Ralphie ★ Posted August 12, 2022 Share #1 Posted August 12, 2022 I just finished Unmasked, My Life Solving America’s Cold Cases by Paul Holes, a retaared San Francisco area cop who now does tv shows that I have to try to catch. A very good book IMO. I posted it in the Books section. Just published in 2022 so hot off the press! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 12, 2022 Share #2 Posted August 12, 2022 I bought a Kindle. Then I got Kindle Unlimited. For $10 month I get unlimited books from their Unlimited library, which is not unlimited. I am trying new authors in the techno thriller space. Reading Marc Camerons "Jericho Quinn" stuff now. Sort of Tom Clancy meets Jack Reacher and James Bond. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 12, 2022 Author Share #3 Posted August 12, 2022 One of my car pool guys got in the habit of listening to audio novels like those. We liked Balducci and Decker the best, but Patterson is good too. Grisham even had a good one, The Rooster Bar. I abandoned my kindle paper white for the iPhone which I enjoy more because it is so \]{#> portable and convenient. But the paper white was fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 12, 2022 Share #4 Posted August 12, 2022 Just now, Philander Seabury said: One of my car pool guys got in the habit of listening to audio novels like those. We liked Balducci and Decker the best, but Patterson is good too. Grisham even had a good one, The Rooster Bar. You need to read / listen to Playing for Pizza by Grisham. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 12, 2022 Author Share #5 Posted August 12, 2022 1 minute ago, jsharr said: You need to read / listen to Playing for Pizza by Grisham. Thanks! Going to the liberry now so owl look for it. That sumbitch is at least an author and a half! I loved his change of pace book, Skipping Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted August 12, 2022 Share #6 Posted August 12, 2022 Murder in the Mews - a Poirot novel by Agatha Christie. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 12, 2022 Share #7 Posted August 12, 2022 6 minutes ago, Philander Seabury said: Thanks! Going to the liberry now so owl look for it. That sumbitch is at least an author and a half! I loved his change of pace book, Skipping Christmas. Have you read A Painted House by Grisham. Another change of pace, as is Playing for Pizza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted August 12, 2022 Share #8 Posted August 12, 2022 3 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: Murder in the Mews - a Poirot novel by Agatha Christie. Wow, I knew cats were not friendly like dogs, but Murder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted August 12, 2022 Share #9 Posted August 12, 2022 77 degf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonMakes Posted August 12, 2022 Share #10 Posted August 12, 2022 I just started reading a biography of Duke Ellington that I found in a used book store in Massachusetts while we were on vacation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted August 12, 2022 Share #11 Posted August 12, 2022 Gandi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 12, 2022 Author Share #12 Posted August 12, 2022 25 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: 77 degf Is that as good as 451? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted August 12, 2022 Share #13 Posted August 12, 2022 17 minutes ago, Philander Seabury said: Is that as good as 451? Both appear to be non fiction. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 12, 2022 Author Share #14 Posted August 12, 2022 1 minute ago, maddmaxx said: No. That one is a real barn burner Yeah, it does sound pretty tepid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted August 12, 2022 Share #15 Posted August 12, 2022 The Kaiju Preservation Society, read by Wil Weaton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted August 12, 2022 Share #16 Posted August 12, 2022 Just finished yesterday. It gets a 6 on a scale of 1-10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted August 14, 2022 Share #17 Posted August 14, 2022 I've been reading what are effectively the teacher's or student's detailed notes for each lecture of a 12 lecture course. The book is called, Human Prehistory and the First Civilizations c.2003 by Brian Fagan. Each chapter refers to other books that are "necessary" or "essential" reading like "Brian Fagan, People of the Earth, chapter 2." I see there are some interesting related books, with more recent publication dates and surely some updated ideas that I'll read as recommended by each lecture in the book or after this book gives me a brief summary of what's in them. The two key ones I like (and have downloaded) are: People of the Earth c.2019 by Brian Fagan and Nadia Durrani A Brief History of Archeology, Classical Times to the 21st Century c.2016 by Brian Fagan and Nadia Durrani The lecture book I'm reading now is close enough to a more prosaic, regular book that it can be read alone in a nice, concise format if desired: Lecture Two In the Beginning Scope: In this, the second lecture, we begin our narrative of human prehistory, with an account of the earliest humans of all. Lecture Two covers human origins from before 7 mya up to 3 million years before present. The first part places humans among the primates and in the suborder Hominidae. We then consider the fundamental anatomical and behavioral changes that may have occurred among hominids before and after they separated from their common ancestor with chimpanzees between 7 and 5 mya. The next part of the lecture examines the different fossil forms, which define the earliest stages of human evolution, and concludes that we must conceive of human evolution as a form of conceptual bush. The lecture ends with the descendants of Australopithecus afarensis splitting into different lines about 3 mya. Outline I. Victorian biologist Thomas Huxley called human origins the “question of questions” for humankind. As long ago as 1863, he drew attention to the close anatomical relationships between humans and apes, a highly controversial piece of research at the time. In 1871, Charles Darwin, of evolution and natural selection fame, theorized that Africa, with its rich ape populations, would reveal much about human evolution. The research of a century and a half has proved them correct. A. Today’s paleoanthropologists draw on researches in numerous academic disciplines to tell the story of early human evolution. Molecular biology in particular has helped pinpoint the moment when humans separated from our closest living non-primate relatives, the chimpanzees. B. All of us are members of the order Primates, which includes most tree-loving placental mammals. There are two suborders: anthropoids (apes, humans, and monkeys) and prosimians (lemurs, tarsiers, and other “premonkeys”). C. The many similarities in behavior and physical characteristics between the hominids (primates of the family Hominidae, which includes modern humans and their ancestors) and pongids (our closest living primate relatives) can be explained by identical characteristics that each group inherited millions of years ago from a common ancestor Etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted August 14, 2022 Share #18 Posted August 14, 2022 On 8/12/2022 at 12:07 PM, Square Wheels said: Gandi I read a biography of Gandi in high school, it changed my outlook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted August 14, 2022 Share #19 Posted August 14, 2022 Billy Summers by Stephen King. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Kosciuszko Posted August 14, 2022 Share #20 Posted August 14, 2022 This edition predates covid. Interesting comparing the conclusions and recommendations made in the book to the present day - what policies and procedures were implemented, what agencies seemed to have learned and the action they took, and what either forgotten or ignored: Different from most WWII prisoner of war histories in that the author was imprisoned in Buchenwald for a time instead of a Stalag Luft prison camp. Haven't seen too many histories of Revolutionary privateers - mostly they are mentioned in passing in the accounts of others. Apparently books on this topic available, and it may be a rabbit hole into which I may disappear. It seems they were more successful than I'd thought, but it's still early in the book... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted August 15, 2022 Share #21 Posted August 15, 2022 On 8/12/2022 at 11:32 AM, Razors Edge said: Murder in the Mews - a Poirot novel by Agatha Christie. Not a NOVEL. A collection of short-ish Poirot stories. I was shocked when the first mystery was solved at only 20% of the Kindle! I thought there might be a twist, but turned out it is a collection of stories. I just have all the Poirot in order on my Kindle, and this was next up, and I didn't realize it was one of the story collections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted August 15, 2022 Author Share #22 Posted August 15, 2022 On 8/12/2022 at 11:34 AM, jsharr said: Have you read A Painted House by Grisham. Another change of pace, as is Playing for Pizza. I might get that one next since I am enjoying Playing for Pizza so much. Almost done with it! I like quick easy reads like this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Razors Edge ★ Posted August 15, 2022 Share #24 Posted August 15, 2022 3 minutes ago, goldendesign said: Just finished book 1 because of your recommendation a little while back. So far so good, but we'll see how it progresses! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal ★ Posted August 15, 2022 Share #25 Posted August 15, 2022 Almost done with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted August 15, 2022 Share #26 Posted August 15, 2022 The Lincoln Highway, by Amor Towles. I like the premise, but it moves slowly and shifts perspective from chapter to chapter, which feels a little like jerking my chain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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