How Many Books?

mike_baram · 4 December 2001, 11:49 AM

Yeah, we get the VS catalogue (junior edition) in the mail.
Somehow it manages to get filed in the recycling bin.
Gentlemen, while I do find those nubile young models appealing, once you're firmly entrenched in the AARP club reality tends temper the hormonal reactions to the images.

stephen · 5 December 2001, 03:08 AM

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Yeah, we get the VS catalogue (junior edition)

Is that like a teen version?

mike_baram · 5 December 2001, 03:30 AM

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Is that like a teen version?

Dreamer!

BTW, I just gave Lynn my wish list.....any of them would do as a gift.

1. “When Character Was King” by Peggy Noonan

2. “John Adams” by David McCullough

3. “The Final Days: A Behind the Scenes Look at the Last, Desperate Abuses of Power by the Clinton White House” by Barbara Olson

4. “The Universe in A Nutshell” by Stephen Hawking

stephen · 5 December 2001, 04:49 AM

Peggy Noonan is a great American.

I just started Gary Aldrich's book. I think it's called "Inside the Clinton Whitehouse," but its not in front of me right now. I'm two chapters in and I'm already disgusted beyond belief. I couldn't care less what party he belongs to, its unthinkable that this sort of person ever got in the White House.

I also picked up a couple of way cool spy books at Half Price Bookstores the other day.

Maybe you guys already know this, but I also found that Amazon has used books on sale for next to nothing. Check it out.

Lufbery · 5 December 2001, 05:41 AM

Hi all,

John Keegan has published a companion to his book, The First World War. That book is a thoughful and well-written history of WWI from the very beginning to the very end (and a little after). It runs about 500 pages in the paperback edition (larger format than a standard paper back). I'll probably be re-reading it again soon. It's an excellent book and one that I would recommend to anyone.

His new book, An Illustrated History of the First World War, is essentially a stripped down version of his first book, but with the addition of nearly 500 photographs, maps, and prints. I saw it at the local B&N store for $50, but Amazon has it priced at $35.

We'll see if that one turns up this Christmas (or for my Penn State graduation on Dec. 15th, or for my birthday on Dec. 29 -- I'm going to be awash in gifts this year!

)

Another WWI book that I can't recommend enough is Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia). It took me a while to get through (and I normally read very quickly), but it was worth it. Lawrence's story opened up a whole new part of WWI history to me.

I understand that Kipling wrote about Afghanistan, but I'm not sure in which work of his I should look. Any suggestions?

-Drew

WFS · 5 December 2001, 05:42 AM

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Yeah, we get the VS catalogue (junior edition) in the mail.
Somehow it manages to get filed in the recycling bin.
Gentlemen, while I do find those nubile young models appealing, once you're firmly entrenched in the AARP club reality tends temper the hormonal reactions to the images.

What the heck does "reality" have to do with it?

5 December 2001, 07:52 AM

I usually read a couple dozen books a year (my wife reads that many a month), along with 150 or so individual issues of various magazines. Our library now occupies most of the house, but generously allows us room for a bed and a handful of computers.

Most of what I read is non-fiction. There are a few SF authors whose work I always read, and from time to time I'll essay a mystery or something by Dickens. For the most part, though, I like to read history (military, social, cinema).

Barrett · 5 December 2001, 10:04 AM

Speaking of Afghanistan, I believe that Holmes' first words to Watson were, "I perceive you have been in Afghanistan..."
Due to some minute clue that only Sherlock would detect...

5 December 2001, 10:47 AM

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* Speaking of Afghanistan, I believe that Holmes' first words to Watson *were, "I perceive you have been in Afghanistan..."
* Due to some minute clue that only Sherlock would detect...

Was it the smell of hot camel love?

mike_baram · 5 December 2001, 11:04 AM

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* Speaking of Afghanistan, I believe that Holmes' first words to Watson *were, "I perceive you have been in Afghanistan..."
* Due to some minute clue that only Sherlock would detect...

If my memory serves me correctly, Holmes noticed that Watson was quite tanned, and that he had a visible, fresh scar, indicating that he had been in some military action recently. At the time, the only place where things were "hot" was Afghanistan.