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Today's post brought several books and CDs, including one I ordered a while ago, when I returned from my most recent trip abroad, but which only arrived this morning.

This means that tonight's reading will probably take the form of "Preaching to Patronizing" by Jeffrey Satkowski.
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Just ordered;

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Please let me know how you find the the Humboldt biography - or book - and whether you think it is worth ordering (and reading).
 
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Scepticalscribe said:
Today's post brought several books and CDs, including one I ordered a while ago, when I returned from my most recent trip abroad, but which only arrived this morning.

This means that tonight's reading will probably take the form of "Preaching to Patronizing" by Jeffrey Satkowski.
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Please let me know how you find the the Humboldt biography - or book - and whether you think it is worth ordering (and reading).
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Will do but started reading this that someone here recommended.

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I read The Wrong Side of Goodbye last week. Good book but not Michael Connellys best. However, he is always so consistent with keeping pace and dialogue realistic, making his boos always easy to read. It's a good story and it doesn't suggest that Harry Bosch as a character is becoming exhaustive.
 
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This afternoon, I read a book that had been delivered to my door by this morning's post, "Preaching to Patronizing - How Religion Made Me Lose My Faith" by an engaging young man named Jeffrey Satkowski.

This charts a genuine odyssey of the mind and is an honest - and, at times, slightly painful - account of the author's psychological and spiritual journey into - and, not without much extremely interesting internal examination - out of - the reaches of a rather demanding and extraordinarily unforgiving branch of the Christian faith.

A very interesting and thought provoking read.
 
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Scepticalscribe said:
This afternoon, I read a book that had been delivered to my door by this morning's post, "Preaching to Patronizing - How Religion Made Me Lose My Faith" by an engaging young man named Jeffrey Satkowski.
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Is it possible that the we know the author through virtual means? ;)
 
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Scepticalscribe said:
This afternoon, I read a book that had been delivered to my door by this morning's post, "Preaching to Patronizing - How Religion Made Me Lose My Faith" by an engaging young man named Jeffrey Satkowski.

This charts a genuine odyssey of the mind and is an honest - and, at times, slightly painful - account of the author's psychological and spiritual journey into - and, not without much extremely interesting internal examination - out of - the reaches of a rather demanding and extraordinarily unforgiving branch of the Christian faith.

A very interesting and thought provoking read.
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I enjoyed reading it and it is thought provoking.
 
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Ads for the movie looked interesting, I thought I'd go for some light reading. Essentially Young Adult Urban Fantasy, I didn't think it was bad, just okay. It's also not Harry Potter. Hard to say if it's worth the rest of the series, but I expect I'll see the movie at least.
 
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I recently found this small jewel while browsing shelves at my local Half Price Books... I couldn't pass on this, so this is what I am reading now.

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By the way, @Scepticalscribe I think that you're a WWII buff. One of the notes in the book points out to a 1955 short study on the French reaction after the occupation of Rhineland. I found the PDF, let me know if you want it. It describes, almost hour by hour, how the French government messed up - pressured in part by the UK, and it underlines how important was the fact that the French mentality was stuck in a very old mindset that basically allowed in 1936 for the full rise of Hitler.
 
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yaxomoxay said:
I recently found this small jewel while browsing shelves at my local Half Price Books... I couldn't pass on this, so this is what I am reading now.

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By the way, @Scepticalscribe I think that you're a WWII buff. One of the notes in the book points out to a 1955 short study on the French reaction after the occupation of Rhineland. I found the PDF, let me know if you want it. It describes, almost hour by hour, how the French government messed up - pressured in part by the UK, and it underlines how important was the fact that the French mentality was stuck in a very old mindset that basically allowed in 1936 for the full rise of Hitler.
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I'd imagine that Henry Kissinger is always well worth reading, - and listening to. If not always heeding. A most interesting and extraordinarily informed and intelligent man. Moreover, notwithstanding his arrogance, and evident brilliance, and occasional cynicism, he always struck me as someone who was wedded to the concept of 'public service' - and, if he was wrong, or wrong-headed - at least his motivations came from a place where he thought the public good was being served.

Re WW2, yes, I suppose it could be said that I am a bit of a "WW2 buff".

Quite apart from my profession as a historian - and I find the entire 20th century extraordinarily interesting, there is also some personal stuff: An uncle of mine by marriage, who was a Flight Lieutenant with the RAF, he served as a pilot with Coastal Command - was killed during the war, - I have his ring and still wear it, and was also left his 'wings' - and his wife, my mother's eldest sister, was herself a serving officer in the WAAFs.

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I may have finally secured an "in good condition" copy of Stephen King's Rage.
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Enjoy.
 
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Scepticalscribe said:
I'd imagine that Henry Kissinger is always well worth reading, - and listening to. If not always heeding. A most interesting and extraordinarily informed and intelligent man. Moreover, notwithstanding his arrogance, and evident brilliance, and occasional cynicism, he always struck me as someone who was wedded to the concept of 'public service' - and, if he was wrong, or wrong-headed - at least his motivations came from a place where he thought the public good was being served.

Re WW2, yes, I suppose it could be said that I am a bit of a "WW2 buff".

Quite apart form my profession as a historian - and I find the entire 20th century extraordinarily interesting (as I do the history of the 19th century)- an uncle of mine by marriage (he was a Flight Lieutenant with the RAF) was killed in the war, - I have his ring and still wear it - and his wife, my mother's eldest sister, was herself a serving officer in the WAAFs.
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Yes, reading Kissinger is an experience in its own right. His idealism, mixed with the need for actual governance, is a very interesting study. Certainly, he tried to revolutionize american political system by bringing historical study on the political decision-making process, although I think that after he left he probably failed in his mission.
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fitshaced said:
I just finished my second reading of The Last Coyote. Excellent book.

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About to start rereading The Poet which I think is Connellys best and I would highly recommend it.

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One my favorite authors.
[doublepost=1477611752][/doublepost]Just started the second novel in the Anna Fekete series 'The Defenceless' by Kati Hiekkapelto.
 
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Scepticalscribe said:
Hm.

Actually, I think Jeffrey Archer's short stories somewhat better than his novels.
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I quite enjoyed Kane and Able, Not a Penny more, not a Penny less and As the Crow Flies. That was "donkey's" years ago though. Don't know what i'd make of them today.
 
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