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A story about "The Search for al Qaeda: Its Leadership, Ideology, and Future"

nobody@allconsuming.net (zendoga) — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:29:04 GMT

The Search for al Qaeda: Its Leadership, Ideology, and Future

by Bruce Riedel

Very much worth reading. Riedel does a very good job telling us what we are up against when it comes to Islamic-Fascism.

Consumed "The Search for al Qaeda: Its Leadership, Ideology, and Future"

nobody@allconsuming.net (zendoga) — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:29:04 GMT

The Search for al Qaeda: Its Leadership, Ideology, and Future

by Bruce Riedel

WORTH IT!

A story about "Blackwater"

nobody@allconsuming.net (zendoga) — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:26:26 GMT

Blackwater

by Jeremy Scahill

Very insightful book about Blackwater and the privatization of the U.S. war machine. Makes me think that if there is ever a junta in the U.S., Eric Prince and Blackwater will definitely be involved.

Consumed "Blackwater"

nobody@allconsuming.net (zendoga) — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:26:26 GMT

Blackwater

by Jeremy Scahill

WORTH IT!

A story about "Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog"

nobody@allconsuming.net (zendoga) — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:14:22 GMT

Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog

by Ted Kerasote

A well researched and well-written story of a man and his unique dog.

A story about "White Protestant Nation: The Rise of the American Conservative Movement"

nobody@allconsuming.net (zendoga) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:35:03 GMT

White Protestant Nation: The Rise of the American Conservative Movement

by Allan J. Lichtman

If you want to know what’s going on in this election, read this book.

A story about "The Player of Games"

nobody@allconsuming.net (zendoga) — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:46:10 GMT

The Player of Games

by Iain M. Banks

Second of Culture series, no one can write twisted, sexually explicit science fiction quite like him…jury is still out.

A story about "A Fable"

nobody@allconsuming.net (zendoga) — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:41:24 GMT

A Fable

by William Faulkner

Once again I am in awe of the masters. Anyone who compares Cormac McCarthy to Faulkner, should go back and read Faulkner. If you are going to deal with literary nonsense and game-playing, got o the source.

A story about "Dog Man: An Uncommon Life on a Faraway Mountain"

nobody@allconsuming.net (zendoga) — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:39:01 GMT

Dog Man: An Uncommon Life on a Faraway Mountain

by Martha Sherrill

An interesting story about an old school Japanese iconoclast who almost single handedly saved the Akita breed. A great story for anyone who is interested in dogs and the people that love them, and the history of Japan. Interesting to see this old Japanese man through the feminist lens of Martha Sherril.

A story about "Out Stealing Horses: A Novel"

nobody@allconsuming.net (zendoga) — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:36:08 GMT

Out Stealing Horses: A Novel

by Per Petterson

Like reading Cormac McCarthy without the literary incomprehensibility.

A story about "East of Eden"

nobody@allconsuming.net (zendoga) — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:34:27 GMT

East of Eden

by John Steinbeck

Once again it is good to read the classics and remember what good writing is.

A story about "A History of the Jews"

nobody@allconsuming.net (zendoga) — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:57:05 GMT

A History of the Jews

by Paul M. Johnson

Interesting, must read for anyone interested in the world’s peoples.

A story about "The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague In History"

nobody@allconsuming.net (zendoga) — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:56:01 GMT

The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague In History

by John M. Barry

Very interesting study of the influenza outbreak and the times. Really good; science and history combined!

A review of "The Kite Runner Illustrated Edition" (rated 2 stars)

nobody@allconsuming.net (zendoga) — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:17:26 GMT

The Kite Runner Illustrated Edition

by Khaled Hosseini

What is all the fuss about? Can you say cliche and boring? If this book wasn’t about Afghanistan, no one would read this…overrated.

A review of "Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West"

nobody@allconsuming.net (zendoga) — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:15:25 GMT

Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West

by Hampton Sides

An Amazing story about one of the most amazing American heroes.

A review of "The Oil and the Glory: The Pursuit of Empire and Fortune on the Caspian Sea"

nobody@allconsuming.net (zendoga) — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:19:24 GMT

The Oil and the Glory: The Pursuit of Empire and Fortune on the Caspian Sea

by Steven Levine

Anyone that liked Absurdistan should go and read the real facts of the area. I appreciated the novel but this nonfiction book describes as the real world story of the Caspian Sea in the 90’s. It is entertaining to see the ex-Soviets in Baku fleece the Western oil men for hundreds of millions for oil wells that are dry.

A question I have about "Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming"

nobody@allconsuming.net (zendoga) — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:15:51 GMT

Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming

by Bjorn Lomborg

I haven’t finished this yet and don’t know if I will. Who is this bozo? He presents lots of facts and figures, but some of the facts don’t add up. At one point he says that they could re-roof 5 million houses and plant 11 million trees in Los Angeles and paint 1/4 of the roads to negate the effects of global warming in the metro area. He thinks this would have a one time cost of 1 billion dollars. I don’t know what planet he lives on, I don’t think you could do that for that price. This kind of suggestion makes me discount all his arguments.

Why I recommend "Crime and Punishment (Enriched Classics)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (zendoga) — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:09:26 GMT

Crime and Punishment (Enriched Classics)

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Sometimes you have to go back and read the classics to be reminded of what literature should really be.

Why I recommend "Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West (Modern Library)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (zendoga) — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:57:37 GMT

Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West (Modern Library)

by Cormac Mccarthy

Cormac McCarthy never made sense to me. But this book is the skeleton key to understanding the Border Trilogy. I still prefer Jim Harrison’s Hemingway-esque writing to McCarthy’s Faulkner-ness…but this was a great book.

A review of "Into the Wild (MTI)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (zendoga) — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 17:06:20 GMT

Into the Wild (MTI)

by Jon Krakauer

This is my second reading of Into the Wild. I have been following the story since Krakauer’s original article in Outside Magazine and was very interested because the same year that Mr. McCandless was starving to death in the bus, I spent five months hitchhiking around Alaska. Even on my second reading, I still can’t understand the infatuation with this story. McCandless was an idiot. The same way i can’t understand the infatuation with Aron Ralston (who lost his arm in Utah on a solo trip).

A story about "Sandworms of Dune"

nobody@allconsuming.net (zendoga) — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 17:02:46 GMT

Sandworms of Dune

by Brian Herbert

I will continue to read these, because of my love of the Dune series, but Please Stop Writing Them! It’s seems they’ve lost all sight of the original novels. Herbert is turning over in his grave.