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What are you reading now? April 25th - 29th
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playtheman
2 hrs ago
Total Recall by Arnold Schwarzenegger. As an Anonymous Finder says, 'Arnold is quite a guy.'
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What are you reading now April 15th - 19th
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The Little Missus Mrs. Aeneas Gunn by Ira Nesdale
playtheman
5 days ago
Warm pyjamas now.
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What are you reading now? April 10th - 14th
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RE: What are you reading now? April 10th - 14th
playtheman
1 wk ago
I have A Passage to India by E. M. Forster on hold.
Exodus reading aloud proceeding a chaper or so per day.
Looking ahead - will be dipping into H.G. Wells The Outline of History.
playtheman
2 wks ago
(https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/16757903)
About to start.
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What are you reading now? March 31st - April 4th
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Genesis - the 50 chapters completed - one a day.
playtheman
3 wks ago
My comment? You couldn't make this up.
also
Howard's End by E.M. Forster is going well, and I will seek other works by this author at the library.
playtheman
1 mo ago
[['The Silver Mage' by Katharine Kerr. I have unfortunately slowed down in reading this one because currently I'm thwarted by circumstances that are bringing me down and making me watch TV instead. Lack of finance is beh…
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What are you reading now? March 16th - 20th
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RE: What are you reading now? March 16th - 20th
playtheman
1 mo ago
City on the Rocks Hong Kong's Uncertain Future by Kevin Rafferty
[[And do you have a book that you've started but have been putting off from finishing as well?]]
I had a holiday but The March of Folly by Barbara Tuc…
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What are you reading now? March 11th - 15th
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RE: What are you reading now? March 11th - 15th
playtheman
1 mo ago
The March of Folly by Barbara Tuchman reading has reached Ch.1V The British lose America.
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What are you reading now? February 25th - 29th
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Just read The Phar Lap Story by Michael Wilkinson
playtheman
1 mo ago
well written account of Australasia's finest racehorse.
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What are you reading now? February 25th - 29th
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playtheman
1 mo ago
[[ Unspeakable Joy by Bobby Schuller is my year round read.
Stone on Stone A Pioneer Family Saga by Neil Yeates
and The March of Folly From Troy to Vietnam by Barbara Tuchman is my inter-library loan.
Curiously, w…
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What are you reading now? February 25th - 29th
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RE: What are you reading now? February 25th - 29th
playtheman
1 mo ago
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Joy Unspeakable by Bobby Schuller is my year round read.
Stone on Stone A Pioneer Family Saga by Neil Yeates
and The March of Folly From Troy to Vietnam by Barbara Tuchman is my inter-library loan.
Curiously, we o…
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What are you reading now? February 20th - 24th
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RE: What are you reading now? February 20th - 24th
playtheman
2 mos ago
In my continuing efforts to establish good relations with my librarians - The March of Folly by Barbara W. Tuchman having arrived - I consulted him about books awaiting his attention. He has about twenty in that categor…
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What are you reading now? February 10th - 14th
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Howard's End by E. M. Forster is completed
playtheman
2 mos ago
https://bookcrossing.com/---/16767634
[[My question would be Do you use the library is there one close enough to you?]]
Yes. A continuing saga! I have viewed the DVD of Molly's Game first because the Librarian though…
playtheman
2 mos ago
Barbara W. Tuchman books when The March of Folly arrives on an interlibrary loan.
Meanwhile, continuing with Two Years before the Mast by Richard Dana, (also a first for this author).
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What are you reading now? Jan 31st - Feb 4th
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RE: RE: ETA heard about a book whilst on holidays
playtheman
2 mos ago
[[[[Written by an American academic, Barbara ? deceased 2017/8. Wrote about how elected representatives since the Trojan War change their viewpoint once elected. It has 'morality' in the title. Help please?]]
I will be …
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What are you reading now? Jan 31st - Feb 4th
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RE: ETA heard about a book whilst on holidays
playtheman
2 mos ago
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[[Written by an American academic, Barbara ? deceased 2017/8. Wrote about how elected representatives since the Trojan War change their viewpoint once elected. It has 'morality' in the title. Help please?]]
I will be se…
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What are you reading now? Jan 31st - Feb 4th
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ETA heard about a book whilst on holidays
playtheman
2 mos ago
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Written by an American academic, Barbara ? deceased 2017/8. Wrote about how elected representatives since the Trojan War change their viewpoint once elected. It has 'morality' in the title. Help please?
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What are you reading now? Jan 31st - Feb 4th
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RE: What are you reading now? Jan 31st - Feb 4th
playtheman
2 mos ago
Two Years before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana - 100 pages and no typos noticed.
( https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/17088780 )
In 1841 it was necessary to sail via Cape Horn to reach the sparsely inhabited west coas…
playtheman
2 mos ago
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And a Wordsworth Classic first published in 1904: Hadrian the VII by Fr Rolfe/Frederick Baron Corvo.]]
Looks interesting - I will see what the Librarian can come up with.
playtheman
3 mos ago
[['Texas' by James A Michener
Abe Lincoln has just been elected President - interestingly, Lincoln only got 1/3 of the votes, the other 2/3rds being spread among the other 3 candidates... this of course means that a m…
playtheman
3 mos ago
Reading and transcribing Diction of Foreign Words and Phrases by Daniel Webster.
up to Ogni medaglia ha il suo riverso. It. Every medal has its reverse side.
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What are you reading now? January 11 - 15
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playtheman
3 mos ago
[[Will be continuing a book about a Chinese mogul who avoided starvation in 1961. This is in the Library of our dying friend.]]
The books are being sorted. However, the Charmian Clift books have been bequeathed to me.…
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What are you reading now? January 11 - 15
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RE: What are you reading now? January 11 - 15
playtheman
3 mos ago
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Will be continuing a book about a Chinese mogul who avoided starvation in 1961. This is in the Library of our dying friend.
[[And are you, like me, having trouble with the BC website at the moment?]]
Twice I have b…
playtheman
3 mos ago
Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope is finished.
[[and have you made and/or broken any New Year's Resolutions yet???]]
Jokingly, I resolved to rite 2024 not 2023;Haven't broken that yet!
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What are you reading now? January 1- 5
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Inter-Library hold on Molly's Game by Molly Bloom
playtheman
3 mos ago
This could take weeks. Molly is inspiring folk on the speakers' circuit now. (2023)
Re-Starting Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana
https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/17088780/
