Tag: books
group name: triplenameclub
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August 29, 2006 12:32 AM EDT --
I've only read one doctoral dissertation in my life, Henry A Kissinger's "A World Restored" and it was certainly nothing like this one:
It's the PhD thesis that boldly goes where . . . more
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September 02, 2006 09:13 PM EDT --
"Why are you frowning?" My wife asks.
"I just read this story about three Persian princes in the Shahnameh who are betrothed to three Yemeni princesses. But the father, Sarv, loves his . . . more
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November 15, 2006 07:41 PM EST --
Though the Jewel of the Seas would not leave Boston until 5 pm on November 25, Bill and I began our trip two days ahead of time. I was scheduled to give an early morning talk to a group of . . . more
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March 13, 2007 07:25 PM EDT --
It is the Napoleonic War. Napoleon controls Europe. The British controls the sea. The only way Napoleon can win the war is to invade England. But the British fleet stands . . . more
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November 06, 2006 03:44 PM EST --
Dear reader, ask yourself when is the last time you bought a book of poems? It has even been a long time since I have purchased a book of poems. I think it is safe to say that poetry died somewhere in . . . more
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December 03, 2006 07:58 PM EST --
Like most music freaks, if you ask me where punk rock originated, I wouldn't hesitate to tell you that it happened in England. After all, the Brits lay claim to pogo dancing, safety pins as a fashion . . . more
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January 31, 2007 09:12 AM EST --
I must confess that I'm not a fan of LL Cool J's music. There simply aren't enough guitars involved in it.
That said, though, I've always been a fan of the man . . . more
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September 27, 2006 11:45 AM EDT --
Warning, this is another one of my periodic "why people should pay more attention to history posts."
Today, after reading about recent revelations of Saudi-Israeli contacts I was reminded of . . . more
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May 25, 2008 01:09 PM EDT --
We get a lot a comments.Some significant and some unforgettable but few comments leave you thinking. There are so many wonderful people on Gather, who are famous for their effective and constructive . . . more
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August 25, 2006 08:58 AM EDT --
I just finished Paul Kriwaczek's short travel-history book "In Search of Zarathustra" and for those of you out there who are, like me, not particularly religious, but curious as to the origins . . . more
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September 28, 2006 05:18 PM EDT --
I was browsing through an old copy of To The Finland Station by Edmund Wilson last night and a few lines from Louis Menand's foreword reached out at me, grabbed me by the neck and threw me on the floor. . . . more
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October 11, 2006 05:29 PM EDT --
Air Force General Richard Myers figures prominently in Bob Woodward's new book, State of Denial. It's also clear that he is one of Woodward's chief sources for the tome. State of Denial, if . . . more
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September 19, 2006 12:00 PM EDT --
So, I've been hunting around for some time trying to find the source of this mysterious Byzantine Ambassador to the Empire of the Turks, one Zemarchos, that Grousset mentioned in his "Empire . . . more
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September 26, 2006 07:39 PM EDT --
Dear reader, have you ever been reading a book where you were so involved in it that when it came close to the end, you felt sad because you knew it was ending. Probably not, but I have. Whenever I'm . . . more
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November 08, 2006 06:10 PM EST --
Can a week have transpired since we docked in Boston and disembarked from the Jewel of the Seas, since we bid farewell to Birdie and Matt, Chris and Ryan, and all the other Gatherites and authors aboard . . . more
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November 11, 2006 07:21 PM EST --
Two primary impulses drove me towards Yazd. First, I wanted to see the architecture of this old Silk Road city, to walk in Marco Polo's footsteps and see what he saw. My second goal was to see, interact . . . more
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August 04, 2006 01:51 PM EDT --
If you've been reading my posts for a while, you'll know that I've been awaiting a "writer's dream." No. It's not making the NY Times best seller list. This dream concerns . . . more
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May 28, 2007 05:27 PM EDT --
I love this little book and I’m not a knitter. I knit but how can someone who's spent more than two years trying to knit one hat -- call themselves a knitter? I do love knitters and knitted things. . . . more
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November 29, 2006 04:54 PM EST --
Here's what Michael Ledeen, channeling Victor Davis Hanson, has to say about Iran:
I entirely agree with Victor that Iran and Syria are fragile, brittle, and anxious.
Anxious, not really. Most . . . more
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August 29, 2006 11:37 PM EDT --
Funny this, (a reminder, perhaps, that I'm better off reading Lance than the irksome newsbloggers I spend too much time browsing) as I picked up the Three Musketeers a few days ago to re-read. I missed . . . more
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