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Post by ohdarlin on Jan 2, 2006 3:23:48 GMT -5
i simple loved the memoirs of lady hong!!! amazon book store refuse to delivery to my country...(they keep sying that there is error with my add)...so i got to make a trip to the national library to get it... n then its in the reference section, so i have to photocopy the whole book... but its really very interesting...
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Post by ginnycat5 on Jan 2, 2006 18:54:59 GMT -5
I received The Best of Korean Cuisine by Karen Hulene Bartell and The Gluten-free Gourmet Makes Dessert by Bette Hagman. Yum-lots of good ideas. The Korean book ties in the recipes with zodiac signs, but I don't understand that part yet.
I'm reading Dies the Fire by S. M. Stirling. It's a companion to Island in the Sea of Time, where Nantucket Island goes back 3000 years in time in a big flash of light. This book tells what's happening in the rest of the world, as people cope with the failure of electrical devices and firearms. Noone knows the cause, alien space bats are suspected, with tongue in cheek. Or God, teaching a lesson. Living history museums turn out to be really valuable.
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Post by skinz on Jan 3, 2006 14:10:27 GMT -5
I'm reading All souls rising by Madison Smartt Bell. Its about the historic Toussaint L'Ouverture rise and the successful slave rebellion in Haiti in the 18th century.
Being Haitian myself, I found this book really good, although its a historical fiction book. It written really well in a episodic type of way, each chapter is like a hour television show. However, I do have a problem with some of his stuff.
1- the author constantly switches from third person to first person, which is really confusing at times.
2- He over exaggerate historic notes and historic people. For example, Bissaou (a black general after the rebellion) is given a cat all of a sudden to make him some james bond type of villian (Same problem with Wakizaka in IYSS)
I will say that its similar to how IYSS was in terms of realizing fact from ficiton.
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Post by seven stars on Jan 5, 2006 11:38:05 GMT -5
Is it written in French or English Skinz?
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Post by Skinz UL on Jan 7, 2006 1:21:05 GMT -5
Its in English, I suck horribly in french. here's a link to see what its about, its part of a three book series. I have the first two but can't find the last though. I should give credit to roxelanahybrida since she brought the book up in some earlier posts. All Souls Rising "]http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0140259473/104-5339833-6490352?v=glance&n=283155] All Souls Rising Oh and since your a a boxing fan, 7stars, I would recommend "Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson" . It was shown on a PBS special a while ago and it was great, I'm sure the book covers even more inside his life. I'm gonna buy that after I'm finish
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Post by seven stars on Jan 12, 2006 9:41:13 GMT -5
Thanks for the info on the book Skinz. I did watch "Unforgivable Blackness" when it was first shown on PBS. That was fascinating wasn't it! Previously, I thought I knew a lot about Jack Johnson. Upon viewing that special, I realized how little I actually did know. With all the fuss about Jackie Robinson, Jack Johnson came around 40 years earlier. But because of his self serving approach to success he drew the "color line" and wouldn't fight other black contenders during his reign. The most noteworthy fighter to be snubbed by Jack Johnson was Sam Langford who fought from 1902 until 1926 with a record of 198w-46l-45d. www.boxrec.comBased on the public response to Jack Johnson, I don't believe is was until "Cinderella Man" Jim Braddock met Joe Louis in 1937 that another black man was given the opportunity to fight for the heavyweight crown. Of course Louis won by knockout and went on to defend his crown a record 25 times. For a long time, even after the career of Muhammad Ali, there were many who felt that Joe Louis is/was the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time.
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Post by Eowyn on Jan 20, 2006 19:11:45 GMT -5
Charles Dickens's "Bleak House" begins on PBS's Masterpiece Theatre this Sunday at 9pm (is NY time).
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Post by seven stars on Jan 26, 2006 17:59:38 GMT -5
"Unforgivable Blackness" was on PBS again last weekend as well.
I thought of you Skinz. I'll have to pick up the book when I get a break.
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Post by BungalowDweller on Jan 27, 2006 9:09:32 GMT -5
Charles Dickens's "Bleak House" begins on PBS's Masterpiece Theatre this Sunday at 9pm (is NY time). Yes, it was on at 8:00 here in Chicago. So far, so good. My hubby thinks the music is creepy, though. He says that it reminds him of the soundtrack to the Brit detective program, A Touch Of Evil. I think he has a point.
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