slaphead 0 Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 How do you rate the bill one? Link to post Share on other sites
kintaro 0 Posted July 20, 2004 Author Share Posted July 20, 2004 if by the bill one you are talking to me, I don't have a rating yet. Just getting started and it's about his childhood. I can say it's got a lot of pictures and nearly 960 pages. I'll get back to you on the bill one in a couple. Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 960, long winded hey? Link to post Share on other sites
kintaro 0 Posted July 20, 2004 Author Share Posted July 20, 2004 definitely..but that is not news...Slick Willy was always a good talker. GW unfortunately is is a decent talker, a dude with decent morals (I truly believe this), but a true American with no clue of the outside (of America) world. Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 Quote: GW unfortunately is is a decent talker You surely mean IS NOT a decent talker, right? I'd like to read that. Link to post Share on other sites
kintaro 0 Posted July 20, 2004 Author Share Posted July 20, 2004 No I don't. I think he became President b/c he had a decent abilitiy to talk to every day folks ( the vote counting trouble in Florida aside). GW talks like a lamen. He's one of the ordinary folks. But I dissagree with almost everything he's done on a foreign policy basis... Link to post Share on other sites
stripper on coke 0 Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 GW talks like a lamen 'cause he is a lamen......BTW, is a lamen really a lay-man ??? Seriously though, keep us updated on your 960 pager, I'm sure ol' Billy Boy's got quite a few stories to share. Is there any mention in the book of Howard Marks (Mr Nice)? Apparently they had some sort of connection or something at Oxford (I think).... Link to post Share on other sites
kintaro 0 Posted July 20, 2004 Author Share Posted July 20, 2004 I don't know yet, I will inform. Link to post Share on other sites
base40 0 Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 I'm on page 200 of Bills book, looking forward to some of the later things that went on and see what he says. Will report. Link to post Share on other sites
stripper on coke 0 Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 YES just finished 'The Dice Man' by Luke Rhinehart. Has anyone read it ? It's very funny in places - about a guy who decides to live his life by the throw of the dice. Hmmm, interesting...... BTW, how is the 'big book of Bill' shaping up - anyone finished yet ?????? Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 Just finished "Blowback - The Costs and Consequences of American Empire" by Chalmers Johnson, and "Al Qaeda and What It Means to Be Modern" by John Gray. They cover some similar ground, and the Chalmers book is somewhat similar to "Rogue Nation" by Clyde Prestowitz. These books are all frightfully "anti-American". Now I'm reading "A Concise History of the Crusades" by somebody or other. I'm curious to know why the Arabs are still so bothered by the crusades. Link to post Share on other sites
Dims 0 Posted August 19, 2004 Share Posted August 19, 2004 "Powder" by Kevin Samson. About the rise of a band in England from the beginning to worldwide fame and the trouble that it brings. Good insight into the music biz and plenty of sex, drugs and rock n roll. I very entertaining, if a little light on, read. Great for the plane and/or the beach. A good little page turner. Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted August 20, 2004 Share Posted August 20, 2004 I'm still on my Dan Brown bender. I'm now reading Deception Point. Not too bad, but not nearly as good as The Da Vinci code or Angels and Demons. I think i'll read P3 next. Link to post Share on other sites
kintaro 0 Posted August 21, 2004 Author Share Posted August 21, 2004 I had to put Clinton's book down for a while. I got bored. It's told in first person, very Arkansas style, Southern, slow moving story telling fashion. I will finish a book called "the money culture" by Michael Lewis tonight and will start on Lance Armstrong's "it's not about the bike, my journey back to life" tomorrow. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 "Why Smart People Make Big Money Mistakes and How to Correct Them", Belsky and Gilovich. It all has to do with how the human brain behaves when it comes to money. I like Behavioural Finance. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 The National Trust Handbook. I have been given a lifetime pass for my birthday which I'm well chuffed about. Link to post Share on other sites
sweetaz 0 Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 "What Should I Do With My Life?" - Po Bronson a collection of case stories of people trying to answer life's big question. Very intriguing. Also part way through Nelson Mandela's book. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 "Evil - An Investigation" Lance Morrow. I'm getting a bit tired of it. "Big Lies - The Right-Wing Propaganda Machine, and How it Distorts the Truth" by Joe Conason up next. I always used to like his articles in Salon. sweetaz, that Po Bronson book is quite gripping in a way. I enjoyed it, although I began to feel personally somewhat dissatisfied by the end of it. Beware! Link to post Share on other sites
sweetaz 0 Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 O11 - Yes...i actually started it...read half and then put it aside for a few weeks....have just taken it up again. It was hitting alittle bit too close to home ...disconcerting. Luckily i am a bit of a procrastinator so i am not about to give up my job and go to work for greenpeace or start a guppy farm just yet. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 I think you'll like Big Lies Ocean, I enjoyed that one. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted August 29, 2004 Share Posted August 29, 2004 gg, that was a good read. Conason writes beautiful, clear prose, while his rational but firm counterstrokes against right-wing abuse is exactly what's needed. Next up; "Fat Land - How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World" - Greg Critser. Already shaping up to be very entertaining and informative. Especially interesting as the sequel will no doubt be "How the English Overtook Them." and "The Soul of Capitalism - Opening Paths to a Moral Economy" - William Greider Looks like heavy but very virtuous going... Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted September 1, 2004 Share Posted September 1, 2004 Big Lies is a good read, just finished it. Cheers for the tip. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 Stripper, Ive just gotten that book from a mate who raved about it. Not started it but after all the stories my mate told me about it Ill haveta!!! I read Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons - enjoyed both of them but thought Angels and Demons was better. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 Crime and Punishment I read a couple pages a night. Can't get more than that though. ALways fall asleep. Link to post Share on other sites
stripper on coke 0 Posted September 2, 2004 Share Posted September 2, 2004 yeah Yuki's P, it sure is a good one. I can even imagine throwing the die a few times myself (maybe......). I had a lot of chuckles though - let me know how it goes for you.... Link to post Share on other sites
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