How To Be A Gentleman. I got it at Jos. A Bank. Apperantly, I'm not a Gentleman. The whole thing about not 'using my horn indiscriminately' sort of DQ's me from it, though it could be argued that i use it to 'avert disaster'
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How To Be A Gentleman. I got it at Jos. A Bank. Apperantly, I'm not a Gentleman. The whole thing about not 'using my horn indiscriminately' sort of DQ's me from it, though it could be argued that i use it to 'avert disaster'
Recently finished up...
The Lonesome Dove series of books
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Understanding Exposure
The Digital Photography Book Vol.1 and 2
Now up, Hard Landing.
currently i am reading the electric koolaid acid test and also The Hunter
ah, good ole Ken Kessey and the Merry Pranksters. Awesome read.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jminnich500
its my 2nd time reading it, it was kind of disturbing the first time i read it though.almost as bad as born on the fourth of july...two very good books thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by slcraiders
Goldfinger
On vacation sitting next to the pool I read:
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
The Cheese Monkeys by Chip Kidd
Books of Blood by Clive Barker
did some crossword puzzles too.
Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road by Neil Peart pretty good book so far. It was written by Neil Peart, the drummer from Rush. It's about the transcontinental motorcycle ride he took after his wife and daughter died.
Just finished Kite Runner, now reading The Templars
Amazing book. Really cool too because I drive some of the roads he talks about in Saskatchewan and Northern Alberta.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eville
Not a bad drummer either.:smiley2:
just finished Straight from the gut, by Jack Welch. Recommended by my father. Good book, I learned lots until the end when you find out what his retirement package was when he left GE. What a criminal!
Of Human Bondage ~ W Somerset Maugham
Reading it outloud helps me follow it better, and seems to sooth the savage beast, that is my 1 year old daughter.
Will
I am just about finished with The World is Flat, by Thomas Friedman. I realize this book is dated (in terms of Internet and globalization) but he sounds oddly and childishly fascinated with rather mundane tasks such as e-mail and where all the different parts of his laptop comes from. I just think he had his mind made up about several issues before he researched them, and spends the rest of the time of the book trying to convince himself that he's right. I'm on the last chapter, and it's worth finishing just because it's a long book.
I'm also reading This Incomplete One: Words Occasioned by the Death of a Young Person, editied by Michael D. Bush. This is a collection of eulogies and sermons given in light of death's of young people. A very close friend of mine passed away just before Christmas, and a family friend gave me this book.
Up Next: The Second World by Parag Khanna and I've been meaning to reread Shakespeare's Hamlet.
After I finished Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk my wife handed me Duma Key while she works on You Suck by Christopher Moore.
I really enjoy Moore's stuff, but it's more light and funny then Chuck's stuff.
What did you think of Fight Club? I like the story, but the book didn't read very well (to me). I think he writes like a 5th grader.Quote:
Originally Posted by Corvin
It was a good read, nothing spectacular, but a good read. It is an easy writing style, but I'm not sure I'd go so far as to say he writes like a 5th grader. He has gotten to be a better writer though, Fight Club was his first.Quote:
Originally Posted by mrtr33
Matter by I.M.Banks, SF as usual. For the above I have enjoyed C Palahniuk in the past and think that his disjointed style fits his subject matter.
New Testament. Just finished Matthew and about to move on to Mark. I have never actually sat down and read a gospel from start to finish. When I can block out all the chaos and house noise- Powerful stuff!
just finished" Midnight Express " by Billy Hayes pretty Heavy stuff but a lot different then the movie
Dustin
I've been trying to find an old copy of The Art of War around here to read, but it seems like any bookstore I go to is either out, doesn't carry it, or in a few cases have never even heard of it. I'll have to check a couple of stores back home this weekend.