Ralphie ★ Posted September 1, 2018 Share #1 Posted September 1, 2018 The Loose Your Belly Diet - Change Your Gut, Change Your Life, by Dr. Travis DStork. Interesting that it is mainly a treatise on the human microbiome, and interest in that grew oot of the Humane Genome. Great subject. The NIH even started a Human Biome Project in 2008. http://www.hmpdacc.org Very interesting factoid is that interest in this subject didn;t really flower until the late 1990s. I find that incredible! The history of the advancement of science and technology is indeed a fascinating subject (to me). I was just thinking I should buy a boulangerie, whatever that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted September 1, 2018 Author Share #2 Posted September 1, 2018 Wow, teh complexity of this shit and of life in general is amazing! First I ever heard of these as I was browsing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_microbiota#Study https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal ★ Posted September 1, 2018 Share #3 Posted September 1, 2018 Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance "A memoir of a Family and culture in crisis" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted September 1, 2018 Share #4 Posted September 1, 2018 Just finished listening to The Fifth Assassin by Brad Meltzer. Don’t have a next book yet. I have a couple Kindel books to read but neither is jumping out at me yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted September 1, 2018 Author Share #5 Posted September 1, 2018 In the car pool we are still in a Baldacci phase. His books are great in that they grab you from minute one and hold your attention like few other books do. Just finished a John Puller and now on to another Decker. I love the little details of Decker mannerisms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted September 1, 2018 Share #6 Posted September 1, 2018 I 4 minutes ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: In the car pool we are still in a Baldacci phase. His books are great in that they grab you from minute one and hold your attention like few other books do. Just finished a John Puller and now on to another Decker. I love the little details of Decker mannerisms. I love his books. Decker is an interesting character- morphed a lot from his support character in the early books. Puller is a hoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted September 1, 2018 Author Share #7 Posted September 1, 2018 Just now, Kzoo said: I I love his books. Decker is an interesting character- morphed a lot from his support character in the early books. Puller is a hoot. I thought Puller was a little boring in comparison - not a lot of character development like with Decker. But still great stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted September 1, 2018 Share #8 Posted September 1, 2018 A Officers that dented a metal desk with a general’s face, boring? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted September 1, 2018 Author Share #9 Posted September 1, 2018 1 minute ago, Kzoo said: A Officers that dented a metal desk with a general’s face, boring? I guess he is sort of badass, but badassery can be boring too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted September 1, 2018 Author Share #10 Posted September 1, 2018 In case anyone needs some bedtime reading, this government project actually finished up on time in 2012! Don;t know aboot the budget though. https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-human-microbiome-project-defines-normal-bacterial-makeup-body Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted September 1, 2018 Author Share #11 Posted September 1, 2018 Anybody who calls his gut bacteria and such his Little Buddies is alright in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted September 1, 2018 Author Share #12 Posted September 1, 2018 As I read more of this book, I can just feel in the air "oh great, another quack doctor diet book". That may or may not be, but I keep having the thought " we are all just bozos on this bus" Or, you may be right, you may be crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UglyBob Posted September 1, 2018 Share #13 Posted September 1, 2018 "Don't Leave Me" by James Scott Bell. I've been catching up on several of his books and shorter works lately. I will be talking to him at the writer's conference in Pasadena in October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinneR ★ Posted September 1, 2018 Share #14 Posted September 1, 2018 Pretty good so far. Next up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
late Posted September 1, 2018 Share #15 Posted September 1, 2018 Contact, by Sagan. It starts very slowly, I skipped over a lot of the childhood crap. Book 7 of The Expanse, Bellwether (a scifi I likely won't finish) I started When Einstein walked with Godel, very meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted September 2, 2018 Author Share #16 Posted September 2, 2018 Here is a link 'splaining how the human microbiome didn't show up on the radar until very reently. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S245223171730012X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted September 2, 2018 Share #17 Posted September 2, 2018 My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinhem: https://www.amazon.com/My-Life-Road-Gloria-Steinem/dp/0679456201 It's this lead feminist's autobiography. Be proud America....she has been a leader on the forefront for women..world-wide. She also by profession initially a journalist so she writes well in a very accessible manner. I read her lst bk., twice, Outrageous Lies, Everyday Rebellions....where in 1 of the chapters, she did pretends to be a Playboy bunny, just to see how women were treated. Yes, I did occasionally read Ms. magazine.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted September 2, 2018 Share #18 Posted September 2, 2018 On 9/1/2018 at 7:11 AM, petitepedal said: Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance "A memoir of a Family and culture in crisis" I've seen this book in store.. what do you think of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted September 2, 2018 Share #19 Posted September 2, 2018 After looking up the Amazon page for a question in a thread here, I noticed that there's an expanded, new edition of U.S. Army War College Guide to the Battle of Gettysburg. Since the battlefield is just a 90 minute drive from my home, I'll visit the stops, sit down and read the post-battle reports of the generals, privates, etc. who fought at each place. I've also have the guides for Antietam, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, all of which are about a 2 hour drive for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted September 2, 2018 Share #20 Posted September 2, 2018 A couple with more loaded for next. Entertainment Science Fiction "War of Honor" #12 in the Honor Harrington series. History "America's Secret Submarine". The story of the NR1 spy submarine. Of special interest to me as we serviced her one night. Entertainment "Hornblower, Beat to quarters" Another series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Karen_Cooper_Incident Posted September 3, 2018 Share #21 Posted September 3, 2018 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted September 3, 2018 Share #22 Posted September 3, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted September 3, 2018 Share #23 Posted September 3, 2018 Just now, Further said: Sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted September 3, 2018 Share #24 Posted September 3, 2018 Recommended it to RG a while back. Haven't read it in a few years so decided when I was done with my last one it was time to read again. It is probably my 4th or 5 th read of this book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal ★ Posted September 3, 2018 Share #25 Posted September 3, 2018 12 hours ago, shootingstar said: I've seen this book in store.. what do you think of it? Well, I find some of it familiar...in that my dad's family were more or less hillbillies. I met most of them when I was 21..and so far it seems like an accurate picture. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrAzY Posted September 3, 2018 Share #26 Posted September 3, 2018 Subtitles to a shitty movie I think is being spoken in Russian or so giberish language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted September 20, 2018 Share #27 Posted September 20, 2018 Spend most of my reading time on the smartphone. But I am in danger of finishing a book on my beach vacation. Calico Joe by John Grisham. Sad tale with shades of Tony Conigliaro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted September 20, 2018 Author Share #28 Posted September 20, 2018 On 9/2/2018 at 10:14 PM, Zephyr said: Recommended it to RG a while back. Haven't read it in a few years so decided when I was done with my last one it was time to read again. It is probably my 4th or 5 th read of this book Alexander Dumbass! Have I told the story of my grade school oral book report on it where I started laughing uncontrollably about the part where they throw his mummy wrapped body in the river? Ahh, good times! Too bad it wasn't now and I could say oral book reports are too stressful for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted September 20, 2018 Author Share #29 Posted September 20, 2018 Just finished Texas Ranger by James Patterson on audio - very good whodunit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted September 20, 2018 Share #30 Posted September 20, 2018 I have been slacking. I haven't done a paper or audio book in almost a month. I have something on my shelf to read, but honestly it has been there for a couple months and I don't even know what it is. I'll get to it when I'm ready. #lackofinspiration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinneR ★ Posted September 20, 2018 Share #31 Posted September 20, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12string Posted September 20, 2018 Share #32 Posted September 20, 2018 I'm reading a book about microscopic life by another Doctor. Quite riveting, I'm about halfway through. I'm actually going to put aside a few hours tonight to finish. I'm quite anxious to find out if anyone believes that Horton actually can hear something in that flower. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted September 20, 2018 Share #33 Posted September 20, 2018 On 9/2/2018 at 10:14 PM, Zephyr said: Recommended it to RG a while back. Haven't read it in a few years so decided when I was done with my last one it was time to read again. It is probably my 4th or 5 th read of this book I just heard on "The Great American Read" on PBS that he basically paid someone to ghost write that for him. WTF???? Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted September 20, 2018 Share #34 Posted September 20, 2018 I finished the book on the NR1 submarine. It was interesting. There was a Turner on board @pageturner. He was a nuclear eletrician however. Most interesting was the early part of the book and some details on the missions of the USS Sargo. Anyone taking a trip to CT and the Mystic area should spend a few hours over in Groton at the Submarine museum just outside the Groton Sub base. You could go onboard the Nautilus and the Morgan whaling ship all in the same day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted September 20, 2018 Share #35 Posted September 20, 2018 I just wrapped up a "free" Kindle book: A Killer's Mind (Zoe Bentley Mystery Book 1) by Mike Omer. A quick easy read. I do get a little irritated when the reader doesn't get enough info to know the full picture, but it was still a pretty good read. Only BS part was that both the FBI agent and the FBI profiler lived in Dale City. Sure, that's where they would both end up. It was like the author just looked at a map and picked a name. That was my main gripe Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted September 20, 2018 Share #36 Posted September 20, 2018 I found two free ancient history ebooks that fit my recent interest in learning about the ancient peoples who were NOT in the central characters of Mediterranean - Fertile Crescent - Chinese civilizations: 1. Franks, Northmen, and Slavs: Identities and State Formation in Early Medieval Europe, Garipzanov et al, c.2008 2. The Land of the Etruscans from Prehistory to the Middle Ages, ed. Settis, c.1985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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