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"The Blade Itself: The First Law Book 1" by Joe Abercrombie.
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Sleeping with Your Ears Open: On patrol with the Australian SAS, by Gary McKayThose who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. - Ben Franklin
Iain Banks missed deadline due to Civ | The eyes are the groin of the head. - Dwight Schrute.
One more turn .... One more turn .... | WWTSD
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Finished rereading A Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin. Will probably move on to A Clash of Kings.
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Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany, by Stphen E. AmbroseThose who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. - Ben Franklin
Iain Banks missed deadline due to Civ | The eyes are the groin of the head. - Dwight Schrute.
One more turn .... One more turn .... | WWTSD
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House of Chains - Steven EriksonComment
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I'm just beginning the novel, Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt by Anne Rice.A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.Comment
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Just finished "Sleepwalk with Me" by Mike Birbiglia.
Now reading Changes by Jim Butcher because my Kindle broke.
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Sorry - I thought your Kindle was kinda dirty, so I put in the wash machine.Originally posted by Tuberski View PostJust finished "Sleepwalk with Me" by Mike Birbiglia.
Now reading Changes by Jim Butcher because my Kindle broke.
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A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.Comment
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Currently I'm reading the back of a Ruffles potato chip bag.Last edited by Dinner; June 3, 2011, 01:42.Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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Currently reading "The Road to Fatima Gate: The Beirut Spring, the Rise of Hezbollah, and the Iranian War Against Israel" by Michael J. Totten. It's the stories of his life in Lebanon in the early 2000s, and his reflections on the things he saw and heard. Well worth the read!
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The Road to Fatima Gate is a first-person narrative account of revolution, terrorism, and war during history's violent return to Lebanon after fifteen years of quiet. Michael J. Totten's version of events in one of the most volatile countries in the world's most volatile region is one part war correspondence, one part memoir, and one part road movie.
He sets up camp in a tent city built in downtown Beirut by anti-Syrian dissidents, is bullied and menaced by Hezbollah's supposedly friendly "media relations" department, crouches under fire on the Lebanese-Israeli border during the six-week war in 2006, witnesses an Israeli ground invasion from behind a line of Merkava tanks, sneaks into Hezbollah's post-war rubblescape without authorization, and is attacked in Beirut by militiamen who enforce obedience to the "resistance" at the point of a gun.
From the "Cedar Revolution" that ousted the occupying Syrian military regime in 2005, to the devastating war between Israel and Hezbollah in 2006, and to Hezbollah's slow-motion but violent assault on Lebanon's elected government and capital, Totten's account is both personal and comprehensive. He simplifies the bewildering complexity of the Middle East, has access to major regional players as well as to the man on the street, and personally witnesses most of the events he describes. The Road to Fatima Gate should be indispensable reading for anyone interested in the Middle East, Iran's expansionist foreign policy, the Arab-Israeli conflict, asymmetric warfare, and terrorism in the aftermath of September 11.
About the Author
Michael J. Totten is a foreign correspondent and foreign policy analyst who has reported from the Middle East, the Balkans, and the Caucasus. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the New York Daily News, City Journal, LA Weekly, The Jerusalem Post, Beirut's Daily Star, Reason Magazine, Azure Magazine, and the Australian edition of Newsweek. He writes regularly for Commentary. He lives with his wife and two cats in Portland, Oregon, and is a former resident of Beirut. Visit his Web site at www.MichaelTotten.com.Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God.-Isaiah 41:10
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made - Psalms 139.14a
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I'm currently reading an adverse event report of an anti-inflammatory drug given to a 10 year old cat. Fascinating stuff.Click here if you're having trouble sleeping.
"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones." - François de La RochefoucauldComment
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The Best Science Fiction of the Year #6 - ed. Terry Carr
On deck: The Bonehunters - Steven EriksonComment
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I'm very fond of Terrry Carr's anthologies.Originally posted by ColdWizard View Post
Just finished 'The Siege Of Vienna' by John Stoye and 'The Victoria Vanishes' by Christopher Fowler.
Just started on 'Victorian Colonial Warfare: Africa' by Donald Featherstone and 'Henry Moore: Mother and Child' by Herbert ReadVive la liberte. Noor Inayat Khan, Dachau.
...patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. Edith Cavell, 1915Comment
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