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the bandanna almanac
whiskered Joined: 09 Apr 2012 Status: Offline Points: 3058 |
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3rd time Reading Aubrey /Maturin 19 book series. On Desolation Island right now, one of my favorite books, and my favorite series.
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hollows
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Just picked up The Divine Comedy, a book that I never had much interest in until I read Borges say "The Commedia is a book everyone ought to read. Not to do so is to deprive oneself of the greatest gift that literature can give us."
Pretty strong endorsement from a man whose opinion I respect above pretty much all others. Anyone here a connoisseur? I grabbed the Cary translation somewhat blindly, hopefully it's decent, but would be interested to hear thoughts on any favorite translations.
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I make things out of leather.
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dustydenimdad
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Check out some of Kerouac's interviews after he published On the Road. Cool stuff! |
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Bob Dale
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Happy Hooligan
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nothing like the film.
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oomslokop
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rakuten is entertainment
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Maynard Fried-San
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Just finished George Orwell's 'The Lion and the Unicorn'. A very interesting read.
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Ishmael
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"Yankees in the Land of the Gods", again. A really riveting book. What a weird weird encounter. It's truly amazing to think about how expansionary the US was already in the 1850s. Of course we know about the frontier of "the west" but really the whole Pacific was a frontier by mid 19th century.
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russell
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I'll have to look for that. I recently finished Sea of Glory by Nathaniel Philbrick. It's the story of the U.S. Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842. It too takes place mostly in the Pacific, and speaks to U.S. ambitions and "insular annexations" as well. It was quite an amazing adventure led by a total bastard. |
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Maynard Fried-San
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I've just started a Christmas present from my good lady, it's Morrissey's autobiography. Can't remember who it's by though...
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