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Before 1776: Life in the American Colonies

by Robert J. Allison

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"They Harry the Good People Out of the Land"

by John S. Oyer

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Clif Hostetler is currently reading Before 1776: Life in the American Colonies by Robert J. Allison	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Clif Hostetler rated a book 3 of 5 stars Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson (Goodreads Author) read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I became interested in this book because it appeared to be a novelist’s interpretation of the Arab Spring. The story involves a young computer hacker living in a totalitarianly governed Arab state who clandestinely provides online firewall protection...more
May 10, 2013 07:07am · see review
Clif Hostetler made a comment on Manny's review of Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe "Here's A LINK to a review of Time Reborn, by Lee Smolin that was published in the New York Times, May 3, 2013:"
May 03, 2013 01:31pm · see review
Clif Hostetler made a comment on Trevor's review of Henry V "Trivia Question: In which Shakespearean play does the gift of a chest of tennis balls provoke a declaration of war? Answer: Henry V, in Act I, Scene ii....more "
May 03, 2013 08:25am · see review
Clif Hostetler rated a book 3 of 5 stars Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Mrs. Dalloway is a classic of English literature that I decided to read to provide background knowledge for my anticipated reading of the novel The Hours by Michael Cunningham which I understand contains parallels to this book. I read Woolf’s A Room...more
May 02, 2013 04:51pm · see review
Clif Hostetler made a comment on StoryTellerShannon's review of The Arabian Nights "Kyle wrote: "... All the translations have their share of problems, but this Calla edition one is quite pretty, though. :) ..." Thanks. Yes, the illust...more "
Apr 28, 2013 06:04pm · see review
Clif Hostetler made a comment in the group Great Books Kansas City — April 26, 2013 -- Elizabeth Bishop's poetry topic "It's amazing how many ways poems can be dissected when there are eight people in the room. Those in attendance at our meeting on April 26 to discuss t...more "
Apr 27, 2013 08:45am
Clif Hostetler rated a book 1 of 5 stars Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer read in May, 2009	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This novel brings together the stories of lives devastated by the WW-II Dresden bombings with the experiences of loss of a later generation caused by 9-11. The premise of the book seems to be that these irrational acts of violence causes some of its...more
Apr 26, 2013 07:21pm · see review
Clif Hostetler and 26 other people liked Richard's status update Richard added a status update: More humanities in science! And a LOT more science in humanities.
Apr 26, 2013 06:40am
Clif Hostetler made a comment on his review of Younger Next Year: A Guide to Living Like 50 Until You're 80 and Beyond "I fear that men already in their 80s might consider the subtitle to have a target age that's too low. If you do buy the book, cross out the 80 and rep...more "
Apr 24, 2013 07:53pm · see review

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“Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.”
― James Madison, The Federalist Papers

tags: government

7 people liked it

“Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars--a cage, so peril, loneliness, an uncertain future, are not oppressive evils, so long as the frame is healthy and the faculties are employed; so long, especially, as Liberty lends us her wings, and Hope guides us by her star.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Villette

tags: villette

21 people liked it

“Passion is the quickest to develop, and the quickest to fade. Intimacy develops more slowly, and commitment more gradually still.”
― Robert Sternberg

2 people liked it

“Epictetus say that everything has two handles, one by which it can be borne and one which it cannot. If your brother sins against you, he says, don't take hold of it by the wrong he did you but by the fact that he's your brother. That's how it can be borne.”
― Anne Tyler

tags: forgiveness

5 people liked it