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Karl Drobnic

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in Columbus, The United States

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Wall St: Benjamin Graham
Literary: Graham Greene

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Karl Drobnic (b.1943) has lived and worked around the world, including time in Ethiopia, Sumatra, Yemen, Peru, Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan. He has floated the Nile, trekked the Himalayas and climbed Wall St. as an independent arbitrageur. He is an avid bicyclist, devotee of opera, and weightlifting enthusiast. He hopes you enjoy his novel and will want him to publish more.

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Carla, The Holy Lama, and The Falklands War

We were motoring in a Morris Minor, sort of yesteryear’s version of today’s Mini-Cooper but with a top speed of “moves and goes okay downhill”. That’s what the dean said, and he was driving. He was the Dean of Arts at a southern Sri Lankan university, and we were out for a drive in a narrow farming valley.

Rice paddies filled the landscape to the south as the road hugged the northern valley wal...

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A Lesion of Dissent
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Karl Drobnic made a comment in the group Oprah's Book Club 2.0 (Official) — Introduce Yourself topic "Kevin, I hope you'll take a look at my novel, "A Lesion of Dissent". It's a tale of wanderlust and adventure in post-colonial Asia and Africa. If you l...more "
May 15, 2013 09:22am
Karl Drobnic made a comment on The Trial — Who's read The Trial? "Derek wrote: "It's very Czech, really, especially circa late-Hapsburg Empire. Kafka was seen by his friends as a very funny writer, and, after living...more "
Apr 20, 2013 07:05am
Karl Drobnic made a comment in the group Oprah's Book Club 2.0 (Official) — How do you prefer to read: e-reader, tablet or hardcover? topic "I find reading on a computer screen easier and easier since I can set the font size where it's comfortable for me for whatever situation I'm in."
Apr 08, 2013 11:45am
Karl Drobnic wrote a new blog post Carla, The Holy Lama, and The Falklands War We were motoring in a Morris Minor, sort of yesteryear’s version of today’s Mini-Cooper but with a top speed of “moves and goes okay downhill”. Tha... Read more of this blog post »
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Karl Drobnic made a comment in the group Book freaks — amazon+goodreads=awesome, maybe? topic "Ebony(poppyyukia) wrote: "SO I was watching this video discussion on the aquirement of goodreads by Amazon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0V2om... I...more "
Apr 01, 2013 11:21am
Karl Drobnic made a comment in the group Oprah's Book Club 2.0 (Official) — What are your thoughts so far? topic "Cherie wrote: "Linda wrote: "Trudy wrote: "So, I guess I'm in the minority here. I loved the first chapter and was so excited about reading this book,...more "
Mar 26, 2013 09:14am
Karl Drobnic rated a book 5 of 5 stars A Lesion of Dissent by Karl Drobnic (Goodreads Author) recommended to Karl Drobnic by: http://members.peak.org/~drobnik/tomorrowcast/gorge_1.html read in August, 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
See review by Charlie Dee under "Friend Reviews" below. Link: Highlights
Oct 11, 2012 12:33pm · see review
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Karl Drobnic rated a book 5 of 5 stars Dinner of Herbs by Carla Grissmann	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Absolutely a terrific book. Readers who don't know about Carla Grissmann are in for a voyage of discovery. I've posted a little about her remarkable life on my blog, and others who knew her are welcome to add more comments: Link: Remembering Carla Gr ...more
Nov 16, 2011 05:49pm · see review

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“Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our lifetime.” Jacob Bronowski in Science and Human Values”
― Jacob Bronowski, Science & Human Values

tags: dissent, lesion, truth-telling

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