Literature and Latte

Posted: **Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:35 am**

Field Notes From A Catastrophe - Elizabeth Kolbert

And one or two closer to home...

Posted: **Thu Nov 15, 2007 8:39 pm**

Was Linda Colley's "Britons: Forging the Nation." Don't know whether British 18th century history is your thing but really a brilliant book.

Posted: **Fri Nov 16, 2007 4:33 am**

Skybluemornings wrote:Was Linda Colley's "Britons: Forging the Nation." Don't know whether British 18th century history is your thing but really a brilliant book.

Hmm...doing a definition search, "Forging" comes across as "to make falsely."

Posted: **Fri Nov 16, 2007 5:54 am**

Heat by Bill Buford.

Dave

Posted: **Fri Nov 16, 2007 6:15 am**

Agreed, but also 'forging' as in 'to forge' as in iron!:

1. The action of the vb. FORGE in various senses; an instance of the same. Also, used gerundially with the omission of in.

Forge: 1. trans. To make, fashion, frame, or construct (any material thing); = FABRICATE v. 1. Obs. exc. as coincident with transf. use of 2. to forge together: to frame together, weld.

2. To shape by heating in a forge and hammering; to beat into shape; to coin (money). Also with out.

b. absol. or intr. To work at the forge; to do smith's work.

Posted: **Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:38 pm**

Goldberg, Writing down the bones
Bettger, How I raised myself from failure to success in selling
Bhagavad Gita
Tao Te Ching
Rogers, Fighting to win
Caples, Making Ads Pay
Brande, Wake up and Live
Polya, How to solve it
Pirsig, Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance
Lakatos, Proofs and Refutations
Carnegie, How to stop worrying and start living
Tolle, The power of now
Feynman, Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

Posted: **Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:25 am**

Shinichi Suzuki, Nurtured by Love
Timothy Gallwey, Inner game of tennis

Posted: **Sun Dec 02, 2007 1:01 pm**

krautland wrote:I'm looking for a few nonfiction recommendations but right now am coming up empty.

Charlie Wilson's War - George Crile

Posted: **Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:09 pm**

The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers

Posted: **Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:26 pm**

Bob!
A Very Happy and Successful New Year

I`ve just noticed: You`ve got the same gap in your smile, as I have in mine

Take care
Vic

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:58 pm**

Cancel Your Own Goddam Subscription; William F. Buckley JR.

http://www.amazon.com/Cancel-Your-Own-Goddam-Subscription/dp/0465002420

Just finished it last night.

Great book.

By the way, perhaps if you read it, you might be able to explain to me what Immanentize the eschaton means.

Best,

Howard

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:48 pm**

The Empty Space by Peter Brook is incredible if that's your thing.

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:52 pm**

Boys of Summer wrote:Immanentize the eschaton

Fnord!

(You need to read The Illuminatus Trilogy)

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:58 pm**

Howard,

Boys of Summer wrote:you might be able to explain to me what Immanentize the eschaton means.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanentize_the_eschaton
vic

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:29 pm**

No, don't just tell him! Where's the fun in that?

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