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Book reviews, as well as Reads to Reels

Ten Things

Posted on February 27, 2009 by smellincoffee

Ten Things Your Minister Wants to Tell You (But Can’t Because He Needs the Job!)© Rev. Oliver “Buzz” Thomas, 2007108 pages.I do not subscribe to the Christian faith, but I’ve heard of this book through one podcast or another and … Continue reading →

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The Gifts of the Jews

Posted on February 25, 2009 by smellincoffee

The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everybody Thinks and Feels© Thomas Cahill293 pages This week I continued in Thomas Cahill’s Hinges of History series with The Gifts of the Jews. Rather than … Continue reading →

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What the Buddha Taught

Posted on February 23, 2009 by smellincoffee

What the Buddha Taught© 1974 Walpola Rahula I’m a member of a philosophy group on YahooGroups, and this book came up in discussion. Since my knowledge of Buddhism is quite limited, I decided to indulge in a little literacy-expanding this … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (23/2)

Posted on February 23, 2009 by smellincoffee

Books this Update: Mythology, Edith Hamilton The Reluctant Mr. Darwin, Peter Quammen Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, Thomas Cahill I began this week with Edith Hamilton’s Mythology, which is concerned chiefly with the Greco-Roman legends. Hamilton is an author I have … Continue reading →

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Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea

Posted on February 21, 2009 by smellincoffee

Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter© 2003 Thomas Cahill303 pages, including index I believe I picked this book up years ago, but never finished it. Very little seemed familiar as I read through the book this week, so … Continue reading →

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The Reluctant Mr. Darwin

Posted on February 19, 2009 by smellincoffee

The Reluctant Mr. Darwin: An Intimate Portrait of Charles Darwin and the Making of his Theory of Evolution© 2006 Peter Quammen304 pages, including chronology, bibliography, notes, and index. I intended to read this for the week of Charles Darwin’s birthday … Continue reading →

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Mythology

Posted on February 18, 2009 by smellincoffee

Mythology© 1942 Edith Hamilton333 pages In the past, I have both read books by Edith Hamilton and tried to read books on Greco-Roman mythology. I have never succeeded in finishing a mythology book before my interest in the subject waned, … Continue reading →

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This Week at the Library (16/2)

Posted on February 16, 2009 by smellincoffee

Books this Update: How the Irish Saved Civilization, Thomas Cahill Deer Hunting with Jesus, Joe Bageant Shatterpoint, Matthew Stover A World Waiting to be Born, M. Scott Peck I began this week by continuing in Thomas Cahill’s entertaining Hinges of … Continue reading →

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A World Waiting to be Born

Posted on February 15, 2009 by smellincoffee

A World Waiting to be Born: Civility Rediscovered© 1993 M. Scott Peck366 pages “Society is sick”, declares author M. Scott Peck by way of introduction to his book A World Waiting to be Born. Peck is a psychiatrist and author … Continue reading →

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Shatterpoint

Posted on February 13, 2009 by smellincoffee

Shatterpoint© 2004 Matthew Stover406 pages Set very soon after the conclusion of Attack of the Clones, Shatterpoint is an Extended Universe Star Wars novel centered around the character of Mace Windu and a personal trial of his at the beginning … Continue reading →

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