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Non-Fiction

Neoma

(10,039 posts) Wed Aug 22, 2012, 09:37 AM Aug 2012

2012: what are you reading?

I'm halfway through '1001 Days That Shaped The World' by Peter Furtado

Learned at the moment that that Lewis and Clack's spelling was "wonderously awful." ("a jentile brease," really?)

This is the first time anyone has read this book, and it's already showing signs that it could fall apart. Duct tape to the rescue? Hmm.

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2012: what are you reading? (Original Post) Neoma Aug 2012 OP

"Quiet" - Susan Cain bemildred Aug 2012 #1

I just picked up a new biography of Galileo. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #2

"American Scholar" --- Always some good reads, sometimes all good reads. nt bemildred Sep 2012 #3

bemildred

(90,061 posts)

1. "Quiet" - Susan Cain

Reply to Neoma (Original post)

Thu Aug 23, 2012, 06:18 AM

Aug 2012

"Sesame and Lilies" - John Ruskin

Also trying to get all the way through "Walden" once again. I usually manage to get through a section or two feeling I understand what Thoreau is going on about, and then my mind fogs over and I can't follow his prose until next time I try it.

Odin2005

(53,521 posts)

2. I just picked up a new biography of Galileo.

Reply to Neoma (Original post)

Sun Sep 16, 2012, 12:12 AM

Sep 2012

bemildred

(90,061 posts)

3. "American Scholar" --- Always some good reads, sometimes all good reads. nt

Reply to Neoma (Original post)

Sun Sep 16, 2012, 12:00 PM

Sep 2012

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