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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/88768.The_Mysteries_of_Mithras_The_Pagan_Belief_That_Shaped_the_Christian_World">The Mysteries of Mithras: The Pagan Belief That Shaped the Christian World (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/51040.Payam_Nabarz">Payam Nabarz</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:14:20 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I'm not sure how to assess this one - it's a lot of scholarship on the traditional cult of Mithras, but mixed with a lot of New-Agey interpretations and adaptations. So it's not really a scholarly reference on Mithras, but not your average fluffybunny neopagan book of rituals bearing no resemblance ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80461628">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1359572.Stoicism">Stoicism (Ancient Philosophies)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/360997.John_Sellars">John Sellars</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:16:38 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[A truly excellent introduction to the ancient philosophy, and perhaps the only such introduction to Stoicism that does not neglect Stoic physics and logic in favor of Stoic ethics. Very interesting and informative!]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 4 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/868595.Inanna">Inanna (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/26071.Diane_Wolkstein">Diane Wolkstein</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:51:26 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[An interesting book on the myth-cycles of the ancient Sumerian goddess Inanna, with a lot of scholarly material on the texts, translation, and interpretation. This edition does have some New-Agey stuff about Inanna as &quot;the first Goddess,&quot; but I can overlook that. ]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:16:57 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I picked this up a long while back as an Advance Reader Copy when I used to work at Borders; I'm just getting to it now. ]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4132852.Figures_in_Silk">Figures in Silk (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/246422.Vanora_Bennett">Vanora Bennett</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:13:38 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I picked this up as an Advance Reader Copy back when I worked at Borders, and just finally got around to reading it. It's an odd but enjoyable tale of a woman in 15th century London in the silk trade who gets mixed up in royal politics, mercantile politics, etc. Not bad, but not great literature, ei...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81130837">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/594844.Ferdinandus_Taurus">Ferdinandus Taurus (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/89552.Munro_Leaf">Munro Leaf</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:53:52 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I remember that once, long ago when we were dating, my friend Heather compared me to the character 'Ferdinand the Bull' - a character of whom I had never heard at the time. She insisted that this was a popular children's story, and I should know it. Anyway, I got the general idea of the story and we...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81483680">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3310926.Hellboy_Library_Edition_Volume_2_The_Chained_Coffin_The_Right_Hand_of_Doom_and_Others">Hellboy Library Edition Volume 2: The Chained Coffin, The Right Hand of Doom, and Others (Hellboy)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/10182.Mike_Mignola">Mike Mignola</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:47:20 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I *really* do like Hellboy. I can't believe I didn't read any of it until now. It's just plain fun!]]></body>
        
    
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