Duncan Posted December 26, 2012 Posted December 26, 2012 I got the new book on Christ by Robert Millet, the book on Temples by Elder Groberg and Between the Lines by Joseph McConkie-of which my 9 month old nephew is sleeping on...but what did books did you get? 1
Stargazer Posted December 26, 2012 Posted December 26, 2012 I'm sorry to report I got no books.Got a nifty axe, however! I suppose I can now train to be Gimli. Only problem is the axe is single, not-double bladed. 1
Duncan Posted December 26, 2012 Author Posted December 26, 2012 I'm sorry to report I got no books.Got a nifty axe, however! I suppose I can now train to be Gimli. Only problem is the axe is single, not-double bladed.Good stuff! who is Gimli? Gimli incidentally is a town in my province! awesome beach there too! 1
sunstoned Posted December 26, 2012 Posted December 26, 2012 I got a few. Some for work, and one for a diversion. Pro ASP.NET MVC 4, C# 3ed Edition, Crystal Reports 2011 for Developers, and World War Z by Max Brooks. 2
Gohan Posted December 26, 2012 Posted December 26, 2012 I got a copy of Civil War Saints, which was just published a little while ago. And a bundle of free books for the Kindle that I dug up on Amazon last night, mostly things on early American history. 1
Stargazer Posted December 26, 2012 Posted December 26, 2012 I got a few. Some for work, and one for a diversion. Pro ASP.NET MVC 4, C# 3ed Edition, Crystal Reports 2011 for Developers, and World War Z by Max Brooks.Crystal Reports! Oh, please, NO! You let it, it will turn you into a Zombie. I always pretend ignorance when folks at work ask if I know anything about CR. I'm not being truthful, but I hope NEVER to find myself back coding reports every again. 1
Stargazer Posted December 26, 2012 Posted December 26, 2012 Good stuff! who is Gimli? Gimli incidentally is a town in my province! awesome beach there too!Gimli, as in Gimli Son of Gloin, Elf-Friend, and a member of the Fellowship of the Ring. Not into LOTR, are you? 4
sunstoned Posted December 26, 2012 Posted December 26, 2012 Crystal Reports! Oh, please, NO! You let it, it will turn you into a Zombie. I always pretend ignorance when folks at work ask if I know anything about CR. I'm not being truthful, but I hope NEVER to find myself back coding reports every again.I hear you, but I don't have much choice in the matter. I'm suppose to be teaching this stuff in the upcoming semester.
Duncan Posted December 26, 2012 Author Posted December 26, 2012 (edited) Gimli, as in Gimli Son of Gloin, Elf-Friend, and a member of the Fellowship of the Ring.Not into LOTR, are you?never read the books! haha! also never read Harry Potter or anything by C.S. Lewis or anything else by Tokien. In fact I had never even heard of the Hunger Games until it came out in theatres and I never saw it! Edited December 26, 2012 by Duncan 1
Gohan Posted December 26, 2012 Posted December 26, 2012 never read the books! haha! also never read Harry Potter or anything by C.S. Lewis or anything else by Tokien. In fact I had never even heard of the Hunger Games until it came out in theatres and I never saw it!...This is a problem which requires immediate action...I know you're decently far from Rexburg, but I think you all need to come hang out with my roommates and I this semester and watch some movies... 1
Duncan Posted December 26, 2012 Author Posted December 26, 2012 (edited) ...This is a problem which requires immediate action...I know you're decently far from Rexburg, but I think you all need to come hang out with my roommates and I this semester and watch some movies...haha! thank you for the offer, if I lived closer I would! the first movie I saw when I got off my mission was the Matrix and honestly I couldn't even tell you who was in it or anything about it! I saw the first LOTR movie but thought it was too much like ET-they find this thing or get this thing, don't know what it is and attempt to get rid of it...I did see the Potter movies or some of them and meh Edited December 26, 2012 by Duncan 1
3DOP Posted December 26, 2012 Posted December 26, 2012 The Famine Plot, by Tim Pat Coogan,I don't need to be convinced that there was complicity on the part of some English people for the Potato Famine. But most probably didn't know. It wasn't the best of times over there either. I am not saying these kinds of books are unnecessary. You can't have informed opinions about current matters without being informed of the past. But I think I'll probably set it aside for when I am feeling a little feistier.F. Scott Fitzgerald, A Short Autobiography,I enjoy the literature that comes out of the 20's and 30's. I like the feel of Europe and of America between the wars. Rich and poor. I like the last Atlantic crossings and the fashions and the seminal music of the era. Maugham and Wodehouse and Forster are good when they stray off into the East too. I don't know why Hemingway doesn't do much for me. But Jay Gatsby...what a character. 3
Duncan Posted December 26, 2012 Author Posted December 26, 2012 The Famine Plot, by Tim Pat Coogan,I don't need to be convinced that there was complicity on the part of some English people for the Potato Famine. But most probably didn't know. It wasn't the best of times over there either. I am not saying these kinds of books are unnecessary. You can't have informed opinions about current matters without being informed of the past. But I think I'll probably set it aside for when I am feeling a little feistier.F. Scott Fitzgerald, A Short Autobiography,I enjoy the literature that comes out of the 20's and 30's. I like the feel of Europe and of America between the wars. Rich and poor. I like the last Atlantic crossings and the fashions and the seminal music of the era. Maugham and Wodehouse and Forster are good when they stray off into the East too. I don't know why Hemingway doesn't do much for me. But Jay Gatsby...what a character.we had relatives who came over from Ireland because of the potato famine, miraculously they survived somehow.Also had relatives kicked off during the Highland clearances, because of that we have been a stubborn family ever since! ha! hope you enjoy the books! 2
Scott Lloyd Posted December 26, 2012 Posted December 26, 2012 Doctrine and Covenants Reference Companion. Just out from Deseret Book. It's huge, with contributions from about 120 scholars, many, but not all, from BYU. I've had Book of Mormon Reference Companion for several years; been looking forward to the one covering the Doctrine and Covenants. These, plus the Joseph Smith Papers volumes published so far, which I also have, should keep me cogitating for a long while yet. 1
Duncan Posted December 26, 2012 Author Posted December 26, 2012 Doctrine and Covenants Reference Companion. Just out from Deseret Book. It's huge, with contributions from about 120 scholars, many, but not all, from BYU.I've had Book of Mormon Reference Companion for several years; been looking forward to the one covering the Doctrine and Covenants.These, plus the Joseph Smith Papers volumes published so far, which I also have, should keep me cogitating for a long while yet.looks like great reading! How do you find the Doctrine and Covenants companion so far? I might buy it 1
Garden Girl Posted December 26, 2012 Posted December 26, 2012 (edited) I enjoy the literature that comes out of the 20's and 30's. I like the feel of Europe and of America between the wars. Rich and poor. I like the last Atlantic crossings and the fashions and the seminal music of the era. Maugham and Wodehouse and Forster are good when they stray off into the East too. I don't know why Hemingway doesn't do much for me. But Jay Gatsby...what a character.I know what you mean... Most of Hemingway's dialog, particularly regarding women, always seemed superficial to me, like in spite of his personal reputation he really didn't know or understand women and it showed in his dialog.Though later, even worse was Saul Bellow. His writing bespoke his opinion of women...Fitzgerald was better at it IMO and captured that era... Perhaps it was that whole crazy era that influenced the writing of many authors.GG Edited December 26, 2012 by Garden Girl 1
Bernard Gui Posted December 26, 2012 Posted December 26, 2012 "Harbors and High Seas: An Atlas and Geographical Guide to the Complete Aubrey-Maturin Novels of Patrick O'Brian."Last year I was given the Aubrey-Maturin cook book. Spotted dog and lobscouse are really good! 1
volgadon Posted December 26, 2012 Posted December 26, 2012 "Harbors and High Seas: An Atlas and Geographical Guide to the Complete Aubrey-Maturin Novels of Patrick O'Brian."Last year I was given the Aubrey-Maturin cook book. Spotted dog and lobscouse are really good!I once wrote a savage satire on O'Brian... 1
Stargazer Posted December 26, 2012 Posted December 26, 2012 never read the books! haha! also never read Harry Potter or anything by C.S. Lewis or anything else by Tokien. In fact I had never even heard of the Hunger Games until it came out in theatres and I never saw it!Well, I read The Hobbit and LOTR many many years ago. Harry Potter... well, I read the first two. Not bad, but also not compelling. You are missing something by not reading anything by Lewis. I have not read the two fiction cycles he wrote, but if you haven't read Mere Christianity you are definitely missing something. You should get it and read it. I am like you with regard to the Hunger Games. I plan never to read the book or watch the movie. Likewise (and in spades) with the Twilight series.Incidentally, CS Lewis was an atheist until JRR Tolkien converted him to Christianity. They were good friends, although Tolkien was disappointed that Lewis joined the Anglican Church instead of Tolkien's own Catholic Church. 1
3DOP Posted December 26, 2012 Posted December 26, 2012 (edited) we had relatives who came over from Ireland because of the potato famine, miraculously they survived somehow.Also had relatives kicked off during the Highland clearances, because of that we have been a stubborn family ever since! ha! hope you enjoy the books!Duncan...of course...My people were Scots. Grandpa came down to the States from Nova Scotia around the turn of the century and built a big farm and gave it to Dad. That's about all I know. So anyway, as a displaced Scot, the real modern day Scot probably would scoff at this, but historically Scots and Irish are cousins. It was Irish who went over and moved out the Picts who were still pagan. Then they start calling us Scots. But as Irish, St. Patrick had come, we were already a civilization, and I can't deny the Ireland in me either. You Mormons probably think about this more than us. But I often wonder who my fathers are, whether they prayed for me. I know I pray for all who come out of these loins o' mine. I hope to see them some day in the light of heaven. If you make it, you get your Duncans to come over and say hey to us McKenzies if you want. Tell them I said you could. Hopefully I'll be there to say Amen and clap hands with you. heh.Merry Christmas,3DOP Edited December 26, 2012 by 3DOP 2
canard78 Posted December 26, 2012 Posted December 26, 2012 So far... God Never Blinks (50 bits of advice for life) and The Hunger Games for a bit of holiday pulp fiction (have seen the first film, but it made me want to get the depth of the book and then the trilogy).The big hope is at my family gathering today. Am holding out for one or more of: Temple & Cosmos, The God who Weeps, Rough Stone Rolling. I'll let you know.
JeremyOrbe-Smith Posted December 26, 2012 Posted December 26, 2012 Just in case you're not aware, Temple & Cosmos is available for free at the Maxwell Institute. Of course, I definitely understand the desire to have a nice hardcopy with all the illustrations. One of my favorite books ever. I didn't get any new books, but the ones I'm currently reading are: Mysteries of the Bridechamber: The Initiation of Jesus and the Temple of Solomon, by Victoria LePageThe Art of Memory, by Frances A. YatesThe Mythology of North America, by John Bierhorst
mercyngrace Posted December 26, 2012 Posted December 26, 2012 I got Givens' The God Who Weeps for my husband, effectively a gift for myself since he'll read it and mark up the margins with his notes but then hand it right over for me to read. 1
Scott Lloyd Posted December 26, 2012 Posted December 26, 2012 looks like great reading! How do you find the Doctrine and Covenants companion so far? I might buy itI've started to read it from the beginning (an odd thing to do with a reference work, I know) so I've read stuff about Aaron and Abraham so far. I expect its usefulness will come as I need to find answers or information on topics as they occur to me. The Book of Mormon companion was very useful to me for its content on, for example, the interpretation of "the great and abominable church" or "church of the devil".
Scott Lloyd Posted December 26, 2012 Posted December 26, 2012 I got a copy of Civil War Saints, which was just published a little while ago. And a bundle of free books for the Kindle that I dug up on Amazon last night, mostly things on early American history.Can you suggest some titles? I have a Kindle app on my iPod touch and have wished for some content on American history.
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