What book are you reading right now?

**danbo** · 07-10-2006, 01:45 AM

Stasiland by Anna Funder - 'Stories From Behind the Berlin Wall'
Only 50 pages in but already the GDR comes across as an Orwellian nightmare. If you live in a country that doesn't allow you to leave haven't you been effectivley imprisoned? I feel so lucky to have been born in the country that I was - not because I think that it is the best place in the world, but because people are able and free to leave and live somewhere else if they are not happy.

I recentley finished Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier. I thought that this was excellent. Wonderfully evocative writing. As I sit and type now I'd have to say my favourite ever American novel.

**buadhai** · 07-10-2006, 06:44 AM

Rereading "The Revolutionary King"

**MeMock** · 07-10-2006, 08:09 AM

Originally Posted by buadhai

Rereading "The Revolutionary King"

WHich King is that?

**MeMock** · 07-10-2006, 08:22 AM

I am three quaters of my way into a fantastic book called Metamorphisis of a race which is just briallant and shows a complete different side to the crap we get force fed today about the Australian Aboriginals.

It was sent to our paper and my editor did a review published last week which I have cut and pasted below.

A new book has been published that tells the history of Kalumburu and its people, as it happened, with no punches pulled.
Sure to upset the do-gooders in their capital cities, it is a breath of fresh air in these days when 'political correctness' is often used to conceal the truth.
The book 'Metamorphosis of a Race' is by Seraphim Sanz de Galdeano, better known in the Kimberley as 'Father Sanz', in association with Aboriginal woman Dolores Djinmora.
Father Sanz openly loves the Aboriginal people of the region, but paints no rosy fairytale picture of how they were when the mission was first set up.
He looks at their achievements, shortcomings, beliefs, morals, history, language, conversion to Christianity and their degeneration since their exposure to the pitfalls of white culture.
Father Sanz spent from 1939 to 1983 at the mission, returning there after retirement to see out his final years.
He is now 94 and said that he wrote the book because he was concerned that the real story of Kalumburu and its people was being replaced with sterilised and altered accounts of history by outsiders with little knowledge or experience of the area, or with personal agendas.
He stressed that the views contained in the book were his and Dolores' - not those of the church.
No subject is taboo and he examines subjects including sexuality, venereal diseases, cannibalism and penis subincision.
The notion that Aborigines were not free to come and go from the mission as they pleased, is dispelled, as are many other myths that were spread about by white Aboriginal activists in the 1970s.
With sadness, the authors examine the effects of the made road being put through to Kalumburu and the breakdown of the community since then, with the introduction of alcohol and drugs.
Father Sanz's sense of humour is an ever-present feature of the 140-page book as he laughs at his own shortcomings and those of others.
Metamorphosis of a Race is published by Hesperian Press and has a suggested retail price of $28.

**buadhai** · 07-10-2006, 08:24 AM

Originally Posted by MeMock

WHich King is that?

Rama IX

**MeMock** · 07-10-2006, 08:28 AM

Ahh the king who now has a cult/religious following.

**MeMock** · 07-10-2006, 08:30 AM

**Marmite the Dog** · 07-10-2006, 04:17 PM

This..

diaw · 07-10-2006, 04:32 PM

Applications of Lie Groups to Differential Equations, 2 ed., Olver P.J.

**danbo** · 07-10-2006, 11:54 PM

Originally Posted by diaw

Applications of Lie Groups to Differential Equations, 2 ed., Olver P.J.

Can I read it after you?

diaw · 08-10-2006, 12:02 AM

Would you like me to e-mail you a copy? I've got it in djvu format & had it printed out. It's very good.

**Storekeeper** · 10-10-2006, 07:40 AM

Stratagery

**Marmite the Dog** · 10-10-2006, 10:25 AM

Originally Posted by Storekeeper

Stratagery

Are you in the right thread, Seaman?

**hillbilly** · 10-10-2006, 06:10 PM

I have been rereading the books by John Grisham. Most of the lawyer type are a good read.

**danbo** · 11-10-2006, 12:36 AM

Originally Posted by hillbilly

I have been rereading the books by John Grisham. Most of the lawyer type are a good read.

I enjoyed 'The Painted House' by Mr Gr. not a lawyer in sight.

**Ice Maiden** · 13-10-2006, 07:13 AM

Just read Invisble Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk.

Great, great book.

**Storekeeper** · 13-10-2006, 08:47 AM

I've got a book on Margaret Thatcher chillin' in the holding pattern while I finish Strategery.

**Marmite the Dog** · 13-10-2006, 11:07 AM

I thought there was something funny about that title.

The word "Strategery" was first used in a Saturday Night Live sketch aired October 7, 2000, satirizing the performances of Al Gore and George W. Bush, two candidates for President of the United States, during the first presidential debate for election year 2000. [1] Comedian Will Ferrell played Bush and used the word "strategery" (a play on the words "strategy" and "strategic") to satirize Bush's reputation for mispronouncing words. The episode was later released as part of a video tape titled Presidential Bash 2000.
After winning the 2000 Presidential Election, people inside the Bush White House reportedly began using the term as a joke, and it later grew to become a term of art among them meaning oversight of any activity by Bush's political strategists. Bush's strategists also came to be known within the White House as "The Department of Strategery" or the "Strategery Group".1
A February 9, 2001, transcript of a CNN interview attributes George Bush using the term, presumably as an intentional nod to the comedy sketch. [2] Affectionately embracing satirical portrayals has been a Bush tactic at other times as well, such as when he quipped with a broadcaster's association about looking for weapons of mass destruction in the Oval Office after the political comic strip Doonesbury satirically portrayed him on a similar bizarre search.
The term is now widely used in popular discourse, often by Bush's critics to ridicule his oratory skills. Actual damaging quotations made by Bush have sometimes been dubbed "Bushisms" by his political opponents. However, many supporters of Bush also use the term in endearing fondness of Bush's quirky way of talking. Rush Limbaugh picked up the usage soon after the SNL airing and has been instrumental in popularizing the word, using it in an ironic sense in support of President Bush.
A book by political reporter Bill Sammon titled "Strategery" was published by the conservative publishing group Regnery in February 2006, and is the author's third book on the inner workings of the Bush presidency.

My man, "Wiki".

**Storekeeper** · 13-10-2006, 11:13 AM

Now you know that ole George can even laugh at himself. Here's another word to check out ... "misunderestimated".

**slimboyfat** · 13-10-2006, 11:13 AM

i was going to go to the library last sunday in order to get a book to read so that i can participate in this thread.

unfortunately i fell asleep all afternoon.

because of this i also had to put on hold the following:

bathe the dog
fix the leaky toilet
get my haircut.

will try again this weekend.

**Storekeeper** · 13-10-2006, 11:15 AM

Reading is a good thing slimboy ... I don't think many posters in this forum do enough of it. Many are just plain ole google lazy.

**slimboyfat** · 13-10-2006, 11:18 AM

Originally Posted by Storekeeper

Reading is a good thing slimboy ... I don't think many posters in this forum do enough of it. Many are just plain ole google lazy.

but many of us have more things to do than hide in a storeroom reading a book all day

**Storekeeper** · 13-10-2006, 11:23 AM

We had our Hispanic Heritage Month event today ... I damn near snuck off to a warehouse for a nap.

**slimboyfat** · 13-10-2006, 11:31 AM

Originally Posted by Storekeeper

We had our Hispanic Heritage Month event today ... I damn near snuck off to a warehouse for a nap.

i bet it was only the promise of tortilla chips that swung it for you

**Stocky** · 13-10-2006, 11:56 AM

"A short history of tractors in Ukrainian"
by Marina Lewycka.

About three quarters the way through, funny and sad, a good read. Has some parallels with Thai mail order brides and avaricious bargirl stories.

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