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hazetguy Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2001 Posts: 10773 Location: iT StiNgeD iTseLf tO dEAd
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2018 4:39 pm Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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_________________ thebucket: I invested in hoodride, now DBD won't return my call?
hazetguy: invested?
thebucket: Yeah Haze, its where people put money into a company in hopes of a return on their money |
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Monsterbeetle Samba Member
Joined: May 09, 2004 Posts: 270
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2018 4:49 pm Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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Daredevil Born Again
I like books with pictures... |
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Zundfolge1432 Samba Member
Joined: June 13, 2004 Posts: 12468
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 5:01 pm Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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Although I read this book a couple of years ago when it came out it bears mentioning now because a former POTUS died. The book is The Residence: Inside the private world of the White House” by Kate Anderson. The book is careful not to take sides or be political in any way but the workers interviewed went all the way back to early 60s and Kennedy administration. Wife also liked it and since a few years have passed now it may be cheap and easy to find. I won’t give it away but there’s a big surprise as to who they liked best. Read it. |
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finster Samba Member
Joined: May 26, 2012 Posts: 7951 Location: north o' the border
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Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 6:51 am Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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just read 'norwegian by night' by derek miller. very enjoyable and well written, the main character is an elderly, jewish/american korean vet. |
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Fish Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2000 Posts: 5563 Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 12:11 pm Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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The President is Missing by President Bill Clinton and bestselling novelist James Patterson. A spellbinding thriller of fiction about cyber terrorists.
It was enjoyable and had you on the edge of your seat a few times with a couple of twists and turns, but nothing mind blowing. _________________ Prosit!
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Fish Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2000 Posts: 5563 Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 12:33 am Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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The Hundred‑Year‑Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and ...
Novel by Jonas Jonasson.
I very much enjoyed this book about a Centenarian who Forest Gump's his way through life.
Just now saw it is a movie I'll have to watch. |
Like most movies, this one sucked and I don't recommend watching it, but definitely read the book. _________________ Prosit!
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Fish Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2000 Posts: 5563 Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 12:52 am Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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I did finish reading The Lost City of Z by Dougles Preston. A modern day journalist researches and then searches for Percy Fawcett an Victorian era explorer who disappeared in the Amazon jungle looking for a lost ancient city of legends.
Not really an exciting read. _________________ Prosit!
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mellowslow Samba Member
Joined: July 31, 2009 Posts: 278 Location: Vacationland
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Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2019 9:35 am Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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SPEARHEAD by Adam Makos: An American Tank Gunner, His enemy and a collision of lives in WW II
Great read of what it was like to be a tanker and work around the equipment. Also interesting to hear the same perspective on the German side.
Panzer tanks were transported by rail to close to the battle site because they would wear out their drivetrain in 60 miles of use. The book also contains other interesting facts about how the tanks were driven and maneuvered about the countryside, as well as the dread of being the first tank "Spearhead" in the battle formation.
The book centers around a tank battle in the center of Cologne, Germany. The German and American Commanders meet up in Cologne, years after the war. _________________ '87 WBWE FAS Gen V |
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far rider Samba Member
Joined: August 30, 2005 Posts: 773 Location: Rutland, VT
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Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2019 4:34 pm Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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Duplicity by Newt Gingrich. Fair thriller, terrorist trouble from Somalia. if you like Newt you can almost hear him talking as you read it. _________________ 67 zenith blue sunroof
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Zundfolge1432 Samba Member
Joined: June 13, 2004 Posts: 12468
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Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2019 11:14 am Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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“Dethroning the King” the hostile takeover of Anheuser-Busch an American icon
By Julie MacIntosh
Pretty good read regardless of which suds you like. Many factors come into play including global financial meltdown of 2008, along with greed and mismanagement. The perfect storm |
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22670 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2019 2:58 am Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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If you want to understand Iran
All the Shahs Men by Kinzler
The Brothers...about John andAllen Dulles
A bit sobering as you discover how misguided we were during the Cold War. _________________ .ssS! |
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Fish Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2000 Posts: 5563 Location: OB. It's beside the point.
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Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2019 1:15 pm Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story by Douglas Preston.
I really enjoyed this true adventure story. It was made into a documentary by Nat Geo which I haven't seen yet.
How, with the use of modern technology, archeologists search the jungle by air and discover the lost city of the monkey god and how this discovery will effect the world today and in the future.
https://benensonproductions.com/films/the-lost-city-of-the-monkey-god/ _________________ Prosit!
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Zundfolge1432 Samba Member
Joined: June 13, 2004 Posts: 12468
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Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 9:57 am Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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“One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest” by Ken Kesey.
Not a new book by any means, 1963 some of you will remember the movie starring Jack Nicholson but I’m here to tell you that the book is much better Nurse Ratchet is waiting with your medication. |
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sb001 Samba Member
Joined: May 19, 2011 Posts: 10406 Location: NW Arkansas
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Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 10:29 am Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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"Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Missing Shoelaces" by Donald J. Sobol.
An intriguing whodunit, Leroy Brown comes across a 5 year old crying on the local playground. His mother explains to the boy detective that someone stole the kid's shoelaces while he went to play in the sandbox, and pays the sleuth's required 25 cent fee to find them.
Usual suspects include the neighborhood bully Bugs Meany, but the story takes an intriguing twist as Sally Kimball, Encyclopedia's partner in crime-solving (and bodyguard) suddenly becomes a suspect as well.
A fairly brisk read at 8 pages, but a nice slow burn. Highly recommended. _________________ I'm the humblest guy on this board.
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Zundfolge1432 Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 3:48 pm Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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Raisin’ Cain The wild and raucous story of Johnny Winter by Mary Lou Sullivan with forward by Johnny Winter.
Excellent if you like Blues and Rock and Roll. Set in late 50s, 60s Beaumont Texas you get a feel for what it was like growing up an albino in the segregated south. Along with his brother Edgar also an albino they found acceptance through music and began playing while still in grade school. 362 pages of small print covers him through 2010 and he died in 2014. Looking over his entire body of work this guy was busy. My favorite was and still is 1971 Johnny Winter and Live with Rick Derringer. Find it on YouTube |
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dubsteez79 Samba Member
Joined: November 22, 2017 Posts: 194 Location: star nc
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Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2019 9:15 am Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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Welcome to the universe" by Neil Degrasse Tyson
"The common good" by Robert Reich was good as well. _________________ It drinks the coffee.
Then Engineers the things.
Then drinks the beer to forget the things. |
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Zundfolge1432 Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2019 9:06 am Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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Fart Proudly- Writings of Benjamin Franklin You Never Read in School
Edited by Carl Japikse.
As the title says this collection of writings is somewhat obscure my favorite being a letter written to the royal academy in 1783. In it he proposed and advocates the idea a pill or substance could be included into food and drink which would render flatulence inoffensive. He calls for a perfume of flower smell which would be pleasant and agreeable to all. Done with all seriousness but it is really an attempt at humor. Ol Ben was a wild and crazy guy
Some short some long, easily 30-40 different essays which show that side of Ben not well known. Good winter reading. |
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Zundfolge1432 Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2019 10:45 am Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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By chance I chose another odd book entitled “The Best America Shit Stories” By Michael Weiss. It’s a humorous bathroom reader full of short stories and weird bits of trivia like this quote by former POTUS Harry S. Truman ( be sure to google this quote)
“ Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day”
We have a few used book stores here and wife and I are voracious readers. That’s no BS. |
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calvinater Samba Member
Joined: September 06, 2014 Posts: 3333 Location: 802 The Pointless Forrest
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Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2019 12:58 pm Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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Or fresh turd. _________________ "Albatross"! |
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Zundfolge1432 Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2020 10:58 am Post subject: Re: Samba Book Club |
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Requiem For The American Dream The 10 Principals Of Concentration Of Wealth & Power. By Noam Chomsky |
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