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    Horace
    wrote on 27 Sept 2022, 14:20 last edited by
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    https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Wirtschaft/Preise/Verbraucherpreisindex/Methoden/Downloads/waegungsschema-2015.pdf;jsessionid=1ADB7E9797648B71042CFA95AE127CC5.live731?__blob=publicationFile

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      George K
      wrote on 2 Oct 2022, 00:11 last edited by
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      Finished this today. Nice, involved, mystery with a good twist at the end. The book introduces Jack McEvoy, a reporter who appears in a few Bosch books.

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      Gonna pick this up tomorrow. I enjoyed the series, so it'll be interesting. I read one of Steinhauer's other books ("The Bridge of Sighs") and it was...okay. Hope this doesn't disappoint.

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      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      • C Catseye3
        27 Sept 2022, 13:47

        @George-K said in What are you reading now?:

        Where to begin?

        George, look here: https://www.zgws.org/zgwsstrt.php

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        George K
        wrote on 3 Oct 2022, 19:56 last edited by George K 10 Mar 2022, 19:56
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        George, look here: https://www.zgws.org/zgwsstrt.php

        Started this last night.

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        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          George K
          wrote on 8 Oct 2022, 13:08 last edited by
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          "All The Old Knives?" Meh. The movie was actually better.

          "Riders of the Purple Sage?" Wonderful prose and fabulous descriptions. There was a TNT movie made based on the book (one of several) starring Ed Harris that I'm told was faithful to the book. I'll try to seek it out. Grey left the ending kind of ambiguous as to what happens to the protagonist. Supposedly that's explained in "The Rainbow Trail." I might pick that up soon.

          But in the meantime, this is next:

          I loved neurology when I was a student, so this might be fun.

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          Early studies of the human brain used a simple method: wait for misfortune to strike -- strokes, seizures, infectious diseases, horrendous accidents -- and see how victims coped. In many cases their survival was miraculous, if puzzling. Observers were amazed by the transformations that took place when different parts of the brain were destroyed, altering victims' personalities. Parents suddenly couldn't recognize their own children. Pillars of the community became pathological liars. Some people couldn't speak but could still sing.

          In The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons, Sam Kean travels through time with stories of neurological curiosities: phantom limbs, Siamese twin brains, viruses that eat patients' memories, blind people who see through their tongues. He weaves these narratives together with prose that makes the pages fly by, to create a story of discovery that reaches back to the 1500s and the high-profile jousting accident that inspired this book's title.

          With the lucid, masterful explanations and razor-sharp wit his fans have come to expect, Kean explores the brain's secret passageways and recounts the forgotten tales of the ordinary people whose struggles, resilience, and deep humanity made neuroscience possible.

          I enjoyed Oliver Sacks' books - so this might an interesting companion.

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            Catseye3
            wrote on 8 Oct 2022, 14:43 last edited by Catseye3 10 Aug 2022, 14:44
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            Blurbs I Never Finished Reading

            With charming and moving anecdotes from his experiences in a tight-knit community, an undertaker . . . (The Undertaking)

            Ember is a cupcake-baking werewolf who . . . (Huntress Born)

            A small cat with a big job, Mr. Fluffikins was . . . (Paranormal Temp Agency)

            What is the meaning of life? (What’s It All About?)

            How can we turn the American economy around? (Building the New Economy with Forward by Bernie Sanders)

            A zoologist crafts a detailed portrait of the timber rattlesnake . . . yeah, no. (America’s Snake)

            After her brother is transformed into a chipmunk . . . (A Chip on Her Shoulder)

            A Fields medalist illuminates his pioneering work in geometric analysis . . . Yuh, I’ll get right on that. (The Shape Of A Life)

            A doctor offers an insider’s look at life in an emergency room . . . oh, hellz no. (The Night Shift)

            As a distant star goes supernova, it sends an EMP towards Earth — and when it finally strikes, civilization collapses, . . . yeah, yeah, yeah. (Dark End)

            This offbeat and thoroughly delightful guide to housework makes doing chores seem fun, exciting, and rewarding . . . Tchyeah. (How to Get Things Really Flat)

            Didn’t even get past the title on this one. (Twins of Evil)

            An astronomer explores five potential scenarios for finding extraterrestrial life . . . Having enough trouble with this one, thanks. (All These Worlds Are Yours)

            This eye-opening read argues that many of today’s scientific results can’t be trusted . . . No duh? (Science Fictions)

            An enormous comet, more destructive than any the world has ever seen, threatens Earth. The fate of humanity depends upon a select few — including the president of the United States . . . well, we’re sure fucked, aren’t we? (The Inner Circle)

            This “fascinating and smartly written” book explores the history and nature of beavers . . . [giggle]; come on, Bookbub, this is a family list! (Once They Were Hats)

            Do you consider yourself particularly empathetic? . . . less so every day, baby. (The Space In Between)

            Are individualism and extreme competition jeopardizing our future? – GMAFB. (Out Of The Wreckage)

            This scientific exploration of humanity’s connection with trees . . . remembering the Smothers Brothers singing “I Talk To The Trees” and Tommy stops singing and rolls his eyes and stamps on the stage floor and says, ‘Hello, Stage! You used to be a tree, didn’cha?’ (The Heartbeat of Trees)

            Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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            • G George K
              8 Oct 2022, 13:08

              "All The Old Knives?" Meh. The movie was actually better.

              "Riders of the Purple Sage?" Wonderful prose and fabulous descriptions. There was a TNT movie made based on the book (one of several) starring Ed Harris that I'm told was faithful to the book. I'll try to seek it out. Grey left the ending kind of ambiguous as to what happens to the protagonist. Supposedly that's explained in "The Rainbow Trail." I might pick that up soon.

              But in the meantime, this is next:

              I loved neurology when I was a student, so this might be fun.

              Screen Shot 2022-10-08 at 8.07.16 AM.png

              Early studies of the human brain used a simple method: wait for misfortune to strike -- strokes, seizures, infectious diseases, horrendous accidents -- and see how victims coped. In many cases their survival was miraculous, if puzzling. Observers were amazed by the transformations that took place when different parts of the brain were destroyed, altering victims' personalities. Parents suddenly couldn't recognize their own children. Pillars of the community became pathological liars. Some people couldn't speak but could still sing.

              In The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons, Sam Kean travels through time with stories of neurological curiosities: phantom limbs, Siamese twin brains, viruses that eat patients' memories, blind people who see through their tongues. He weaves these narratives together with prose that makes the pages fly by, to create a story of discovery that reaches back to the 1500s and the high-profile jousting accident that inspired this book's title.

              With the lucid, masterful explanations and razor-sharp wit his fans have come to expect, Kean explores the brain's secret passageways and recounts the forgotten tales of the ordinary people whose struggles, resilience, and deep humanity made neuroscience possible.

              I enjoyed Oliver Sacks' books - so this might an interesting companion.

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              George K
              wrote on 9 Oct 2022, 23:52 last edited by
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              @George-K said in What are you reading now?:

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              It's...okay. Like many books of this ilk, it tries to be at least mildly scientific while a large part of it is the "freak show" aspect of these peoples' suffering.

              Knowing a little neuroanatomy, I found parts of it a bit boring and repetitive.

              However, the chapters on memory and its failings I found fascinating.

              For the layman, not a bad read. For me, 3 stars out of 5.

              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                George K
                wrote on 12 Oct 2022, 12:15 last edited by
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                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  George K
                  wrote on 15 Oct 2022, 00:54 last edited by
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                  That was typical Connelly. Good story, and perhaps a bit more involved than his other tales.

                  (This is not a "Bosch" book, by the way).

                  Having read "All The Old Knives" and being disappointed by it, I really wanted to give Steinhauer another shot. He's written a series of books based on one character. So, I started this today.

                  "Milo Weaver used to be a “tourist” for the CIA—an undercover agent with no home, no identity—but he’s since retired from the field to become a middle-level manager at the CIA’s New York headquarters. He’s acquired a wife, a daughter, and a brownstone in Brooklyn, and he’s tried to leave his old life of secrets and lies behind.

                  But when the arrest of a long-sought-after assassin sets off an investigation into one of Milo’s oldest colleagues and exposes new layers of intrigue in his old cases, he has no choice but to go back undercover and find out who’s holding the strings once and for all."

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                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    Friday
                    wrote on 15 Oct 2022, 06:29 last edited by
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                    I read Steinhauer's Tourist.

                    I give it 3.5 out of 5 stars.

                    Easy enough to read despite all the plots within plots; would have preferred more action; really liked the spy stuff (especially the turf war within the US); but didn't care about the wife or kid.

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                    • F Friday
                      15 Oct 2022, 06:29

                      I read Steinhauer's Tourist.

                      I give it 3.5 out of 5 stars.

                      Easy enough to read despite all the plots within plots; would have preferred more action; really liked the spy stuff (especially the turf war within the US); but didn't care about the wife or kid.

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                      George K
                      wrote on 15 Oct 2022, 12:04 last edited by
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                      @Friday said in What are you reading now?:

                      I read Steinhauer's Tourist.

                      I give it 3.5 out of 5 stars.

                      Easy enough to read despite all the plots within plots; would have preferred more action; really liked the spy stuff (especially the turf war within the US); but didn't care about the wife or kid.

                      Thanks...I'm only about ¼ of the way through it, and I find the family stuff overbearing and irrelevant.

                      This is the third Steinhauer book I've done. I gave up on "Bridge of Sighs" - too much talk and scene-setting without actually moving the story along. "All The Old Knives," as I said, was a better movie than book. If this doesn't grab me soon, I'll give up on this author.

                      If I want popcorn, I'll read Connelly.

                      If I want a thriller, I'll read Forsyth.

                      If I want top-notch spy stuff, well, there's only LeCarre', right?

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        Renauda
                        wrote on 15 Oct 2022, 17:50 last edited by Renauda
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                        Just started

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                        Elbows up!

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                        • R Renauda
                          15 Oct 2022, 17:50

                          Just started

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                          George K
                          wrote on 15 Oct 2022, 17:53 last edited by
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                          @Renauda looks like this was published before Chernow's biography. I believe Chernow's is considered the best. I loved it.

                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                          • G George K
                            15 Oct 2022, 17:53

                            @Renauda looks like this was published before Chernow's biography. I believe Chernow's is considered the best. I loved it.

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                            Renauda
                            wrote on 15 Oct 2022, 17:56 last edited by Renauda
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                            @George-K

                            I picked up a pristine hardcover copy of Chernow’s bio for a couple of dollars at a rummage sale in early summer. I have had this one for a couple of years - thought I would read it first then Chernow’s because the latter is considered the definitive bio of Grant.

                            Elbows up!

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                              15 Oct 2022, 17:56

                              @George-K

                              I picked up a pristine hardcover copy of Chernow’s bio for a couple of dollars at a rummage sale in early summer. I have had this one for a couple of years - thought I would read it first then Chernow’s because the latter is considered the definitive bio of Grant.

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                              Catseye3
                              wrote on 15 Oct 2022, 18:17 last edited by
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                              @Renauda Do you know about this fellow?

                              My Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies
                              https://bestpresidentialbios.com/about/

                              Stephen Floyd writes, "Given my fascination with the presidency and love of great writing, in 2010 I began collecting the best biographies of each of the presidents. In late 2012 I embarked on a quest to read them all – beginning with George Washington.

                              This site was initially created to log my journey and organize my thoughts. But 260 presidential biographies later it has evolved into something a bit larger…"

                              Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                              • R Renauda
                                15 Oct 2022, 17:50

                                Just started

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                                jon-nyc
                                wrote on 15 Oct 2022, 18:20 last edited by
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                                @Renauda

                                I read that some years ago. It was very good.

                                Only non-witches get due process.

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                                • C Catseye3
                                  15 Oct 2022, 18:17

                                  @Renauda Do you know about this fellow?

                                  My Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies
                                  https://bestpresidentialbios.com/about/

                                  Stephen Floyd writes, "Given my fascination with the presidency and love of great writing, in 2010 I began collecting the best biographies of each of the presidents. In late 2012 I embarked on a quest to read them all – beginning with George Washington.

                                  This site was initially created to log my journey and organize my thoughts. But 260 presidential biographies later it has evolved into something a bit larger…"

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                                  Renauda
                                  wrote on 15 Oct 2022, 18:21 last edited by
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                                  @Catseye3

                                  I didn’t but I do now. Thanks for the link.

                                  Elbows up!

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                                  • R Renauda
                                    15 Oct 2022, 17:50

                                    Just started

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                                    Copper
                                    wrote on 15 Oct 2022, 20:07 last edited by Copper
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                                    @Renauda said in What are you reading now?:

                                    Just started

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                                    Grant wins

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                                    • C Copper
                                      15 Oct 2022, 20:07

                                      @Renauda said in What are you reading now?:

                                      Just started

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                                      Grant wins

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                                      Renauda
                                      wrote on 15 Oct 2022, 20:12 last edited by Renauda
                                      #587

                                      @Copper

                                      It’s okay, I knew that already from my childhood collection of Civil War cards.

                                      I know you and George would probably remember those.

                                      Elbows up!

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                                      • R Renauda
                                        15 Oct 2022, 20:12

                                        @Copper

                                        It’s okay, I knew that already from my childhood collection of Civil War cards.

                                        I know you and George would probably remember those.

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                                        George K
                                        wrote on 15 Oct 2022, 20:17 last edited by
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                                        @Renauda said in What are you reading now?:

                                        I know you and George would probably remember those.

                                        Harrumph.

                                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                        • G George K
                                          15 Oct 2022, 20:17

                                          @Renauda said in What are you reading now?:

                                          I know you and George would probably remember those.

                                          Harrumph.

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                                          Renauda
                                          wrote on 15 Oct 2022, 20:24 last edited by Renauda
                                          #589

                                          @George-K

                                          C’mon George, at least we were there when the cards came out. Seems to me I still had some of those Confederate dollars that were included with the cards and bubblegum stick in each pack, kicking around when was in high school. Don’t know what ever happened to them.

                                          Elbows up!

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