Sweden | Registered: 27 September 2006 | |
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I am currently reading "Freedom's Battle: The Origins of Humanitarian Intervention" by Gary J. Bass. It argues that humanitarian intervention is not a modern phenomenon and its history can be traced at least back to the 1800s. Very good so far.
I never hated any of you/I loved you all at the time
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| Posts: 563 | Location: Sweden | Registered: 27 September 2006 | |
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Lately I've been getting into David Baldacci books.... Simple Genius, Hour Game, Last Man Standing, and Split Second.
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"28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, 12 seconds. That is when the world will end"
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| Posts: 836 | Location: I'm watching you... | Registered: 03 December 2007 | |
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"The Shock Doctrine" by Naomi Klein. She marshalls her research and presents a rock solid argument.
Oh, could I feel as I have felt, or be what I have been,
Or weep as I could once have wept, o'er many a vanished scene;
As springs in deserts found seem sweet, all brackish though they be,
So, midst the withered waste of life, those tears would flow to me.
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| Posts: 2231 | Location: The ever silent spaces of the East | Registered: 12 February 2007 | |
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"The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" - Michael Chabon
Just started but so far exceptional.
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The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky. On a hiatus from this one--about 200 pages in, thoroughly enjoying it, but I have too much going on in real life right now to get sucked too far into the (extremely absorbing) drama. Will probably return to it in a couple months after school audition and application are done. To keep it light, I'm reading the (not that good) Return to Labyrinth manga, an original-story sequel to the 80's Jim Henson film Labyrinth. After this, I'm gonna hit the graphic novel adapted from Neil Gaiman's Coraline (which is a fantastic children's horror story).
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| Posts: 340 | Location: San Francisco | Registered: 30 October 2007 | |
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Finished the Labyrinth sequel, read Coraline, and started The Ghost Hunter's Guidebook by Troy Taylor... but I brought the Dostoyevsky to work today. If I decide to do something other than surf the 'net all day (reception can be boring), I might read some more.
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| Posts: 340 | Location: San Francisco | Registered: 30 October 2007 | |
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