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shwazy 
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Kind of ironic that I would want to go and read about science topics from a drop out...but yeah that sound interesting. It it primarily for entertaintment/humor or is he really trying to educate on the subjects?
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Posted: May/16/2013 at 9:41am |
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My Abandonment is my new one. Based on a true story of a father/daughter living off the grid in Forest Park in Portland. I watched this as a news story about a decade ago and found it fascinating and oddly not-creepy.
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Posted: May/16/2013 at 7:13am |
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God of Wonders: A Daily Devotional
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Posted: May/14/2013 at 12:38am |
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I hate reading but thinking about starting The Notebook
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Posted: May/13/2013 at 10:29pm |
One of the gnarliest, longest books I've read. Definitely interesting and the first page will get you hooked. Be prepared to have a dictionary. Since I'm in school right now just roaming through textbooks, but once summer starts.. Technical Analysis for Dummies and various other stock education books. I also need to finish up the Steve Jobs biography. |
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Posted: May/13/2013 at 7:39pm |
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The Urban Biking Handbook, pretty good cursory book on bikes and an overview on how to fix and tinker with them.
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Posted: May/10/2013 at 10:40am |
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The Dinner by Herman Koch is pretty messed up
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Posted: May/10/2013 at 4:55am |
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Right now, Reading The Forever War by Joe Haldeman. I was recommended to read it after talking to a friend about Enders Game; one of my favorite book series by the way.
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Posted: May/02/2013 at 9:44am |
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a stranger in a strange land. read this because people say that the book inspired many sci fi books after it.
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Posted: May/02/2013 at 9:07am |
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I'm currently reading "No Easy Day" which is the book about the killing of Osama Bin Laden. After watching Zero Dark Thirty I wanted to read the book. It's very interesting, the SEALS are bad asses.
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Posted: May/02/2013 at 5:28am |
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I picked up Unbroken, the true story of an American Olympic runner that become a POW in Japan during WWII. I'll probably read it next week when I travel to Walterboro, SC.
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Posted: May/02/2013 at 4:10am |
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Reading the Sir Frank Williams Book. Really interesting if you are into cars and F1.
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Posted: May/02/2013 at 3:13am |
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just started the life of pi
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About to get started with Enders Game.... I want to read the book before watching the movie when it comes out.
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Posted: May/02/2013 at 12:22am |
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Currently hooking into Kitchen Confedential by Anthony Bourdain. It's a pretty good read even you're not a foodie.
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reading the infamous The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell, a rare find if you have the original copy published in 1971.would recommend this book to anyone who is into tactical and survival scenarios which it has plenty of tutorials about making sorts of fireworks,etc.
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Posted: May/01/2013 at 2:52pm |
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For all the Malazan book of the fallen & A song of Ice and Fire fans _
Check out Brandon Sanderson's _ Storm Light Archive : Way of the Kings or Mistborn series |
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A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. Brilliant and you learn a lot haha, his books are really great. Highly recommend.
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So far in April, I've finished Hitler vs. Stalin by Mosier and it was a really interesting read that once again proves that history is written by the victors and often isn't nearly as historical as we would have liked.
there was an op-ed piece in the NYT regarding Obama's late visits to Isreal and how the US didn't do much to beat the Germans in WWII as the Russians did. Let's just say, that was a bit of a stretch and that without US mechanized units and British transport of those units, most of eastern Russia might be speaking German  the eastern front was a very fascinating hodgepodge of what if and blind luck decisions with a dash of hell on Earth. A "Walking Dead" series of sorts actually. Also finished the Game of Thrones book, which was 800 pages but a quick read, good book, enjoy the format from each characters perspective. Just started The Second World War by Corrigan, my 3rd on the totality of WWII, and each has its own merits and drawbacks, but good to get a more complete view. Sitting at home is a history on the Middle East Wars since 2000, as well as A Clash of Kings (book 2 of Game of Thrones series) that I have to power through by the end of the month.
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Am reading "The $100 Startup - Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future". Pretty cool.
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Just finished reading the book 1984 by George Orwell. It was a really weird book.
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I'm going to dip myself into some old classic books like Alexander Dumas stuff after tax season ends. I've always had a thing for oldies.
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Posted: Apr/09/2013 at 12:54pm |
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Finished American Sniper, was expecting it to be more detailed but overall it was a good read.
Starting Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot. Should be interesting.
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'It's not rocket science' by Ben Miller. A Cambridge physics under-graduate dropout turned comedian explains interesting topics to do with science. From Super Massive Black holes, to the Large Hydron Collider and the evolution of early man. I thought it was a great read, and i'd definitely recommend it to anyone with an interest in physics.
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The 'GINGERS HAVE SOULS' kid is crazy..
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I'm reading a book about Functional Gait (the mechanics of how people walk). Ok, it's technically a textbook :-)
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I have read waayyyy too many books..
although it has kind of fazed since i came to uni and started spending more time on the internet I read the lord of the rings when I was 11.. Still my favourite book and movie ever (I have been living in Middle earth for the last 10 years..) Read numerous big name books like Homer's Odyssey and Lord of flies (which I hated, but had to read for school.. UGH!) English classes make you read the weirdest books eg lord of flies and catcher in the rye. catcher in the rye was interesting but definitely depressing. Read pretty much every single one of Dan Brown books (theyre all amazing) Bernard Werber's books are unbelievably amazing, especially Empire of the Ants. Seriously this book series is one single book that can teach you sooooo many interesting things you never knew about... I dont understand why the sequels to this book havent been translated, all the english readers are fully missing out! Read the Hobbit a few years ago of course.. and life of pi (havent seen the movie yet though :/) and a whole load of other ones including most of jane eyre books etc At the moment Im reading the game of thrones on my kindle, think the one im reading right now is the 4th book in the series. Crazy storylines, cant wait for the rest of the books to come out and the new episodes for the 3rd season  |
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I just started reading Confessions of an Economic Hitman...pretty spooky stuff about how our government gets other countries to do things we want them to do. Based on true life experience.
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Posted: Mar/22/2013 at 11:36pm |
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ive finally finished the hunger games trilogy... late to the game but still there
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now i started the fate of the jedi series book one (outcast).
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Just started to read The Help, but not sure how far I will get since I hate reading :-(
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The Omnivore's Dilemma. It's actually a good book about how corn is in everything and how it makes you fat and talks about how feedlots for cattle are really shit but its cheap so we do it.
It's actually really interesting stuff.
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Business Engineering Navigator. Snooze.
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I picked up American Sniper last night at the airport, which is the story of SEAL Chief Chris Kyle who has the most confirmed kills of any sniper in U.S. military history.
Sadly, he was killed at a shooting range in February, 2013.
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i just finished the last book (book 9) in the Legacy of the Force series of Star Wars. now i am on th Fate of the Jedi.
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About to start reading Catching the Wolf of Wall Street. Been a long time between books now that I'm back at uni
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Just finished listening to/reading "As A Man Thinketh"
Not self help bs, but rather the power and importance of controlling your thoughts with discipline and purpose. Definitely worth the hour to listen to it. |
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Finished the entire Mitch Rapp series (Vince Flynn) : easy read and entertaining.
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Just finished "Seat of the Soul" by Gary Zukav.....whoa.
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I read the hobbit first and it was the best book IMO. After reading the hobbit the other books just seemed to long and drawn out.
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Currently reading Silver Linings playbook.
Slightly different than the movie but overall the movie is a great adaptation. Thinking back on Jennifer Lawrence ain't too bad either  |
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Just finished the lotr series, now on the hobbit. Planned on reading it before watching the movie.
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NOT a hard read. had to read it for my writing class last quarter. kind of lengthy, but once you get the characters down, it goes by VERY quickly (=
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Anyone read Chuck Klosterman? I have a book from him that I got as a gift. Then I saw him in the Bo Jackson 30 for 30 and he was cool to listen to. Haven't read anything by him yet though and I have a long list.
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Reading Contemporary & Classic Arguments. It's actually a really legit way to learn how to make arguments. I never thought of MLK's I have a Dream speech as an argument before. Also I never read his Letter From a Birmingham Jail. He's definitely a great writer
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anyone reading game of thrones? I really wanna get through it, but its such a hard read. Pages and pages of descriptions and sometimes I get lost so I have to wikipedia characters. my god, but when the action happens.. its like.. gold.
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Reading The Dream Team by Jack McCallum really interesting so far, only about 50 pages in.
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Just started
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I recently read, "No Easy Day". Great story line of the seals and their ultimate assault on Bin Laden, but it still left big question marks with barely a mention of dumping his body at sea. |
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