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progadicto 
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Recently I bought Kurt Vonnegut's Galapagos... great book... The problem is that here in Chile exists an horrible tax to books so I had to pay 20.000 chilean pesos (US$40.00 - 27,50 Euros)... Please inform me about the prices of books in your countries cos I think it's really expensive to buy books in Chile, almost a crime...
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Forgotten Son
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Posted: December 31 2007 at 23:59 |
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I'm gradually working through Philip Zimbardo's "The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil". I read the first chapter of Dickens' "Hard Times", too, but that was a few weeks ago now.
£20 for a book?   I don't usually pay more than £10 (~10,000 CLP).Edited by Forgotten Son - January 01 2008 at 00:02 |
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: January 02 2008 at 11:53 |
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Just read a great book on under the radar efforts towards a North American Union
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The Late Great USA by Corsi.
Great read.
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"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: January 02 2008 at 15:29 |
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I recently bought Kurt Vonnegut's Mother Night for £7.99. That is expensive in Chile, ouch!  |
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Tuzvihar
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Posted: January 02 2008 at 15:36 |
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I've recently started (again 'cos I intended to read this book some time ago and abandoned it after some 100 pages) reading this book:
 It's a Polish book about the history of anarchism. |
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"Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent."
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khammer99
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Posted: January 02 2008 at 18:40 |
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Just finished "The Pale Horseman" by Bernard Cornwell http://tinyurl.com/2x6po4
and just starting "The Trail of the Templars" by Malcolm Barber http://tinyurl.com/2xug2b |
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been pried from its hands and the blood has been cleaned up. - Terry Pratchett |
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Forgotten Son
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Posted: January 02 2008 at 19:35 |
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Tuzvihar,
Excellent. Are you enjoying it?
I read "The Last Kingdom a couple of years ago and was rather disappointed. It's a bit too close to The Warlord Chronicles for my liking. I wish Cornwell would tread some new ground and explore another period of history rather than writing the same books again and again. |
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khammer99
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Posted: January 02 2008 at 22:08 |
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I'm not familiar with the Warlord Chronicles, are they a similar premise, historical fiction wise? If you like these type books, you might want to check out another trilogy of historical books based on the viking invasion of England by Harry Harrison: The Hammer and The Cross (http://tinyurl.com/29ehc7) One Kings Way (http://tinyurl.com/2snw62) King and Emperor (http://tinyurl.com/yphg9p) |
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khammer99
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Posted: January 02 2008 at 22:14 |
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Oh, sorry, I wanted to add this to the other post, although I have not read them, he has a series of books based on Napoleon Europe (Richard Sharpe Series), they're at Amazon, among others. |
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Posted: January 03 2008 at 08:50 |
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Castle in the Forest, the last novel by Norman Mailer.It's not the Naked and the Dead, but not bad either.
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Posted: January 03 2008 at 21:28 |
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Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage
 Intriguing... Fascinating... These "underwater sailors" were very brave men. True heroes of the Cold War  For that matter...even the "enemy" Soviets were just as brave too ! . oh yea...going through Genesis also (not the band...the first book of the OT) . Edited by Utah Man - January 03 2008 at 21:31 |
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Posted: January 04 2008 at 11:54 |
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I just finished "Scintilla, der Seelenfunke" by Hubert Mania, a book recommended to me by Friede. a strange but fascinating novel about a melody that is able to change lives drastically, with some very unexpected plot twists
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Posted: January 04 2008 at 12:22 |
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Finished Eric Clapton's autobiography and his open honesty about his addictions and personality/character flaws that he battled for decades and finally overcame is incredibly refreshing. One of the best musician bios I've ever read (I'd rank it right up there with David Crosby's "Long Time Gone") and an inspiration to all who've had problems with abuse in their lives.
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"Literature is well enough, as a time-passer, and for the improvement and general elevation and purification of mankind, but it has no practical value" - Mark Twain
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Posted: January 04 2008 at 16:03 |
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Just finished A Game of Thrones and A Clash of Kings, and I'm currently working on the third book, A Storm of Swords, from George RR Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series.
Only four of the seven books are published so far, but they're really good. Not your typical fantasy stuff... more politics and intrigue, and then add the fact that there is no protagonist, so no character is safe, anyone can die at any moment.
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khammer99
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Posted: January 04 2008 at 17:02 |
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These are excellent books! They're are several plot twists that keep things interesting, without bewildering the reading with endless complicated plots. For every few loose ends that get tied up, a few more are introduced, and so on. They will keep you wanting more. If you are a fan of these types of books, you will not be disappointed! |
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Posted: January 04 2008 at 17:05 |
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Currently reading this, and it's very funny so far!
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Posted: January 05 2008 at 19:41 |
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i just recently got really into william faulkner, and the more modern cormac mccarthy, who takes after faulkner a bit.
i just finished As I Lay Dying, The Sound and the Fury, and Absalom! Absalom! by Faulkner, and all of them were awesome in my opinion, with Absalom probably being my favorite of the bunch. I read No Country for Old Men (before I saw the movie) by McCarthy, and it was okay, yet both the movie and Faulkner's works are better. I hear it isn't highly regarded among his books, however, and I soon plan to read The Road, Child of God, and, in a few days (once my friend finishes it) Blood Meridian. |
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Posted: January 09 2008 at 16:21 |
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Posted: January 09 2008 at 17:11 |
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Posted: January 09 2008 at 19:48 |
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I've just finished Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and will now read Brave New World Revisited.
Next up on my list though, is: H.G. Wells When the Sleeper Wakes (the original version), which will be followed up by The Sleeper Wakes (1910 rewrite). |
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