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[Florestan]

[Bogey]

Some Ernie:



Love these little Modern Library editions.   

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[DavidW]

I tried A Casual Vacancy and I hated it.

I'm reading now Dark Tower novel and not liking it at all.  Apparently at the end he criticizes his fans, what a lovely way to end a series.  This I have to read to believe.  It's too bad that the western elements that characterized the early volumes are largely absent now.

[Corey]

Love these little Modern Library editions.

Me too. Have quite a few of them.

Reading selections from both of these (fun only in a strenuous sense):

[SonicMan46]

Well, I've not been posting much in this thread despite reading a LOT of books (either on my iPad or in print) recently, but one for non-classical music lovers that may be of interest:

Louisiana Music (2002) by Rick Koster - sub-titled A Journey From R&b To Zydeco, Jazz To Country, Blues To Gospel, Cajun Music To Swamp Pop To Carnival Music And Beyond , which just emphasizes the importance of this this area of the USA in musical history (of course add in Texas and adjacent regions) - just getting started in the first part on 'Jazz' - already ordered 5 new CDs!  Hope that this foolishness stops since I already have PLENTY of this music!  Dave

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Fun times had.

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[Bogey]

Ever have a book that you a took a run at more than three times.  This is mine.  I have posted it before, but seem to stall.  I do not care for the format.  Even though primary sources are used throughout, it loses something in its fusion of them.  however, I may be visiting the battlefield in the spring, as my son's history teacher has a trip set up for his class to go out from Colorado.  I may be going as a chaperon and wanted to sharpen up on this battle.  I read a handful of books on it in the past and this just seems to top many lists for single volume editions.  So, I set a goal to be finished with it by the end of the month.  18 pages a day needed at this point. After this, I want to continue to clip out on Gettysburg book each month before April hits.

[DavidRoss]

Ever have a book that you a took a run at more than three times.  This is mine.  I have posted it before, but seem to stall.  I do not care for the format.  Even though primary sources are used throughout, it loses something in its fusion of them.  however, I may be visiting the battlefield in the spring, as my son's history teacher has a trip set up for his class to go out from Colorado.  I may be going as a chaperon and wanted to sharpen up on this battle.  I read a handful of books on it in the past and this just seems to top many lists for single volume editions.  So, I set a goal to be finished with it by the end of the month.  18 pages a day needed at this point. After this, I want to continue to clip out on Gettysburg book each month before April hits.

If it's tough sledding, why not try a different approach. Shelby Foote's Stars in Their Courses might be a better read. Here's the Amazon link, and the "Look Inside" link offers a significant excerpt so you can judge whether the style works for you, Bill.  http://www.amazon.com/Stars-Their-Courses-Gettysburg-June-July/dp/0679601120/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1349829111&sr=1-7&keywords=gettysburg

Or you can just watch the terrific TBS movie to brush up before you go!

[Bogey]

If it's tough sledding, why not try a different approach. Shelby Foote's Stars in Their Courses might be a better read. Here's the Amazon link, and the "Look Inside" link offers a significant excerpt so you can judge whether the style works for you, Bill.  http://www.amazon.com/Stars-Their-Courses-Gettysburg-June-July/dp/0679601120/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1349829111&sr=1-7&keywords=gettysburg

Or you can just watch the terrific TBS movie to brush up before you go!

Thanks, David.  Foote's series I read in its entirety back in '92-93 or so. Incredible read as he was an author first that turned out to be an incredible historian on the war, IMO.  I was considering the extract as one of my reads, though.  Have you tried his works?

[Bogey]

This looks to be a standard read that I missed in my earlier days, but is another overview.  However, it would absorb more then a month's worth of reading.




Maybe after the Trudeau and the Foote, I will get more specific like these possibilities:

 


Isn't it amazing that three days of battle produced more literature than one could probably read in a lifetime?

[DavidRoss]

I read some of his narrative history after Ken Burns's series on the war was telecast. (Was that 20 years ago already?)

[Bogey]

I read some of his narrative history after Ken Burns's series on the war was telecast. (Was that 20 years ago already?)

Couldn't be.

[Corey]

Marguerite Yourcenar - The Abyss
Bertrand Russell - The Problems of Philosophy
Immanuel Kant - A Critique of Pure Reason (selections)
G.W.F. Hegel - Phenomenology of Spirit (selections)

[Bogey]

For a great narrative history that reads very much like a novel but is based on a huge amount of research, try Shelby Foote's three volume history of the WBTS.

EDIT: I posted this before I saw your earlier post.

That's ok.  Cool that yuo enjoyed it as well.  Yes, Foote is my favorite read of the CW to date.  In fact, I even hadd the opportunity to ask him a question on line before he passed away.  It was back when AOL was the "knees" and a chat system was just taking off.

[bhodges]

An excellent interview with writer Michael Frayn (Noises Off, Copenhagen) in The Paris Review:

http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/80/the-art-of-theater-no-15-michael-frayn

--Bruce

[Corey]

A.A. Stolyar - Introduction to Elementary Mathematical Logic

It's fun, really!