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Old 08-01-2008, 05:24 PM
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The Art of Possibility by Benjamin Zander: http://www.benjaminzander.com/book/

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Where I'm Calling From, Raymond Carver

Collection of short stories in the minimalist mode of Hemingway or Chekhov, good stuff.
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Old 08-02-2008, 04:20 AM
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Twelve Ordinary Men

It's about the twelve Apostles and how they were just regular people like we are yet they were called to follow Jesus.
sounds pretty cool. let me know how you like it...
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Where I'm Calling From, Raymond Carver

Collection of short stories in the minimalist mode of Hemingway or Chekhov, good stuff.
i never liked hemingway's sparse style; but after devouring the Cormac McCarthy book (The Road), i need to give it another whirl. did you get that Borges book yet?

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I just finished Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose.

Recent books that I've read this year and would recomend:
All the Sundays yet to come by Kathryn Bertine (This was written by a close friend of ours)
Complications by Atul Gawande
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
I know this much is true by Wally Lamb
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
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Not necessarily the last book I read, but The Long Tail by Chris Anderson is a really interesting book about how smart technologies like Amazon etc. are using - which keeps track of your purchases and recommends similar items - are helping to aid the growth of niche markets. Since the internet allows for unlimited "shelf space", people can find niche items that they might not normally come across in a Brick and Mortar store.
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Old 08-02-2008, 09:55 PM
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i never liked hemingway's sparse style; but after devouring the Cormac McCarthy book (The Road), i need to give it another whirl. did you get that Borges book yet?

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Agreed, the only Hemingway I could get through was The Sun Also Rises.

Right now I'm working on a light mystery, James Lee Burke "Swan Peak", but I'm sorta loosing interest.
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