Good reads

[Wayne Johnson]

Bob.  Shouldn't number five on your list read: When Corporations RULE the
World???

Haven't read the latest Le Carre...or if I have...I don't remember
it....d'oh.

B.

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Telebob's Reading list-  Stars for the really good stuff

A Nation of Salesmen - Earl Shorris
Fast Food Nation - Eric Schlosser*
The Constant Gardener - John Le Carre*
Killing Pablo - Mark Bowden
When Corporations Ruled the World - David Korten *
Big Trouble - Dave Barry *
Shomer-Tec 2002 Catalog of Law Enforcement and Military Equipment (not for
everyone)

bs




>From: mbuttons <mbuttons@gate.net>
>To: <austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net>
>Subject: Re: Good read
>Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 12:39:15 -0500
>
>on 12/26/2001 8:43 AM, EarthAnjel@aol.com at EarthAnjel@aol.com wrote:
>
>I really wish I had a good book to read
>
>
>Carol, et al,
>
>I'm enamored of a relatively new mystery series --- "novels of historical
>suspense" --- by Owen Parry:
>Faded Coat of Blue
>Shadows of Glory
>Call Each River Jordan
>
>The protagonist is a Welch immigrant, and Afghan veteran, who becomes a
>Union agent (detective NOT a spy)  in the U.S. Civil War. Not as
>gut-wrenching as All the Pretty Horses, but beautifully written with
>delightful flashes of Twain-like wit ... and compelling observations on the
>nature of war. Intriguing and timely comments and comparisons involving the
>"fierce Pushtoons"
>
>Recently read a Sherlock Holmes pastiche and was reminded that Watson also
>was an Afghan veteran.
>
>... and I'm seriously considering re-reading The Hobbit and the Trilogy ...
>right after I finish Harry Potter books three and four. They are great fun!
>Just started "The Professor and the Madman," --- an account of the
>compiling
>of the Oxford English Dictionary. It got rave reviews, but I'm too few
>pages
>into it to offer a personal opinion. Well written it is. That's immediately
>apparent.
>
>keepin' it light
>love
>m-a
>
>
>-- Mary Ann Wilson
>mbuttons@gate.net
>
>




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