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What are you reading now?

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  • George KG Offline
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    By the way, I just discovered that Amazon Prime has a documentary (3 parts) called "SAS Rogue Warriors." MacIntyre narrates and there are interviews with the actual members of the original SAS team.

    "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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      I'm surprised at how much I'm liking this book - particularly the audio version as there are live recordings. He does a real number on corruption in Miami. It's definitely worth a read.

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      I'm surprised at how much I'm liking this book - particularly the audio version as there are live recordings. He does a real number on corruption in Miami. It's definitely worth a read.

      Finished the book. He does segments on the Covid and opioid crisis along with some discussion of education, college admissions and diversity. It was a bit like his podcast. Overall, a decent and worthwhile book though I thought there would be more there.

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        Started reading William Shirer's Ghandi, A Memoir. Shirer was in India back in 1931 - aged around 27. Ghandi was 61. Shirer was the only American journalist there at the time covering Ghandi. So far, a good read. He got to spend some personal time with Ghandi. He said that Ghandi walked about 4 miles a day - at a pace that was challenging to Shirer.

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            A lifetime friend of mine who was a flight attendant wrote this. Reading it now.

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            "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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              Just finished this yesterday. I highly recommend if you are interested in the city of New Orleans. Wonderful book.

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              "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                @Mik how was the airline book?

                Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                  I just started Nexus, the latest from Yuval Noah Harari.

                  Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                    @Mik how was the airline book?

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                    @jon-nyc said in What are you reading now?:

                    @Mik how was the airline book?

                    It's good so far. I'm only a few pages in. What is really great is I recognize his voice in it.

                    "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                      I belong to a University Club and we have monthly books we read and then discuss--this book is in the "classic" area. We also have reading groups for modern fiction, historical fiction and non-fiction and maybe other things too. It introduces me to books I normally would not think of reading for myself.

                      Following the dialogue in this book is more difficult than reading Chaucer.

                      Flushing the toilet is like practicing the piano; you just cannot go too long without doing it.--Axtremus

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