Howard Zinn passed away today. As we were just discussing "A People's History of the United States", I thought I would just say that the article about him is in the Rest in Peace thread.Originally Posted by Critical;3795502;
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Howard Zinn passed away today. As we were just discussing "A People's History of the United States", I thought I would just say that the article about him is in the Rest in Peace thread.
Thought, just for fun, I would revisit some old favorites of mine~ Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier, and Hotel Du Lac by Anita Brookner. And of course, all things, Austen. What would a summer be like without~ Mr. Darcy Oh, one more, the book Heaven by Randy Alcorn...
The Possessed: Adventures With Russian Books and the People Who Read Them by Elif Bautman. I read a review a while ago and was intrigued. When I came across it in a store today, I grabbed it. Can't wait to finish what I'm reading now so I can start this one!
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' - Isaac Asimov
I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, "... I drank what?"
In case anyone is interested, bookcloseouts.com is having another $1.99 fiction sale: BookCloseouts.com - The Bestseller in Bargain Books
The sale ends tomorrow night at midnight. They also have children's educational titles for $.99.
I rarely find a title I'm looking for when I go there, but I always find something good! I had to force myself to NOT start browsing the sale titles - I have enough books waiting to be read, so don't need to add to the pile!
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' - Isaac Asimov
I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, "... I drank what?"
Yeah, so that didn't really work outI had to force myself to NOT start browsing the sale titles - I have enough books waiting to be read, so don't need to add to the pile!I've got at least 15 books in my cart right now and I'm just halfway through the list of sale titles. In my defense, there's some really good stuff on sale! I got a few Faye Kellerman's I haven't read, a few of the Casa Dracula series by Marta Acosta and some other great stuff. They even have the wonderful I Capture the Castle for $1.99. If I didn't already have it, I'd buy it now!
The last time I bought from them, this code worked for free shipping. It might work again:
Coupon Number: freeshipping
Coupon Password: bookcloseouts.com
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' - Isaac Asimov
I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, "... I drank what?"
Okay, I'm slightly embarrassed that I keep posting in this thread. I waited a while to see if anyone else would post....
I just got another email from bookcloseouts.com and they're having another fiction sale - $1.99 for paperbacks, $2.99 for hardcovers.
The last time they had a fiction sale, I got a ton of books and the total, with shipping was about $60. Here's the list from my last order with them. (I'm writing this stuff down, so I can check them off when I've read them....it's my way of justifying the purchase!
Letters from Yellowstone Diane Smith
Pictures from an Expedition Diane Smith (HC)
Birds in Fall Brad Kessler
Midnight Brunch Marta Acosta
Happy Hour at Casa Dracula Marta Acosta
Over Her Dead Body Kate White
The Friendship Test Elizabeth Noble
The Bellini Madonna Elizabeth Lowry (HC)
The Rossetti Letter Christi Phillips (HC)
The Forgery of Venus Michael Gruber (HC)
The Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre Dominic Smith (HC)
Free Food for Millionaires - Min Jin Lee
Curse of the Spellmans Lisa Lutz
The Spellman Files Lisa Lutz
Cold Case Faye Kellerman
Blindmans Bluff Faye Kellerman (HC)
The Book Boy Joanna Trollope
The God of Spring Arabella Edge (HC)
The Street of a Thousand Blossoms Gail Tsukiyama (HC)
Mr. Emersons Wife Amy Belding Brown
The Crimson Portrait Jody Shields
The Archivist Martha Cooley
The Italian Lover Robert Hellenga (HC)
The Limehouse Text Will Thomas
Liszts Kiss Susanne Dunlap
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' - Isaac Asimov
I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said, "... I drank what?"
Live Wire by Harlan Coben
He is one of my favourite authors and Myron Bolitar is probably my most favourite characters and I am so looking forward to this weekend when I have an empty house a comfy chair and a nice bottle of wine to drink while i devour the book in two days and then be mighty annoyed that I will ahve to wait another year for the next one.
Still I will enjoy every minute of it
Also picked up A perfect Death by Kate Ellis to some what relief the feeling of loneliness until Myron reappears as Wesley Peterson is my second most favourite character
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. I'm also excited about the movie. I thought Jennifer Lawrence was great in The Winter Bone so all in all it sounds really promising...