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Paul Auster did a whole postmodern trilogy i read once, wasn't bad until the last one.
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Paul Auster did a whole postmodern trilogy i read once, wasn't bad until the last one.
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"A Tomb for Boris Davidovich" by Danilo Kis.
This. I don't have it, but the library does. So who else is gonna read it? should we spam the boards? I don't wanna get banned.
This. I don't have it, but the library does. So who else is gonna read it? should we spam the boards? I don't wanna get banned.
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the last book I tried to read was Gale Sayers autobiography. I've not touched a book since page 83...shew...that guy...
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Lol. I'm gonna come in and low class this joint a little bit.
I just went on my first bow elk hunt, so after getting back I started reading the biography of Chuck Adams, the first to get a North American super slam with a bow. Next up is Over the Edge of the World about the circumnavigation of the earth by Magellan.
I just went on my first bow elk hunt, so after getting back I started reading the biography of Chuck Adams, the first to get a North American super slam with a bow. Next up is Over the Edge of the World about the circumnavigation of the earth by Magellan.
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srsly last book i read was trestman's. read like a self help book but i've never read one.
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there's no class shit here, man! enjoy some decadent chocolate. I haven't elk hunted but I went through a phase where I couldn't read anything but about polar expeditions and Everest books.
Suggest a book
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My uncle just got home from an elk hunt, said he killed this big guy with a Mosin cold war nugget sniper rifle. Is that shit legal?
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Yeah, I remember you suggested an Everest book for me. High crimes I think? I bought on my kindle. Then I got an ipad and haven't put it on there yet. So that fell by the wayside. Whoops.
I am more into nonfiction and exploration books. I really liked Into Africa, the story of Stanley and Livingstone. I often find myself wandering around jungles fighting off malaria and diseases for my work, so I guess I like reading about that shit too. So I guess there is a recommendation for anyone out there that likes old school exploration.
I am more into nonfiction and exploration books. I really liked Into Africa, the story of Stanley and Livingstone. I often find myself wandering around jungles fighting off malaria and diseases for my work, so I guess I like reading about that shit too. So I guess there is a recommendation for anyone out there that likes old school exploration.
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Hmmmm. I don't see why not. Rifle season is rifle season.
During our hunt, our llama made some noise during the night. The next morning there was three inches of snow and the biggest bear tracks I have seen in the lower 48. A month later, the rancher who let's us cross his land to get to our hunting ground shot a 7 foot (tail to nose) black bear. Had to be the same one. That thing was a monster for a black.
Anyway, sorry, back on topic, Hooray for books!
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oh, shit, man, I am a broken record like my dad. But yeah, I did recommend that book, haha! It's still good, though
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where and why do you hunt with a llama?
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We had about a 10 mile hike in to where we set up base camp. We were there for 8 days and I over pack so we had a lot of stuff. So for the 5 of us, we rented 4 llamas to carry our gear. This was in SW Colorado. Super nice if you get an elk up to 10 miles from camp on steep terrain and need to pack the meat out too. Unfortunately, we got skunked for the first year ever. I had some shots but got caught mid draw every time.
Quit making me derail Ole's thread! Unless you are writing a book about me and thats why you are asking questions and you are going to recommend it to everyone.
Quit making me derail Ole's thread! Unless you are writing a book about me and thats why you are asking questions and you are going to recommend it to everyone.
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I think I got about 10 pages into it and, like I said, I got a new ipad and the kindle never came out again. I need to download that for my ipad though. I do enjoy Everest books. In fact I just watched Beyond the Edge about Sir Edmund Hillary climbing Everest (literally 10 hours ago) while on a flight over to New Zealand. He is a Kiwi so they are proud of him over here.
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I bet, the book goes into how that tradition has been tarnished and commercialized, 'disneyfied'
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I know a little about it, that's why I need to get on with reading it, because it is pretty sickening. I just saw an imgur post of dead bodies on Everest. A lot of those were legitimate? deaths, but the sketchy "guides" and "outfitters" up there now are disgusting. Anyway, I will get to that book ASAP.
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I'm midway through it as a shitcan read.
A Barnes and Noble Nook freebie for November. I've read much better about the same subjects, and with better citations. This is the second book by Doris Goodwin that I've read, and I won't be reading a third. She adds her own narratives far to often for her work to be true nonfiction.
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Thanks for the heads up. I almost picked that up at the airport. I guess I will read "The River of Doubt" about Teddy's trip to the Amazon instead.
I'm midway through it as a shitcan read.
A Barnes and Noble Nook freebie for November. I've read much better about the same subjects, and with better citations. This is the second book by Doris Goodwin that I've read, and I won't be reading a third. She adds her own narratives far to often for her work to be true nonfiction.
Odd question, but has anyone read King Leopold's Ghost? It is about the King of Belgium's raping of the people of the Congo. I have seen mixed reviews so I am not sure if I want to dive in. (Meh, I guess if more than one person read it on CCS, then there would probably be mixed reviews here too. Might as well go for it.)
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NNo, but I will now! I knew Belgoum had a sordid colonial history! Keep them coming
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That is a very good book. Wise move on your part.
Teddy as a person is an insanely fascinating guy. As a president, open for much critique, but as a person, he was a bad ass. Also told a lot of tall tales and was the ultimate troll around the turn of the century. The River of Doubt, Theodore Rex are both very good. This one isn't bad, but I have a personal pet peeve when an author goes off a narrative to fill in history that has little or no supporting evidence, which then becomes revisionism.
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