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samboct -> RE: what have you read, lately? (2/20/2008 9:33:45 PM)

Greedy Top

I have good news and bad news for you. 

Good news: The title of the book you're looking for is "Merrylegs, the Rocking Pony" by Paul Brown, published 1946.
Bad news: It's rare- and it ain't cheap.

Sam



GreedyTop -> RE: what have you read, lately? (2/20/2008 10:07:32 PM)

so I found, sam.. cheapest I saw was 200.00, and listed as sold *sob* the first I saw was 300.00 and available (um, anybody wanna help a sistah out? LOL)



LadyHibiscus -> RE: what have you read, lately? (2/21/2008 9:18:52 AM)

Woohoo, the Amazon stuff arrived yesterday!  And my eyes hurt too much to read........but I have Knitting from the Top by Barbara Walker and Knitting Never Felt Better by Nicky Epstein!  Knitting GODDESSES those two!  The time they have saved us knitters by writing down stitch patterns is invaluable.

Has anyone read Joe Hill, 20th Century Ghosts?



carlie310 -> RE: what have you read, lately? (2/21/2008 9:34:06 AM)

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Horton hears a who!

Ron


Ron, what about "Where the Wild Things Are." Wasn't that one of the greatest books ever written? Man, gotta love that one.


I could actually make a valid argument that Max is a hero following the classical Heroic Cycle.  And I did in college, as a matter of fact.

Another early reading--I wonder if the old SNL clip of Jesse Jackson reading Green Eggs and Ham is on You Tube. 

I love children's literature, in just about every form.



brainiacsub -> RE: what have you read, lately? (2/21/2008 12:37:28 PM)

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Ron, what about "Where the Wild Things Are." Wasn't that one of the greatest books ever written? Man, gotta love that one.


I could actually make a valid argument that Max is a hero following the classical Heroic Cycle.  And I did in college, as a matter of fact.

Another early reading--I wonder if the old SNL clip of Jesse Jackson reading Green Eggs and Ham is on You Tube. 

I love children's literature, in just about every form.


I have to agree with you. That book goes way beyond just a simple childs tale. I read it 1000 times starting at about age 6 and got lost in the story, the imagry, the adventure and the heroism, all in about 20 pages. Years later I would recall that book when I studied Homer.

Green Eggs and Ham was my daughter's favorite from the time she was two. She never tired of sitting on the couch with me and reading that book over and over. Those are some of my fondest memories.



edgepassion -> RE: what have you read, lately? (2/23/2008 6:15:39 AM)

Just finished DaVinci Code  (heh - finally) - left me dissapointed.  .  Great bookstore here...... Betty Griffin House (http://www.bettygriffinhouse.org/) suports abused women.  Tons of local support and hence the best "bookstore" on the Island and even St Aug  proper. A dollar for hardbacks. 50 cents for paperbacks 

Now reading Elmore Leonard's "Glitz" and "The Civil War. Strange and Fascinating Facts", by Burke Davis. Bit of a Civil War buff....



lazarus1983 -> RE: what have you read, lately? (2/23/2008 6:24:23 AM)

I've been on a strange history kick, and just finished "The Last Days of Patton," put aside a half read Neil Gaiman book, and started the 900+ page "The Patton Papers."

It's going to take me a while.



lazarus1983 -> RE: what have you read, lately? (2/23/2008 6:27:31 AM)

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ORIGINAL: edgepassion

Just finished DaVinci Code  (heh - finally) - left me dissapointed.  .  Great bookstore here...... Betty Griffin House (http://www.bettygriffinhouse.org/) suports abused women.  Tons of local support and hence the best "bookstore" on the Island and even St Aug  proper. A dollar for hardbacks. 50 cents for paperbacks 

Now reading Elmore Leonard's "Glitz" and "The Civil War. Strange and Fascinating Facts", by Burke Davis. Bit of a Civil War buff....


If you're a Civil War fan, put down the books and date a Civil War recreationist. That's how I know so much, and I've never even picked up a Civil War history.



wkdshadow -> RE: what have you read, lately? (2/23/2008 6:47:17 AM)

I didn't read it recently, but if you've yet to read "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclare(1906), it's a good book that is major Socialist propaganda piece that led to a few investigations of buying votes, and labor in the meat packing industry. It's the original inspiration for creation of the FDA under the Roosevelt administration after Roosvelt read a prerelease of the book, met with Sinclair, and supposedly gave up meat for awhile.

Lord knows I would. Read it.


edit: OH! Being published in 1906, it's now public domain. You can read it for free online without breaching copyright http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/140



edgepassion -> RE: what have you read, lately? (2/23/2008 9:32:51 AM)

Damn Lazarus....I wish.....



LadyRainfire -> RE: what have you read, lately? (2/23/2008 4:05:20 PM)

Re-reading Guy Gavriel Kay's The Darkest Road, book 3 in the Fionavar Tapestry. [:)] Lovely triology. Anything he does is excellent.
 
Rainfire



Sinergy -> RE: what have you read, lately? (2/23/2008 4:25:25 PM)


Cunt by Inga Muscio, and The Shia Revival by Vali Nasr.

Sinergy



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