BobDylan Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 I am currently reading On Writing by Stephen King. It is a valuable book to anyone looking to become a writer. I also reccomend it to anyone that has no thoughts of becoming a writer. It's an amazing book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Kickass Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Portnoy's Complaint - Philip Roth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBAHO Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 My Computer Screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwerty Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Feb 24, 2005 -> 02:00 AM) My Computer Screen. Dbaho's post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santo=dorf Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 I haven't read a book in years, but I might waste some time and money on Canseco's book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxy Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 I've got a couple of things going at the moment: Warrior Woman by Maxine Hong The Good of Affluence, Seeking God in a Culture of Wealth by Schneider And my goal is by Easter to have read all of the Books of the Prophets in the Old Testament... Plus at the moment I am reading: Specificity of memory representations for spoken words. By Luce and Lyons (article) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiff Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 On Writing is really solid. It helps you cut through all the bulls*** that you think you have to write. I like his white rabbit example, and his railing against adverbs. Right now I'm reading "Living on Luck", a collection of letters that Bukowski wrote in the 60's and 70's. It's pretty solid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wong & Owens Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilJester99 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 I am currently rereading Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POTUSChris Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 I'm currently reading lots and lots of books for school. However, I'm also trying to read Truman by David McCullough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KipWellsFan Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Just finished In Retrospect by Robert McNamara, and now am reading The Commanding Heights and a bunch of other Vietnam books for school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBAHO Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 2005 Australian Taxation Law by Woellner, Barkoczy, Murphy and Evans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreye Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Just finished George Washington biography. Now I've started "The Case for a Creator." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RibbieRubarb Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 I am currently reading: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy The Divine Comedy by Dante Crime and Punsihment by Dostoevsky The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner Ulysses by James Joyce and Barely Legal #18 Penthouse and Busty Beauties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 I am reading the financial reports on a company I am buying. :banghead After my brain goes to mush I switch to re-reading I Am Legend by Richard Matheson. Any fans of Twilight Zone, and mysteries will love this book. ANyone up to an on-line book club read? Someone recommend a book, wait a week or two and we could start a thread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Free-Choice Science Education: How We Learn Science Out Of Schools (Ed: Faulk) Because I rock, dammit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Feb 24, 2005 -> 10:26 AM) Free-Choice Science Education: How We Learn Science Out Of Schools (Ed: Faulk) Because I rock, dammit! What book are you writing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Prawn Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Late Bloomers by Fern Michaels and Ah, Those Irish Colleens by Helen Walsh Folsom (History of Women in Ireland through the ages) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreye Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 QUOTE(Texsox @ Feb 24, 2005 -> 11:26 AM) ANyone up to an on-line book club read? Someone recommend a book, wait a week or two and we could start a thread? That sounds cool, but I'm a picky b****. I don't read fiction and I read very slowly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 QUOTE(mreye @ Feb 24, 2005 -> 10:38 AM) That sounds cool, but I'm a picky b****. I don't read fiction and I read very slowly. The club I was active with a few years ago read a lot of fiction. I joined to force myself to read some good fiction and it sparked me to read more. We should probably start with a baseball book. Perhaps fiction, maybe not. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 QUOTE(Texsox @ Feb 24, 2005 -> 11:36 AM) What book are you writing? Marine Biotechnology Demystified. To be available in website format hopefully in May. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan562004 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 "May God Have Mercy" for my Federal Habeas Corpus class and "Juiced" by Jose Canseco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Feb 24, 2005 -> 11:04 AM) Marine Biotechnology Demystified. To be available in website format hopefully in May. Denystified? It doesn't seem that mystical Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 QUOTE(Texsox @ Feb 24, 2005 -> 12:27 PM) Denystified? It doesn't seem that mystical Haha! Just Tuesday the European Commission approved a drug called Prialt for sale in the UE (it got FDA approval back in December) as a treatment of chronic severe pain. It’s a synthetic version of a toxic compound isolated from a venomous tropical pacific snail! Because the compound works on neuropathic pain at the level of the presynaptic neurotransmitter by blocking certain ion channels, it can be used to manage pain without the systemic side effects of current opioid therapeutants. Yeah, no need to dumb any of that down for the public… Hopefully a number of promising marine-derived drugs will see the light of day before too long. Funny, for the longest time "drugs from the sea" meant that errant bail of pot that washed ashore occasionally after smugglers dumped their cargo. We call them "square grouper" – and they’re quite a valuable catch pound for pound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Gleason Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 QUOTE(Texsox @ Feb 24, 2005 -> 10:26 AM) After my brain goes to mush I switch to re-reading I Am Legend by Richard Matheson. Any fans of Twilight Zone, and mysteries will love this book. GREAT book!!! Best "Vampire" story ever. I'm reading: Guitar Player Repair Guide by Dan Erlewine. Slow going on this one. I used to read 3 books a week, and then I fell off on reading. I really need to get back to it, but when I have free time, I usually grab the guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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