erik Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalX Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 The Genius Within - Discovering the Intelligence of Every Living Thing for the second time. GREAT book. Everyone should read it. Displays how our view of intelligence is skewed how your immune system and brain works and how genes are not the origin of life, but merely documentation. Â Just finished Eric Schlosser's (Fast Food Nation) last book, Reefer Madness which details 3 major black markets in the US. Those being porn, pot, and migrant labor. Good book, but like FFN, is a bit short on facts and a bit heavy on subjective material. Â READ THE GENIUS WITHIN Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 Just finished "A Chechaco in Alaska" about my wife's great uncle's adventures in Alaska at the turn of the century.  Just started Jubal Sackett by Louis L'Amour  I'm still 2/3rds of the way through Moby Dick by that one guy  Anyone ever tell you guys you are all nurds? Those books look like the summer reading list for Evergreen College. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg_W Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 Bronco said: Just started Jubal Sackett by Louis L'Amour  That's a good one, Bronco. Read it like 6 times throughout high school and college. Check out "The Walking Drum" and "Reilly's Luck" by L'Amour, as well. Classics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMR Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 all: you must read Conquistadors of the Useless, by lionel terray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 I like just about anything by L'Amour, lost track of what I've read and what I haven't, guess I'll just re read some and start paying attention. Â All the Sackett novels are good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 Trevanian, who wrote the Eiger Sanction, also wrote a Western. It's called Incident at 20-Mile. You Western guys should read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Harris Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 Best L'Amour book is The Lonesome Gods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayB Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 "Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism" By Joseph Muravchik. Unabridged "Wealth of Nations" is next, followed by "King Leopold's Ghost" (History of the Belgian occupation of the Congo), by Adam Hochschild, then whatever the definitive account of France's History in North Africa and its other colonies is, and more history from there so I can continue to effortlessly annihiliate the pseudointellectual cranks that post here at will, and at leisure, while they frantically search Google and try to keep up. Bwahahahahahaahaha..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 "TinTin In Tibet" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 its fuckin waaaay better than freedom of the hills  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattp Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 I'm getting to read "Bias: a CBS Insider exposes how the media distorts the news." It was recommended by Fairweather, so you can guess which way the author thinks the news is distorted. If the weather is bad next week, I'll give you all a book report in the spray forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 Dru said: its fuckin waaaay better than freedom of the hills   Tin Tin in Tibet! Good choice! That is an awesome book Dru. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 mattp said: I'm getting to read "Bias: a CBS Insider exposes how the media distorts the news." It was recommended by Fairweather, so you can guess which way the author thinks the news is distorted. If the weather is bad next week, I'll give you all a book report in the spray forum. Â Any suggestions for my enlightenment, Matt? Looks like I'll owe you some balance. Nothing too heavy though!....I'm from Tacoma, afterall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattp Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 Fairweather said: Any suggestions for my enlightenment, Matt? Looks like I'll owe you some balance. Nothing too heavy though!....I'm from Tacoma, afterall. Â Check out "Blinded by the Right" by Brock. It's a NY Times bestseller about the right wing muckraking smear machine. It is not terribly well-written, but paints a picture never-the-less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 mattp said: Fairweather said: Any suggestions for my enlightenment, Matt? Looks like I'll owe you some balance. Nothing too heavy though!....I'm from Tacoma, afterall. Â Check out "Blinded by the Right" by Brock. It's a NY Times bestseller about the right wing muckraking smear machine. It is not terribly well-written, but paints a picture never-the-less. Â you shoulda made him read fast food nation or stupid white men Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 I've already read Fast Food Nation. (On the advice of someone here, I believe.) Â Michael Moore's, "Stupid White Men" isn't worthy of my time. I never read books written in crayon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 JayB said: "Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism" By Joseph Muravchik. Unabridged "Wealth of Nations" is next, followed by "King Leopold's Ghost" (History of the Belgian occupation of the Congo), by Adam Hochschild, then whatever the definitive account of France's History in North Africa and its other colonies is, and more history from there so I can continue to effortlessly annihiliate the pseudointellectual cranks that post here at will, and at leisure, while they frantically search Google and try to keep up. Bwahahahahahaahaha..... Â If I have to listen to you and Greg discuss this crap on an approach/drive again, my head may explode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayB Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 Bronco said: JayB said: "Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism" By Joseph Muravchik. Unabridged "Wealth of Nations" is next, followed by "King Leopold's Ghost" (History of the Belgian occupation of the Congo), by Adam Hochschild, then whatever the definitive account of France's History in North Africa and its other colonies is, and more history from there so I can continue to effortlessly annihiliate the pseudointellectual cranks that post here at will, and at leisure, while they frantically search Google and try to keep up. Bwahahahahahaahaha..... Â If I have to listen to you and Greg discuss this crap on an approach/drive again, my head may explode. Â Your secret is out. We know that you live for that stuff, kemosabe.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronco Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 I attempted to get through the Libertarian Manifesto by that one guy you guys were talking about on the way to Colchuck and my head did explode! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg_W Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 Bronco said: I attempted to get through the Libertarian Manifesto by that one guy you guys were talking about on the way to Colchuck and my head did explode! Â Murray Rothbard. It's a good book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marylou Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 Awww, Stupid White Men was FUN!!! Â I tried to read the book those guys from Project for a New American Century put together, but I got bored, and THAT made me feel stupid. I will say that if you can get throught it (dry as a bone) that it will give you some pretty solid insights into the Bush family agenda for world domination. Â I didn't think Reefer was as good as FFN. The history of the porn industry section was a little long and , and the wrapup at the end of the book, which should have been the very best part, was very brief and ended somewhat suddenly. That said, it's still hella better than reading M Chrichton or some other pop fiction crappoleum. Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolanr Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 Finished "Nanga Parbat Pilgrimmage" by Herman Buhl. Between that, "Mountains of My Life" by Walter Bonatti and "Conquistadors of the Useless" by Lionel Terray, you get a pretty good idea of what the European super-climbers were up to in the 50's. Read "Starlight and Storm" by Gaston Rebuffat too, but didn't like that particularly. Â Currently working on "Catch-22" for the 2nd time. Frickin' hilarious, ya gotta read that if you haven't already. Next up will probably be "The Ascent of Rum Doodle." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bunglehead Posted August 20, 2003 Share Posted August 20, 2003 The new issue of "Skeptic" magazine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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