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Emma Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9853 OZ Gender:	Re: What are you currently reading? Reply #120 - Jan 27^th, 2014 at 9:38pm tokyo Mo Hayder 1st published 2004.. a truly haunting novel ,... highly recommended.
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Emma Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9853 OZ Gender:	Re: What are you currently reading? Reply #121 - Feb 2^nd, 2014 at 10:18pm Gabrielle LORD Death by Beauty. An australian author who certainly can write.
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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 140152 Gender:	Re: What are you currently reading? Reply #122 - Feb 2^nd, 2014 at 10:19pm Moby Dick. For my third time. Just an amazing book.
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St George of the Garden Gold Member Offline http://tinyurl.com/n 3o8m2x Posts: 9809 Gender:	Re: What are you currently reading? Reply #123 - Feb 3^rd, 2014 at 5:51pm “The Kings Depart, The Tragedy of Germany: Versailles and the German Revolution” by Richard M. Watt. Meticulously researched account of the end off WWII and the inevitable slide into nazism and WWII.
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Reply #124 - Feb 4^th, 2014 at 1:06am

Kill the Body, the Head will Fall.
by Rene Denfeld.

A 'Vintage Original'..published 1997.

A book all you fellas ought to read, just for a different look at women.

She was probably the FIRST woman to break into the all-male world of Boxing.. in the US. Prior to Oct. '93 women were forbidden participation in amateur boxing.
This woman walked into a sweaty boxing gym in Nov'93...and proved herself...to herself, and to all who fought her or trained her.
She is a freelance journalist and author.
the book is well researched and is.. according to the cover..
A closer look at women, violence, and aggression.

Highly recommended.. especially for anyone.. male or female, who has a rigid view of women... for whatever reason.. and whatever that opinion might be.

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Reply #125 - Feb 12^th, 2014 at 8:36pm

greggerypeccary wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2014 at 10:19pm:

Moby Dick.

For my third time.

Just an amazing book.

Just watched the recent miniseries of Moby Dick (starring William Hurt and Ethan Hawke) last night. Very interesting, and should motivate me to read the book.

In other news, I have just finished an interesting "The Cold War - A New History" by John Lewis Gaddis.

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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 25031 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: What are you currently reading? Reply #126 - Feb 12^th, 2014 at 8:37pm Reading "The Fuhrer". Want to have the book finished by March.
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Emma Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9853 OZ Gender:	Re: What are you currently reading? Reply #127 - Feb 13^th, 2014 at 1:02am Kathy Reichs
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Peter Freedman Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 5275 Wellington Gender:	Re: What are you currently reading? Reply #128 - Feb 21^st, 2014 at 7:47pm Just started Adele Ferguson's biography of Gina Rinehart. Also have a biog of J. Robert Oppenheimer and a novel by Dick Francis for lighter reading.
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Emma Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9853 OZ Gender:	Re: What are you currently reading? Reply #129 - Feb 21^st, 2014 at 9:02pm i like light reading..very relaxing. Just finished the latest James Bond novel... Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks ..writing as Ian Fleming. Not bad, eh what?
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Reply #130 - Feb 25^th, 2014 at 2:49pm

Anti Fragile: Things that gain from disorderby Nassim Nicholas taleb

An expansion of a thread of thought that I've had for a while, whereby our attempts to micromanage and make everything "safe" actually winds up causing more harm.

This would be of great benefit to many here. The type who call for more legislation, after every single incident.

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Reply #131 - Mar 19^th, 2014 at 2:40pm

Freedom Next Time, by John Pilger.

Yeah, I know, he's a leftwinger, socialist Commie journalist. Thought I'd beat the conga line to the punch.

Have just started the book, but got far enough to see the Sydney Morning Herald quoted George Bush Jnr as describing the US Constitution as " just another piece of paper ".

Explains a lot about his presidency, I think.

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Reply #132 - Mar 20^th, 2014 at 1:28pm

Thought I'd beat the conga line to the punch.

That's OK. As I mentioned before, my next read was going to be a biography of Trotsky.
Only trouble is, , when I started to look at it, I found Vol 2 wasn't there. In my haste to pick it up at a cheap price I hadn't noticed it should be 3 volumes.
Don't like my chances of finding a Vol 2 lying around anywhere . . .them's the breaks.

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Emma Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9853 OZ Gender:	Re: What are you currently reading? Reply #133 - Mar 20^th, 2014 at 11:01pm back to the nitty gritty James Patrick Hunt Police and Thieves
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Reply #134 - Mar 23^rd, 2014 at 7:34pm

Pilcher tells the sad and shocking story of the people of Diego Garcia, an island south of Ceylon.

The Yanks wanted the place as a naval base. So the ever compliant Poms rounded up the islanders, killed all their dogs, and dumped them in Mauritius.

Then lied about it for decades.

Many of the islanders died, pining for their homeland.

Get the Yanks and the Brits together and what do you get?

Bastards. No conscience. Uncaring, deceiving liars.

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