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Posted: 5/6/2006 10:22:39 PM | Hello Blue Eyed Fishie
Here are two books you may want to pick up
A Travellers Guide to Historic British Columbia by Rosemary Neering $16.95
Barkerville / Williams Creek, Cariboo by Richard Thomas Wright $11.95
Mr Wright is a local historian who has written a couple books now.
My grandfather was a gold panner and I guess I have some of it in me too. lol
If you enjoy questioning life ,people and opinions, take a look at
Ways of Seeing by John Berger it talks about the way we see things, its cool
I collect old odd books. my favorite two are
A reliable guide to sexual happiness for mother and daughter and its male twin
A valuable sex guide for father and son.
both from 1944 and have to be read to believed. The womens copy should be tittled
how to be a good slave to your man lol its funny how the past looked at things.
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Posted: 5/6/2006 10:25:16 PM | Hey Hal
I still enjoy the odd comic :)
The key is to read something and keep that brian and imagination working.
I also think if truth was told, more adults read the Potter books then the kids
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Posted: 5/7/2006 6:09:36 PM | Night Out:
Thanks for the tips on BC history books. I'll check them out. For many years, I was a teaching assistant for a 3rd undergrad psyc course in Human Sexuality, so I bet I'd get a good laugh out of those historical sex guides from 1944! | |
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Posted: 5/8/2006 12:56:33 PM | Lol,I finally found my favorite book..... it was holding up the k ouch
"no one here gets out alive"...the arrow is drawn.... :).. | |
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Posted: 5/9/2006 10:57:19 PM | though I have not read house of sand and fog, I highly recommend the movie to anybody who appreciates good acting. Jen Connelly and Ben Kingsley put on an acting clinic... Beautiful, unbelievably sensitive performances from both. Blew my mind.
Plus, the story is absolutely horribly tragic and the writing very effective. The direction and pace were perfect for developing the characters, showcasing the actors, and evoking emotion.
I may not pick up the book for a while. Like Gordon Lightfood said: "..and you won't read that book again because the ending's just too hard to take." | |
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Posted: 5/9/2006 11:55:54 PM | All time favorite book is also my all time favorite movie: Pay it Forward
My latest read was 'A Million Little Pieces' by James Frey - what an honest and telling memoir! A Must Read!!! (was on the Oprah Book list for those who care)
Marlin said The DaVinci Code was pretty good... | |
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Posted: 5/10/2006 8:39:45 AM | I like virtually everything written by Wilbur Smith. My first experience with his writing was The Burning Shore - I was hooked from there on in.
Good book I'm reading now is Dancing Naked at the Edge of Dawn by Kris Radish.  | |
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Posted: 8/10/2006 10:01:48 PM | I just found another gut wrenching novel for those of you who can emotionally survive reading novels like "A Fine Balance" or "The House of Fog and Sand". It's Ann-Marie MacDonald's "Fall on Your Knees". I don't want to give away the plot, so I'll just say that MacDonald's novel exposes the psychological consequences of life choices and decisions made by a 20th century Cape Breton family...an epic tale of family secrets, lies, and betrayal.
Since I'm out of Kleenex and reluctant to purchase anymore in the near future, does anyone have a little "lighter" summer reading suggestions? | |
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Posted: 8/10/2006 10:05:17 PM | The Power of One - Bryce Courtney
not a self help book, about apartheid and racism in Africa. | |
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Lainy1
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Joined: 7/20/2005
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Posted: 8/10/2006 10:28:22 PM | Favorite book(s) ......Lord of the Rings (all 3).....JR Tolkien
Taipan........James Clavell
Shogun......James Clavell | |
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Posted: 8/10/2006 10:34:21 PM | | hey rem.............you shouldnt cause trouble in the threads..........lol........hey eddie.................... | |
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Posted: 8/11/2006 10:16:02 AM | My tastes are all over the place...but, in my teen years, i didnt go to sleep without reading a short story by Alfred Hitchcock..i think ive read every book.
four past midnight - Stephen King
Mansfield Park - Jane Austin
The road Less Travelled - M. Scott Peck
Angela's Ashes - Frank McCourt(didnt enjoy the second as much)
Bradshaw on the Family -John Bradshaw(love him)
( there are too many favorites to list)
Now reading The Prices of Ireland - Edward Rutherford | |
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Smylie
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Joined: 7/18/2005
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Posted: 8/11/2006 12:27:19 PM | My favorite book which I re-read every few years is
Sacajawea - Annalee Waldo
If you liked the Wheel of Time series try the Sword of truth Series by Terry Goodkind | |
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Posted: 8/15/2006 5:56:24 PM |
Sidhartha by Herman Hess and almost everything writen by William Deveral
Someone else has read Bill Deveral? Wow...
For those not in the know, he's a former Vancouver criminal lawyer who is now a crime novelist. He's most famous for his mid-80s TV series "Street Legal," shown mostly in Canada (to the relief of many -- I didn't care for it)
His books, though... very good. "Needles" | |
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Posted: 8/15/2006 5:58:24 PM | "I am Legend" by Richard Matheson.
a horror novel about the last man on earth.
and
"The Worst Journey in the World"
About Scott's scientific expedition to the South Pole in 1911.
both are excellent reads. | |
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Posted: 8/15/2006 6:55:01 PM | Hey Hey Knotttty....there is only one troublemaker/tractorboy/trailer park/
person around here and it isnt me.........
OOPs......I mean get reel!!!! | |
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Posted: 8/15/2006 7:13:05 PM | how to post your own sheep a$$ picture and not be so GAY
..........................................................................get knotttty
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Joined: 3/22/2006
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Posted: 8/15/2006 9:45:15 PM | The Day of the Jackal & The Dogs of War.....Frederick Forsyth
Intensity................................................Dean Koontz
Dolan's Caddillac......................................Stephen King
The Reassembled Man...............................Herbert D. Kastle
A Stone for Danny Fisher...........................Harold Robbins**
The Fourth K...........................................Mario Puzo
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Posted: 8/15/2006 9:53:55 PM | I love reading those cheesy romance novels lol My fave ones are the old west type storeis where the woman meets some sexy mountain man..Yummm
Otherwise Anne Rice is great! Memnoch the Devil was very good
and Interview with the vampire was excellent-the movie truley did bring the book to life but the book was awesome! | |
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Joined: 3/22/2006
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Posted: 8/15/2006 9:56:11 PM | 'Avoiding Redundancy and Methods to Avoid it-Avoiding Redundancy and Methods to Avoid it'
I think I read it
I think I read it
'Everything men know about women'.
Bought that one,
What a rip-off! No pages, and only the front cover!
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Joined: 5/26/2005
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Posted: 8/15/2006 9:57:54 PM | | 1984 by Goerge orwell. Awesome until the book within a book part and it's a struggle to get throught that part. | |
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Posted: 8/15/2006 10:13:22 PM | I read alllll the time...first started getting hooked on "series" books when i was like 6 or 7 and picked up Nancy drew books Loved mystery and crime books ever since hehe
Now...I love anything Anne Rice, the Vampire series, the Mayfair Witches, and her Erotica..Deant Koontz, Anne Rule, James Patterson, Robin Cook, Peter Straub, J R Tolkein, and John Saul to name a few. I'd like to read Angels and Demons and the Da Vinci Code..I hear they're a great read.
I need to read a bit before I go to bed or else I just don't seem to sleep as well..guess it's my "wind down" time.. | |
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