jazzbo Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 This is the one I had/maybe still have: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 This is the one I had/maybe still have: ← That's the one. Yuck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 Let's find a way to this place. . .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alankin Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 Dennis Overbye – Einstein in Love: A Scientific Romance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold_Z Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 Let's find a way to this place. . .. ← I LOVE THAT COVER ! We have a record cover thread.....we need a book cover thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold_Z Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 I have some real old Mickey Spillane and Raymond Chandler paperbacks with GREAT covers. I have to see if I can find them online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 Mark Haddon: The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 This is the one I had/maybe still have: ← That's the one. Yuck! ← Same one I remember being vaguely embarrased by all those years ago, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 Mark Haddon: The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time ← Not a bad little book. I especially enjoyed the post-modern/post-Oprah gesture of including a reading group guide at the end of the book. Or was that the publisher who did that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 The Great Inluenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague In History, by John M. Barry. Can't imagine what gave me the notion to pick this one up... Seriously, the first few chapters, about the state of medicine in the United States in the 19th century, are eye-opening and frightening. Most states didn't even require any certification for doctors at all! Medical schools had no requirements. Yikes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alankin Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 The Great Inluenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague In History, by John M. Barry. Can't imagine what gave me the notion to pick this one up... Seriously, the first few chapters, about the state of medicine in the United States in the 19th century, are eye-opening and frightening. Most states didn't even require any certification for doctors at all! Medical schools had no requirements. Yikes! ← Similar to today's requirements for Supreme Court justices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul secor Posted October 30, 2005 Report Share Posted October 30, 2005 Sidney Bechet's autobiography, Treat It Gentle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted October 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2005 Daniel Aaron's AMERICAN NOTES and Herman Hesse's THE GLASS BEAD GAME. I went on the usual Hesse kick when I was a late-teen, but never got around to reading this one (or JOURNEY TO THE EAST, for that matter). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted October 30, 2005 Report Share Posted October 30, 2005 Rebecca's Children: Judaism and Christianity in the Roman World, by Alan F. Segal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank m Posted October 31, 2005 Report Share Posted October 31, 2005 I had read the Bechet bio years ago and was astounded at the poetic turn of phrase to be found in many parts. I was then told by someone in the publishing game that it was ghost written by a then-famous writer of the time. But dadblast it, I can't be sure. The name John Ciardi comes to mind, but I'm not sure. Whoops-I just asked my wife who knows all this stuff. She confirms that it was Ciardi! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold_Z Posted October 31, 2005 Report Share Posted October 31, 2005 This is the one I had/maybe still have: ← That's the one. Yuck! ← Same one I remember being vaguely embarrased by all those years ago, too. ← THAT'S THE ONE ! I just finished rereading it from that edition. I enjoyed it as much or more as I ever have in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted October 31, 2005 Report Share Posted October 31, 2005 The Great Inluenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague In History, by John M. Barry. Can't imagine what gave me the notion to pick this one up... Seriously, the first few chapters, about the state of medicine in the United States in the 19th century, are eye-opening and frightening. Most states didn't even require any certification for doctors at all! Medical schools had no requirements. Yikes! ← Whaddaya want, anyway? They're just body mechanics. Trial and error. How about that bird flu? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold_Z Posted October 31, 2005 Report Share Posted October 31, 2005 This is the edition I used to have, but I just rebought it in order to reread it. The SIREENS put me in the mood for more Vonnegut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted October 31, 2005 Report Share Posted October 31, 2005 The Great Inluenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague In History, by John M. Barry. Can't imagine what gave me the notion to pick this one up... Seriously, the first few chapters, about the state of medicine in the United States in the 19th century, are eye-opening and frightening. Most states didn't even require any certification for doctors at all! Medical schools had no requirements. Yikes! ← Whaddaya want, anyway? They're just body mechanics. Trial and error. How about that bird flu? ← Yeah, and "science" is no better than homeopathy...and y'cain't prove no diffrent, dagnabit!! How about that bird flu, you ask? Just one mutation from armagedon. In a word, "yikes." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted October 31, 2005 Report Share Posted October 31, 2005 Yikes indeed, BruceH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheldonm Posted October 31, 2005 Report Share Posted October 31, 2005 Let's find a way to this place. . .. ← I LOVE THAT COVER ! We have a record cover thread.....we need a book cover thread. ← ...I dig chicks with purple hair! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free For All Posted October 31, 2005 Report Share Posted October 31, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted October 31, 2005 Report Share Posted October 31, 2005 Myla Goldberg: Wicketts Remedy - novel about the 1918 flu epidemic Exquisite writing (IMHO). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted November 1, 2005 Report Share Posted November 1, 2005 On a Phillip Roth kick, I guess. Just finished My Life as a Man. Pretty harrowing. An account of a Strindbergian marriage, a true Dance of Death. But somehow funny, too. Not as good as The Ghost Writer, but probably Roth's first triumph after being seriously derailed by the aftermath of Portnoy's Complaint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted November 1, 2005 Report Share Posted November 1, 2005 ← I read that one a year or so ago. Essential. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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