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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Sep 24, 2013 - 10:18am PT
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DC, if that excites u check out Death Valley to Yosemite: Frontier mining Camps & Ghost Towns - well written and focuses more on the people - some amazing stories. We're sooo weak!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Sep 24, 2013 - 12:09pm PT
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Sully, I wasn't yawning in reference to the book's merits but rather at
the notion that it is 'controversial'. I guess it was in 1925. ;-)
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dirt claud
Social climber
san diego,ca
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Sep 24, 2013 - 12:43pm PT
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Awesome, thanks Reilly. Got three great books on order now, can't wait till they get here :)
Who's read this one? just ordered this one as well.
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Chief
climber
The NW edge of The Hudson Bay
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Sep 24, 2013 - 04:54pm PT
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Helmet for My Pillow
(From Parris Island to the Pacific)
Robert (Lucky) Leckie
For the 4th or 5th time.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Sep 24, 2013 - 05:54pm PT
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A Course in Miracles! Total flashback to high school, my mom's post-alcoholic post-druggie AA and NA card toting get-it-together phase, complete with positive phrases and mantras on top of every doorway. For many years I rejected new-agey spiritual stuff because it was wrapped up in my unresolved mother issues. At the time I wished I could just hate her for the ways in which she screwed me up and mistakes she made as a mother. Her efforts to improve her life was like taking away the tangible object toward which I could target my resentment, but leaving the rats' nest of unresolved crap still stuck in me and needing an outlet. With several decades of reflection, I'm glad to have that rather than an incorrigible belligerent drunk/druggie parent who never changed. I had the example of a person changing, making efforts to improve, and that was a lesson I deeply internalized and it ultimately helped me resolve a lot of crap. Of course, it would still have been nicer to not have the crap to get rid of in the first place.
Oh wait, this was the book thread...
I'm reading "A World Without End" by Ken Follett. I read Pillars of the Earth a few years ago, took a while to start on this one but it's tough to put down. Epic saga, historically insightful, but a few minor plot defects where characters do uncharacteristic things to help move the plot along. Overall a very enjoyable book though.
I actively seek out anything written by Ken Follett.
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David Knopp
Trad climber
CA
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Sep 24, 2013 - 06:15pm PT
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Just finished Billionaire's Apprentice by Anita Raghavan-great story of the rise of S. E. Asians at the highest levels of finance and how they too can be greedy bastards.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Sep 24, 2013 - 10:48pm PT
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I've got 3 (maybe more) going.
"Songbird Journeys" Miyoko Chu Science behind bird migration.
"The Autistic Brain" Temple Grandin Science and history behind autistic brain research by our most famous Autistic American.
"Finding Birds in Southeast Arizona" by Ken Kaufman and the SE AZ Audubon group.
Planning several SE AZ birding trips in the next year.
I need something light and easily entertaining. I've got mucho reading time in the next 2 weeks.
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Ward Trotter
Trad climber
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Sep 25, 2013 - 03:54am PT
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Rereading Into the Wild by Krakauer. First read it in the late 90s.
I got curious and googled for updates and found this New Yorker article by Krakauer posted earlier this month:
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2013/09/how-chris-mccandless-died.html
It appears that it was not a case of simple starvation. It is highly probable that McCandless was poisoned by a neurotoxin ( ODAP) in the wild potato seeds he was consuming.
This neurotoxin results in a condition termed Lathyrism which is a type of progressive paralysis of the lower extremities. This condition rendered McCandless too weak and immobilized to either effectively food gather or walk out.
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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Sep 25, 2013 - 04:53am PT
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Big Sur by Kerouac, audio book,
if you feeling down due to booze, this is the book for you, an inside look at the neurosis and pain caused by the deadly juice,
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Sep 25, 2013 - 06:45am PT
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Some great suggestions as always, thanks folks.
"I actively seek out anything written by Ken Follett."
I agree. In the epic novel genre Follett is quite the story teller as are James Clavell and Wilbur Smith. Look them up if you haven't. And, fairly easy reading too.
I enjoy the connections they create from story to story. I wasn't sure how he'd do it but even King Rat and Shogun have a connection though subtle compared to others of Clavell's.
When I travel I like to read about the places I visit (before, during, and after). I have an upcoming Morocco trip planned as well as Laos...anyone have suggested readings for either of those two places?
cheers
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Sep 25, 2013 - 06:51am PT
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Almost forgot.
I'm reading this. Just started so no opinion yet but Sickles was quite the controversial figure BITD.
American Scoundrel: The Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles by Thomas Keneally
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Leggs
Sport climber
Tucson, AZ
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Sep 25, 2013 - 09:43am PT
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Reading The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Sullly, that's some pretty hefty reading!
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Leggs
Sport climber
Tucson, AZ
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Sep 25, 2013 - 09:53am PT
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Sullly, she is such a great writer! She is quite lyrical, it's mesmerizing.
:)
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Sep 25, 2013 - 02:29pm PT
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Command and Control by Eric Schlosser.
All about atom and hydrogen bombs and why we don't need them . . .
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Bluelens
climber
Pasadena, CA
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Untold: The Stories Behind the Photos by Steve McCurry. Nat Geo photographer, traveler, storyteller.
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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And the Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks,
more Beat stuff from Burroughs and Kerouac, audio of course,
tried Tale of Two Cities but got bored,
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
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Oct 18, 2013 - 11:11pm PT
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Currently Stephen King's The Shining.
Can't seem to put it down !
Edit:
A recent re-read I highly recommend:
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 19, 2013 - 12:09am PT
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The Flanders Panel by Arturo Perez-Reverte. A really good mystery which
is poetically written. The movie "Uncovered" was based on it.
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
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Oct 19, 2013 - 12:23am PT
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Love King or hate him you must admit that you are curious what has become of little Danny Torrance over the last 35 years. Doctor Sleep by Stephen King. The sequel to the Shining.
This is the reason I picked up my current read. Doctor Sleep is on it's way.(25% off on ebay)
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