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#21
11-30-2004, 01:52 AM
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Re: With apologies to Ed Miller, your favorite read of the last year
The Bible and it's not close
oh and "The Ragamuffin Gospel" by Brennen Manning and Tournament Poker for Advanced Players by David Sklansky 
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#22
11-30-2004, 01:52 AM
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Re: With apologies to Ed Miller, your favorite read of the last year
Ed Millers book was very, ah, good - in a poker sense. Being the kind, gentle soul that I am, I will refrain from saying anything more.
Favorite read of last year had to be Lonesome Dove. Surprisingly good. I think I made a post about it. Right now I'm on light reading, I have a set of P.G. Wodehouse novels about Life at Blandings Castle. All ripping good fun. For more devilish reading, I just picked up a book called: The Book of Poisonous Quotes, Compiled by Colin M. Jarman. Right up my alley. A sample: As for you, little envious Prigs, snarling, bastard, puny Criticks, you'll soon have railed your last: Go hang yourself. - Francois Rabelais Good breakfast material. -Zeno
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#24
11-30-2004, 07:22 AM
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Re: With apologies to Ed Miller, your favorite read of the last year
They're not exactly classics, but I really enjoyed these:
Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs -- Chuck Klosterman Dry -- Augusten Burroughs The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time -- can't remember author Big Deal-A Year as a Professional Poker Player -- Anthony Holden Stiff -- Mary Roach
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#25
11-30-2004, 10:19 AM
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Re: With apologies to Ed Miller, your favorite read of the last year
Mr Nice. Great book about an ex hippie who went to Oxford and then got into dealing weed and hash on huge global levels. Although he never lived in the US and didn't really sell dope there. The DEA bagged him after years and sent him to prison. Great book.
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#26
11-30-2004, 11:21 AM
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Re: With apologies to Ed Miller, your favorite read of the last year
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time -- can't remember author [/ QUOTE ] Mark Haddon. I couldn't get through it, myself. Not even in the summer, on the beach. Along a similar vein, I'm reading Motherless Brooklyn (Tourette's ~ autism in my mind, I guess) now and having a good time.
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#27
11-30-2004, 11:44 AM
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Re: With apologies to Ed Miller, your favorite read of the last year
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As for you, little envious Prigs, snarling, bastard, puny Criticks, you'll soon have railed your last: Go hang yourself. - Francois Rabelais [/ QUOTE ] Francois who? I was gonna guess Stuey from Family Guy. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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#29
11-30-2004, 02:22 PM
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Re: With apologies to Ed Miller, your favorite read of the last year
Disgrace, by J.M. Coetzee.
Also read Animal Farm for the first time [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img], thought it was a great book.
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#30
11-30-2004, 03:15 PM
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Re: With apologies to Ed Miller, your favorite read of the last year
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Favorite read of last year had to be Lonesome Dove. Surprisingly good. I think I made a post about it. [/ QUOTE ] Streets of Laredo is good too. The other two in the series are decent, but not the quality of Lonesome Dove and SoL.
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