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Can you let me know what you think of 1776? Tim Send a noteboard - 11/01/2010 09:13:58 AM
1. 1776, by David McCollough


I've been meaning to read something about the formation of the USA, and somebody recommended this to me. But the wikipedia article says it's very military and largely ignores the politics, which is pretty much the opposite of what I'm looking for. Could I have your thoughts when you've read it?

2. The Red and the Black, by Stendhal


Rebekah read this last year as part of her list. I started it after she'd finished but found it pretty uninteresting, tbh. But it was probably just that it was too high-brow for me.

3. On the Road by Jack Kerouac (also on Tim's list, I noted)


My English teacher at school said this should be read in a single night in the company of a bottle of red wine. I'm hoping to be able to follow his advice.

5. Reading Ancient Egyptian Poetry by R.B. Parkinson


Do we have much poetry? I thought nearly everything was "And King X, who lives for ever, received 500 bushels of wheat as a tribute". What is their poetry like?

6. The Plague by Albert Camus


See my reply to Jonte.

7. Paradise Lost by John Milton


This would have been on my list as Rebekah was planning to take her copy with illustrations by Doré back from New Zealand. But unfortunately we didn't have the space in our luggage.

12. ??????????? ?? ????? by Vladimir Nabokov


I used Russian wikipedia to find out what that was in English before noticing your exchange with Larry :<img class=' />. Also, I never knew the Russian "G" could look like a backwards "S".

Vigilantibus non dormientibus jura subveniunt.

—Nous disons en allemand : le guerre, le mort, le lune, alors que 'soleil' et 'amour' sont du sexe féminin : la soleil, la amour. La vie est neutre.

—La vie ? Neutre ? C'est très joli, et surtout très logique.
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Well, if Tim can post his planned reads for 2010, so can I. Tom - 11/01/2010 02:34:47 AM 873 Views
I doubt it quite the same ways that book seems to have for you Larry - 11/01/2010 03:43:37 AM 797 Views
"Invitation to a Beheading" is the translated title *NM* Tom - 11/01/2010 03:55:06 AM 288 Views
Ah, I was wondering if it might be that one (obviously, I know very little Russian) Larry - 11/01/2010 04:04:14 AM 734 Views
I liked 1776. Darth_Katie - 11/01/2010 04:00:03 AM 807 Views
John Adams sounded good, but I've vowed to limit book-buying. Tom - 11/01/2010 01:41:50 PM 769 Views
Re: I liked 1776 and try The Johnstown Flood. One of my best reads for last year *NM* Nolan - 11/01/2010 03:33:24 PM 367 Views
Cool, I'll put it on the list. *NM* Darth_Katie - 11/01/2010 05:23:21 PM 365 Views
The Plague might disappoint you. jh - 11/01/2010 06:31:54 AM 720 Views
I was suspecting that: I studied some other Camus in school, but not that one. Tim - 11/01/2010 09:02:04 AM 740 Views
Well, then I'd have to buy it in French, and that gets me back to my old problem: Tom - 11/01/2010 01:42:35 PM 644 Views
Y'a pas de bonnes bibliothèques avec une section "Langues Étrangères" à New York? Tim - 11/01/2010 02:11:33 PM 694 Views
I'm too lazy to respond in French. Tom - 11/01/2010 02:37:41 PM 753 Views
Looks like you win. Can't find it on fnac.com either. Tim - 11/01/2010 02:55:10 PM 800 Views
I just can't justify buying a book I would want to keep in paperback. Tom - 11/01/2010 03:53:06 PM 742 Views
I would have thought "it's not available in hardback" was a good justification... *NM* Tim - 11/01/2010 03:55:56 PM 330 Views
Not for a book that I am sure is in hardcover somewhere... Tom - 11/01/2010 03:59:08 PM 713 Views
Are you sure it's in hardcover somewhere? *NM* Tim - 11/01/2010 04:00:54 PM 341 Views
It's a classic. How could it not be? Tom - 11/01/2010 04:03:07 PM 668 Views
Why would one do a new edition of a book that old - and that short - in hardcover? Legolas - 11/01/2010 05:00:04 PM 741 Views
Because it's a classic. Tom - 11/01/2010 05:06:51 PM 667 Views
I see. Legolas - 11/01/2010 05:46:06 PM 805 Views
Book culture is different in France. DomA - 12/01/2010 07:06:17 PM 813 Views
That's so sad! Tom - 12/01/2010 11:27:37 PM 640 Views
They do, but the price seems to be even steeper than that. Legolas - 12/01/2010 11:37:45 PM 812 Views
Re: They do, but the price seems to be even steeper than that. DomA - 13/01/2010 02:36:35 PM 669 Views
Re: That's so sad! DomA - 13/01/2010 02:24:53 PM 813 Views
Can you let me know what you think of 1776? Tim - 11/01/2010 09:13:58 AM 847 Views
Re: Can you let me know what you think of 1776? snoopcester - 11/01/2010 11:29:22 AM 677 Views
I had skimmed a part of it previously Tom - 11/01/2010 01:45:20 PM 681 Views
Oh, and regarding another of your points Tom - 11/01/2010 02:49:26 PM 859 Views
That's some pretty assonance . Tim - 11/01/2010 02:56:20 PM 812 Views
It's pretty straightforward Tom - 11/01/2010 03:57:41 PM 670 Views
Re: Well, if Tim can post his planned reads for 2010, so can I. snoopcester - 11/01/2010 11:32:53 AM 766 Views
I have a lot more on my "to read one day" list, but I don't want to read them all in one year. Tom - 11/01/2010 01:46:59 PM 710 Views
I assumed you would have... I just didn't have anything more interesting to say *NM* snoopcester - 11/01/2010 02:59:30 PM 344 Views
Try "Did you know sheep have no gag reflex?" next time. Tom - 11/01/2010 04:01:54 PM 681 Views
On the Road is a classic. everynametaken - 12/01/2010 04:08:11 AM 622 Views
I've read 2, 3 and 12. Vodalus - 13/01/2010 07:38:33 PM 820 Views
There is a more important question to ask Amys - 14/01/2010 08:04:51 AM 935 Views
She reads the same books over and over and over. Tom - 14/01/2010 05:08:20 PM 657 Views
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