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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11.The_Hitchhiker_s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy">The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide, #1)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4.Douglas_Adams">Douglas Adams</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:22:38 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6474453-de-twijfel-van-salai">De Twijfel van Salai (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2933151.Monaldi_Sorti">Monaldi & Sorti</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:06:25 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[The first person letter style of writing was new for me. It has many limitations, it was very well used by the authors. What I did miss, especially compared to the other books by the same author-duo, was the amount of excitement and detail in the descriptions.<br/><br/>Overall a nice story to get to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/The%20first%20person%20letter%20style%20of%20writing%20was%20new%20for%20me.%20It%20has%20many%20limitations,%20it%20was%20very%20well%20used%20by%20the%20authors.%20What%20I%20did%20miss,%20especially%20compared%20to%20the%20other%20books%20by%20the%20same%20author-duo,%20was%20the%20amount%20of%20excitement%20and%20detail%20in%20the%20descriptions.%0A%0AOverall%20a%20nice%20story%20to%20get%20to%20know%20about%20the%20genius%20Da%20Vinci%20and%20the%20times%20he%20lived%20in,%20seen%20from%20a%20more%20human%20perspective.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 1 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5998421.Sixtinische_Verschw_rung">Sixtinische Verschwörung (Gebundene Ausgabe)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/242201.Philipp_Vandenberg">Philipp Vandenberg</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:12:23 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Bad book. Not interesting at all in the beginning, no depth in the characters and too obvious solutions to simple problems. Did not really enjoy it. :-(]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/310040.Islam_voor_ongelovigen">Islam voor ongelovigen (Unknown Binding)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/178660.Lukas_Catherine">Lukas Catherine</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:00:54 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Interesting book to give you an insight in the Islamic and Arabic culture from the Prophet to the Taliban and everything in between. It's a bit outdated however (I think it came out in the nineties somewhere; it still speaks of Hussein as the current president of Iraq) but a good read nevertheless....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Interesting%20book%20to%20give%20you%20an%20insight%20in%20the%20Islamic%20and%20Arabic%20culture%20from%20the%20Prophet%20to%20the%20Taliban%20and%20everything%20in%20between.%20It's%20a%20bit%20outdated%20however%20(I%20think%20it%20came%20out%20in%20the%20nineties%20somewhere;%20it%20still%20speaks%20of%20Hussein%20as%20the%20current%20president%20of%20Iraq)%20but%20a%20good%20read%20nevertheless.%0D%0A%0D%0AI%20don't%20score%20it%20higher%20as%203,%20because%20it%20is%20written%20in%20a%20fairly%20subjective%20way.%20For%20example,%20the%20fundamentalists%20(of%20any%20kind)%20are%20called%20%60%60fundi's''%20and%20jokes%20are%20being%20made%20by%20the%20author%20about%20various%20subjects.%0D%0A%0D%0AOverall,%20a%20very%20interesting%20introduction%20to%20and%20a%20good%20overview%20of%20what%20Islam%20has%20meant%20and%20caused%20in%20this%20world%20over%20the%20past%201400%20years%20or%20so.">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/976.Deception_Point">Deception Point (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/630.Dan_Brown">Dan Brown</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:14:10 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Out of the four famous Dan Browns, I liked this one best. The actual<br/>``mystery'', which you can see through after only a few pages, is resolved<br/>halfway the book already, leaving you with another 200 pages of pure thriller<br/>action, trying to figure out who the brain behind the deception...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/Out%20of%20the%20four%20famous%20Dan%20Browns,%20I%20liked%20this%20one%20best.%20The%20actual%0D%0A%60%60mystery'',%20which%20you%20can%20see%20through%20after%20only%20a%20few%20pages,%20is%20resolved%0D%0Ahalfway%20the%20book%20already,%20leaving%20you%20with%20another%20200%20pages%20of%20pure%20thriller%0D%0Aaction,%20trying%20to%20figure%20out%20who%20the%20brain%20behind%20the%20deception%20is.%0D%0A%0D%0AAs%20always%20with%20Brown,%20very%20well%20written%20and%20unputdownable.%20Not%20the%20story%20of%20a%0D%0Alifetime,%20but%20a%20very%20entertaining%20read%20nevertheless.%0D%0A">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 2 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11125.Digital_Fortress">Digital Fortress (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/630.Dan_Brown">Dan Brown</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:32:26 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[It's a pretty good thriller, but once you've read one of Dan Brown's, you've read them all. Moreover, as kind of a specialist in cryptography and computer science, it's hard to not laugh at some of the ridiculous stuff Brown tells us in this story (rotating cleartext, X11-filters, FTP packet collect...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/It's%20a%20pretty%20good%20thriller,%20but%20once%20you've%20read%20one%20of%20Dan%20Brown's,%20you've%20read%20them%20all.%20Moreover,%20as%20kind%20of%20a%20specialist%20in%20cryptography%20and%20computer%20science,%20it's%20hard%20to%20not%20laugh%20at%20some%20of%20the%20ridiculous%20stuff%20Brown%20tells%20us%20in%20this%20story%20(rotating%20cleartext,%20X11-filters,%20FTP%20packet%20collectors,%20...).%20I%20guess%20it%20must%20be%20the%20same%20for%20cultural%20history%20experts%20reading%20The%20Da%20Vinci%20code.%20:-)">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/248760.The_Devil_s_Advocate">The Devil's Advocate (Mass Market Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/145370.Andrew_Neiderman">Andrew Neiderman</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:48:31 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[powerful story. very intriguing.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53888.The_Dilbert_Future_Thriving_on_Stupidity_in_the_21st_Century">The Dilbert Future: Thriving on Stupidity in the 21st Century (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5282.Scott_Adams">Scott Adams</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 10:45:01 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1595177.The_Adventures_of_Johnny_Bunko">The Adventures of Johnny Bunko (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/96150.Daniel_H_Pink">Daniel H. Pink</a>]]></action_text>
    <link>http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42923620</link>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:39:38 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[it's funny, but not all that enlightening. interesting, one-hour read.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:45:15 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[according to Covey, there's many more steps... but don't let this discourage you! ;-)]]></body>
        
    
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