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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3013116.1434_The_Year_a_Magnificent_Chinese_Fleet_Sailed_to_Italy_and_Ignited_the_Renaissance">1434: The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3284.Gavin_Menzies">Gavin Menzies</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:10:25 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I knew of Chinese shipwrecks off California, but I didn't know that so many had been reported along the Oregon-to-British Columbia coast.  I had heard that Lewis and Clark had reported the discovery of Chinese coins near the mouth of the Columbia River, but &quot;1434&quot; reports many other discov...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66975084">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3398625.The_Lost_City_of_Z_A_Tale_of_Deadly_Obsession_in_the_Amazon">The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1431785.David_Grann">David Grann</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:06:50 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Very nice book.  I'd heard things over the years about Fawcett, and it was interesting to learn he wasn't a crackpot after all.  He acted upon some accounts of lost cities.  He had no way of knowing how much faith to put in them.  The stories seem to fall into three categories:  (1) accurate observa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66972831">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:49:58 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[In addition to Somalia, the book covers experiences in Korea, Panama, Iraq, etc.  Loved the advice of a widow of a man who did not return:  &quot;Look back, but don't stare.&quot;  No stranger to broken bones, I have no idea how he was able to hang in there.  I would have been singing to the enemy l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56450281">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/655627.Agent_Zigzag_A_True_Story_of_Nazi_Espionage_Love_and_Betrayal">Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/32137.Ben_MacIntyre">Ben MacIntyre</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:06:53 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:45:21 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Yeah, I know what you mean.  Demais, mermao, demais.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1744019.La_isla_de_los_hombres_solos">La isla de los hombres solos (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2968052.Jos_Le_n_S_nchez">José León Sánchez</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:51:03 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I read this book about 1972, possibly 1977.  This is a history of the island seen through the eyes of a man who spends almost his entire life in prison for killing the policeman who raped his wife.  And the author had been an inmate on the island.  Sanchez was one of a handful of men broke into the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58195521">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[marked as to-read: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3421792.Cuentos_Breves_Para_Leer_En_El_Bus_Bolsillo">Cuentos Breves Para Leer En El Bus /Bolsillo (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/499.Unknown">Unknown</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 29 May 2009 19:31:51 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This is a collection of short stories written by such international writers as Twain, Kafka, Buerce, Henry, Stevenson, London, Wilde, etc.  As the title suggests, all stories are in Spanish.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 20 May 2009 09:32:45 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Gracias.  Compré un ejemplar en Cali, pero estoy empacando todo y creo que metí el libro en una de las cajas. - Ray]]></body>
        
    
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