ERayR Posted December 27, 2012 Posted December 27, 2012 how do you find Snuffer's book? all I know about him is he claims to have seen ChristJust getting into it but so far find it very good. Who am I too argue with him about that. It is the goal of all believers and is possible. So far I have found nowhere that he is trying to supplant the organized church order. Making ones calling and election sure a worthwhile goal and is illustrated in the account of the brother of Jared in the BoM.
3DOP Posted December 27, 2012 Posted December 27, 2012 Les Miserabiles, Victor HugoThe Liturgical Year Vol. 2, Christmas 1, Dom Gueranges 2
Kenngo1969 Posted December 27, 2012 Posted December 27, 2012 Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe in Arabic.Yeah ... cuz it'd be, like ... way too boring in English ... er somethin'!
rpn Posted December 27, 2012 Posted December 27, 2012 The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the ElementsWhy did Gandhi hate iodine (I, 53)? How did radium (Ra, 88) nearly ruin Marie Curie's reputation? And why is gallium (Ga, 31) the go-to element for laboratory pranksters?*The Periodic Table is a crowning scientific achievement, but it's also a treasure trove of adventure, betrayal, and obsession. These fascinating tales follow every element on the table as they play out their parts in human history, and in the lives of the (frequently) mad scientists who discovered them. THE DISAPPEARING SPOON masterfully fuses science with the classic lore of invention, investigation, and discovery--from the Big Bang through the end of time.*Though solid at room temperature, gallium is a moldable metal that melts at 84 degrees Fahrenheit. A classic science prank is to mold gallium spoons, serve them with tea, and watch guests recoil as their utensils disappear.
thesometimesaint Posted December 27, 2012 Posted December 27, 2012 Points all around.....amazing bookworms that you all are!I love books. The down side is that I could go book poor without strict limits on how many I purchase. 1
Nathair/|\ Posted December 27, 2012 Posted December 27, 2012 I just started Fool Moon by Jim Butcher and Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchet. I'm getting ready to re-read Since Cumorah by Hugh Nibley and I'm looking for the Táin Bó Cúailnge and Na Leabhar Gabhála na hÉireann in Gaelge and The Tempest in the original Klingon. 1
Rivers Posted December 27, 2012 Posted December 27, 2012 I love books. The down side is that I could go book poor without strict limits on how many I purchase. That's why I like libraries. 1
Freedom Posted December 27, 2012 Posted December 27, 2012 That's why I like libraries.Will Hunting: See, the sad thing about a guy like you is in 50 years you're gonna staht doin some thinkin on your own and you're gonna come up with the fact that there are two certaintees in life. One, don't do that. And Two, you dropped a hundred and fifty grand on a $#&?@ education you coulda got for a dollah fifty in late chahges at the public library 2
nosmelone Posted December 27, 2012 Posted December 27, 2012 Captain Underpants (sorry I was litterally reading to my 4 year old)Book of the Hopi by Frank Waters (3rd time just to see what all I missed the first two go arounds which is usually quite a bit)Visual Testament by Tom Cryers 1
Hamilton Porter Posted December 27, 2012 Posted December 27, 2012 I am currently reading Brigham Young: Pioneeer ProphetMe too. And RSR and The Charisma Myth by Olivia Fox Cabane. Also, the NT Wright book on Paul: A Fresh Perspective. 1
Hamilton Porter Posted December 27, 2012 Posted December 27, 2012 The Five Books of Moses by Robert AlterThe Art of Biblical Narrative was awesome.
ERayR Posted December 27, 2012 Posted December 27, 2012 (edited) The Art of Biblical Narrative was awesome.I'm told that the David one is also awesome. My son gave me an Amazon gift certificate so I now have it en route to my humble abode. Edited December 27, 2012 by ERayR 1
onefour1 Posted December 28, 2012 Posted December 28, 2012 I recently finished reading, "The Creature From Jekyl Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve" by G. Edward Griffin. This is an excellent read and very informative about the history of our banking system and its evils. I recommend this book. 2
Gohan Posted December 28, 2012 Posted December 28, 2012 I'm currently reading Pioneer Prophet as well. In addition, I started reading The Jungle Book for kicks yesterday, and I'm also getting ready to restart Mormon Thunder, which I started this summer but never finished. 1
Nevo Posted December 28, 2012 Posted December 28, 2012 I just finished The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Biography by John J. Collins (highly recommended!). Now I'm on to the third volume of the Churchill biography, The Last Lion. Others in the queue include the new BY biography, a book on the Dreyfus Affair, and the autobiography of Golda Meir. 3
Scott Lloyd Posted December 28, 2012 Posted December 28, 2012 That's why I like libraries.Or, if you don't mind reading digital copies of books in the public domain, Project Gutenberg..
Antoni Posted December 28, 2012 Posted December 28, 2012 For me I'm about halfway through ;Rough Stone Rolling by Richard Lyman BushmanRewrites - Neil Simon's Autobiography,Increase in Learning by David Bednar 2
WalkerW Posted December 28, 2012 Posted December 28, 2012 How is the Pagels book? I've thought about picking that up.So far, an excellent contextual summary. 1
mfbukowski Posted December 28, 2012 Posted December 28, 2012 So far, an excellent contextual summary.You are a walking bibliography! 1
thesometimesaint Posted December 28, 2012 Posted December 28, 2012 That's why I like libraries.I do to. I've never really stopped to count all my books in my personal library. I also own a Nook with a few hundred books on it. A couple of computer disks with thousands of book on them. I'd still go book poor.
Gohan Posted December 28, 2012 Posted December 28, 2012 Since I'm about to finish The Jungle Book, I started rereading Hugh Nibley: A Consecrated Life as well. Awesome book that. 1
Duncan Posted December 28, 2012 Posted December 28, 2012 Since I'm about to finish The Jungle Book, I started rereading Hugh Nibley: A Consecrated Life as well. Awesome book that.both excellent! 1
bdouglas Posted December 28, 2012 Posted December 28, 2012 Murder in the Cathedral, a play by T. S. Eliot treating the myth of Thomas a Becket. Too many themes to mention here, so I'll limit myself to a few words. This is definitely a play that has to be read with different voices in mind. Eliot was a masterful poet (to say the least), so his characters are revealed in patterns of speech. At times it jars; jangles; clashes, then soars, hitting you right between the eyes. The way voices weave in and out of unison really drives home the feeling of peril and iminent disaster. Personally, I think the scenes involving the tempters and the knights are particularly good (Priest! You have spoken in peril of your life. Priest! You have spoken in danger of the knife.), but the entire play is very moving.This is a seminal (audio) performance.[media=] I'm also reading David Assaf's Untold Tales of the Hasidism, which looks into some of the apostasies, violence, and dissent which have been all but excised from Hasidic history.Speak, Memory, by Vladimir Nabokov is a remarkable story about finding the patterns which repeat themselves in one's life. Nabokov has a sharp eye matched only by his sharper wit.I have never been able to get through "Murder In the Cathedral" and I have never seen it performed. It may be good poetry but I don't think it works as theater. But I do like "Becket" by Jean Anoulli (spelling?). Certainly not as deep Eliot but it is good theater.
bdouglas Posted December 28, 2012 Posted December 28, 2012 (edited) Right now I am reading "War and Peace" for the third (and last time). Edited December 28, 2012 by bdouglas 1
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