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Just finished Evicted by Matthew Desmond. Non-fiction study of the housing situation in the poorest sectors of America.
On a somewhat related note, have you read Schonberg and Bourgois' anthropological study
Righteous Dopefiend?
No, but the title is fetching. I'll investigate, thanks.
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The Crooked Stick: A History of the Longbow by Hugh D. H. Soar. This examines the longbow from the Ice Man and his archery kit up through modern times. The perspective is English/Welsh. The longbow, in this description, is the simple stickbow, nothing reflexed, deflexed, recurved, or compound.
As in Cornwell's The Archer's Tale trilogy? That was the first I'd heard of the import and impact of that weapon. I have questions and may have to read it.
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A Study in Murder by Robert Ryan (a Dr. Watson thriller).
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Two surprisingly sub-par titles from Stephen Hunter: I, Ripper and Saladin Two. He maybe needs to stick with Bob Lee Swagger stories.
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The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois
I have been having trouble getting through it, because he seems to be writing the whole thing with a hard amount of anger.
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Out of the Ashes-Rebuilding American Culture by Anthony Esolen.
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Has anyone read Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy? Is it worth it in a literary sense? I ask since it's supposed to be extremely disturbing and you can't "unread" that stuff once it's in your head...
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Has anyone read Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy? Is it worth it in a literary sense? I ask since it's supposed to be extremely disturbing and you can't "unread" that stuff once it's in your head...
Yes, I have read it--years ago for a course. I think it's worth it, ultimately (there are some quite beautiful sections), but it isn't easy at all. I'm not *entirely* sorry I read it, if that helps you make your decision. I don't think it's as great of a novel as some would claim. (Some of the violence is repetitive and after a while, it becomes predictable). I can't wholeheartedly recommend it because of what's in it. You're right that there are parts in it that you can't "unread."
I read Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping in that class, too, and much preferred that.
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Out of the Ashes-Rebuilding American Culture by Anthony Esolen.
I've been interested in this one, but also worried that it might be too bitter, given Esolen's recent experiences.
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Read The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, which I was teaching in my ENGL 215 (it's still good, after all these years). I also read The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch, and I'm finishing up H is for Hawk.
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Out of the Ashes-Rebuilding American Culture by Anthony Esolen.
I've been interested in this one, but also worried that it might be too bitter, given Esolen's recent experiences.
Actually still reading it. So far, nothing of the treatment he's been getting has colored the book.
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I am reading The Whole Art of Detection by Lyndsay Faye, which I must recommend to my Sherlockian friends. It's probably one of the most enjoyable collections of Holmes pastiches I have ever read.
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I tend to read more than one at once. Most recently finished, The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth, and The Lady in the Lake, by Raymond Chandler.
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Just coming to the conclusion of re-reading the whole of my sizable, yet incomplete, collection of William books by Richmal Crompton;
simply timeless! ;)
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I like to read thrillers or crime. Sadly, Lee Child and a few other favourites don't write as quickly as I read, so I'm always scratching around and looking for other authors. I'm currently reading Robert Bryndza Last Breath. He isn't as good as Lee Child, David Baldacci, Michael Connelly or Harlan Coben but needs must....
Re: A full and true Discovery of all the Robberies, Pyracies, and other Notorious Act
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Crikey that's the longest post I have ever seen...... anywhere. :)
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This...
Crikey that's the longest post I have ever seen...... anywhere. :)
Not exactly a 'book' but interesting reading the ending to someone's real life story condensed and told as (ostensibly) a warning to others considering, or already engaged in, a similar career.
I came across it whilst researching the life of another James Kelly, whose life story is equally, if not even more, dramatic.
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I like to read thrillers or crime. Sadly, Lee Child and a few other favourites don't write as quickly as I read, so I'm always scratching around and looking for other authors. I'm currently reading Robert Bryndza Last Breath. He isn't as good as Lee Child, David Baldacci, Michael Connelly or Harlan Coben but needs must....
Have you tried the Kenzie and Gennaro thrillers by Dennis Lehane? (starts with A Drink Before the War)
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Currently reading three books for the classes I teach: The Catcher in the Rye, The Autobiography of Malcolm-X, and Frankenstein. I don't have time for anything on my own right now.
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It's not much for a book discussion group, but I'm reading The Pine Creek Rail-Trail Guidebook, by Linda Stager. I'll be cycling it in a couple days, and I want to know where the rattlesnakes are most likely to get caught in my spokes.
Fred