Now reading (The Book Thread)

Discussion in 'Art & Culture' started by Avatar, Jun 30, 2006.

  1. river

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    Read the book by Bruce H. Lipton PH.D - The Biology of Belief ( Unleashing the power of consciousness , matter and miracles )

    Great read , picked it up yesterday , finished it today .

    Its about that DNA does not have the final say on who we are and who we could become .

    Epigenetics , the environment is what is important
     
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  3. sweetpea Valued Senior Member

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    Hi Janus58
    Remember I was wondering what made the producers of '2001: A Space Odyssey' select the 'Blue Danue' for the film?

    I was surprised to read this transcript of an interview with Patrick Moore.

    According to Patrick it seems he may have had something to do with the inclusion of the ' Blue Danube' in the film.

    https://subsaga.com/bbc/life/mark-lawson-talks-to/sir-patrick-moore.html

    I wonder if it's true??
     
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  5. wegs Matter and Pixie Dust Valued Senior Member

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    It's a rainy day here, meeting up with a friend to go bookstore browsing. In the mood for a sci-fi romance story.

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  7. James R Just this guy, you know? Staff Member

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    I think I recall reading that they had some music commissioned for the film, but either they didn't like it, or it wasn't ready yet, so they put in the Blue Danube as a filler, pending later substitution of the intended music. Patrick Moore may well have suggested it. Anyway, for whatever reason, the powers that be decided they liked it, so it was left in.
     
  8. LiteFeather09 Registered Member

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    I just started "The White Tiger" by by Aravind Adiga! It's quite interesting so far. I've read some good reviews about it, and a friend recommended it to me.
     
  9. sideshowbob Sorry, wrong number. Valued Senior Member

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    I'm currently rereading Sherlock Holmes for the umpteenth time. (I have three editions - two with the complete stories and novels and one with the illustrations from the Strand.) I'm surprised how inaccurate my memory is.
     
  10. Jeeves Valued Senior Member

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    Just finished 'Life after God' by Douglas Coupland. He writes wonderfully about the profound personal angst of people who seem to me a complete waste of West Coast Nirvana.
    Have just started 'Into the Same River Twice' by Francis Nevins. Competent, if rather dense, writing; a protagonist with some potential for sympathy; haven't got to the mystery yet.
     
  11. Jeeves Valued Senior Member

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    I couldn't possibly keep the stories, or subjects, straight in my head: I've read them at various times, at random, and seen several cinematic versions of the main ones: they all blur together.
    As do, for that matter, Miss Marple stories.
     
  12. Michael 345 New year. PRESENT is 72 years oldl Valued Senior Member

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  13. river

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    Michael J. Benton ; Dinosaurs Rediscovered ( first published in 2019 . In the UK and US )

    The Scientific Revolution in Paleontology

    " The final impression of ' Dinosaurs Rediscovered ' is one of infectious excitement...It belongs on the shelf of every adult collector of dinosaur books. "
    THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
     
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  14. James R Just this guy, you know? Staff Member

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    That looks like a good read.

    You surprised me, river.
     
  15. river

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    In a good way , I like to think . I needed a break in thinking ( I was getting bored ). I've always liked palaeontology so I looked up books on the latest thinking . And bought it .

    I'm on page 71 . ( in the condensed version , very small print . There is a normal size print available , which I will get as well ) . It really has been ; a very interesting read . An eye opener to the study , for me anyway . Just as important ; I am , Enjoying the read !
     
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  16. Beer w/Straw Transcendental Ignorance! Valued Senior Member

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    Not out yet but fuck me!

     
  17. river

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    So you would like to be Fucked by Donald Trump and would write a book about it , is this your point ?

    This a reading a book thread not free thoughts .

    Beer w/Straw . You replied in the wrong thread . Go away .
     
  18. Beer w/Straw Transcendental Ignorance! Valued Senior Member

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    Hooray?
     
  19. river

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    Up to you .

    Otherwise , Go Away .
     
  20. Beer w/Straw Transcendental Ignorance! Valued Senior Member

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    No.

    You, Go away.
     
  21. HawkI Registered Senior Member

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    Scud the disposable assassin.
     
  22. river

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    The book Beer w/Straw , the book , the book .

    The thread is about books , not your babbling about anything that comes to mind . Go Away .
     
  23. river

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    The Hidden Life of TREES . By , PETER WOHLLEBEN . What they Feel , How they Communicate .( Discoveries from a Secret World )

    250 pages of a smallish size book . Enjoy .
     

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