Brownie55
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OK, so what’s the speed of dark?
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« on: February 02, 2009, 07:59:03 pm » |
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The posts about jean Auel got me thinking about many books I could think of where, although fiction, the historical facts teach you a lot while also giving a damn good read. Some stand out....
Edward Rutherford who wrote Sarum, The Forest, London, Dublin, etc fantastic reads full of history.
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I almost had a psychic boyfriend, but he left me before we met.
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TokGal
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« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2009, 05:09:51 am » |
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James Michener (sp) books are good that way too. He does years of research. actually going and living in the area where his books are set before writing it.
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Calliope
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If music be the food of love, play on
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« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2009, 10:06:42 am » |
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Caleb Carr: The Alienist
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[W]hat the internet and its cult of anonymity do is to provide a blanket sort of immunity for anybody who wants to say anything about anybody else, and it would be difficult in this sense to think of a more morally deformed exploitation of the concept of free speech. - Richard Bernstein in the New York Times
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