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Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant
"Emma wrote: "What on earth do you mean by 'unfortunately'? With all his difficulties Daniel is capable of love, which is wonderful and extraordinary....more
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"My point exactly. Especially after considering the Somalian point of view in this book - why should the US presume to intervene in so many local confl...more
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| As an erstwhile runner who still aspires to get at least to the marathon distance once in his life, most of this book was very interesting. It tells a lot about the lives and motivations of "ultramarathon" runners who cover 100 miles or more at a tim...more | |
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Red Moon Rising: Sputnik and the Rivalries that Ignited the Space Age
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| As one who grew up during the raging years of the "Cold War" between the US and USSR, I was fascinated to read these insights into the foundation set during the early years of that standoff. The book covers a relatively brief period, about 1956-58, w...more | |
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| William Thornhill lives in London around 1800, and has a good life with his wife and children. But when times turn bad, he gets caught in a petty crime and is sentenced to life in the criminal colonies of Australia. His family is allowed to accompany...more | |
“Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.”
― Henry David Thoreau, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
― Henry David Thoreau, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
“I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“There are some people who read too much: the bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men are drunk on whiskey or religion. They wander through this most diverting and stimulating of worlds in a haze, seeing nothing and hearing nothing.”
― H.L. Mencken
― H.L. Mencken
“We are in a great school, and we should be diligent to learn, and continue to store up the knowledge of heaven and of earth, and read good books, although I cannot say that I would recommend the reading of all books, for it is not all books which are good. Read good books, and extract from them wisdom and understanding as much as you possibly can, aided by the Spirit of God. (JD 12:124)”
― Brigham Young
― Brigham Young
“A book is a book only when it is read; otherwise it is a bundle of gathered sheets of soiled paper.”
― Frederick Philip Grove
― Frederick Philip Grove
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