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What book(s) are you reading now?
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Just finished Yosl Rakover talks to God
A very interesting little book. It is in 2 parts the first is a work of fiction, written by Zvi Kolitz, about the life of a Jewish man in the ghetto of Warsaw, during world war 2. It confronts the violence he both witnessed and perpetrated, and his love hate relationship with his god. It was written originally in yiddish in 1946, which explains the rawness of it, and also explains the second part of the book which, which is the true story of how, either willfully or incidently the testament of Yosl Rakover was passed off as a true story and subsequently took on a life of it's own.
A very interesting little book. It is in 2 parts the first is a work of fiction, written by Zvi Kolitz, about the life of a Jewish man in the ghetto of Warsaw, during world war 2. It confronts the violence he both witnessed and perpetrated, and his love hate relationship with his god. It was written originally in yiddish in 1946, which explains the rawness of it, and also explains the second part of the book which, which is the true story of how, either willfully or incidently the testament of Yosl Rakover was passed off as a true story and subsequently took on a life of it's own.
http://www.amazon.com/Coming-Age-Milky-Timothy-Ferris/dp/0385263260
Interesting stuff. One of the things it talks about is how Galileo practically forced the church to arrest him. Basically, he kept insisting they abandon the traditional Christian cosmolgy for his version and he wouldn't let it go.
Interesting stuff. One of the things it talks about is how Galileo practically forced the church to arrest him. Basically, he kept insisting they abandon the traditional Christian cosmolgy for his version and he wouldn't let it go.
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whereismynotecard
Treasure Hunter
Imma read Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman. My mom bought it for me at a garage sale. 
I haven't really started yet, except some of the introduction. I plan to read lots more once skool is over. :danana:
I haven't really started yet, except some of the introduction. I plan to read lots more once skool is over. :danana:
Rainbow Mage
Lib Democrat/Agnostic/Epicurean-ish/Buddhist-ish
I'm currently reading "Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time" by Marcus Borg, "Tao Te Ching" and "Hua Hu Ching", and "Monster Blood Tattoo- Foundling" by DM Cornish
Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
Wow, that sounds VERY interesting. I'll have to add that to my Kindle list.
Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
I am currently reading two books - both of them pretty hilarious.
The first is "In A Sunburned Country" by Bill Bryson. It's about Australia. It's his usual really funny stuff, but also as usual interspersed with lots of cool facts. I've caught myself laughing out loud several times.
I also just ordered "PS Your Cat Is Dead." This GEM of a book was lost to me for many years because I had remembered the title wrong.
Finally I did a phrase search of "cat burglar God Fleet Enema" and BAM - found the book!
Yes, all those topics and more are captured in this hilarious book about a guy who has nothing to lose. He's lost his job, he's breaking up with his girlfriend, his crappy apartment has been broken into twice in the past few months, and his cat is desperately ill and hospitalized. Plus it's Christmastime.
He wakes up one night to find a cat burglar in his kitchen. Something in him snaps and he catches the guy and ties him to the kitchen table. Turns out that this guy has a life that is actually MORE pathetic than the main character.
This book was made into a very successful play and is just as funny and irreverent as it was when it was written in 1971. Truly nothing is sacred.
I was THRILLED to find it!
The first is "In A Sunburned Country" by Bill Bryson. It's about Australia. It's his usual really funny stuff, but also as usual interspersed with lots of cool facts. I've caught myself laughing out loud several times.
I also just ordered "PS Your Cat Is Dead." This GEM of a book was lost to me for many years because I had remembered the title wrong.
Finally I did a phrase search of "cat burglar God Fleet Enema" and BAM - found the book!
Yes, all those topics and more are captured in this hilarious book about a guy who has nothing to lose. He's lost his job, he's breaking up with his girlfriend, his crappy apartment has been broken into twice in the past few months, and his cat is desperately ill and hospitalized. Plus it's Christmastime.
He wakes up one night to find a cat burglar in his kitchen. Something in him snaps and he catches the guy and ties him to the kitchen table. Turns out that this guy has a life that is actually MORE pathetic than the main character.
This book was made into a very successful play and is just as funny and irreverent as it was when it was written in 1971. Truly nothing is sacred.
I was THRILLED to find it!
Smoke
Done here.
I love Bill Bryson. I think you've mentioned liking him before. If you haven't already, you should get Barbara Holland's Hail to the Chiefs. I think you'd like it.
I'm reading
Richard Restak, M.D., Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot: Unleashing Your Brain's Potential.
Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
I love Bill Bryson. I think you've mentioned liking him before. If you haven't already, you should get Barbara Holland's Hail to the Chiefs. I think you'd like it.
I'm reading
Richard Restak, M.D., Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot: Unleashing Your Brain's Potential.
Dang it, the Barbara Holland book you recommended isn't available on my Kindle. However, several of her books are. I'm considering two of them - "Gentlemen's Blood" (about dueling) and "The Joy of Drinking."
Have you read either of those before? If so - do you have a favorite or another of her books to recommend?
Smoke
Done here.
The only other book of hers that I've read is Endangered Pleasures: In Defense of Naps, Bacon, Martinis, Profanity, and Other Indulgences, which I liked. But based on those two I'd take a chance on anything she wrote.
Smoke
Done here.
I love that book.
Easy read too, so I actually finished it. Still have a lot of books I've been meaning to finish lying around.
