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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2015 23:24:00 GMT
Yes, I recently read One Pair of Hands. It was funny but it also irked me because she got to go home every night and she never needed the money. If she REALLY wanted to experiment she should have done it properly, IMO.
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Post by mysweetjoey on Dec 6, 2015 4:04:22 GMT
Victorian life
Well, it's not a book, but I found this interesting, on the web
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Post by Emerald_Door on Dec 9, 2015 19:06:30 GMT
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Post by zoesam on Dec 10, 2015 6:14:17 GMT
I read the synopsis, but it's a bit hard to tell what type of book this is? Is it a self help book? Or more first person RL stories? Or what?
While the premise sounds interesting, I can't read & have quit bothering to try, anything that skirts self help.
ETA: never mind, I see from the reviews that it has a strong religious undercurrent.
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Post by Emerald_Door on Dec 11, 2015 15:07:00 GMT
It's not really a religious book or a self help book. Each chapter focuses on a different character trait, and includes examples of historical figures, such as Eisenhower, Dorothy Day, George Catlett Marshall, George Eliot, and Samuel Johnson.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2016 21:54:16 GMT
I just finished Below Stairs, by Margaret Powell. It's a memoir about being a housemaid then a cook in 1920s England. It's a bit thin in that a lot of stuff is repeated. I found the narrator REALLY unlikeable because she kept going on and on about unfair wealth distribution and the class divide. She wasn't interesting on either subject, just aggrieved. And I could have done with a bit less honesty about her mercenary hunt for a husband.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2016 13:39:36 GMT
For those whose first letter on the Myers-Briggs test is "I", or are close with someone whose is, "Quiet" by Susan Cain is a must-read. I'm about half way through it and, even though I've done a good amount of reading on the subject before, I'm finding this book very enlightening.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2016 23:03:33 GMT
For those whose first letter on the Myers-Briggs test is "I", or are close with someone whose is, "Quiet" by Susan Cain is a must-read. I'm about half way through it and, even though I've done a good amount of reading on the subject before, I'm finding this book very enlightening. I just looked that up - it looks interesting! And yes - I'm very much an introvert.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2017 17:27:59 GMT
I just finished Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson. It turned into my airplane book, because it's the only time I could sit down and read.
Very interesting. It's about Bryan Stevenson founding the Equal Justice Initiative. And of course - our legal system and some of the unfortunate people who were caught up in it. I highly recommend it.
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Post by chapeaunoir on Feb 14, 2017 3:10:46 GMT
The Battle for God by theologian Karen Armstrong. It's a very accessible book concerning the rise in fundamentalism of the three main western religions and the impact on societies. She's a very readable author (reminds me a bit of Barbara Tuchman) who pitches to the intelligent person-in-the-street as well as the student of theology.
I'll make a note of Just Mercy, too.
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Post by chapeaunoir on Feb 14, 2017 3:18:23 GMT
I just finished Below Stairs, by Margaret Powell. It's a memoir about being a housemaid then a cook in 1920s England. It's a bit thin in that a lot of stuff is repeated. I found the narrator REALLY unlikeable because she kept going on and on about unfair wealth distribution and the class divide. She wasn't interesting on either subject, just aggrieved. And I could have done with a bit less honesty about her mercenary hunt for a husband. Yeah, speaking of pushing an agenda, it's similar to the Rosemary Rowe (fiction) author who writes the Libertus mysteries taking place in Roman-era Britain. She's got a great protagonist, an excellent idea and has done her homework, but she absolutely shellacs her writing with 'facts' with a strong emphasis on the lack of women's rights then and the slavery situation - she keeps bringing it up in illustrations that are not an organic part of the story and reads like a 20th century author commenting, not an Ancient Roman first person narrative. She does not wear her learning lightly and gets the nuance wrong or not at all - it's like most of her characters are paper cut-outs because she keeps illustrating other 'facts' of life with them, like "See! I did my research!" She improved after about four books but it almost ruins the read.
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Post by val2525 on Apr 23, 2017 4:15:34 GMT
If you're into politics, Joe Scarborough's book "Rome Wasn't Burnt In A Day" is very good. Almost 20 years old now, but still very relevent (which is sad if you think about it). He tosses some humor in so it's not a dull dry read.
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Post by kat on Jun 6, 2018 0:23:04 GMT
My cousin wrote this book. I haven’t read it yet because they were going to send me one of their faulty copies but I haven’t received it yet. Besides a career in psychology with years focused on eating habits and activity, he spent seven years researching for this book. Maybe someone here will be interested. www.amazon.com/How-Make-Yourself-Exercise-Creating/dp/1548967742
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Post by chapeaunoir on Jun 6, 2018 0:29:30 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2018 4:09:31 GMT
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Post by chapeaunoir on Jun 6, 2018 4:47:44 GMT
That ranks up there with Erasmus who said something about spending his money on books, and if there's anything left over, he spends it on food and rent.
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Post by titus730 on Jul 1, 2018 1:30:24 GMT
I packed two books for the hospital, both non fiction and about food.
The first, which I finished, is Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant: Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone. This was a collection of essays from various writers and included some recipes. It was very enjoyable. The title is from a chapter in Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin, a favorite food writer.
The second, What She Ate: Six Remarkable Women and the Food That Tells Their Stories, isn't as enjoyable or amusing as the other book but it does include chapters on Rosa Lewis (Duchess of Duke Street), Barbara Pym and Eleanor Roosevelt. I'm halfway through and am disappointed that the author didn't go into as much depth as I'd have liked.
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Post by zoesam on Dec 8, 2018 23:17:25 GMT
Mostly I read musician books, so not gonna post those here, since they aren't general interest, but I recently read Bad Blood: Secrets & Lies in A Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou www.amazon.com/Bad-Blood-Secrets-Silicon-Startup/dp/152473165XAbout the first female billionaire in the Valley, young woman who started Theranos claiming she could run hundreds of blood tests on a single drop of blood, you've probably heard about it. Turns out she had no real technology (no spoiler there as that's public knowledge) & basically it was all fake or fake it til you make it. It goes into how she duped some of the most famous politicians in the world, several Secretary of States, some of the top military brass in the US, etc. Her BOD was a who's who of famous people like Henry Kissinger & she had investments from huge co's like Walgreens. Fascinating book & the author is one of the journalists who broke the story & is very thorough & engaging. Riveting story told in a riveting way. One of my favorite books in the last few years.
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Post by zoesam on Sept 5, 2020 0:58:55 GMT
Just posting this one b/c it's all about fashion - The Chiffon Trenches by Andre' Leon Talley. It's his memoir & he's dishing the dirt on all the famous Paris houses & designers of the 70's. Though it's not just gossip. I'm only a few chapters in, but so far I'm enjoying it.
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Post by kritter on Sept 21, 2021 16:27:47 GMT
NOT FICTION
I just finished reading Nightmare Scenario by Yasmeen Abutaleb and Damian Paletta, two Washington Post reporters. It is a detailed account of the Corona virus response from the very first days through the 2020 election. Really in dept and in the weeds at times but I just skimmed over the 'in the weeds' parts.
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