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    Soul of the Fire, from the Sword of Truth series, by Terry Goodkind.
    10 books I think in the series, all 1k pages+ lol...my favourite books, when I read for first time I was reading one a day.

    Thanks Morgan for the awesome signature and avatar!
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    Im not reading anything!
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    I just finished, Fatima in Lucia's Own Words. It's the memoirs of Lucia Dos Santos.

    Now that that ones done, I'm returning to, City of God, by Saint Augustine. I'd put it down when Fatima, which I'd ordered from the library came in.

    Next up:

    Only What We Could Carry: The japenese American Internment Experience.
    It's a collection of letters, stories, poems, editorials and graphic art from that time period.

    The following quotes are old, but since I just read this thread, they're new to me.
    Quote Originally Posted by Baltezar View Post
    Ayn Rand - The Fountainhead

    I read Anthem and Atlas Shrugged earlier, really like the theme, philosophy, and tone... so if I was rating

    this novel, score would be max.
    I haven't read "Fountainhead," but I have read "Atlas Shrugged." Great book! You're obviously a reader to have not been scarred away from a 1200+ page book.

    Quote Originally Posted by Dawnseeker View Post
    I'm interested because all that's really taught in school is the Keynesian approach.
    I'm impressed. Most don't even know who Keynes is, let alone what's taught in schools.
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    Integrity doesn't need a rule book.
    Rule #1 clearly states, "Don't confuse Newpy!"

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    Currently re-reading The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andric because I'm taking a trip to its location this fall. It's a narrative history (some places classify it as fiction, but it was originally written and successfully defended as a dissertation) of a bridge in Bosnia stretching from the Ottoman empire to the modern day. One of my favorite books because it reads so fluidly, gives details of so many different people's lives and really encapsulates the character of a region.

    I recommend it but with the caveat that you need a strong stomach. It has seriously graphic violence in places (historically accurate for the region's tumultuous history). I'm not squeamish at all it's one of the only books I've had to put down for a few minutes just to clear an image from my head. That being said, I took a class on the former Yugoslavia and I learned more from reading this book than the entire semester's worth of lectures - it's dense, fast and superb.
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    I'm reading Hyperion by Dan Simmons; great book.
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    i understand u trying to explain battle mechanics and so on, and like i said not saying u are wrong, i know people that send the same wave of certain numbers, not cause it works, and they know better waves to do it and better results, but they send it cause they like the look of the numbers.
    The death of Evony.

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    "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell. Interesting non fiction exposing how certain factors attribute to fame, fortune, talent musically and sports-wise, even how behavior is passed down throughout generations. Very interesting.

    ^Shenanigans in Inkscape^

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    I wish I knew how to read..........

    "The World is for my plundering"
    Spooner, June 2011

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    reading book 4 of Game of Thrones! a Feast for Crows.

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    Quote Originally Posted by spooner1 View Post
    I wish I knew how to read..........
    poor poor you! cant read! cant figure how your forum posts work then..... you got a reader and typer for you?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mati2 View Post
    Currently re-reading The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andric because I'm taking a trip to its location this fall. It's a narrative history (some places classify it as fiction, but it was originally written and successfully defended as a dissertation) of a bridge in Bosnia stretching from the Ottoman empire to the modern day. One of my favorite books because it reads so fluidly, gives details of so many different people's lives and really encapsulates the character of a region.

    I recommend it but with the caveat that you need a strong stomach. It has seriously graphic violence in places (historically accurate for the region's tumultuous history). I'm not squeamish at all it's one of the only books I've had to put down for a few minutes just to clear an image from my head. That being said, I took a class on the former Yugoslavia and I learned more from reading this book than the entire semester's worth of lectures - it's dense, fast and superb.
    Ive read a book like that. Most written stuff does not bother me but in the book Aztec there was one spot that I still think of today and makes my stomach almost turn and just gives me a feeling of wrongness.

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