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          <body><![CDATA[IN this books she explains the abrupt and cruel fate of on the Jesuits in &quot;The Sparrow&quot;, and then goes on to exploring the effects of human intervention in Rakhati society]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:53:49 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I was sucked write into the book from the first page, the writer spends a lot of time developing the complex characters in the novel. I did however feel that she tried to bring it to end rather abruptly, something she does again in her sequel. ]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:51:25 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Slightly over rated as in writing quality, but an interesting read about Italy's other crime organisation, the Commora]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[marked as to-read: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3228917.Outliers">Outliers (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1439.Malcolm_Gladwell">Malcolm Gladwell</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:50:57 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[marked as to-read: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2303212.A_History_of_Histories_Epics_Chronicles_Romances_and_Inquiries_from_Herodotus_and_Thucydides_to_the_Twentieth_Century">A History of Histories: Epics, Chronicles, Romances and Inquiries from Herodotus and Thucydides to the Twentieth Century (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/340459.John_Burrow">John Burrow</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:48:19 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Pedestrian writing, over stretched the analogies, and generally not worth a read.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:46:46 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Read about 15 years ago and can still articulate it in detail. I have been a long fan of Clarke, this was better then what followed as a Trilogy with the RAMA series]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:44:05 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[exhaustive in his research Bryson makes science fun for everybody]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16251.News_of_a_Kidnapping">News of a Kidnapping (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13450.Gabriel_Garc_a_M_rquez">Gabriel García Márquez</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:42:47 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Marquez as good as ever, make you feel like a passerby watching the events as they unfold]]></body>
        
    
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