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shep

shep

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what are some good books you are reading/read?

Right now i'm reading Ain't No Makin' It: Aspirations and Attainment in a Low-Income Neighborhood by Jay MacLeod.

It's really good. guy lives and studies to diff "gangs" of kids in the projects and how that effects their outlook on life.
 
Mac Buddha

Mac Buddha

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Right now i've just started reading a book called Red Diaper Baby: A Boyhood in the age of McCarthyism by James Laxer. It's about his life growing up with communist parents, during McCarthyist times. Its interesting so far.
 
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Ethereal

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I guess I'll post it in here as well. Has anyone read The Republic of Plato or Pragmatism and other writings, by William James.
 
shep

shep

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Nitro the Guru said:
I guess I'll post it in here as well. Has anyone read The Republic of Plato or Pragmatism and other writings, by William James.
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no, but my beliefs are strongly associated with pragmatism, so i plan on reading james
 
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just finished reading neal stephensons "snow crash" ... a good read for sure..
 
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WHITE DEVIL

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The Middle East: A history - Bernard Lewis
Illiberal democracy; the future of freedom - fareed zakaria
libyan sandstorm - forsythe
At issue: politics in the world Arena - Steven Spiegel
Culture as given; Culture as Choice - Kier van der Elst
Who's Looking out for You - Bill O'Reilly (LMFAO)
 
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DubbC415

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just finished Last Exit to Brooklyn, and Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr. two classic American novels.


am reading:
Richard Price-Clockers
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
An Anthology of the The Best Short Stories by Black Writers (1899-1967) and (1967-1995)
 
B-Buzz

B-Buzz

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Most recently read

American Gods by Neil Gailman
Darkness Take My Hand by Dennis Lehane (wrote Mystic River)
Casino by Nicolas Pileggi
Kings of the Hill by Nolan Ryan (has some funny ass stories)
The Outfit:The Shaping of Chicago's Mob on Modern America by Gus Russo

I just got North Dallas Forty by Peter Gent, and Godplayer by Robin Cook from the Dollar Store today, does anybody know if these are any good?
 
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naner12 said:
how is this book?
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It's a good read...pretty much an autobiography, he talks about being a junkie, pretty simple and plain, but his ideas about being dope sick, and then kicking, and the dope sick cells regenerating stronger than before are pretty wild...he paints vivid word pictures.
 
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