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    <updated_at>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:18:14 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 06:06:17 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
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    <updated_at>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:19:29 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I was motivated to read this book after listening to a disturbing interview on the ethics of human enhancement from an Oxford Philosopher (Download at iTunes U - <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/ox-ac-uk-public.1678408153.01678408158.1678426095?i=1716466711" title="http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/ox-ac-uk-public.1678408153.01678408158.1678426095?i=1716466711">http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core...</a> ).  I was disturbed not only by the reasoning of this philosopher but by what kind of things a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69961790">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:24:13 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:28:14 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Probably a book that I should have read in high school, but I wasn't much of a reader then.  I am still not a huge science fiction guy, but I do find the ethical problems they raise very interesting.  In the Invisible Man, the problem of man's moral nature is explored.  Griffin, a brilliant physicis...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69806543">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:12:27 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7714.Pygmalion">Pygmalion (Dover Thrift Editions)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5217.George_Bernard_Shaw">George Bernard Shaw</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:48:19 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This is one of George Bernard Shaw's most celebrated plays.  This play earned him both a Nobel Prize and an Oscar.  It was also adapted into the film &quot;My Fair Lady.&quot;  It is funny, but cuts at a serious theme, conflict between the classes.  This is perhaps why Shaw was so effective; he was ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67168553">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/642762.The_Doctor_s_Dilemma">The Doctor's Dilemma (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5217.George_Bernard_Shaw">George Bernard Shaw</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:38:11 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This is a play by the literary giant George Bernard Shaw.  Shaw was of course a advocate of liberal and socialist thought.  He was also a good friend and sparring partner with one of my favorites, G.K. Chesterton.  This play is about a doctor who has recently been knighted for his development of a c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68978938">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/573143.Behind_the_Lines_Powerful_and_Revealing_American_and_Foreign_War_Letters_and_One_Man_s_Search_to_Find_Them">Behind the Lines: Powerful and Revealing American and Foreign War Letters -- and One Man's Search to Find Them (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13743.Andrew_Carroll">Andrew Carroll</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:57:29 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I am sucker for letters as a genre in the first place, but I am especially intrigued by war time letters.  War will always be controversial.  Even when two people believe war justifiable, there is still the question over whether a given war fits into that category.  War and its various aspects can e...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67799974">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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