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Kurt Vonnegut's Galapagos - again. I'm too lazy to start anything new and I want a guaranteed laugh.http://www.amazon.com/Galapagos-Del...5333870/ref=cm_lmf_tit_10/103-1241770-0277435
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At the moment - "Bill Hicks - agent of evolution"
And on the backburner - "Insomnia" by Stephen King
And on the backburner - "Insomnia" by Stephen King
georgiecasey
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Just finished 'high times and dirty dealings at the academy awards', 'from there to here' about irish rugby and ger loughnane's autobiography. about to start into 'hurling: the revolution years', supposed to be class.
Joseph Grogan
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Reading all the Harry Potter books
I reading all the harry potter books. Didnt really like them at first but the more you read the more you like..
Really good read so they are
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I reading all the harry potter books. Didnt really like them at first but the more you read the more you like..
Really good read so they are
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I finished it on Sunday eveningJust given in and bought the last one today. ...Ok i didn't give much...any resistance
Forbairt
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Harry Potter Deathly Hallows (also currently watching number 4 cinema for number 5 tomorrow ... ) ...
Neuromancer ... william gibson
Harry Potter ... (1st one in French)
Rainbow six .. ( in french )
The french ones are taking me AGES and AGES though
phew ... not a bad first post .. almost should have introduced myself first
Neuromancer ... william gibson
Harry Potter ... (1st one in French)
Rainbow six .. ( in french )
The french ones are taking me AGES and AGES though
phew ... not a bad first post .. almost should have introduced myself first
irishwebmaster33
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Hi Guy !
Currently i am reading the programming book that are related to JAVA and
it's advance version i am also reading the PHP book.
and enjoy this time .
Currently i am reading the programming book that are related to JAVA and
it's advance version i am also reading the PHP book.
and enjoy this time .
3rsales
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Dune and The structure of Magic
I recently discovered that the 6 Dune saga books had 6 prequels in the form of 2 trilogies and also 2 books following them, written by Frank Herbert's son.
I am currently on book 12! (having reread the six originals)
Also the Structure of Magic is the original book on NLP and essential reading for anyone who wants to truly understand how to create phenomenal change within people - and by the way, it really does work!
I recently discovered that the 6 Dune saga books had 6 prequels in the form of 2 trilogies and also 2 books following them, written by Frank Herbert's son.
I am currently on book 12! (having reread the six originals)
Also the Structure of Magic is the original book on NLP and essential reading for anyone who wants to truly understand how to create phenomenal change within people - and by the way, it really does work!
JamesFarrell
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Books
Purple Cow - Seth Godin
Who made the moon - serious stuff.
Richard Dawkins - unravelling the rainbow - I lost this and it belong to the library and needs to be back tomorrow. I'm going to renew it but if someone find it can they let me know please
Purple Cow - Seth Godin
Who made the moon - serious stuff.
Richard Dawkins - unravelling the rainbow - I lost this and it belong to the library and needs to be back tomorrow. I'm going to renew it but if someone find it can they let me know please
I have never been much into bio's - but I am starting. Read one book about Anita Roddick, founder of the Body Shop, now a work on Otto Wagner, viennese Jugendstil architect (art nouveau) - the book starts with "something unpractical can't be beautiful". I always loved his architecture, have to read more about architecture I guess and not only the IT-usability stuff.
I like Harry Potter books - I read it in english to keep practicing (and children's books are great to keep up with your foreing language knowledge), tough have to admit you have to surive the first 70 pages of book 1, if you have done that, you are in.
Read the Chronicles of Narnia last year.
At the moment I am diving deep into Austrian, Bavarian, Swiss, south-eastern French, North-Italian, Lichtenstein-ian, North-Slovenian literature - it is fun to read books because of location (and tough to find books this way).
I do a lot of book swaping with friends and relatives - and the great thing about is that you get to know authors you might have never bought.
Generally I love Murakami, Jorge Luis Borges, Manuel Puig and Almudena Grandes books and my latest "best laugh" was propaply Tom Robbins in german it is "Panaroma" the english title is "Jitterbugh Perfume" (or similar). This guy is a little obsessed (you know "boy's stuff"), but a true intellectual (for me an uncivilized, rebel Borges).
I like Harry Potter books - I read it in english to keep practicing (and children's books are great to keep up with your foreing language knowledge), tough have to admit you have to surive the first 70 pages of book 1, if you have done that, you are in.
Read the Chronicles of Narnia last year.
At the moment I am diving deep into Austrian, Bavarian, Swiss, south-eastern French, North-Italian, Lichtenstein-ian, North-Slovenian literature - it is fun to read books because of location (and tough to find books this way).
I do a lot of book swaping with friends and relatives - and the great thing about is that you get to know authors you might have never bought.
Generally I love Murakami, Jorge Luis Borges, Manuel Puig and Almudena Grandes books and my latest "best laugh" was propaply Tom Robbins in german it is "Panaroma" the english title is "Jitterbugh Perfume" (or similar). This guy is a little obsessed (you know "boy's stuff"), but a true intellectual (for me an uncivilized, rebel Borges).
Birds without Wings - Louis de Berniéres
A must read!!!!! Although I only manage about a page a night before dropping off to sleep .......
Here's an excerpt:
Ibrahim the Mad was one of our most entertaining when he was young. It was said that there was a smile at the corners of his lips from the moment of his birth, and from early boyhood he was a specialist in inappropriate interjections. To be precise, he perfected a repertoire of bleats that exactly mimicked the stupid comments of a goat in all its various states of mind; a goat that is surprised, a goat that is looking for its kid, a goat that is protesting, a goat that is hungry, a goat that is perplexed, a goat that is in rut. His most popular bleat, however, was that of a goat that has nothing to say. This bleat was the perfect parody of unintelligence, empty-headedness, inanity and harmlessness. If you want to know what it sounded like, just go up past the ancient tombs to where the limepit is. It is in the wild ground near there that Ibrahim the Mad still watches the goats, even though he is no longer sane. You should beware of his great dog. It is a very fine animal that takes each goat back to its owner every evening, without Ibrahim the Mad having to do anything at all, but it is a somewhat ready-fanged dog that recognises a stranger straight away by the smell. If you cannot find Ibrahim there, then listen for the sound of the kaval, and follow it. He blows it so sadly that it makes you stand still and go into mourning. He does not bleat himself any more, but listens to the goats as they wander from shrub to shrub, and you will soon recognise the bleat of a goat with nothing to say.
A must read!!!!! Although I only manage about a page a night before dropping off to sleep .......
Here's an excerpt:
Ibrahim the Mad was one of our most entertaining when he was young. It was said that there was a smile at the corners of his lips from the moment of his birth, and from early boyhood he was a specialist in inappropriate interjections. To be precise, he perfected a repertoire of bleats that exactly mimicked the stupid comments of a goat in all its various states of mind; a goat that is surprised, a goat that is looking for its kid, a goat that is protesting, a goat that is hungry, a goat that is perplexed, a goat that is in rut. His most popular bleat, however, was that of a goat that has nothing to say. This bleat was the perfect parody of unintelligence, empty-headedness, inanity and harmlessness. If you want to know what it sounded like, just go up past the ancient tombs to where the limepit is. It is in the wild ground near there that Ibrahim the Mad still watches the goats, even though he is no longer sane. You should beware of his great dog. It is a very fine animal that takes each goat back to its owner every evening, without Ibrahim the Mad having to do anything at all, but it is a somewhat ready-fanged dog that recognises a stranger straight away by the smell. If you cannot find Ibrahim there, then listen for the sound of the kaval, and follow it. He blows it so sadly that it makes you stand still and go into mourning. He does not bleat himself any more, but listens to the goats as they wander from shrub to shrub, and you will soon recognise the bleat of a goat with nothing to say.
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