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11th June 15, 05:23 AM
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Ten Days That Shook the World John Reed
Glen McGuire
A Life Lived in Fear, Is a Life Half Lived.
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11th June 15, 09:34 AM
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A rare (for me) contemporary novel - "The Thousand Autumns Of Jacob De Zoet". The author, David Mitchell, takes a little known historical event (the 1808, HMS Phoebe, Nagasaki Harbour incident) and writes a beautiful novel around it.
Last edited by mookien; 11th June 15 at 09:41 AM.
I changed my signature. The old one was too ridiculous.
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11th June 15, 10:34 AM
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Just finished reading, again, "The Battles of the Somme",1st edition, by Philip Gibbs. When you know about the carnage of the Somme and lack of success in the gain of territory over 5 months in 1916. The heavily censored account written at the time by one of five official British war correspondents was a masterpiece of hints and suggestive thoughts on casualties and conditions. One needs to be able to read between the lines with this book.
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" Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the adherence of idle minds and minor tyrants". Field Marshal Lord Slim.
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11th June 15, 11:27 AM
#444
Would anyone object to moving this thread to our Library section?
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11th June 15, 12:47 PM
#445
 Originally Posted by Steve Ashton
Would anyone object to moving this thread to our Library section?
Good idea.
Allen Sinclair, FSAScot
Eastern Region Vice President
North Carolina Commissioner
Clan Sinclair Association (USA)
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11th June 15, 02:23 PM
#446
Yes to Steve’s suggestion.
The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life.
[Proverbs 14:27]
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11th June 15, 03:31 PM
#447
Glen McGuire
A Life Lived in Fear, Is a Life Half Lived.
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12th June 15, 08:25 PM
#448
picked up a good new one. Song of the Vikings by Nancy Marie Brown. I don't usually go for non-fiction. but this is fascinating, it's a historical, biography, sort-of sketch of the medieval Icelandic writer Snorri Sturulson. the one man responsible for everything we know today about Norse Mythology
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12th June 15, 09:29 PM
#449
Originally Posted by Superdan
picked up a good new one. Song of the Vikings by Nancy Marie Brown. I don't usually go for non-fiction. but this is fascinating, it's a historical, biography, sort-of sketch of the medieval Icelandic writer Snorri Sturulson. the one man responsible for everything we know today about Norse Mythology
If you enjoyed that, try "The Sagas of the Icelanders" with introductions by Robert Kellogg and Jane Smiley, et. al. It's over 700 pages containing 10 sagas, 6 tales, et. al., published by Penguin Books, 2001. It will keep you busy for a while. 
I changed my signature. The old one was too ridiculous.
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13th June 15, 05:43 AM
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The Poetry of Robert Service
Glen McGuire
A Life Lived in Fear, Is a Life Half Lived.
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