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    <updated_at>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:14:20 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:13:59 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Absolutely fascinating, very deep book.  Takes the understanding of Afghanistan and their struggle to the next level.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:12:55 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Really moving book.  It reads like a story you've never heard before, which is refreshing since so many novels seem to follow the same format.  I'm not completely in love with the writer's style, but I really like the story.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/157181.Fortress_Introduction_to_the_Gospels">Fortress Introduction to the Gospels (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5888.Mark_Allan_Powell">Mark Allan Powell</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:11:20 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This was the first academic book about the gospels I've ever read.  Really helped me to understand a lot of things at a level I hadn't though about before.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:08:21 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Picks up right were Xenocide left off - more a continuation than a seperate book.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:52:33 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Krakauer once again puts his fantastic journalistic and storytelling skills to use.  However, this time around it suffers somewhat due to a subject matter that Krakauer isn't nearly as familiar with as the youthful adventurism, risk-taking, and climbing that were at the center of his first two books...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Krakauer%20once%20again%20puts%20his%20fantastic%20journalistic%20and%20storytelling%20skills%20to%20use.%20%20However,%20this%20time%20around%20it%20suffers%20somewhat%20due%20to%20a%20subject%20matter%20that%20Krakauer%20isn't%20nearly%20as%20familiar%20with%20as%20the%20youthful%20adventurism,%20risk-taking,%20and%20climbing%20that%20were%20at%20the%20center%20of%20his%20first%20two%20books.%20%20And%20his%20repeated%20attempts%20to%20connect%20the%20most%20extreme%20act%20of%20a%20very%20fringe%20religious%20group%20to%20the%20basis%20of%20all%20religious%20experience%20fall%20very%20flat%20(which%20I%20am%20admittedly%20glad%20about).%20%20But%20if%20you%20want%20to%20know%20about%20the%20fringe%20Fundamentalist%20Mormon%20sects%20and%20the%20early%20history%20of%20the%20mainstream%20Mormon%20churches,%20this%20is%20probably%20the%20most%20entertaining%20exposition%20out%20there.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:41:00 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Though it's focused on the reptiles and amphibians in only one county, it's still the best regional guide made in California.  If you're in Southern California it will cover most of what you might see.  And in the herp-rich areas of San Diego County, it covers everything with the most comprehensive ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Though%20it's%20focused%20on%20the%20reptiles%20and%20amphibians%20in%20only%20one%20county,%20it's%20still%20the%20best%20regional%20guide%20made%20in%20California.%20%20If%20you're%20in%20Southern%20California%20it%20will%20cover%20most%20of%20what%20you%20might%20see.%20%20And%20in%20the%20herp-rich%20areas%20of%20San%20Diego%20County,%20it%20covers%20everything%20with%20the%20most%20comprehensive%20and%20up-to-date%20information%20out%20there.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1969038.Amphibians_and_Reptiles_of_the_Pacific_Northwest">Amphibians and Reptiles of the Pacific Northwest (A Northwest naturalist book)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/894366.R_A_Nussbaum">R. A. Nussbaum</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:37:07 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[A little outdated now, but still the solidest guide I've seen for this region.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:35:39 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Good for what it covers, but it doesn't cover enough.  Oregon/Washington are not especially reptile-rich states, especially not the western sides where most of the amphibians live, and so this book really suffers from not including amphibians.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[is currently reading: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/97344.On_Wealth_and_Poverty">On Wealth and Poverty (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/55895.John_Chrysostom">John Chrysostom</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:27:05 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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