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| August 29 | ||
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Fjorthur
read and liked
Joan's
review of Postmortem (Scarpetta Book 1):
"Like the forensic research she put into these books; and though the market is o'erwhelmed with this crap now, she was the first. On the other hand, Cornwall is SUCH a UMC wannabe--yikes. She can't write a book without a run down on the expensive, nam...more " | |
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The Grave of Alice B. Toklas: And Other Reports from the Past (Paperback) by Otto Friedrich bookshelves: belle-lettres, criticism |
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| August 07 | ||
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Fjorthur
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"I was born wandering between two worlds, one dead, the other powerless to be born, and have made, in a curious way, the worst of both." — Aldous Huxely | |
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Fjorthur
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"Life cheats us with shadows. We ask it for pleasure. It gives it to us with bitterness and disappointment in its train." — Oscar Wilde | |
| July 26 | ||
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Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions (Hardcover) by John P. Kotter bookshelves: insipid-crap |
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recommended for: Those who can not think explaining it to those who can not lead.
Fjorthur said:
"They need to stop killing trees for these kinds of books, even if they are used in 'board rooms and leadership committees'.
With the rise of the jejune, it makes me wonder if people who received MBA's in grad school are those who changed degrees aft...more " |
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Paris and Elsewhere (New York Review Books Classics) by Richard Cobb bookshelves: belle-lettres |
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| July 25 | ||
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Paris After the Liberation 1944-1949: Revised Edition (Paperback) by Antony Beevor bookshelves: history, social-theory |
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Fjorthur said:
"Interesting light historic overview. Maybe overly 'he said, she said'. Liked the part on de Gaulle.
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Fjorthur
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Zhukov (Hardcover) by Otto Preston Chaney bookshelves: history, military-history--espionage |
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Fjorthur's favorite quotes
"Life cheats us with shadows.
We ask it for pleasure.
It gives it to us with bitterness
and disappointment in its train."
— Oscar Wilde
We ask it for pleasure.
It gives it to us with bitterness
and disappointment in its train."
— Oscar Wilde
"I was born wandering between two worlds, one dead, the other powerless to be born, and have made, in a curious way, the worst of both."
— Aldous Huxely
— Aldous Huxely
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