Tag: education
group name: talkaboutbooks
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March 25, 2007 11:48 AM EDT --
I’ve read countless books dealing with the ideas that were brought up in the book by Dan Brown.
There have been books about the historical Jesus – and other characters from the Bible – . . . more
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March 05, 2007 11:29 AM EST --
I am drowing in books. There are stacks of books to pass on to worthy companions and stacks of books to read.
I have about 20 bookcases in the house - they are ALL filled and books are stacking up in many . . . more
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March 03, 2007 07:02 PM EST --
Written by Guillermo Martínez
I left the house without a book, so bought this at the thrift shop before coming home. I read it on the bus, then at home until I finished it - less than 200 . . . more
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March 02, 2007 06:03 AM EST --
First to ask, first to receive - leave me your address, and I'll send the books out.
Homeless Bird- Gloria Whelan - a young woman in India is forced into a marriage. Cultural differences. . . . more
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January 19, 2007 10:17 AM EST --
I desperately want my son to love books. He's a third grader now, and he can read independently, but he'd much rather be out on his new skateboard trying to fracture something. I don't . . . more
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February 11, 2007 12:41 AM EST --
Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere was the first book by Morris that I have had the opportunity to read, and even though it was so very melancholy I look forward to reading the rest of her works. . . . more
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January 03, 2007 09:05 PM EST --
By Alexander Key
Published in 1965
A short science fiction type fable (or parable) about a boy who slips through a portal and ends up on Earth. It has a Twilight Zone feel to it.
He is . . . more
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January 27, 2007 10:55 AM EST --
Author Helen Kim
This is another book about young people in another country. It is set in Korea in the 70's or 80's. Not only does one learn about the culture - the foods, clothes, . . . more
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February 24, 2007 10:28 AM EST --
By Flavia Bujor, translated from the French
This book was published when the author was 15 years old. She wrote it when she was 13 - it took 6 months.
The beginning of the book is much less . . . more
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January 15, 2007 09:31 PM EST --
I just finished Nicholas Lemann’s The Big Test: The Secret History of the American Meritocracy. It was interesting. Like most readers, I went in from my own biased perspective. I wasn’t really . . . more
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August 28, 2007 12:56 PM EDT --
Below is the transcript of the interactive interview with Kendall King, Ph.D., and Alison Mackey, Ph.D., authors of The Bilingual Edge.
In The Bilingual Edge, Georgetown University professors . . . more
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July 08, 2007 11:57 AM EDT --
Author: Don Foster - literary detective
The author states that no matter what a person writes, no matter how hard that person tries to disguise the writing, some parts shine through to show who actually . . . more
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May 28, 2007 07:55 PM EDT --
Body of Evidence is a CSI book by Max Allan Collins. The book opens with the call about amissing business executive in a big industry. When CSI's get there they start to process the crime . . . more
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October 13, 2007 03:41 PM EDT --
Quilt of America by Carole J. Gariepy
I have just had the privilege to read a unique, fascinating book--Quilt of America by Carole J. Gariepy! Although I would normally read a book straight through, . . . more
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February 21, 2007 08:37 AM EST --
An annotated list:
In the name of Salomé - Julia Alvarez: a novelized biography of the late poet - Laureate of the Dominican Republic -lots of history and family interaction. . . . more
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January 07, 2007 01:38 AM EST --
A very unusual modern mystery featuring a killer for hire named John Keller. This is my first book by this author, and I am impressed with his writing, very smooth. The main character has a . . . more
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January 07, 2007 11:49 AM EST --
Ah, I have to now make a confession -- I lied. As I went to put my new book on the shelf, I found this one already there, so I have read a Lawrence Block before, but enough time has passed, I had . . . more
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May 16, 2007 04:57 PM EDT --
(Received this from Naral Pro-choice. I know this is a tiny matter compared to out servicemen and women being in this war from the start, but nonetheless this is a significant issue)
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May 23, 2007 08:22 PM EDT --
Got this from Naral Pro-choice. It might be of interest to some of you. This sickens and upsets me. These abstinence-only programs are flawed. They don't work. Yet our president wastes our . . . more
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September 10, 2007 02:27 PM EDT --
Surprsingly, there is nothing whetting my literary palate, but I plan on picking up a book or two. Any reccomendations? What are you reading at the moment? What has moved you?
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