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Postby Shao Feng-Li » Sat Mar 01, 2008 8:17 pm

Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy
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Postby Technomancer » Sat Mar 01, 2008 8:47 pm

Currently, I've picked up a copy of David Beerling's "The Emerald Planet: How Plants Changed Earth History". which covers both the evolution of land plants and the impact they've had on the Earth's geology and climate over the past 425 million years or so. The author also discusses the implications this has for our own understanding of current climate and our affect on it.

http://www.amazon.com/Emerald-Planet-Plants-Changed-History/dp/0192806025/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1204432951&sr=8-1
The scientific method," Thomas Henry Huxley once wrote, "is nothing but the normal working of the human mind." That is to say, when the mind is working; that is to say further, when it is engaged in corrrecting its mistakes. Taking this point of view, we may conclude that science is not physics, biology, or chemistry—is not even a "subject"—but a moral imperative drawn from a larger narrative whose purpose is to give perspective, balance, and humility to learning.

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Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge

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Postby GhostontheNet » Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:46 pm

I just finished reading The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis and Fear and Trembling by Soren Kierkegaard. I'll probably go on to read Either/Or by Soren Kierkegaard.
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Postby PolarHeat » Tue Mar 04, 2008 7:26 pm

I've finished Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller, and now I'm reading Searching for God Knows What, another book by Donald Miller. If anyone gets the chance to read any of his books, don't pass up the opportunity. They are life-changing and amazing books.
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Postby ich1990 » Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:12 pm

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Financial Peace, by Dave Ramsey

25 Myths You've Got to Avoid If You Want to Manage Your Money Right, by Jonathan Clements

Space Trilogy, by C.S. Lewis

As well as many assorted essays on theology, apologetics, and science at www.godandscience.org
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Blink, by Ted Dekker
Where an Eidolon, named night, on a black throne reigns upright.
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Postby uc pseudonym » Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:45 pm

The Faerie Queen by Edmund Spenser
The Apology for Poetry by Sir Philip Sidney

No real comments, actually. Early modern period and working toward the present.
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Postby Htom Sirveaux » Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:43 pm

Picked Mark Z. Danielewski's [color="Blue"]House[/color] of Leaves back up after a long enough hiatus. I'd forgotten just how amazing this book is. Next on the list (probably) is Thomas Pynchon's Against the Day. Also reading Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters on the side. I don't plan to stop reading Discworld books anytime soon.
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Postby jon_jinn » Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:09 pm

reading Homer's The Odyssey for school.
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Postby Sheenar » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:01 pm

Still reading The Phantom of the Opera

Man, with all the stuff I have to read for school, I've kind of had to put my reading aside. Dang, I want to finish the book! It's so good!

I'm also reading Lord, I Want to be Whole by Stormie Omartian
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Postby mitsuki lover » Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:07 pm

So far the only reading I have been doing in the past week has been going through my Supergirl collection and re-reading the Carnivean story arch.
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Postby rocklobster » Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:58 pm

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseni.
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Postby the_wolfs_howl » Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:15 am

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling. I'm...er...researching :hits_self
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Postby uc pseudonym » Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:46 pm

The Sonnets by William Shakespeare

If that is his real name.
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Postby uc pseudonym » Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:54 pm

The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

I'm vaguely irritated, as I wanted to read Goethe's version. This one is rather easy to follow but the content itself is somewhat disappointing (I've only read two acts). Some scholarship indicates that Marlowe intended to make the protagonist a representation of Martin Luther. I haven't come to any opinion regarding that yet, but if so I'm somewhat disappointed in the author's method of pushing his agenda.
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Postby the_wolfs_howl » Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:27 am

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling. My third-favorite of the series (Deathly Hallows being my first and Chamber of Secrets being my second).
You can find out things about the past that you never knew. And from what you've learned, you may see some things differently in the present. You're the one that changes. Not the past.
- Ellone, Final Fantasy VIII

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Postby GeneD » Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:15 am

Monstrous Regiment by Mr. Terry Pratchett. So far it's brilliant as always.
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Postby ich1990 » Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:36 pm

Just finished Blink by Ted Dekker.

Originally, I avoided this book because of the plot: "Blonde surfer dude rescues Arabian Princess."

Eventually, however, I decided to read it. This is a Dekker book after all, it can't be that bad. Well, I am glad I did read it. It is not my absolute favorite, but it ranks right up there. I would recommend it as a gateway book to draw people into Dekker's other faster paced (Thr3e) or longer (Showdown series & Circle Trilogy) works.

A more accurate summary is this: Blonde surfer dude with an IQ 193 starts seeing multiple possible futures and stumbles into an Arabian Princess who has a dozen assassins attempting to kill her at any given moment. Together, they must get past their religious and cultural differences. And not get shot. Throw in an Islam vs. Christianity theological disccussion and a couple of gunfights and you have "Blink". 9/10
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Postby Technomancer » Sat Mar 22, 2008 8:10 am

"Multiple Channel Hybrid Active Noise Control Systems" by X. Kong, et al. I'm reading this for a contract I'm working on.
The scientific method," Thomas Henry Huxley once wrote, "is nothing but the normal working of the human mind." That is to say, when the mind is working; that is to say further, when it is engaged in corrrecting its mistakes. Taking this point of view, we may conclude that science is not physics, biology, or chemistry—is not even a "subject"—but a moral imperative drawn from a larger narrative whose purpose is to give perspective, balance, and humility to learning.

Neil Postman
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Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge

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Postby mitsuki lover » Sat Mar 22, 2008 2:56 pm

Also during my shopping binge I bought Robert Asprin's:
MYTH-ion Improbable another one of the continuing MYTH-adventures of
Skeeve and Aahz.This one features vegan cowboys and vampire cows!
Read it yesterday and today.
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Postby uc pseudonym » Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:06 pm

What's So Amazing About Grace? by Philip Yancey

Light reading picked up on a whim because this very question has been in my mind recently. I find it encouraging about Christianity as an ideology but not really related to things that apply to me.
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Postby Angel Tifa » Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:16 pm

Right now I'm reading one of my old text books from last semester just because. It's called "12 Plays A Portable Anthology" by Janet E. Gardner. Now because that textbook was relevant to my college major, I never minded reading textbooks for that reason.
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Postby Sheenar » Mon Mar 24, 2008 6:26 am

Understanding Zoonotic Diseases --for class
Currently reading about plague...
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Postby mitsuki lover » Mon Mar 24, 2008 11:58 am

Why Pandas Do Handstands,and other curious truths about animals by
Augustus Brown.

Apparently Minke Whales can communicate up to 2,000 miles away!
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Postby Tyrel » Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:17 pm

I'm currently reading "Three views on Creation and Evolution" which allows the three typically Christian and orthodox views, namely YEC, OEC, and TE, to be presented each by select representatives of each case. The Young Earth Creationist case was very genuine, admitting that at the present nearly all the scientific evidence was beset against the position. Very interesting case, however, focusing primarily on the issue of the philosophy of science. I read a review that said the Old Earth Creationist case was obviously made to look better than the others, as the end of each 'paper' from the respective camps is reviewed briefly by a board of professionals {a scientist, a philosopher, a theologian, etc} who happened to all be OEC's themselves. I myself am a Theistic Evolutionist, and Howard J. Van Till was the one given the honours of representing TE. I'm really looking forward to getting to the section of the book where he presents his case. Because OEC and YEC have so much philosophy in common with regards to scientific inquiry, among other things, and because Theistic evolution, to the average conservative ear, sounds quite liberal, he was given twice the word limit of the other presenters. Actually, they chose him because he offers probably one of the most, if not the most, conservative articulation and understanding of TE.


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Postby Aileen Kailum » Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:12 pm

Homeward Bounders by Diana Wynne Jones
Need some excitement and meaning to brighten your bleak existence? Enter the CAA Monthly Manga contest!
(Warning: side affects may/will include irritability, the cramping of hands, frustration, and/or loss of sleep.)

Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades
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Postby Shao Feng-Li » Mon Mar 31, 2008 12:05 pm

Star Wars: Champions of the Force by Kevin J. Anderson
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Postby uc pseudonym » Mon Mar 31, 2008 12:53 pm

Paradise Lost by John Milton

A book of discussions, it seems. At least things happen every so often.
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Postby bigsleepj » Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:31 pm

• Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman
• The Golden Fool by Robin Hobb
• 900 Grandmothers by RA Lafferty
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Postby GhostontheNet » Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:29 pm

The Idea Of The Holy by Rudoph Otto
Anne Of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
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Postby mitsuki lover » Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:18 pm

On Monday and Tuesday I read The Vikings by Ian Heath.Also on Monday I found a new edition of The Voyage of the Beagle in the public library.Ought to read it one of these days...if I get around to it.
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